1.Short title; table of
contents
(a)This Act may be cited
as the Code Talkers Recognition
Act
.
(b)The table of
contents of this Act is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; table of
contents.
Sec. 2. Expression of
recognition.
Title I—Sioux Code
Talkers
Sec. 101. Findings.
Sec. 102. Congressional
commemorative medal.
Title II—Comanche Code
Talkers
Sec. 201. Findings.
Sec. 202. Congressional
commemorative medal.
Title III—Choctaw Code
Talkers
Sec. 301. Findings.
Sec. 302. Congressional
commemorative medal.
Title IV—Sac and Fox Code
Talkers
Sec. 401. Findings.
Sec. 402. Congressional
commemorative medal.
Title V—General
provisions
Sec. 501. Definition of Indian
tribe.
Sec. 502. Medals for other Code
Talkers.
Sec. 503. Provisions applicable
to all medals under this Act.
Sec. 504. Duplicate
medals.
Sec. 505. Status as national
medals.
Sec. 506. Funding.
2.Expression of
recognitionThe purpose of the
medals authorized by this Act is to express recognition by the United States
and citizens of the United States of, and to honor, the Native American Code
Talkers who distinguished themselves in performing highly successful
communications operations of a unique type that greatly assisted in saving
countless lives and in hastening the end of World War I and World War
II.
<enum>I</enum><header>Sioux Code Talkers</header>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID745FD47F9C1D4499B5FBE1A5469C5228" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>101.</enum><header>Findings</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Congress finds that—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDCD77988A76664D75BAA8BDB43CDF6BD3"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Sioux Indians used their native languages,
Dakota, Lakota, and Dakota Sioux, as code during World War II;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID98F65F3256E341A58FFA71103C8EFA5F"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">those individuals, who manned radio
communications networks to advise of enemy actions, became known as the Sioux
Code Talkers;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID945DEFA2EA7B4D4C9CEA128EAB165511"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">under some of the heaviest combat action,
the Code Talkers worked around the clock to provide information that saved the
lives of many Americans in war theaters in the Pacific and Europe, such as the
location of enemy troops and the number of enemy guns; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDC9F7DCFA61B644BC82D9B74BC4AF21C2"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Sioux Code Talkers were so successful
that military commanders credit the code with saving the lives of countless
American soldiers and being instrumental to the success of the United States in
many battles during World War II.</text>
</paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID6C6A3794E5044A3B9C3B1DF2EF671445" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>102.</enum><header>Congressional
commemorative medal</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The
President Pro Tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of
Representatives shall make appropriate arrangements for the presentation, on
behalf of Congress, of a commemorative medal of appropriate design, to each
Sioux Code Talker, including—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID082C3DC43D414613B4EB57CDF9182DED"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Eddie Eagle Boy;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID89F833CAD8CF491ABF2102A7AFD45B66"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Simon Brokenleg;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID6F17C9BDC0744C209E44F48F4237B539"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Iver Crow Eagle, Sr.;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDC2BEAEC6DBBF4A7A81240074B7FE6330"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Edmund St. John;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID572FBE301ADD4A959089744CEF77FE9D"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Walter C. John;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID1F5056AFCC3C40FAA69EEDC9F938E461"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">John Bear King;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID482E90C033E940E99729D2680165AA11"><enum>(7)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Phillip <quote>Stoney</quote>
LaBlanc;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID30CBA3E2B147436EBFCCC9E892A7EFA6"><enum>(8)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Baptiste Pumpkinseed;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDC4B7F24C801F4FF5BD445816A19E87BB"><enum>(9)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Guy Rondell;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID2A6E9607101848BB8E95422F7BA67273"><enum>(10)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Charles Whitepipe; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDBC4023D0E21142E9BB2696DD4F002C64"><enum>(11)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Clarence Wolfguts.</text>
</paragraph></section><enum>II</enum><header>Comanche Code Talkers</header>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDD4E6692C925E4804B8D52820D3EC5FD0" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>201.</enum><header>Findings</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Congress finds that—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDDBFF551C422A4E189DC995FCA32B14B9"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Japanese Empire attacked Pearl Harbor,
Hawaii, on December 7, 1941, and Congress declared war on Japan the following
day;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID6579AC9EE17149A3968F1B87232EBE1E"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the military code developed by the United
States for transmitting messages had been deciphered by the Axis powers, and
United States military intelligence sought to develop a new means to counter
the enemy;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID224D76E0EB814CBF97021FD92035D600"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Federal Government called on the
Comanche Nation to support the military effort by recruiting and enlisting
Comanche men to serve in the United States Army to develop a secret code based
on the Comanche language;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID577CD90594884179964E4E6BC147CDE8"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">at the time, the Comanches were—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDB63F2BBC5DA243CA84BBCC0587BCB595"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">considered to be second-class citizens;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID0C6F4A31F85B49C5A40059266700484F"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">discouraged from using their own
language;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDD6B88714DC2746FC90094E35C0275812"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Comanches of the 4th Signal Division
became known as the <quote>Comanche Code Talkers</quote> and helped to develop
a code using their language to communicate military messages during the D-Day
