House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
Aretha Franklin Congressional Gold Medal Act
Sponsor: Rep. Brenda Lawrence D-MIWhere it went
- IntroducedAug 24, 2018
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Aug 24, 2018 — Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6681.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. LAWRENCE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 164, No. 142, August 24, 2018, Page H7772):Article I, Section 8, Clause 18: To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States or in any Department or Officer thereof. ____________________Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record August 24, 2018 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 285 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6681, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/6681
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of December 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
88 cosponsors — 13 Republicans, 74 Democrats, 1 independent
14 of 88 cosponsors (16%) are from the other party.
Alma Adams (D-NC), Karen Bass (D-CA), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Mike Bishop (R-MI), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE), Susan Brooks (R-IN), Anthony Brown (D-MD), G. K. Butterfield (D-NC), Michael Capuano (D-MA), Salud Carbajal (D-CA), André Carson (D-IN), David Cicilline (D-RI), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Wm. Clay (D-MO), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), James Clyburn (D-SC), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Doug Collins (R-GA), Barbara Comstock (R-VA), Elijah Cummings (D-MD), Danny Davis (D-IL), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Val Demings (D-FL), Debbie Dingell (D-MI), John Duncan (R-TN), Keith Ellison (D-MN), Eliot Engel (D-NY), Adriano Espaillat (D-NY), Dwight Evans (D-PA) and 58 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 115th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Brenda Lawrence.
- H.R. 4155 (115th) Congressional Sexual Harassment Training Act
- H.R. 6951 (115th) Get the Lead Out of Schools Act
- H.Res. 457 (115th) Honoring the 169th anniversary of the first women's rights convention held in the United States in Seneca Falls, New York.
- H.R. 5565 (115th) WE Work Act
- H.Res. 565 (115th) Expressing support for the recognition of October 9, 2017, as "World Post Day".
- H.R. 3745 (115th) Combat Sexual Harassment in Housing Act
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 22, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.