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The bill honors a NATO leader and makes commemorative medals available to the public while enabling the Mint to recover costs, trading modest fiscal and administrative risks (and some transparency/flexibility loss) for public access and reduced appropriations pressure.
Federal government (the Mint/Secretary) can recover production costs and channel sales revenue into the Mint’s Public Enterprise Fund, reducing the need for new appropriations to cover commemorative-medal expenses.
Collectors and members of the public can purchase affordable bronze duplicate medals, increasing public access to and ownership of the commemorative medal.
The legislation formally recognizes Jens Stoltenberg’s leadership and U.S. appreciation for allied NATO cooperation, signaling U.S. support for allied defense partnerships.
Taxpayers could face modest costs—design/striking expenses or indirect liability if the Mint’s fund is insufficient and requires Treasury support or appropriations.
Managing production, inventory, sales and accounting for duplicates imposes an administrative burden on the Secretary and Mint, with no dedicated funding provided.
Directing sales revenue into the Mint’s Public Enterprise Fund may reduce transparency about how much public money is used for commemorative items.
Based on analysis of 6 sections of legislative text.
Directs Congress to present a single Congressional Gold Medal to Jens Stoltenberg in recognition of his leadership of NATO, requires the U.S. Mint (under the Treasury Secretary) to strike that gold medal with an inscription of his name, and permits the Mint to produce and sell bronze duplicate medals priced to cover production costs. It designates the medals as national medals and numismatic items and allows the Mint to use its Public Enterprise Fund to pay production costs and receive proceeds from duplicate-sales.
Introduced January 9, 2025 by Neal Patrick Dunn · Last progress January 9, 2025