H.R. 587: To posthumously award the Congressional Gold Medal, collectively, to Glen Doherty, Tyrone Woods, J. Christopher Stevens, and Sean Smith, in recognition of their contributions to the Nation.

116th Congress · introduced 2019-01-16 · International Affairs · Latest: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.

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Where it came from: introduced 2019-01-16 · official record
Who proposed it: Rep. Lynch, Stephen F. [D-MA-8] · what a sponsor is
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Official title

To posthumously award the Congressional Gold Medal, collectively, to Glen Doherty, Tyrone Woods, J. Christopher Stevens, and Sean Smith, in recognition of their contributions to the Nation.

Plain summary

This bill directs the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President pro tempore of the Senate to arrange for the posthumous award of a Congressional Gold Medal to commemorate Glen Doherty, Tyrone Woods, J. Christopher Stevens, and Sean Smith, four Americans killed in the September 11, 2012, attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya. (Stevens was the U.S. Ambassador to Libya at the time, Smith was an officer in the Foreign Service, and Doherty and Woods were both government contractors and former Navy SEALs.) After the medal has been awarded, it shall be given to the Central Intelligence Agency Museum.

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To posthumously award the Congressional Gold Medal, collectively, to Glen Doherty, Tyrone Woods, J. Christopher Stevens, and Sean Smith, in recognition of their contributions to the Nation.

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Sponsor: Rep. Lynch, Stephen F. [D-MA-8] · 298 cosponsors

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Brian J. Mast (R-FL), Guy Reschenthaler (R-PA), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Paul A. Gosar (R-AZ), Mike Kelly (R-PA), Dwight Evans (D-PA), Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. (D-GA), Mike Bost (R-IL), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Thomas R. Suozzi (D-NY), Debbie Dingell (D-MI), Elise M. Stefanik (R-NY), Andy Biggs (R-AZ), Barry Loudermilk (R-GA), Jack Bergman (R-MI), Richard E. Neal (D-MA), Frederica S. Wilson (D-FL), Austin Scott (R-GA), Mark Takano (D-CA), Jodey C. Arrington (R-TX), Seth Moulton (D-MA), John R. Moolenaar (R-MI), David P. Joyce (R-OH), John R. Curtis (R-UT), Gus M. Bilirakis (R-FL), Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (D-VA), Roger Marshall (R-KS), Ralph Norman (R-SC), Scott Perry (R-PA), Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL), Joe Wilson (R-SC), Jimmy Panetta (D-CA), Steve Cohen (D-TN) and 238 more.

Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. Lynch, Stephen F. [D-MA-8] reported raising $1.1 million (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-116hr587.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/116/hr>

Record fed-us-cong116-hr587 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong116 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong116