H.R. 485: Muhammad Ali Congressional Gold Medal Act

119th Congress · introduced 2025-01-16 · Sports and Recreation · Latest: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.

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Muhammad Ali Congressional Gold Medal Act

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Muhammad Ali Congressional Gold Medal Act This bill provides for the posthumous award of a Congressional Gold Medal to Muhammad Ali. There is authorized to be charged against the U.S. Mint Public Enterprise Fund such amounts as may be necessary to pay for the costs of the medals struck under this bill. Sums received from the sale of duplicate bronze medals authorized by this bill shall be deposited into that fund.

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Muhammad Ali Congressional Gold Medal Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Sponsor: Rep. Carson, André [D-IN-7] · 88 cosponsors

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Alma S. Adams (D-NC), Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (D-GA), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Troy A. Carter (D-LA), Yvette D. Clarke (D-NY), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Jim Costa (D-CA), Sharice Davids (D-KS), Danny K. Davis (D-IL), Debbie Dingell (D-MI), Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Dwight Evans (D-PA), Maxwell Frost (D-FL), Al Green (D-TX), Jahana Hayes (D-CT), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Jonathan L. Jackson (D-IL), Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. (D-GA), Sydney Kamlager-Dove (D-CA), William R. Keating (D-MA), Robin L. Kelly (D-IL), Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL), John B. Larson (D-CT), Summer L. Lee (D-PA), Stephen F. Lynch (D-MA), Morgan McGarvey (D-KY), James P. McGovern (D-MA), LaMonica McIver (D-NJ), Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Frank J. Mrvan (D-IN), Kevin Mullin (D-CA), Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), Ayanna Pressley (D-MA), Janice D. Schakowsky (D-IL), Marilyn Strickland (D-WA), Shri Thanedar (D-MI), Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), Ritchie Torres (D-NY), Juan Vargas (D-CA), Mike Quigley (D-IL), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Marc A. Veasey (D-TX), Nikema Williams (D-GA), John Garamendi (D-CA), Eric A. "Rick" Crawford (R-AR), Byron Donalds (R-FL), Shomari Figures (D-AL), Kweisi Mfume (D-MD), Nydia M. Velázquez (D-NY), Jared Moskowitz (D-FL), Luz M. Rivas (D-CA), Melanie A. Stansbury (D-NM), Burgess Owens (R-UT) and 28 more.

Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. Carson, André [D-IN-7] reported raising $1.1 million (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-119hr485.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/119/hr>

Record fed-us-cong119-hr485 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong119 · updated 2026-11-03 by psicol fed-bills