Last progress February 18, 2025 (9 months ago)
Introduced on February 18, 2025 by Marilyn Strickland
Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on House Administration, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
This bill would honor the Buffalo Soldiers—six all-Black Army regiments formed in 1866—by awarding them a single Congressional Gold Medal for their long record of service, from protecting the frontier and national parks to serving in major wars despite discrimination . After the award, the medal would go to the National Museum of African American History and Culture for display and research, with encouragement to share it at other sites linked to the Buffalo Soldiers.
The Treasury would design and strike the medal. The U.S. Mint could sell bronze copies to the public to cover costs. All costs would come from the Mint’s Public Enterprise Fund, and any sales money would go back into that fund. The medals would count as national medals and as numismatic items under existing coin laws.