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S. 2886 113th Congress Senate

A bill 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…

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Official title: A bill 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: September 18, 2014 Introduced by: Roger F. Wicker Republican · Mississippi See on congress.gov
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
Sep 18, 2014
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

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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  • HR 4409 To award posthumously a Congressional Gold Medal, collectively, to James Chaney, Andrew Goodman, and Michael Schwerner …
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Gillibrand, Kirsten E.
New York · Sep 18, 2014
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 2886: A bill 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-S-2886/
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"S. 2886: A bill 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-S-2886/.
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