[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4912 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4912

  To award a Congressional Gold Medal, collectively, to the American 
   women who joined the workforce during World War II, providing the 
 vehicles, weaponry, and ammunition to win the war, that were referred 
 to as ``Rosie the Riveter'', in recognition of their contributions to 
     the Nation and the inspiration they have provided to ensuing 
                              generations.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            February 2, 2018

 Ms. Speier (for herself, Mr. Fitzpatrick, and Mr. Huffman) introduced 
 the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Financial 
Services, and in addition to the Committee on House Administration, for 
a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for 
consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the 
                          committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
  To award a Congressional Gold Medal, collectively, to the American 
   women who joined the workforce during World War II, providing the 
 vehicles, weaponry, and ammunition to win the war, that were referred 
 to as ``Rosie the Riveter'', in recognition of their contributions to 
     the Nation and the inspiration they have provided to ensuing 
                              generations.

    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 ``Rosie the Riveter Congressional Gold 
Medal Act''.

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
     (a) Rosie the Riveter.--The term ``Rosie the Riveter'' includes 
any female individual who held employment or volunteered in support of 
the war efforts during World War II.
    (b) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary of the 
Treasury.

SEC. 3. CONGRESSIONAL GOLD MEDAL.

    (a) Award Authorized.--The President pro tempore of the Senate and 
the Speaker of the House of Representatives shall make appropriate 
arrangements for the award, on behalf of Congress, of a single gold 
medal of appropriate design to the Rosie the Riveters, collectively, in 
recognition of their contributions to the Nation and the inspiration 
they have provided to ensuing generations.
    (b) Design and Striking.--For the purposes of the award referred to 
in subsection (a), the Secretary shall strike the gold medal with 
suitable emblems, devices, and inscriptions, to be determined by the 
Secretary.
    (c) National Museum of American History.--
            (1) In general.--Following the award of the gold medal in 
        honor of the Rosie the Riveters, the gold medal shall be given 
        to the National Museum of American History of the Smithsonian 
        Institution, where it will be available for display as 
        appropriate and made available for research.
            (2) Sense of congress.--It is the sense of Congress that 
        the National Museum of American History should make the gold 
        medal received under paragraph (1) available for display 
        elsewhere, particularly at other appropriate locations 
        associated with the Rosie the Riveters.
    (d) Duplicate Medals.--Under such regulations as the Secretary may 
prescribe, the Secretary may strike and sell duplicates in bronze of 
the gold medal struck under this Act, at a price sufficient to cover 
the costs of the medals, including labor, materials, dies, use of 
machinery, and overhead expenses, and amounts received from the sale of 
such duplicates shall be deposited in the United States Mint Public 
Enterprise Fund.

SEC. 4. STATUS OF MEDALS.

    (a) National Medal.--The gold medal struck under this Act is a 
national medal for purposes of chapter 51 of title 31, United States 
Code.
    (b) Numismatic Items.--For purposes of section 5134 of title 31, 
United States Code, all medals struck under this Act shall be 
considered to be numismatic items.
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