Sponsors (36)
The bill publicly honors and preserves the history of the First Rhode Island Regiment and expands access through saleable duplicates, while relying largely on self-funded sales that limit taxpayer exposure but create modest administrative work and potential price or fund-pressure effects on buyers and the Mint.
Veterans, descendants, and the general public receive formal federal recognition of the First Rhode Island Regiment through a Congressional Gold Medal, officially honoring the unit's Revolutionary War service.
Students, researchers, and the public gain guaranteed public access and research opportunities because the medal is placed in the Rhode Island State Library and the library is encouraged to loan it to other historic sites for display.
Collectors and middle-class households can obtain affordable bronze duplicates of the medal, expanding access to the design beyond the single gold medal on display.
There is no direct material benefit to most citizens; the medal confers symbolic recognition only while triggering modest administrative costs for the Treasury and State Library to produce, transport, and display the medal.
Buyers of duplicate medals may face higher prices if production overheads or surcharges are set conservatively, limiting affordability for middle-class purchasers.
The Mint, Treasury, and relevant agencies face additional administrative burdens and processing/accounting requirements to set prices, manage production, sales, and remit proceeds under existing fund rules.
Based on analysis of 6 sections of legislative text.
Authorizes awarding a single Congressional Gold Medal to the collective First Rhode Island Regiment in recognition of its Revolutionary War service, directs the Treasury to design and strike the medal, and directs that the gold medal be given to the Rhode Island State Library for display and research. Allows the U.S. Mint to produce and sell duplicate bronze medals (priced to cover costs), treats the medals as numismatic items under federal law, and permits the Mint to charge its Public Enterprise Fund for production costs with proceeds from sales deposited back into that fund.
Introduced February 13, 2025 by Gabe Amo · Last progress February 13, 2025