House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
United Negro College Fund, Inc. Congressional Gold Medal Act
Sponsor: Rep. Alma Adams D-NCWhere it went
- IntroducedOct 6, 2023
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Oct 25, 2023 — Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5896.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. ADAMS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 164, October 6, 2023, Pages H4990-H4991):Clause 18 of Section 8 of Article I of the Constitution The single subject of this legislation is: The UNCF Gold Medal of Honor Act will honor the United Negro College Fund for supporting HBCUs during their 80th Anniversary.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record October 6, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 224 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5896, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/5896
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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
21 cosponsors — 21 Democrats
0 of 21 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Becca Balint (D-VT), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-FL), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Danny Davis (D-IL), Valerie Foushee (D-NC), Al Green (D-TX), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), Henry Johnson (D-GA), Robin Kelly (D-IL), Barbara Lee (D-CA), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Stacey Plaskett (D-VI), Ayanna Pressley (D-MA), David Scott (D-GA), Terri Sewell (D-AL), Bennie Thompson (D-MS), David Trone (D-MD), Maxine Waters (D-CA), Nikema Williams (D-GA).
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Alma Adams.
- H.R. 3037 (118th) Closing the Meal Gap Act of 2023
- H.R. 3310 (118th) Kira Johnson Act
- H.Res. 289 (118th) Recognizing the designation of the week of April 11 through April 17, 2023, as the sixth annual "Black Maternal Health Week" to bring…
- H.R. 4845 (118th) Food Secure Strikers Act of 2023
- H.Con.Res. 118 (118th) Recognizing the significance of equal pay and the disparity in wages paid to men and to Black women.
- H.Res. 1153 (118th) Recognizing the designation of the week of April 11 through April 17, 2024, as the seventh annual "Black Maternal Health Week".
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 15, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.