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The bill recognizes Rep. Charles Rangel with a Congressional Gold Medal and makes replicas available through Mint-managed, cost‑recovery sales—preserving taxpayer appropriations but creating modest fiscal, pricing, and administrative risks for the Mint and potential limits on public access to replicas.
The bill formally honors Charles B. Rangel with a Congressional Gold Medal, giving national recognition to his public service and civil‑rights work.
Collectors and the general public can purchase bronze replicas under a framework that requires sales to cover production costs and channels revenue back to the U.S. Mint's Public Enterprise Fund, while clarifying production, sales, and custody procedures.
By highlighting Rangel's career and accomplishments (veterans' advocacy, tax and social program leadership, the Rangel Fellowship, and contributions to trade and health policy), the bill raises public awareness of programs that benefit veterans, low‑income families, students, and others.
Charging medal production and related costs to the Mint's Public Enterprise Fund without dollar caps or explicit limits could reduce funds available for other Mint activities, reduce fiscal transparency, and create financial risk borne indirectly by taxpayers and Mint operations.
Administrative, production, storage, and accounting costs associated with producing and selling medals could still fall to taxpayers or the Mint, imposing modest ongoing fiscal and operational costs.
Bronze replicas may be more expensive or less available than buyers expect because prices must recover full costs and Mint pricing/distribution rules can limit supply, reducing accessibility for some members of the public and collectors.
Based on analysis of 6 sections of legislative text.
Introduced June 5, 2025 by Adriano J. Espaillat · Last progress June 5, 2025
Authorizes a posthumous Congressional Gold Medal honoring Charles B. Rangel, directs the Treasury Secretary and the United States Mint to strike a gold medal bearing his image and inscription, and directs presentation of the medal to his children. Allows the Mint to produce and sell bronze duplicate medals at prices that recoup production costs, classifies the medals as national and numismatic items under federal law, and charges costs to the United States Mint Public Enterprise Fund with proceeds from duplicate sales deposited back into that Fund.