H.R. 1093 — Code Talkers Recognition Act

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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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2003-03-05
Introduced in House
2003-03-05
Introduced in House
2003-03-05
Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
2003-03-17
Referred to the Subcommittee on Domestic and International Monetary Policy, Trade, and Technology.

Code Talkers Recognition Act

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