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Aretha Franklin Congressional Gold Medal Act

Introduced: February 7, 2019 See on congress.gov
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
Feb 7, 2019
Introduced in Senate
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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.

What's happening now February 7, 2019

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

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