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US HB1817
Bill
Status
3/3/2025
Primary Sponsor
Nydia Velazquez
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AI Summary
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Congressional Gold Medal to be posthumously awarded to Arturo Alfonso Schomburg (1874-1938), a Puerto Rican-born historian who collected over 10,000 items documenting Black history and the African diaspora
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Schomburg's collection, acquired by the New York Public Library in 1926, became the foundation for the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture in Harlem, which has grown to more than 10 million items
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The gold medal will be given to the National Museum of African American History and Culture at the Smithsonian Institution for display and research
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Secretary of the Treasury authorized to strike and sell bronze duplicate medals to the public, with proceeds deposited into the United States Mint Public Enterprise Fund
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Medal costs authorized to be charged against the United States Mint Public Enterprise Fund
Legislative Description
Arturo Alfonso Schomburg Congressional Gold Medal Act
Arts, culture, religion
Last Action
Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on House Administration, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
3/3/2025