,i  #aagth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #fbb  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of   
,,representatives  ,january #bh1 #bjba  
,mrs4 ,watson ,coleman 7for herself1    
,mr4 ,beyer1 ,ms4 ,stevens1 ,mr4        
,hastings1 ,ms4 ,sewell1 ,ms4           
,schakowsky1 ,mr4 ,keating1 ,mr4        
,pallone1 ,mr4 ,correa1 ,mr4 ,johnson of
 ,georgia1 ,ms4 ,bonamici1 ,ms4         
,roybal-,allard1 ,ms4 ,jackson ,lee1    
,mr4 ,de,fazio1 ,mr4 ,kilmer1 ,mr4      
,pascrell1 ,ms4 ,snchez1 ,ms4 ,lee of   
,california1 ,mrs4 ,napolitano1 ,mr4    
,deutch1 ,mr4 ,mc,govern1 ,ms4 ,norton1 
,mr4 ,vicente ,gonzalez of ,texas1 ,mr4 
,evans1 ,mrs4 ,torres of ,california1   
,mr4 ,carl1 ,mr4 ,tonko1 ,mrs4          
,kirkpatrick1 ,mr4 ,kim of ,new ,jersey1
 ,mr4 ,sean ,patrick ,maloney of ,new   
,york1 ,ms4 ,johnson of ,texas1 ,mr4    
,thompson of ,california1 ,ms4          
,sherrill1 ,mr4 ,smith of ,new ,jersey1 
,mr4 ,sires1 ,ms4 ,meng1 and ,mr4 ,levin
 of ,california7 introduced the         
following bill2 which was referred to   

the ,committee on ,financial ,services  
,a ,,bill  ,to award posthumously a     
,congressional ,gold ,medal to ,officer 
,brian ,d4 ,sicknick1 for giving his    
life to protect the ,capitol and the    
,members and staff of ,congress on      
,january #f1 #bjba4  #a4 ,short title   
,this ,act may be cited as the ,officer 
,brian ,d4 ,sicknick ,congressional     
,gold ,medal ,act4  #b4 ,findings ,the  
,congress finds the following3  7#a7    
,the ,united ,states ,capitol is the    
most recognizable symbol of liberty and 
democracy throughout the world and those
 who guard the ,capitol guard our       
freedom4  7#b7 ,officer ,brian ,d4      
,sicknick sacrificed his life to protect
 the lives of hundreds of staff and     
,members of ,congress4  7#c7 ,officer   
,brian ,d4 ,sicknick was the youngest of
 three sons4  7#d7 ,officer ,brian ,d4  
,sicknick graduated from high school in 
#aiig and joined the ,new ,jersey ,air  
,national ,guard the same year4  7#e7   
,officer ,brian ,d4 ,sicknick was       

deployed overseas to ,saudi ,arabia in  
,operation ,southern ,watch in #aiii and
 to ,kyrgyzstan in support of the war in
 ,afghanistan4  7#f7 ,officer ,brian ,d4
 ,sicknick was honorably discharged in  
#bjjc4  7#g7 ,officer ,brian ,d4        
,sicknick joined the ,united ,states    
,capitol ,police in #bjjh4  7#h7        
,officer ,brian ,d4 ,sicknick most      
recently served in the ,united ,states  
,capitol ,police's ,first ,responder's  
,unit4  7#i7 ,officer ,brian ,d4        
,sicknick responded to the riots on     
,wednesday1 ,january #f1 #bjba4  7#aj7  
,officer ,brian ,d4 ,sicknick was       
injured while physically engaging with  
rioters and ultimately succumbed to his 
injuries on ,january #g1 #bjba4  7#aa7  
,officer ,brian ,d4 ,sicknick was the   
fourth ,united ,states ,capitol ,police 
officer in history to be killed in the  
line of duty4  #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 in commemoration of  
,officer ,brian ,d4 ,sicknick1 for      
giving his life to protect the ,capitol 
and the ,members and staff of ,congress 
on ,january #f1 #bjba4  7b7 ,design and 
striking ,for the purposes of the       
presentation referred to in subsection  
7a71 the ,secretary of the ,treasury    
7referred to in this ,act as the        
,secretary7 shall strike the gold medal 
with suitable emblems1 devices1 and     
inscriptions1 to be determined by the   
,secretary4  7c7 ,transfer of medal     
,following the award of the gold medal  
under subsection 7a71 the gold medal    
shall be given to ,officer ,brian ,d4   
,sicknick's parents1 ,charles and       
,gladys ,sicknick4  #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