invasion and in the European theater during World War II;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID730B94A93671448B8B7B15E000D96794"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to the frustration of the enemy, the code
developed by those Native Americans—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID8814D58D10914FA5923C8D4133A8064E"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">proved to be unbreakable; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID48F08CAD18A6409C8D7DB31BE3B431FA"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">was used extensively throughout the
European war theater;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDBA6225AD3004447F8D3620ED5EC28986"><enum>(7)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Comanche language, discouraged in the
past, was instrumental in developing 1 of the most significant and successful
military codes of World War II;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDA525FBE4033A4E5EBD9B62378341E455"><enum>(8)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the efforts of the Comanche Code
Talkers—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID4D3679B9A33643CA886EFC5082005306"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">contributed greatly to the Allied war
effort in Europe;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID9BEA33F6045547A4BA6B61B3BD75825E"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">were instrumental in winning the war in
Europe; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDFEC05D02392E4B319DF61C38E900D904"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">saved countless lives;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID9329AA21B50348E49DCA68DBDCF6B2E7"><enum>(9)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">only 1 of the Comanche Code Talkers of
World War II remains alive today; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID6346EFB14FEE4A71919D80545DA100AA"><enum>(10)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the time has come for Congress to honor the
Comanche Code Talkers for their valor and service to the United States.</text>
</paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID44526EF28AC649B1B44074F5491C2649" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>202.</enum><header>Congressional
commemorative medal</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The
President Pro Tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of
Representatives shall make appropriate arrangements for the presentation, on
behalf of Congress, of a commemorative medal of appropriate design to each of
the following Comanche Code Talkers of World War II, in recognition of
contributions of those individuals to the United States:</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID9CA14274BDE04D96B0C58F3ED149DECF"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Charles Chibitty.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID98F3DCE434DB48C695489D4253A4B43C"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Haddon Codynah.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID146D782009FE4B7DB246FFFF12AFD6B9"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Robert Holder.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID1BDF2C71152743BE91B4BAC781FEA64E"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Forrest Kassanovoid.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID71ABEC45E3E24B568D77E1F821647E90"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Willington Mihecoby.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID333F7BCC2E5E46B985A3128251FAA08B"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Perry Noyebad.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID362985CC33A64D49A73FC500AF70A41D"><enum>(7)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Clifford Otitivo.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID02B979F2B9C0460486FCADCE66A2C851"><enum>(8)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Simmons Parker.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID013F1E0DD9FF44E3A4D441A1A2B1D089"><enum>(9)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Melvin Permansu.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID87F0535EC79341D186A586F3F7417C92"><enum>(10)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Dick Red Elk.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDDAF9D45625C84DFBAFD22E95CFD3AABF"><enum>(11)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Elgin Red Elk.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDB51F9CA8710C401AAF30133C94496F72"><enum>(12)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Larry Saupitty.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDD1ED991907C74FEAAF40CBBAF9008CEB"><enum>(13)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Morris Sunrise.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDCA21ED42DE1F4421B15EDAEC7EFC6682"><enum>(14)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Willie Yackeschi.</text>
</paragraph></section><enum>III</enum><header>Choctaw Code Talkers</header>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDC0B0577B3CD043F0BE4FD712F68B992B" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>301.</enum><header>Findings</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Congress finds that—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDD84B675B95F54C4BBE74BD67FB7196E3"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">on April 6, 1917, the United States, after
extraordinary provocations, declared war on Germany and entered World War I,
the War to End All Wars;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDBD9C070C3100446BB4C2750035D28700"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">at the time of that declaration of war,
Indian people in the United States, including members of the Choctaw Nation,
were not accorded the status of citizens of the United States;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID9D3F1780166B450794E6C5DA6CE1CCC2"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">without regard to this lack of citizenship,
many members of the Choctaw Nation joined many members of other Indian tribes
and nations in enlisting in the Armed Forces to fight on behalf of the United
States;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID521E277FDE86474A98AAF855BF950101"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">members of the Choctaw Nation were—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID1017D54AC5F84986AD5CEBE6DB728739"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">enlisted in the force known as the American
Expeditionary Force, which began hostile actions in France in the fall of 1917;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDBD5B56BDE47B4D39BE96D65B6E2CE5F1"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">incorporated in a company of Indian
enlistees serving in the 142d Infantry Company of the 36th Division;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID22C0929D3DA549E5B45300A313FCFD8F"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a major impediment to Allied operations in
general, and operations of the United States in particular, was the fact that
the German forces had deciphered all codes used for transmitting information
between Allied commands, leading to substantial loss of men and materiel during
the first year in which the military of the United States engaged in combat in
