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H.R. 4409 113th Congress House

To award posthumously a Congressional Gold Medal, collectively, to James Chaney, Andrew Goodman, and Michael Schwerner to commemorate the lives they lost 50 years ago in an effort to bring justice…

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Official title: To award posthumously a Congressional Gold Medal, collectively, to James Chaney, Andrew Goodman, and Michael Schwerner to commemorate the lives they lost 50 years ago in an effort to bring justice and equality to Americans in Mississippi during Freedom Summer.

Introduced: April 4, 2014 Introduced by: Bennie G. Thompson Democratic · Mississippi See on congress.gov
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Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
Apr 4, 2014
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Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.

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Directs 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, collectively, to James Chaney, Andrew Goodman, and Michael Schwerner to commemorate the lives they lost 50 years ago in an effort to bring justice and equality to Americans in Mississippi during Freedom Summer.

Requires such medal, following its award, to be given to Tougaloo College in Tougaloo, Mississippi.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4409: To award posthumously a Congressional Gold Medal, collectively, to James Chaney, Andrew Goodman, and Michael Schwerner to commemorate the lives they lost 50 years ago in an effort to bring justice and equality to Americans in Mississippi during Freedom Summer.. 113th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-4409/
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"H.R. 4409: To award posthumously a Congressional Gold Medal, collectively, to James Chaney, Andrew Goodman, and Michael Schwerner to commemorate the lives they lost 50 years ago in an effort to bring justice and equality to Americans in Mississippi during Freedom Summer.." 113th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-4409/.
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H.R. 4409, 113th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-4409/.
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