3.0.0 734 2026-07-31T11:03:21Z 2026-07-31T11:03:21Z Senate S S 2025-02-25 119 https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/734 ssbk00 Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee Senate Standing Referred To 2025-02-25T23:38:33Z Referred To 2025-02-25T23:38:33Z Edward J. Dwight, Jr., Congressional Gold Medal Act of 2025 119 1626 HR 2025-02-26 Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services. Related bill CRS 2025-02-25 ssbk00 Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. IntroReferral 2025-02-25 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress B001267 Sen. Bennet, Michael F. [D-CO] Michael Bennet D CO N C001056 Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX] John Cornyn R TX 2025-02-25 True H000273 Sen. Hickenlooper, John W. [D-CO] John Hickenlooper D CO W. 2025-02-25 True K000383 Sen. King, Angus S., Jr. [I-ME] Angus King I ME S. 2025-02-25 True P000145 Sen. Padilla, Alex [D-CA] Alex Padilla D CA 2026-05-19 False S000148 Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY] Charles Schumer D NY E. 2026-07-30 False G000555 Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY] Kirsten Gillibrand D NY E. 2026-07-30 False Science, Technology, Communications Science, Technology, Communications 2025-03-21T14:03:33Z 00 2025-02-25 Introduced in Senate 2025-08-06T19:39:24Z Edward J. Dwight, Jr., Congressional Gold Medal Act of 2025

This bill provides for the award of a Congressional Gold Medal to Edward J. Dwight, Jr., the first African American astronaut candidate in the United States, in recognition of his historic service to the United States, his example of excellence during times of struggle and overt racism, and his contributions in art and Black history. 

]]> Edward J. Dwight, Jr. Congressional Gold Medal Act of 2025 Display Title 45 Edward J. Dwight, Jr. Congressional Gold Medal Act of 2025 2026-07-31T11:03:21Z Short Title(s) as Introduced 101 Edward J. Dwight, Jr. Congressional Gold Medal Act of 2025 2025-03-20T03:23:18Z Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced 6 A bill to award a Congressional Gold Medal to Edward J. Dwight, Jr., the first African American astronaut candidate in the United States. 2025-03-20T03:18:30Z Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2025-02-25T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-119s734is/xml/BILLS-119s734is.xml 2025-02-25 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.