World War I;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID74FAE7EFAAD44C9BB33FEEFE771F0058"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">because of the proximity and static nature
of the battle lines, a method to communicate without the knowledge of the enemy
was needed;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDCE8D4745C4304AA1834FCBF0F7465FFD"><enum>(7)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a commander of the United States realized
the fact that he had under his command a number of men who spoke a native
language;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID33311274B4FB46C298D3A73529342C00"><enum>(8)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">while the use of such native languages was
discouraged by the Federal Government, the commander sought out and recruited
18 Choctaw Indians to assist in transmitting field telephone communications
during an upcoming campaign;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID55DA064B0F23430BAF44E305736744AC"><enum>(9)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">because the language used by the Choctaw
soldiers in the transmission of information was not based on a European
language or on a mathematical progression, the Germans were unable to
understand any of the transmissions;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID588CD1E573D44B7500BAFC04FB681321"><enum>(10)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Choctaw soldiers were placed in
different command positions to achieve the widest practicable area for
communications;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDA225697C89E842E1B84200AF544EAE6D"><enum>(11)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the use of the Choctaw Code Talkers was
particularly important in—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDB518853B1B13442E8D06ADB74B209CCA"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the movement of American soldiers in
October of 1918 (including securing forward and exposed positions);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID83497A75FED54CDDB92DFDEFA7658721"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the protection of supplies during American
action (including protecting gun emplacements from enemy shelling); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID0F7EA566D07948D8B500361965F6C08F"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the preparation for the assault on
German positions in the final stages of combat operations in the fall of
1918;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID325891F2299B4C408CEC02B97292B576"><enum>(12)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the opinion of the officers involved,
the use of Choctaw Indians to transmit information in their native language
saved men and munitions, and was highly successful;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDAF1F77212C494864AAD8C02395270067"><enum>(13)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">based on that successful experience,
Choctaw Indians were withdrawn from frontline units for training in
transmission of codes so as to be more widely used when the war came to an
end;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDB30470260FA24D33A2348518C2CE9C14"><enum>(14)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Germans never succeeded in breaking the
Choctaw code;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID57BB9C3DA79D460BBDAEDEC9C6F6C644"><enum>(15)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">that was the first time in modern warfare
that the transmission of messages in a Native American language was used for
the purpose of confusing the enemy;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDC2FB003520424DF88269F816C11132DA"><enum>(16)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">this action by members of the Choctaw
Nation—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDB111B6AFE1CD476CBA0847AB06C78ED9"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is another example of the commitment of
Native Americans to the defense of the United States; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID03F854B0E243404CB886B224D71BD64B"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">adds to the proud legacy of such service;
and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID6BD1F49F922748D1B9169E2FC5776200"><enum>(17)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Choctaw Nation has honored the actions
of those 18 Choctaw Code Talkers through a memorial bearing their names located
at the entrance of the tribal complex in Durant, Oklahoma.</text>
</paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDA382B428705A4160882D385C15BE5821" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>302.</enum><header>Congressional
commemorative medal</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The
President Pro Tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of
Representatives shall make appropriate arrangements for the presentation, on
behalf of Congress, of a commemorative medal of appropriate design honoring the
Choctaw Code Talkers.</text>
</section><enum>IV</enum><header>Sac and Fox Code Talkers</header>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idFC9D0B9C2C4C4B62846EDAA0E97CDAC9" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>401.</enum><header>Findings</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Congress finds that—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id432A66643C294F358142293030608B8E"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Sac and Fox Indians used their native
language, Meskwaki, to transmit military code during Word War II;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idCD22F193927745FE843C3B47D386F58C"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">those individuals, who manned radio
communications networks to advise of enemy actions, became known as the Sac and
Fox Code Talkers; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id85658D177C124E4BA06DCF2B73404FA3"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">under heavy combat action, the Code Talkers
worked without sleep to provide information that saved the lives of many
Americans.</text>
</paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7D3A3F7D8DC6464C9475F34DB32C99D9" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>402.</enum><header>Congressional
commemorative medal</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The
President Pro Tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of
Representatives shall make appropriate arrangements for the presentation, on
behalf of Congress, of a commemorative medal of appropriate design, to each of
the following Sac and Fox Code Talkers of World War II, in recognition of the
