S. 590: Hidden Figures Congressional Gold Medal Act

116th Congress · introduced 2019-02-27 · Science, Technology, Communications · Latest: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on House Administration, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

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Where it came from: introduced 2019-02-27 · official record
Who proposed it: Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE] · what a sponsor is
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Where it stands now: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on House Administration, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title

Hidden Figures Congressional Gold Medal Act

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Hidden Figures Congressional Gold Medal Act (Sec. 3) This bill requires the Speaker of the House of Representatives and President pro tempore of the Senate to arrange for the presentation of one Congressional Gold Medal to Katherine Johnson, in recognition of her service to the United States as a mathematician; one Congressional Gold Medal to Dr. Christine Darden, for her service to the United States as an aeronautical engineer; two Congressional Gold Medals in commemoration of the lives of Dorothy Vaughan and Mary Jackson, in recognition of their service to the United States during the Space Race; and one gold medal in recognition of all the women who served as computers, mathematicians, and engineers at the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) between the 1930s and the 1970s. Certain of such medals shall be given to the Smithsonian Institution where they shall be (1) available for display, as appropriate; and (2) made available for research. The medal awarded in honor of Mary Jackson shall be given to her granddaughter, Wanda Jackson. (Sec. 4) The Department of the Treasury may strike and sell bronze duplicates. Amounts received from the sale of such medals shall be deposited into the U.S. Mint Public Enterprise Fund.

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Hidden Figures Congressional Gold Medal Act

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Sponsor: Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE] · 71 cosponsors

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Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS), Deb Fischer (R-NE), John Kennedy (R-LA), Joni Ernst (R-IA), Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), Susan M. Collins (R-ME), Thom Tillis (R-NC), Tim Scott (R-SC), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Angus S. King, Jr. (I-ME), Bernard Sanders (I-VT), Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Charles E. Schumer (D-NY), Cory A. Booker (D-NJ), Richard J. Durbin (D-IL), Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Gary C. Peters (D-MI), Jack Reed (D-RI), Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Margaret Wood Hassan (D-NH), Maria Cantwell (D-WA), Michael F. Bennet (D-CO), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Ron Wyden (D-OR), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), Tim Kaine (D-VA), Jerry Moran (R-KS), Dan Sullivan (R-AK), John Hoeven (R-ND), Roger F. Wicker (R-MS), Brian Schatz (D-HI), Christopher Murphy (D-CT), Edward J. Markey (D-MA), Kirsten E. Gillibrand (D-NY), Mark R. Warner (D-VA), Patty Murray (D-WA), Tina Smith (D-MN) and 11 more.

Sponsor's campaign money: Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE] reported raising $5.0 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 (Passed Senate)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-116s590.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/116/s>

Record fed-us-cong116-s590 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong116 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong116