,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #ciih  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,july #be1 #bjai,mrs4
 ,beatty 7for herself and ,mr4          
,grijalva7 introduced the following     
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,financial ,services1 and 
in addition to the ,committee on ,house 
,administration1 for a period to be     
subsequently determined by the ,speaker1
 in each case for consideration of such 
provisions as fall within the           
jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
,a ,,bill  ,to award a ,congressional   
,gold ,medal to the ,united ,states     
,women's ,soccer ,team in recognition of
 their extraordinary contributions and  
commitment to soccer1 women's sports1   
inclusion1 and pay equity4  #a4 ,short  
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,u4,s4 ,women's ,national ,soccer ,team 
,congressional ,gold ,medal ,act4  #b4  
,findings ,the ,congress finds the      
following3  7#a7 ,the ,united ,states   
,women's ,national ,soccer ,team        

7,,uswnt7 has represented the ,united   
,states in women's soccer               
internationally since #aihe4  7#b7 ,the 
,,uswnt has gained international        
recognition as the most successful      
,women's ,world ,cup team1 winning four 
,women's ,world ,cup titles1 beginning  
with the first ,women's ,world ,cup in  
#aiia4 ,the ,,uswnt has participated in 
every ,women's ,world ,cup1 placing no  
lower than third place and reaching the 
final five times4  7#c7 ,the ,,uswnt won
 the gold medal in the first ,olympic   
women's soccer tournament in #aiif1 as  
well as gold medals in the #bjjd1 #bjjh1
 and #bjab ,olympic ,games4  7#d7 ,the  
,,uswnt has consistently been placed at 
the top of the ,,fifa ,women's ,world   
,rankings and holds the record for the  
longest period leading the ranking1 from
 ,march #bjjh to ,december #bjad4  7#e7 
,the #bjai ,,uswnt team1 coached by     
,jill ,ellis1 is composed of goalkeepers
 ,adrianna ,franch1 ,ashlyn ,harris1 and
 ,alyssa ,naeher2 defenders ,abby       

,dahlkemper1 ,tierna ,davidson1 ,crystal
 ,dunn1 ,ali ,krieger1 ,kelley ,o',hara1
 ,becky ,sauerbrunn1 and ,emily         
,sonnett2 midfielders ,morgan ,brian1   
,julie ,ertz1 ,lindsey ,horan1 ,rose    
,lavelle1 ,allie ,long1 and ,samantha   
,mewis2 and forwards ,tobin ,heath1     
,carli ,lloyd1 ,jessica ,mc,donald1     
,alex ,morgan1 ,christen ,press1        
,mallory ,pugh1 and ,megan ,rapinoe4    
,lloyd1 ,morgan1 and ,rapinoe served as 
team co-captains4  7#f7 ,the ,,uswnt won
 the #bjai ,women's ,world ,cup1        
defeating the ,netherlands in the       
championship game by a score of #b to #j
 on ,july #g1 #bjai4  7#g7 ,as the team 
celebrated on the field1 chants of      
,equal ,pay were reported in the        
stadium4 ,this reaction from the crowd  
was prompted by growing awareness and   
media coverage of the pay inequities    
experienced by the ,,uswnt compared to  
their male counterparts4  7#h7 ,the     
efforts of ,,uswnt regarding wage       
inequity1 in tandem with their continued

 success on the field1 have advanced our
 ,nation's dialogue surrounding         
complicated issues such as gender       
equity4  7#i7 ,the ,,uswnt also serves  
as a powerful and visible advocate of   
the ,,lgbtq community in athletics4     
7#aj7 ,their work on these issues sets a
 powerful example to young women across 
the globe1 particularly women athletes1 
to stand up for equal treatment4  #c4   
,congressional gold medal  7a7          
,presentation authorized ,the ,speaker  
of the ,house of ,representatives and   
the ,president pro tempore of the       
,senate shall make appropriate          
arrangements for the presentation1 on   
behalf of the ,congress1 of a gold medal
 of appropriate design to the ,united   
,states ,women's ,national ,team1 in    
recognition of their extraordinary      
contributions and commitment to soccer1 
women's sports1 inclusion1 and pay      
equity4  7b7 ,design and striking ,for  
purposes of the presentation referred to
 in subsection 7a71 the ,secretary of   

the ,treasury 7referred to in this ,act 
as the ,secretary7 shall strike a gold  
medal with suitable emblems1 devices1   
and inscriptions1 to be determined by   
the ,secretary4  7c7 ,smithsonian       
institution  7#a7 ,in general ,following
 the award of the gold medal under      
subsection 7a71 the gold medal shall be 
given to the ,smithsonian ,institution1 
where it shall be available for display 
as appropriate and made available for   
research4  7#b7 ,sense of ,congress ,it 
is the sense of ,congress that the      
,smithsonian ,institution should make   
the gold medal received under paragraph 
7#a7 available for display elsewhere1   
particularly at other appropriate       
locations associated with women's       
soccer4  #d4 ,duplicate medals ,the     
,secretary may strike and sell          
duplicates in bronze of the gold medal  
struck pursuant to section #c under such
 regulations as the ,secretary may      
prescribe1 at a price sufficient to     
cover the cost thereof1 including labor1

 materials1 dies1 use of machinery1 and 
overhead expenses1 and the cost of the  
gold medal4  #e4 ,status of medals  7a7 
,national medals ,the medals struck     
pursuant to this ,act are national      
medals for purposes of chapter #ea of   
title #ca1 ,united ,states ,code4  7b7  
,numismatic items ,for purposes of      
section #eacd of title #ca1 ,united     
,states ,code1 all medals struck under  
this ,act shall be considered to be     
numismatic items4