[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 8386 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 8386

  To award a Congressional Gold Medal to President Donald J. Trump in 
      recognition of his exceptional leadership and dedication to 
  strengthening America's diplomatic relations during his presidency.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 14, 2024

      Mrs. Luna (for herself, Mr. Ogles, Mr. Weber of Texas, Mr. 
   Reschenthaler, Mr. Waltz, Ms. Boebert, Mr. Good of Virginia, Mrs. 
  Miller of Illinois, and Ms. Tenney) introduced the following bill; 
       which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services

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                                 A BILL


 
  To award a Congressional Gold Medal to President Donald J. Trump in 
      recognition of his exceptional leadership and dedication to 
  strengthening America's diplomatic relations during his presidency.

    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 ``President Donald J. Trump 
Congressional Gold Medal Act''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    Congress find the following:
            (1) On November 8, 2016, Donald J. Trump was elected the 
        45th President of the United States.
            (2) President Trump's time in office ushered in profound 
        changes to United States diplomatic relations with countries 
        around the world.
            (3) On June 30, 2019, President Trump made history by 
        becoming the first sitting United States President to cross 
        into North Korea for a meeting with Kim Jong Un in the 
        Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) between North and South Korea.
            (4) During this visit, President Trump facilitated an 
        unprecedented brief meeting between Kim Jong Un and South 
        Korea's President Moon Jae-in. During his conversations, 
        President Trump worked to resume stalled nuclear talks and 
        expressed hope for peace between North and South Korea.
            (5) On September 15, 2020, President Trump established 
        historic diplomatic relations between Israel and its neighbors 
        in the Middle East through the Abraham Accords.
            (6) The Abraham Accords were a series of agreements to 
        normalize relations between Israel and its regional neighbors. 
        The Abraham Accords consisted of a general declaration that 
        recognized the importance of maintaining and strengthening 
        peace in the Middle East.
            (7) The general declaration was signed alongside bilateral 
        agreements between Israel and the United Arab Emirates, 
        Bahrain, and Morocco to normalize relations between the 
        countries.
            (8) President Trump commemorated the Abraham Accords by 
        welcoming Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Minister 
        of Foreign Affairs of Bahrain Dr. Abdullatif bin Rashid Al-
        Zayani, and Minister of Foreign Affairs for the United Arab 
        Emirates Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyanisigns to the White House 
        for the Abraham Accords Signing Ceremony.
            (9) The greatest of President Trump's foreign policy 
        achievements was that no wars were started while he was in 
        office.

SEC. 3. CONGRESSIONAL GOLD MEDALS.

    (a) Presentation Authorization.--The Speaker of the House of 
Representatives and the President pro tempore of the Senate shall make 
appropriate arrangements for the presentation, on behalf of the 
Congress, of a gold medal of appropriate design, to President Donald J. 
Trump, in recognition of his exceptional leadership and dedication to 
strengthening America's diplomatic relations during his presidency.
    (b) Design and Striking.--For the purposes of the presentation 
referred to in subsection (a), the Secretary of Treasury (referred to 
in this Act as the ``Secretary'') shall strike the gold medals with 
suitable emblems, devices, and inscriptions, to be determined by the 
Secretary.

SEC. 4. DUPLICATE MEDALS.

    The Secretary may strike and sell duplicates in bronze of the gold 
medal struck pursuant to section 3 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.

SEC. 5. 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 sections 5134 and 5136 of 
title 31, United States Code, all medals struck under this Act shall be 
considered to be numismatic items.

SEC. 6. AUTHORITY TO USE FUND AMOUNTS; PROCEEDS OF SALE.

    (a) Authority To Use Fund Amounts.--There is authorized to be 
charged against the United States Mint Public Enterprise Fund such 
amounts as may be necessary to pay for the costs of the medals struck 
pursuant to this Act.
    (b) Proceeds of Sale.--The amounts received from the sale of 
duplicate bronze medals authorized under section 4 shall be deposited 
into the United States Mint Public Enterprise Fund.
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