The record

LegislationLegislation· Jun 2026
S 567 Passed Senate — in House

Sponsored by Sheldon Whitehouse (D)

First Rhode Island Regiment Congressional Gold Medal Act

Awards a Congressional Gold Medal to the First Rhode Island Regiment for Revolutionary War service.

Tradeoff

Honors an integrated military unit from the Revolutionary War with a gold medal. The medal will be housed at the Rhode Island State Library and duplicates may be sold to cover costs.

What's in it

See official bill text

Passed the Senate by on June 11, 2026 — now in the House.

  1. Senate

    Introduced

    (Feb 13, 2025)

  2. Senate

    Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs(Feb 13, 2025)

  3. Senate · Amended

    Senator Whitehouse's

    Agreed to by (S.Amdt. 5820 · Jun 11, 2026)

    Changes the findings' date for the Battle of Rhode Island and the timing of the last discharge, and makes word fixes elsewhere in the findings.

    No individual votes were recorded.

  4. Senate

    Passage of the bill

    Passed by (Jun 11, 2026)

    No individual votes were recorded.

  5. Senate

    Taken away from the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs

    Discharged(Jun 11, 2026)

  6. House

    Received from the Senate

    Received(Jun 15, 2026)