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The bill honors a WWII hero and preserves historical memory through a Congressional Gold Medal and public replicas while largely shifting costs to buyers and requiring modest federal administration, trading symbolic recognition and legal clarity for limited fiscal and administrative impacts.
Students, educators, and the general public will gain increased awareness and preserved historical memory of WWII-era courage and Holocaust rescue through Congressional recognition of William H. Edmonds (the medal and associated recognition).
Edmonds's family and the broader veteran community receive formal national recognition via a Congressional Gold Medal, providing honor to relatives and serving as an inspiration to current service members and veterans.
Members of the public and collectors can purchase bronze replicas of the medal, enabling broader public participation in commemoration and access to a tangible memorial.
Taxpayers could incur modest direct costs to produce and present the Congressional Gold Medal and ceremony, and could indirectly bear administrative or production costs if the Treasury uses federal resources to produce, market, or distribute medals.
Individuals who purchase bronze replicas will bear full production costs, which can make replicas pricier than subsidized souvenirs and limit affordability for some buyers.
The Secretary of the Treasury and federal staff face an administrative burden to create and enforce regulations, set pricing, and manage sales, consuming staff time and agency resources.
Based on analysis of 5 sections of legislative text.
Authorizes a posthumous Congressional Gold Medal for Roddie Edmonds, directs minting and presentation, allows sale of bronze duplicates to cover costs, and designates them as national numismatic items.
Creates a posthumous Congressional Gold Medal honoring Master Sergeant Roderick W. “Roddie” Edmonds for his actions in World War II that protected Jewish-American prisoners. Directs the U.S. Mint (through the Secretary of the Treasury) to strike a gold medal, authorizes presentation of the medal to Edmonds’s son or next of kin, permits the minting and sale of bronze duplicates to cover costs, and designates the medals as national and numismatic items under federal law.
Introduced February 4, 2025 by Timothy Burchett · Last progress February 4, 2025