S 567 United States Senate · 119th Congress

First Rhode Island Regiment Congressional Gold Medal Act

Summary

First Rhode Island Regiment Congressional Gold Medal Act This bill provides for the award of a single Congressional Gold Medal to the First Rhode Island Regiment, collectively, in recognition of their dedicated service during the Revolutionary War.

Issues: ✓ Veterans

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Feb 2025

Committee Review

Jun 2026

Senate Passage

Jun 2026

House Passage

President

Introduced Feb 13, 2025 Last action Jun 15, 2026

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What changed between versions

Introduced in Senate → Engrossed in Senate · 5 edits · Jun 11, 2026

MODERATE

The engrossed version makes several minor corrections to the findings section of this commemorative bill about the First Rhode Island Regiment. Changes include fixing a typo (incumbered to encumbered), correcting the date of the Battle of Rhode Island from August 28 to August 29, 1778, removing the specific number 'almost 200' from the recruitment figure, and changing the discharge date from December 25, 1783 to 'by early 1784.' These are accuracy and clarity edits with no substantive policy impact.

TECHNICAL

Corrected the date of the Battle of Rhode Island from August 28, 1778 to August 29, 1778.

Changed the discharge date of the last Rhode Island soldiers from a specific date (December 25, 1783) to a less precise timeframe ('by early 1784').

Removed the specific recruitment figure 'almost 200 men' and replaced it with the general phrase 'men of African heritage and Indigenous descent.'

Fixed a typo changing 'incumbered' to 'encumbered' and removed a redundant clause in the description of the Rhode Island General Assembly's emancipation provision.

Expanded 'Lt. Colonel' to 'Lieutenant Colonel' and made minor rewording for clarity in the description of British occupation of Newport.

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This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).

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Committee

Jun 11, 2026

Upper · Passed

Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent. (text of amendment in the nature of a substitute: CR S2770)

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Jun 11, 2026

Upper · Passed

Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent. (text of amendment in the nature of a substitute: CR S2770)

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Jun 11, 2026

Upper · Passed

Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs discharged by Unanimous Consent.

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Feb 13, 2025

Committee

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.

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Feb 13, 2025

Introduced

Introduced in Senate

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1 primary · 67 co-sponsors