United States · Bill · S
S. 540 (108th)
Code Talkers Recognition Act
Introduced
5 March 2003
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Status
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
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Summary
Code Talkers Recognition Act - Directs the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President Pro Tempore of the Senate to make arrangements for the presentation of a congressional gold medal: (1) to persons, including specified individuals, who served as Sioux or Comanche Code Talkers during World War II; (2) honoring the Choctaw Code Talkers of World War I; and (3) to any other Native American member of the armed forces, identified by the Secretary of Defense, who served as a Code Talker in any foreign conflict in which the United States was involved during the 20th Century. Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to strike and sell duplicates in bronze of the gold medals struck under this Act and to deposit the proceeds in the United States Mint Public Enterprise Fund to pay for the costs of the medals awarded under this Act.
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Introduced in Senate (text)
Introduced in Senate · EN · 5 March 2003
Introduced in Senate (PDF)
Introduced in Senate · EN · 5 March 2003
Introduced in Senate
summary · EN · 5 March 2003
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/108th-congress/senate-bill/540
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/s/540