2025-2026 Regular Session • US Congress Legislature
HB4885: The original legislation awarding a historic Congressional Gold Medal, collectively, to Africans and their descendants enslaved within our country from August 20, 1619, to December 6, 1865
Legislative Summary
To posthumously award a historic Congressional Gold Medal, collectively, to Africans and their descendants enslaved within our country from August 20, 1619, to December 6, 1865.
Bill History
8/5/2025
Introduced in House
House of Representatives
8/5/2025
Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committees on House Administration, and the Budget, 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.
House of Representatives
Status Information
Current Status
Introduced(8/5/2025)
Chamber
House of Representatives
Committee
Financial Services(House of Representatives)
Sponsors
Democrat: 1
Primary Sponsor

Al Green
Democrat