,i  #aahth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #cede  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,may #ah1 #bjbc,mr4  
,trone 7for himself and ,mr4 ,timmons7  
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 military            
intelligence professionals at ,camp     
,ritchie1 commonly known as the ,ritchie
 ,boys1 in recognition of their         
groundbreaking contributions to the     
field of human intelligence and their   
outstanding service during ,world ,war  
,,ii4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act may  
be cited as the ,ritchie ,boys          
,congressional ,gold ,medal ,act4  #b4  
,findings ,the ,congress finds the      

following3 7#a7 ,the ,ritchie ,boys were
 a group of approximately #ae1bjj       
servicemembers who trained in ,united   
,states ,army ,intelligence methods at  
,camp ,ritchie1 ,maryland1 during ,world
 ,war ,,ii4  7#b7 ,most of the men and  
women assigned to ,camp ,ritchie        
possessed critical language skills in   
,german1 ,polish1 ,italian1 ,french1 and
 other languages that became an asset to
 allied forces during the war4  7#c7    
,approximately #ad percent of the       
,ritchie ,boys were ,jewish refugees    
from ,germany and ,austria who had      
detailed knowledge of ,german cultural  
attitudes and communication4  7#d7 ,the 
,ritchie ,boys were trained in methods  
of human intelligence1 including        
groundbreaking techniques in            
interrogation1 counterintelligence1 and 
psychological warfare that leveraged    
cultural knowledge as a tool for        
building rapport with prisoners4  7#e7  
,consequently1 the ,ritchie ,boys were  
able to gather vital intelligence       

regarding the hierarchy1 strategies1    
motivations1 and attitudes of the       
,german military4  7#f7 ,the ,ritchie   
,boys who completed training at ,camp   
,ritchie went on to serve in units on   
the front lines in ,europe1 conducting  
human intelligence operations and       
analyzing ,german military plans to     
provide strategic intelligence to       
commanders in the field4  7#g7 ,the     
,ritchie ,boys also conducted           
counterintelligence operations aimed at 
demoralizing the enemy and convincing   
,german soldiers to abandon their units4
  7#h7 ,after the war1 many of the      
,ritchie ,boys helped shape ,american   
culture and society through their       
continued work in the intelligence      
community as well as governance1        
academia1 and other fields4  7#i7 ,a    
,united ,states ,army report found that 
approximately #fj percent of the        
actionable intelligence gathered in     
,europe during the war came from the    
,ritchie ,boys4  #c4 ,congressional gold

 medal  7a7 ,award authorized ,the      
,speaker of the ,house of               
,representatives and the ,president pro 
tempore of the ,senate shall make       
appropriate arrangements for the award1 
on behalf of the ,congress1 of a gold   
medal of appropriate design to the      
military intelligence professionals at  
,camp ,ritchie1 commonly known as the   
,ritchie ,boys1 in recognition of their 
groundbreaking contributions to the     
field of human intelligence and their   
outstanding service during ,world ,war  
,,ii4  7b7 ,design and striking ,for the
 purposes of the award referred to in   
subsection 7a71 the ,secretary of the   
,treasury shall strike the 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  
in honor of the military intelligence   
professionals1 the ,ritchie ,boys1 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 locations         
associated with the ,ritchie ,boys4  #d4
 ,duplicate medals ,the ,secretary may  
strike and sell duplicates in bronze of 
the gold medal struck under section #c1 
at a price sufficient to cover the costs
 of the bronze medals1 including labor1 
materials1 dies1 use of machinery1 and  
overhead expenses4  #e4 ,status of      
medals ,the gold medal struck pursuant  
to this ,act is a national medal for    
purposes of chapter #ea of title #ca1   
,united ,states ,code4  #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