[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1773 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]

        H.R.1773

                     One Hundred Sixteenth Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America


                          AT THE SECOND SESSION

           Begun and held at the City of Washington on Friday,
            the third day of January, two thousand and twenty


                                 An Act


 
 To award a Congressional Gold Medal, collectively, to the women in the 
 United States who joined the workforce during World War II, providing 
 the aircraft, vehicles, weaponry, ammunition and other material to win 
the war, that were referred to as ``Rosie the Riveter'', in recognition 
  of their contributions to the United States 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 of 2019''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
    Congress finds the following:
        (1) Over 70 years ago there was a call to action, a demand for 
    workers to fill the vacancies left by the men who went to fight in 
    the war.
        (2) More than 6 million women answered the call then, entering 
    the workforce during World War II and providing the equipment, 
    weaponry and ammunition to achieve final victory and end the war.
        (3) These women left their homes to work or volunteer full-time 
    in factories, farms, shipyards, airplane factories, banks, and 
    other institutions in support of the military overseas.
        (4) They worked with the United Service Organizations and the 
    American Red Cross, drove trucks, riveted airplane parts, collected 
    critical materials, rolled bandages, and served on rationing 
    boards.
        (5) Our ``Rosie the Riveter'', the women who worked and 
    sacrificed to strengthen this country during World War II, are 
    among the greatest living heroines in the United States.
        (6) These women persevered, despite often facing harassment 
    from their male colleagues and disapproval from their male family 
    members, and all the while continued to maintain their ``other 
    jobs'' as caretakers of children and their households.
        (7) Minority women also overcame long-held policies of 
    discrimination and made significant contributions to the war 
    effort.
        (8) Because of the ``Rosies'', Federal, State, and local 
    agencies coordinated with business owners to develop childcare 
    programs and other supports for working mothers.
        (9) The example that these women set during World War II 
    continues to inspire us and blaze a path for the working women and 
    young girls of today.
        (10) Specifically, the images of ``Rosie the Riveter'' and the 
    phrase ``We Can Do It'' continue to symbolize the empowerment of 
    women today, representing patriotic women who want to serve and 
    strengthen their country, and to inspire young girls to become 
    ``21st Century Rosies'' by aspiring to, and attaining positions of 
    leadership in all walks of life in America.
SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.
    (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. 4. 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 Congress, of a single gold 
medal of appropriate design in commemoration to Rosie the Riveter, 
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 of the Treasury (referred to in this 
Act as 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 under 
    subsection (a), the gold medal shall be given to the National 
    Museum of American History of the Smithsonian Institution, where it 
    shall 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 shall make the gold medal 
    received under paragraph (1) available for display elsewhere, 
    particularly at other appropriate locations associated with Rosie 
    the Riveter.
SEC. 5. DUPLICATE MEDALS.
    The Secretary may strike and sell duplicates in bronze of the gold 
medal struck pursuant to section 4 under such regulations as the 
Secretary may prescribe, at a price sufficient to cover the cost 
thereof, including labor, materials, dies, use of machinery, and 
overhead expenses, and the cost of the gold medal.
SEC. 6. STATUS OF MEDALS.
    (a) National Medals.--The 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.
SEC. 7. DETERMINATION OF BUDGETARY EFFECTS.
    The budgetary effects of this Act, for the purpose of complying 
with the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010, shall be determined by 
reference to the latest statement titled ``Budgetary Effects of PAYGO 
Legislation'' for this Act, submitted for printing in the Congressional 
Record by the Chairman of the House Budget Committee, provided that 
such statement has been submitted prior to the vote on passage.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

                            Vice President of the United States and    
                                               President of the Senate.