Edward J. Dwight, Jr., Congressional Gold Medal Act of 2024

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] [Congressional Bills 118th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 8735 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 118th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 8735 To award a Congressional Gold Medal to Edward J. Dwight, Jr., the first African-American astronaut candidate in the United States. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES June 13, 2024 Mr. Neguse (for himself and Ms. Mace) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To award a Congressional Gold Medal to Edward J. Dwight, Jr., the first African-American astronaut candidate in the United States. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Edward J. Dwight, Jr., Congressional Gold Medal Act of 2024''. SEC. 2. FINDINGS. Congress finds the following: (1) Edward Joseph Dwight, Jr., was born on September 9, 1933, to Georgia Baker Dwight and Edward Dwight, Sr., in Kansas City, Kansas. Ed Senior had been a second basema…