,,ii  #aaith ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #dhfh  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,june #bc1     
#bjbf,mr4 ,schiff 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
 ,medal1 collectively1 to people of the 
,united ,states who were active in      
rescuing and aiding ,jews and other     
refugees during the period of ,nazi     
,germany's genocidal ,final ,solution   
policy to murder every ,jew in ,europe1 
in recognition of their contributions1  
which resulted in tens of thousands of  
,jews and others being spared from      
almost certain death4  #a4 ,short title 
,this ,act may be cited as the ,american
 ,rescuers of the ,holocaust            
,congressional ,gold ,medal ,act of     
#bjbf4  #b4 ,findings ,congress finds   
the following3 7#a7 ,between #aicc and  
#aide1 ,united ,states rescue and relief
 organizations were responsible for     

saving many thousands of ,jews and other
 refugees during the ,holocaust4 ,united
 ,states groups sponsored1 financed1 and
 organized numerous rescue and relief   
efforts in ,nazi-occupied and neutral   
,europe4  7#b7 ,these organizations     
operated in every country in ,europe4   
,there were hundreds of ,united ,states 
citizens involved in this effort4  7#c7 
,the ,jewish refugees and others who    
were saved from almost certain death    
immigrated to the ,united ,states1      
,israel1 and other parts of the world4  
7#d7 ,refugee agencies worked in the    
face of opposition to the resettling of 
,jewish refugees4 ,in #aici1 ,congress  
rejected proposals to offer asylum to   
#bj1jjj ,jewish children4 ,in the same  
year1 the ,united ,states refused asylum
 to ,jewish refugees aboard the ,s4,s4  
,st4 ,louis1 who were forced to return  
to ,europe1 and #bed of whom died in the
 ,holocaust4  7#e7 ,in addition1 public 
opinion in the ,united ,states was      
largely against aiding refugees1        

especially through immigration4  7#f7   
,the rescue of ,jews and other refugees 
was1 in some cases1 extremely dangerous1
 especially when conducted in           
,nazi-occupied territories or in        
collaborator nations4 ,a number of      
rescuers were arrested1 imprisoned1 and 
some were killed4  7#g7 ,many of these  
individuals and agencies aided in the   
relief and resettlement of ,jewish      
refugees and others after the war4  7#h7
 ,among the most prominent was the ,war 
,refugee ,board1 which was responsible  
for saving the lives of #bjj1jjj ,jews  
and #bj1jjj non-,jews4  7#i7 ,a number  
of these organizations to be honored are
 still in existence and are continuing  
efforts to help refugees throughout the 
world4  7#aj7 ,the individuals being    
honored include any person of the       
,united ,states who participated in the 
rescue or relief of ,jews or other      
refugees who were in danger as a result 
of the ,nazi genocidal policy against   
,jews and others in ,europe1 from #aicc 

to #aide4  #c4 ,congressional ,gold     
,medal  7a7 ,award authorized ,the      
,president pro tempore of the ,senate   
and the ,speaker of the ,house of       
,representatives shall make appropriate 
arrangements for the award1 on behalf of
 ,congress1 of a single gold medal of   
appropriate design in commemoration of  
the people of the ,united ,states who   
were active in rescuing and aiding ,jews
 and other refugees during the period of
 ,nazi ,germany's genocidal ,final      
,solution policy to murder every ,jew in
 ,europe1 in recognition of their       
contributions1 which resulted in tens of
 thousands of ,jews and others being    
spared from almost certain death4  7b7  
,design and striking ,for the purposes  
of the award 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 ,united ,states        

,holocaust ,memorial ,museum  7#a7 ,in  
general ,following the award of the gold
 medal under subsection 7a71 the gold   
medal shall be given to the ,united     
,states ,holocaust ,memorial ,museum1   
where it shall be available for display 
and research in accordance with the     
,museum's policies regarding materials  
in the ,museum's care4  7#b7 ,sense of  
,congress ,it is the sense of ,congress 
that the ,united ,states ,holocaust     
,memorial ,museum should make the gold  
medal received under paragraph 7#a7     
available for display elsewhere1 in     
accordance with the policies of the     
,museum regarding materials in the care 
of the ,museum1 at other appropriate    
locations1 including those associated   
with commemoration of the ,holocaust and
 other relevant entities1 that may make 
such a request4  #d4 ,duplicate medals  
,the ,secretary may strike and sell     
duplicates in bronze of the gold medal  
struck pursuant to 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     
pursuant to 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 pursuant to this ,act4    
7b7 ,proceeds of sale ,the amounts      
received from the sale of duplicate     
bronze medals authorized under section  
#d shall be deposited into the ,united  
,states ,mint ,public ,enterprise ,fund4