,i  #aaith ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #hifc  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,may #ba1 #bjbf,ms4  
,de ,la ,cruz 7for herself and ,mr4     
,mc,caul7 introduced the following bill2
 which was referred to the ,committee on
 ,financial ,services  ,a ,,bill  ,to   
award the ,congressional ,gold ,medal   
posthumously to ,edinburg1 ,texas war   
hero ,lance ,corporal ,dustin ,sekula1  
in recognition of his heroic life4  #a4 
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,lance ,corporal ,dustin ,sekula    
,congressional ,gold ,medal ,act4  #b4  
,findings ,the ,congress finds that3    
7#a7 ,dustin ,sekula was born on ,june  
#h1 #aihe1 in ,edinburg1 ,texas1 and    
graduated from ,edinburg ,north ,high   
,school in #bjjc4  7#b7 ,dustin was a   
kind1 loyal1 and loving son and brother4
  7#c7 ,dustin was skilled at ranching  
and loved roping steers4 ,he used his   
high school lunch period to practice    
roping on a fake steer4  7#d7 ,dustin   
turned down an agriculture college      

scholarship to join the ,marines and    
serve his country at the age of #ag4    
7#e7 ,at #ah1 an infantry mortarman of  
the #bnd ,battalion1 #gth ,marine       
,regiment1 #ast ,marine ,division1 #ast 
,marine ,expeditionary ,force1 ,dustin  
died due to injuries sustained from     
enemy fire in ,al ,anbar ,province1     
,iraq1 on ,april #a1 #bjjd4  7#f7 ,more 
than #a1jjj people filled ,trinity      
,worship ,center for his funeral        
service4  7#g7 ,dustin is buried in     
,palm ,valley ,memorial ,gardens in     
,pharr1 ,texas4  7#h7 ,the ,dustin      
,sekula ,memorial ,library 7,,dmsml7    
located in ,edinburg1 ,texas1 is named  
after ,marine ,lance ,corporal ,dustin  
,michael ,sekula4  7#i7 ,he was the     
first ,edinburg native to be killed     
during ,operation ,iraqi ,freedom4      
7#aj7 ,he is not forgotten4  #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 posthumous         
presentation1 to the family of ,lance   
,corporal ,dustin ,sekula on behalf of  
the ,congress1 of a gold medal of       
appropriate design in commemoration of  
,lance ,corporal ,dustin ,sekula1       
,edinburg1 ,texas war hero1 in          
recognition of his heroic life4  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  
,the ,secretary may strike and sell     
duplicates in bronze of the gold medal  
struck under section #c1 at a price     
sufficient to cover the cost thereof1   
including labor1 materials1 dies1 use of
 machinery1 and overhead expenses4  #e4 
,status of medals  7a7 ,national medals 
,the medals struck under this ,act are  

national medals for purposes of chapter 
#ea of title #ca1 ,united ,states ,code4
  7b7 ,numismatic items ,for purposes of
 sections #eacd and #eacf 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