,i  #aagth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #cija  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,june #ae1 #bjba,mr4 
,gohmert 7for himself1 ,mr4 ,cloud1     
,mrs4 ,greene of ,georgia1 ,mr4 ,good of
 ,virginia1 ,mr4 ,hice of ,georgia1 ,mr4
 ,clyde1 ,mr4 ,babin1 ,mr4 ,harris1 ,mr4
 ,gooden of ,texas1 ,mr4 ,norman1 ,mr4  
,gaetz1 and ,mr4 ,perry7 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 four congressional 
gold medals to the ,united ,states      
,capitol ,police and those who protect  
the ,u4,s4 ,capitol4  #a4 ,findings ,the
 ,congress finds the following3 7#a7    
,the ,united ,states ,capitol ,police   
7,capitol ,police7 are essential to the 
protection of the ,u4,s4 ,capitol1 and  

each person who works in or visits the  
complex depends on them for their       
safety4  7#b7 ,in their dedication to   
provide this essential safety to the    
,u4,s4 ,capitol1 numerous ,capitol      
,police and other law enforcement have  
even paid with their lives while in the 
line of duty4  7#c7 ,those who have paid
 with their lives in the line of duty   
include ,sergeant ,christopher ,s4 ,eney
 in #aihd2 ,officer ,jacob ,j4 ,chestnut
 and ,detective ,john ,m4 ,gibson in    
#aiih2 and ,sergeant ,clinton ,j4 ,holtz
 in #bjad4  7#d7 ,most recently1 we     
mourn the losses of ,capitol ,police    
,officers ,brian ,sicknick and ,howard  
,liebengood1 and ,metropolitan ,police  
,department ,officer ,jeffrey ,smith1   
who all passed in ,january #bjba4 ,we   
also mourn the loss of ,officer ,william
 ,billy ,evans1 who was killed on ,april
 #b1 #bjba1 while protecting the ,north 
,barricade of the ,capitol4 ,officer    
,kenneth ,shaver was also injured in    
that assault4  7#e7 ,the sacrifices made

 by each of these men are never         
forgotten in the ,u4,s4 ,congress and by
 the many individuals who benefitted    
from their service4  7#f7 ,the service  
and sacrifices of the ,capitol ,police  
should be recognized and honored4  #b4  
,congressional ,gold ,medals  7a7       
,presentation authorization ,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 four gold medals to the   
,united ,states ,capitol ,police and    
those who protect the ,u4,s4 ,capitol4  
7b7 ,design and striking ,for the       
purposes of the award referred to in    
subsection 7a71 the ,secretary of the   
,treasury 7hereafter in this ,act       
referred to as the ,secretary7 shall    
strike gold medals with the official    
emblem of the ,united ,states ,capitol  
,police4  7c7 ,disposition of medals    
,following the award of the gold medals 

under subsection 7a73 7#a7 ,,uscp       
headquarters ,one gold medal shall be   
given to the ,united ,states ,capitol   
,police1 so that the medal may be       
displayed at the headquarters of the    
,united ,states ,capitol ,police and    
made available for research1 as         
appropriate4  7#b7 ,,dc ,metropolitan   
,police ,department headquarters ,one   
gold medal shall be given to the        
,metropolitan ,police ,department of the
 ,district of ,columbia1 so that the    
medal may be displayed at the           
headquarters of the ,metropolitan       
,police ,department and made available  
for research1 as appropriate4  7#c7     
,smithsonian ,institution  7,a7 ,in     
general ,one gold medal shall be given  
to the ,smithsonian ,institution1 where 
it shall be available for display as    
appropriate and available for research4 
7,b7 ,plaque ,in displaying the gold    
medal given under subparagraph 7,a71 the
 ,smithsonian ,institution shall display
 the medal with a plaque that lists the 

other law enforcement agencies that     
participate in protecting the ,u4,s4    
,capitol4  7,c7 ,sense of the ,congress 
,it is the sense of the ,congress that  
the ,smithsonian ,institution should    
make the gold medal given under         
subparagraph 7,a7 available for display 
elsewhere1 particularly at appropriate  
locations associated with the protection
 of the ,u4,s4 ,capitol4  7#d7 ,united  
,states ,capitol  7,a7 ,in general ,one 
gold medal shall be given to the        
,architect of the ,capitol1 for display 
in a prominent location in the ,united  
,states ,capitol as appropriate and     
available for research4  7,b7 ,plaque   
,in displaying the gold medal given     
under subparagraph 7,a71 the ,architect 
of the ,capitol shall display the medal 
with a plaque that lists the other law  
enforcement agencies that participate in
 protecting the ,united ,states         
,capitol4  #c4 ,duplicate medals ,the   
,secretary may strike and sell          
duplicates in bronze of the gold medals 

struck pursuant to section #b 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 expenses4  #d4 ,sense of       
,congress ,it is the sense of the       
,congress that the ,united ,states ,mint
 should expedite production of the gold 
medals and duplicate medals under this  
,act1 so that the sacrifices of fallen  
officers and their families1 and the    
contributions of other law enforcement  
agencies who answer the call of duty1   
can be recognized and honored in a      
timely and ongoing manner4  #e4         
,national medals ,medals struck pursuant
 to this ,act are national medals for   
the purposes of chapter #ea of title    
#ca1 ,united ,states ,code4