contributions of those individuals to the United States:</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id991DED97975844348178D00129FD489D"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Frank Sanache.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id39DE04E086F04D72B4AF8824FDEA09AA"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Willard Sanache.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8CC3A7ACCF3E4895AE3A6E355FB15E59"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Dewey Youngbear.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8A33D5B9CBAB4FB3904CABC0F994A997"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Edward Benson.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0BCF983F6766404C8E68D9F843B66C9E"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Judie Wayne Wabaunasee.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id31500F62B78246F68940536779707ADB"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Mike Wayne Wabaunasee.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3BD954070482435FB6A720CA5C285A6D"><enum>(7)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Dewey Roberts.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id21BD2B4D5B3244C0ADDB17BB06E0E64A"><enum>(8)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Melvin Twin.</text>
</paragraph></section><enum>V</enum><header>General provisions</header>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID3C402776410545C08397B0D345E5CC31" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>501.</enum><header>Definition of Indian
tribe</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In this title, the term
<quote>Indian tribe</quote> has the meaning given the term in
<external-xref legal-doc="act" parsable-cite="ISDA/4">section 4</external-xref>
of the <act-name parsable-cite="ISDA">Indian Self-Determination and Education
Assistance Act</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/4506">25 U.S.C. 4506</external-xref>).</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID1B45795E679341A4B7C0122B3E43F11E" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>502.</enum><header>Medals for other
Code Talkers</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID0A74C04EC2C3444AA05867EA0106A26B"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Presentation
authorized</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In addition to the
commemorative medals authorized to be presented under sections 102, 202, 302,
and 402, the President Pro Tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House
of Representatives shall make appropriate arrangements for the presentation, on
behalf of Congress, of a commemorative medal of appropriate design to any other
Native American Code Talker identified by the Secretary of Defense under
subsection (b) who has not previously received a congressional commemorative
medal.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID8AD502C697F140B793FCEB5504AE6424"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Identification
of other Native American Code Talkers</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID8302968424D0417DA9369805C774FBDA"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any Native American
member of the United States Armed Forces who served as a Code Talker in any
foreign conflict in which the United States was involved during the 20th
Century shall be eligible for a commemorative medal under this section.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDA3E4866B579941019E00CC8EF851BAFB"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Determination</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of Defense shall—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDF0599C6EB9E94769849E6CD400FA3162"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">determine eligibility under paragraph (1);
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID16EE5F5CC7184FB69F0030486B148C1E"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">not later than 120 days after the date of
enactment of this Act, establish a list of the names of individuals eligible to
receive a medal under paragraph (1).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID8E69B81842E0410283262566F6E22B05" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>503.</enum><header>Provisions
applicable to all medals under this Act</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDAF8531E337C2433AA01F50B884477BBD"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Medals awarded
posthumously</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A medal
authorized by this Act may be awarded posthumously on behalf of, and presented
to the next of kin or other representative of, a Native American Code
Talker.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID2BAA633D253F4DBF920187E63DED9EC7"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Design and
striking</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID8427E33090F8412993C792DF89D3803F"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For purposes of any
presentation of a commemorative medal under this Act, the Secretary of the
Treasury shall strike gold medals with suitable emblems, devices, and
inscriptions, to be determined by the Secretary of the Treasury.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDF188A796134846E0891B1FF9DC5BEBD5"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Designs
emblematic of tribal affiliation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The design of the commemorative medals
struck under this Act for Native American Code Talkers who are members of the
same Indian tribe shall be emblematic of the participation of the Code Talkers
of that Indian tribe.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID4AB81C48EEDB47C1B762936E7C3DA962" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>504.</enum><header>Duplicate
medals</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Secretary of the
Treasury may strike and sell duplicates in bronze of the commemorative medals
struck under this Act—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID653AFBA7C8C84DF1A48DD0335BBD8009"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in accordance with such regulations as the
Secretary may promulgate; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID1D44484FAEA24B24897062520062FC84"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">at a price sufficient to cover the costs of
the medals (including labor, materials, dies, use of machinery, and overhead
expenses, and the cost of the bronze medal).</text>
</paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID36CAC26D2CCB4D329D472FE9D2E848C6" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>505.</enum><header>Status as national
medals</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Medals struck pursuant
to this Act are national medals for purposes of chapter 51 of title 31, United
States Code.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDE30360F18DFB43E3BEF4E76FE488044C" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>506.</enum><header>Funding</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDB5B6155B572546609F0500C8EF00178E"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Authority to
use fund amounts</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There is
authorized to be charged against the United States Mint Public Enterprise Fund
such amounts as are necessary to strike and award medals authorized by this
Act.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID9139526D02F04392AAB8BDA226858C43"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Proceeds of
sale</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">All amounts received
from the sale of duplicate bronze medals under section 504 shall be deposited
in the United States Mint Public Enterprise Fund.</text>
</subsection></section>