Aretha Franklin Congressional Gold Medal Act

United States116th CongressHR-1003House of Representatives
Updated: Feb 6, 2019

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 in recognition of her outstanding artistic and historical significance to the culture of the United States. Following 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.

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S-409: Aretha Franklin Congressional Gold Medal Act

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.

  1. 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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  2. Introduced in House

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