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The bill formally honors Rabbi Weissmandl and helps preserve Holocaust memory—providing educational and commemorative value—while creating only modest production and administrative costs that are expected to be largely offset by numismatic sales.
Holocaust survivors, Jewish communities, veterans, and Rabbi Weissmandl's family receive formal congressional recognition via a Congressional Gold Medal, preserving historical memory and honoring his wartime rescue work.
The bill gives the Mint a clear legal designation to produce and sell the medal as an official national (numismatic) item, enabling formal production, sale procedures, and retention of the medal by the awardees.
Treating the medals as numismatic items and structuring sales to cover production and the original gold medal cost reduces the likelihood that taxpayers will bear the medal's production expense.
The Mint/Treasury will incur modest administrative work and implementation costs to produce, manage, and sell the medal; if sales underperform, those administrative burdens and potential net costs could fall to the agency.
There is a direct, small cost to taxpayers for producing the official gold medal (Treasury production expense).
Revenue from medal sales is retained by the Mint/Treasury (numismatic receipts) rather than being directed to other unrelated federal programs, representing an opportunity cost.
Based on analysis of 5 sections of legislative text.
Authorizes a Congressional Gold Medal for Rabbi Michoel Ber Weissmandl, directs minting of a gold medal, and permits sale of bronze duplicates to cover costs.
Official title: To posthumously award a Congressional Gold Medal to Rabbi Michoel Ber Weissmandl in recognition of his acts of valor during World War II.
Introduced April 14, 2026 by Nydia M. Velázquez · Last progress April 14, 2026
Creates and awards a Congressional Gold Medal to Rabbi Michoel Ber Weissmandl to honor his World War II rescue work and postwar rabbinic and educational leadership. The bill directs the U.S. Mint to strike a gold medal, names recipients who may accept the medal on his behalf, authorizes sale of bronze duplicates to cover production costs, and designates the medal as a national numismatic item under federal law.