S 3359
115th Congress
Senate
Arts, Culture, Religion
Congressional tributes
Music
Performing arts
U.S. history
Aretha Franklin Congressional Gold Medal Act
Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Aug 21, 2018
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
Aug 21, 2018
Introduced in Senate
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Plain-English 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.
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
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Bill text
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Committees of jurisdiction
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Cosponsors
27
R
Scott, Tim
D
Bennet, Michael F.
D
Merkley, Jeff
D
Baldwin, Tammy
D
Blumenthal, Richard
D
Cantwell, Maria
D
Markey, Edward J.
D
Schumer, Charles E.
D
Van Hollen, Chris
D
Reed, Jack
D
Smith, Tina
D
Murray, Patty
I
Sanders, Bernard
D
Shaheen, Jeanne
D
Booker, Cory A.
D
Coons, Christopher A.
D
Cortez Masto, Catherine
D
Duckworth, Tammy
D
Durbin, Richard J.
D
Gillibrand, Kirsten E.
D
Hassan, Margaret Wood
D
Hirono, Mazie K.
D
Kaine, Tim
D
Klobuchar, Amy
D
Peters, Gary C.
D
Warren, Elizabeth
D
Whitehouse, Sheldon
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 3359: Aretha Franklin Congressional Gold Medal Act. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-S-3359/
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