First Rhode Island Regiment Congressional Gold Medal Act
Sponsored By: Senator Sheldon Whitehouse
Introduced
Summary
A Congressional Gold Medal for the First Rhode Island Regiment would recognize the unit’s Revolutionary War service and its recruitment of enslaved and Indigenous men. The bill would direct the Secretary of the Treasury to design and strike one gold medal to be given to the Rhode Island State Library for display and research. It would let the Secretary produce and sell bronze duplicates at prices that cover costs. The United States Mint Public Enterprise Fund would pay striking costs and receive proceeds from duplicate sales.
Your PRIA Score
Personalized for You
How does this bill affect your finances?
Sign up for a PRIA Policy Scan to see your personalized alignment score for this bill and every other piece of legislation we track. We analyze your financial profile against policy provisions to show you exactly what matters to your wallet.
Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
1 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.
Mint may sell bronze medal copies
If enacted, the Treasury could have the Mint strike and sell bronze copies of the authorized gold medal. Sale prices would have to cover production costs like labor, materials, dies, machinery, and overhead. Money from those sales would go into the United States Mint Public Enterprise Fund. The Mint could also use amounts from that fund to pay the medal production costs, with no dollar limit set in the bill.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Sheldon Whitehouse
RI • D
Cosponsors
Lindsey Graham
SC • R
Sponsored 2/13/2025
John Reed
RI • D
Sponsored 2/13/2025
Bill Cassidy
LA • R
Sponsored 2/13/2025
Richard Blumenthal
CT • D
Sponsored 2/13/2025
Mazie Hirono
HI • D
Sponsored 2/13/2025
John Hoeven
ND • R
Sponsored 2/13/2025
Timothy Kaine
VA • D
Sponsored 2/13/2025
Angus King
ME • I
Sponsored 2/13/2025
Amy Klobuchar
MN • D
Sponsored 2/13/2025
Jeanne Shaheen
NH • D
Sponsored 2/13/2025
Michael Bennet
CO • D
Sponsored 2/13/2025
Tina Smith
MN • D
Sponsored 2/13/2025
John Fetterman
PA • D
Sponsored 2/13/2025
Martin Heinrich
NM • D
Sponsored 2/13/2025
Peter Welch
VT • D
Sponsored 2/24/2025
Alex Padilla
CA • D
Sponsored 2/25/2025
Raphael Warnock
GA • D
Sponsored 2/27/2025
Christopher Murphy
CT • D
Sponsored 3/3/2025
Tammy Duckworth
IL • D
Sponsored 3/10/2025
Marsha Blackburn
TN • R
Sponsored 3/25/2025
Andy Kim
NJ • D
Sponsored 4/1/2025
Kirsten Gillibrand
NY • D
Sponsored 6/2/2025
Charles Schumer
NY • D
Sponsored 6/9/2025
Mike Crapo
ID • R
Sponsored 3/2/2026
Tammy Baldwin
WI • D
Sponsored 3/2/2026
John Hickenlooper
CO • D
Sponsored 11/5/2025
Brian Schatz
HI • D
Sponsored 11/7/2025
Chris Van Hollen
MD • D
Sponsored 3/2/2026
Kevin Cramer
ND • R
Sponsored 3/2/2026
Rick Scott
FL • R
Sponsored 3/4/2026
Christopher Coons
DE • D
Sponsored 3/4/2026
Thomas Tillis
NC • R
Sponsored 3/4/2026
Dan Sullivan
AK • R
Sponsored 3/5/2026
John Barrasso
WY • R
Sponsored 3/5/2026
John Boozman
AR • R
Sponsored 3/9/2026
Elizabeth Warren
MA • D
Sponsored 3/9/2026
Angela Alsobrooks
MD • D
Sponsored 3/10/2026
Mike Rounds
SD • R
Sponsored 3/11/2026
Bill Hagerty
TN • R
Sponsored 3/16/2026
Ted Budd
NC • R
Sponsored 3/16/2026
Roll Call Votes
No roll call votes available for this bill.
View on Congress.govTake It Personal
Get Your Personalized Policy View
Start a Free Government Policy Watch to see how policy affects your household, then upgrade to PRIA Full Coverage for year-round monitoring.
Already have an account? Sign in