I 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 671 
To award a Congressional Gold Medal to the Freedom Riders, collectively, 
in recognition of their unique contribution to Civil Rights, which inspired 
a revolutionary movement for equality in interstate travel. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 3, 2015 
Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia (for himself, Mr. COLLINS of Georgia, Ms. HAHN, 
Mr. VAN HOLLEN, Mr. NADLER, Mr. YARMUTH, Mr. CARSON of Indiana, 
Mr. SCHIFF, Mr. LYNCH, Ms. NORTON, Mr. KILMER, Mr. ISRAEL, Mr. 
MURPHY of Florida, Mr. LIPINSKI, Ms. BROWN of Florida, Mr. CROW-
LEY, Mr. BISHOP of Georgia, Mr. MICHAEL F. DOYLE of Pennsylvania, 
Mr. COHEN, Ms. EDWARDS, Ms. BROWNLEY of California, Mr. CLYBURN, 
Mr. FRANKS of Arizona, Mr. PIERLUISI, Mr. CUMMINGS, Ms. PINGREE, 
Mr. LEVIN, Mr. MEEKS, Ms. SLAUGHTER, Ms. JACKSON LEE, Mr. 
CICILLINE, Ms. CLARK of Massachusetts, Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN, Mr. 
TONKO, Mr. PETERS, Mr. CLAY, Ms. WILSON of Florida, Mr. CAPUANO, 
Mrs. BEATTY, Ms. JENKINS of Kansas, Mr. RANGEL, Mr. DEFAZIO, Mr. 
ELLISON, Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi, Mr. DAVID SCOTT of Georgia, 
Ms. SPEIER, Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, Mr. JEFFRIES, Ms. KAPTUR, 
Mr. LANGEVIN, Mr. CONYERS, Mr. CONNOLLY, Mr. AL GREEN of Texas, 
Mr. WALZ, Mr. LARSON of Connecticut, Ms. LEE, Mr. NUNNELEE, Ms. 
CHU of California, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. SMITH of Washington, Mr. DANNY 
K. DAVIS of Illinois, Mrs. KIRKPATRICK, Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD, Mr. 
HINOJOSA, Mr. DOGGETT, Mr. MCDERMOTT, Ms. MCCOLLUM, Ms. MAX-
INE WATERS of California, Mr. BUTTERFIELD, Mr. GENE GREEN of 
Texas, Mr. SARBANES, Mr. SCHOCK, Mr. VARGAS, Mr. DEUTCH, Mrs. 
BUSTOS, Mr. O’ROURKE, Mr. BEYER, Ms. FUDGE, Mr. HIGGINS, Mr. 
HASTINGS, Mr. LOWENTHAL, Mr. THOMPSON of California, Ms. KUSTER, 
Ms. CASTOR of Florida, Mr. PITTS, Ms. CLARKE of New York, Mr. BLU-
MENAUER, Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New York, Mr. BRADY of 
Pennsylvania, Ms. LORETTA SANCHEZ of California, Ms. DELBENE, Mr. 
POCAN, Ms. SEWELL of Alabama, Mr. SWALWELL of California, Mr. 
SCOTT of Virginia, Mr. RICHMOND, Mr. FATTAH, Ms. TITUS, Mr. 
VEASEY, Mr. CA´RDENAS, Mr. PRICE of North Carolina, Mr. RODNEY 
DAVIS of Illinois, Ms. DEGETTE, Ms. ESHOO, Mr. CLEAVER, Mr. RUSH, 
Mr. MCGOVERN, Ms. ESTY, Mr. GARAMENDI, Mr. ROHRABACHER, Ms. 
EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas, Mr. RUPPERSBERGER, Miss RICE 
of New York, Mr. LIEU of California, Mr. SIRES, Mr. PASCRELL, Ms. 
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BORDALLO, Mr. RIGELL, Mr. QUIGLEY, Ms. KELLY of Illinois, Mr. BEN 
RAY LUJA´N of New Mexico, Ms. ADAMS, Mr. GUTIE´RREZ, Ms. MOORE, 
Mr. SEAN PATRICK MALONEY of New York, Mrs. LAWRENCE, Ms. BASS, 
Mr. FARR, Mr. BERA, Mr. SHERMAN, Mrs. LOVE, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. 
PAYNE, Mr. HONDA, Mr. BROOKS of Alabama, Ms. PLASKETT, and Mr. 
MCNERNEY) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on House 
Administration, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speak-
er, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the ju-
risdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To award a Congressional Gold Medal to the Freedom Rid-
ers, collectively, in recognition of their unique contribu-
tion to Civil Rights, which inspired a revolutionary move-
ment for equality in interstate travel. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. FINDINGS. 
The Congress finds the following: 
(1) In 1960, the Supreme Court ruled in Boyn-
ton v. Virginia that segregated bus and rail stations 
were unconstitutional. 
(2) The rigid system of racial segregation that 
prevailed in the United States during the 1960s did 
not permit a Black person to sit next to a White 
person on any bus traveling through interstate com-
merce and in most locations in the South. Bus sta-
tions had ‘‘Whites Only’’ waiting areas and Blacks 
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