[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5222 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5222

To award a Congressional Gold Medal, collectively, to Korean war combat 
 veterans, in recognition of their dedicated service during the Korean 
                                  war.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 8, 2018

Ms. Hanabusa (for herself, Mr. Jones, Ms. Rosen, Mr. Fitzpatrick, Mrs. 
Comstock, Mr. Costa, Ms. Bordallo, Mr. Butterfield, Mr. DeSaulnier, and 
    Mr. Gonzalez of Texas) 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 Korean war combat 
 veterans, in recognition of their dedicated service during the Korean 
                                  war.

    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 ``Korean War Combat Veterans 
Congressional Gold Medal Act''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    Congress finds the following:
            (1) The Korean war began on June 25, 1950, and an armistice 
        was signed on July 27, 1953.
            (2) The Korean conflict began when troops of the Democratic 
        People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), commonly known as North 
        Korea, invaded the Republic of Korea (ROK), commonly known as 
        South Korea. A United Nations Resolution denounced the DPRK's 
        invasion and called for a cessation of hostilities and 
        withdrawal of the DPRK to the 38th parallel.
            (3) To enforce the United Nations Resolution, President 
        Harry S. Truman ordered United States air, land, and naval 
        forces to aid the ROK.
            (4) During the Korean war, members of the United States 
        military served as part of a unified United Nations force which 
        included armed forces from 27 other nations. This is the first 
        instance that United States service members were used to 
        enforce a resolution of the United Nations.
            (5) 5,720,000 United States service members served during 
        the period of the Korean war from 1950 through 1953. During the 
        conflict, 36,574 made the ultimate sacrifice and 103,284 were 
        wounded.
            (6) Today, approximately 1,280,000 Korean war veterans are 
        alive.
            (7) The courage, bravery, and selflessness of the American 
        service members who fought as part of the United Nations forces 
        deployed to the Korean Peninsula for global peace and security 
        are recognized.
            (8) Korean war combat veterans include those who served 
        honorably in an active-duty status under the command of United 
        States and United Nations forces on the air, land, and sea of 
        the Korean Peninsula from June 25, 1950 through July 27, 1953.

SEC. 3. CONGRESSIONAL GOLD MEDAL.

    (a) Award Authorized.--The Speaker of the House of Representatives 
and the President pro tempore of the Senate shall make appropriate 
arrangements for the award, on behalf of the Congress, of a single gold 
medal of appropriate design to the Korean war combat veterans, 
collectively, in recognition of their dedicated service during the 
Korean war.
    (b) Design and Striking.--For the purposes of the award referred to 
in subsection (a), the Secretary of the Treasury (hereafter in this Act 
referred to as the ``Secretary'') shall strike the gold medal with 
suitable emblems, devices, and inscriptions, to be determined by the 
Secretary.
    (c) Smithsonian Institution.--
            (1) In general.--Following the award of the gold medal in 
        honor of the Korean war combat veterans, under subsection (a), 
        the gold medal shall be given to the Smithsonian Institution, 
        where it will be displayed as appropriate and made for 
        research.
            (2) Sense of congress.--It is the sense of Congress that 
        the Smithsonian Institution should make the gold medal received 
        under paragraph (1) available for display elsewhere, 
        particularly at other appropriate locations associated with the 
        Korean war combat veterans.

SEC. 4. 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 section 3, at a price sufficient to cover the costs of the 
medals, including labor, materials, dies, use of machinery, and 
overhead expenses.

SEC. 5. STATUS OF MEDALS.

    (a) National Medals.--Medals struck pursuant to this Act are 
national medals 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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