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Awards a single Congressional Gold Medal, collectively, to the First Rhode Island Regiment for its service in the Revolutionary War, and directs that the medal be given to the Rhode Island State Library for display and research.

Official title: First Rhode Island Regiment Congressional Gold Medal Act

Next stop House: awaiting action
Timeline each lane is a chamber; dates pull from congress.gov actions
House
Received 15-JUN-2026
Senate
Introduced 13-FEB-2025
Referred 13-FEB-2025
Passed 11-JUN-2026
Key points
  • Finds that the regiment, formed in 1778, included men of African and Indigenous descent, some of whom were enslaved men freed upon enlistment under a Rhode Island General Assembly vote.
  • Directs the Speaker of the House and the President pro tempore of the Senate to arrange the award, and the Secretary of the Treasury to design and strike the gold medal.
  • Gives the gold medal to the Rhode Island State Library, which is to display it as appropriate and make it available for research.
  • Allows the Secretary to strike and sell bronze duplicates at a price covering costs, with proceeds deposited into the United States Mint Public Enterprise Fund.
  • Treats the medals as national medals and numismatic items under specified sections of title 31, United States Code.
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Official CRS summary

Covers an older version. The newest CRS summary describes the bill as of "Introduced in Senate" (13-FEB-2025); the text has changed since (Engrossed in Senate, 11-JUN-2026).

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Committee referrals (1) Policy area

Armed Forces and National Security

Sponsor Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) Cosponsors · 67
■ 40 D■ 25 R■ 2 I
40 Democrats
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25 Republicans
2 Independents
congress.gov page Engrossed in Senate (11-JUN-2026) Introduced in Senate (13-FEB-2025)