,,ii #aagth ,,congress #b;d ,session ,s4 #dehg ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the ,,united ,,states ,july #ba1 #bjbb,mrs4 ,gillibrand 7for herself1 ,mr4 ,schumer1 and ,mr4 ,cardin7 introduced the following bill2 which was read twice and referred to the ,committee on ,banking1 ,housing1 and ,urban ,affairs ,a ,,bill ,to award a ,congressional ,gold ,medal to ,benjamin ,berell ,ferencz1 in recognition of his service to the ,united ,states and international community during the post-,world ,war ,,ii ,nuremberg trials and lifelong advocacy for international criminal justice and rule of law4 #a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited as the ,benjamin ,berell ,ferencz ,congressional ,gold ,medal ,act4 #b4 ,findings ,congress finds the following3 7#a7 ,benjamin ,ben ,berell ,ferencz was born on ,march #aa1 #aibj1 in ,transylvania1 now modern day ,hungary4 7#b7 ,in #aibj1 ,ben and his family fled anti-,semitic persecution and emigrated to the ,united ,states4 ,ben grew up in ,new ,york ,city1 and in #aidj1 was awarded a scholarship to ,harvard ,law ,school where he graduated with honors4 7#c7 ,after the onset of ,world ,war ,,ii1 ,ben enlisted in the ,united ,states ,army in #aidc1 and joined an anti-aircraft artillery battalion preparing for the invasion of ,france4 ,as an enlisted man under ,general ,patton1 he fought in most of the major campaigns in ,europe4 7#d7 ,as ,nazi atrocities were uncovered1 ,ben was transferred to a newly created ,war ,crimes ,branch of the ,army to gather evidence of war crimes that could be used in a court of law to prosecute persons responsible for these crimes4 ,ben documented the horrors perpetrated by ,nazi ,germany1 visiting concentration camps as they were liberated4 7#e7 ,at the end of #aide1 ,ben was honorably discharged from the ,united ,states ,army with the rank of ,sergeant of ,infantry4 ,he had been awarded #e battle stars4 7#f7 ,in #aidf1 the ,united ,states ,government recruited ,ben to join the team working on the ,nuremberg tribunals1 a novel independent court established to try top-ranking ,nazi officials for crimes perpetrated during the course of the war1 including those crimes we now call the ,holocaust4 ,mr4 ,ferencz was sent to ,berlin to oversee a team of #ej researchers investigating official ,nazi records1 which provided overwhelming evidence to implicate ,german doctors1 lawyers1 judges1 generals1 industrialists1 and others in genocide4 7#g7 ,by #aidh1 at age #bg1 ,ben had secured enough evidence to prosecute #bb ,,ss members of ,nazi killing squads charged for the murder of over #a1jjj1jjjj ,jewish1 ,roma1 ,soviet1 and other men1 women1 and children in shooting massacres in occupied ,soviet territory4 ,he was appointed chief prosecutor in the ,einsatzgruppen ,trial1 in what the ,associated ,press called the biggest murder trial in history4 ,the court found #bj ,nazi officials guilty of war crimes1 crimes against humanity1 and membership in a criminal organization for their roles in the murder of over a million people4 ,an additional #b defendants were found guilty for membership in a criminal organization4 7#h7 ,after the ,nuremberg trials ended1 ,ben fought for compensation for victims and survivors of the ,holocaust1 the return of stolen assets1 and other forms of restitution for those who had suffered at the hands of the ,nazis4 7#i7 ,since the #aigjs1 ,ben has worked tirelessly to promote development of international mechanisms to outlaw and punish aggressive war and the crimes of genocide1 crimes against humanity and war crimes4 ,his efforts contributed to the establishment of the ,international ,criminal ,court and to the recognition of aggression as an international crime4 7#aj7 ,ben is a tireless advocate for international criminal justice and the conviction that the rule of law offers the world a sustainable path to stem conflict and reach peaceful conclusions to geopolitical disputes4 ,his unwavering goal has been to establish a legal precedent that would encourage a more humane and secure world in the future4 7#aa7 ,ben1 at age #aja1 is still active1 giving speeches throughout the world about lessons learned during his extraordinary career4 ,he is compelled by the imperative to replace the rule of force with the rule of law1 promoting judicial mechanisms that can resolve conflict4 ,he often tells young people to never give up because the fight for peace and justice is worth the long struggle ahead4 #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 ,benjamin ,berell ,ferencz1 in recognition of his service to the ,united ,states and international community during the post-,world ,war ,,ii ,nuremberg trials and lifelong advocacy for international criminal justice and rule of law4 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 #d4 ,duplicate medals 7a7 ,in general ,the ,secretary may strike and sell duplicates in bronze of the gold medal struck pursuant to section #c at a price sufficient to cover the cost thereof1 including labor1 materials1 dies1 use of machinery1 and overhead expenses4 7b7 ,united ,states ,holocaust ,memorial ,museum 7#a7 ,in general ,the ,secretary shall provide a duplicate bronze medal described under subsection 7a7 to the ,united ,states ,holocaust ,memorial ,museum4 7#b7 ,sense of ,congress ,it is the sense of ,congress that the ,united ,states ,holocaust ,memorial ,museum should make the duplicate medal received under this subsection available for display to the public whenever the ,united ,states ,holocaust ,memorial ,museum determines that such display is timely1 feasible1 and practical4 #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 #f4 ,authority to use fund amounts2 proceeds of sale 7a7 ,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 under this ,act4 7b7 ,proceeds of sale ,amounts received from the sale of duplicate bronze medals authorized under section #d shall be deposited into the ,united ,states ,mint ,public ,enterprise ,fund4