S 409 · 116th Congress 2019–2021, ended

Aretha Franklin Congressional Gold Medal Act

Introduced Feb 7, 2019 Originated Senate Sponsor Kamala D. Harris D-CA

Fact sheet

Latest action · Feb 7, 2019 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

  1. IntroducedFeb 7, 2019
  2. Passed SenateNot reached
  3. Passed HouseNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Aretha Franklin Congressional Gold Medal Act

This bill instructs the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President pro tempore of the Senate to arrange for the posthumous presentation of a Congressional Gold Medal in commemoration of Aretha Franklin.

After the award of the medal, it shall be given to the Smithsonian Institution, where it shall be displayed as appropriate and made available for research.

Cosponsors 25

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 7, 2019 to Feb 27, 2019, with 23 there on the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-MNAmy KlobucharOriginalFeb 7, 2019
D-MDBenjamin L. CardinOriginalFeb 7, 2019
D-NVCatherine Cortez MastoOriginalFeb 7, 2019
D-MDChris Van HollenOriginalFeb 7, 2019
D-DEChristopher A. CoonsOriginalFeb 7, 2019
D-NJCory A. BookerOriginalFeb 7, 2019
D-MIDebbie StabenowOriginalFeb 7, 2019
D-ALDoug JonesOriginalFeb 7, 2019
D-MAElizabeth WarrenOriginalFeb 7, 2019
D-MIGary C. PetersOriginalFeb 7, 2019
D-RIJack ReedOriginalFeb 7, 2019
D-NHJeanne ShaheenOriginalFeb 7, 2019
I-WVJoe Manchin IIIOriginalFeb 7, 2019
D-NHMargaret Wood HassanOriginalFeb 7, 2019
D-COMichael F. BennetOriginalFeb 7, 2019
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Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Feb 7, 2019Introduced in Senate
  2. Feb 7, 2019Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.

Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
HR 1003Aretha Franklin Congressional Gold Medal ActRelated billFeb 6, 2019

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Arts, Culture, Religion.

Text 1

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  1. Feb 7, 2019Introduced in Senate

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