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3","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/452/text/enr#H4540BB9AEAE74B9E93E3D1B86C590C21:~:text=3.%20Congressional%20gold%20medal"},{"label":"Sec. 4","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/452/text/enr#H714ABD4E2BFA4868A9E690626639240E:~:text=4.%20Duplicate%20medals"}]},"core_areas":["Congressional Gold Medal for Willie O'Ree","Striking and sale of duplicate medals"],"what_it_does":[{"text":"Directs the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President pro tempore of the Senate to make arrangements to award a single gold medal on behalf of Congress to Willie O'Ree, or if unavailable, to a member of his family.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 3","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/452/text/enr#H4540BB9AEAE74B9E93E3D1B86C590C21:~:text=3.%20Congressional%20gold%20medal"}},{"text":"Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to strike the gold medal with emblems, devices, and inscriptions the Secretary determines, and requires the design to bear an image and the name of Willie O'Ree.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 3","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/452/text/enr#H4540BB9AEAE74B9E93E3D1B86C590C21:~:text=3.%20Congressional%20gold%20medal"}},{"text":"Allows the Secretary of the Treasury to strike and sell bronze duplicates of the gold medal at a price sufficient to cover the costs of the medals, including labor, materials, dies, use of machinery, and overhead expenses.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 4","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/452/text/enr#H714ABD4E2BFA4868A9E690626639240E:~:text=4.%20Duplicate%20medals"}},{"text":"Requires the amounts received from the sale of duplicate medals to be deposited in the United States Mint Public Enterprise Fund.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 4","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/452/text/enr#H714ABD4E2BFA4868A9E690626639240E:~:text=4.%20Duplicate%20medals"}},{"text":"Authorizes the costs of the medals struck under the Act to be charged against the United States Mint Public Enterprise Fund in the amounts necessary.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 4","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/452/text/enr#H714ABD4E2BFA4868A9E690626639240E:~:text=4.%20Duplicate%20medals"}},{"text":"Makes the medals national medals for purposes of chapter 51 of title 31, United States Code, and treats them as numismatic items for purposes of section 5134 of that title.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 5","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/452/text/enr#H6B00E48CE8E14635B3AA7A720B33BB06:~:text=5.%20Status%20of%20medals"}}],"unexpected":[],"version":{"type":"Enrolled Bill","date":null,"rule":"enrolled","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/452/text/enr"},"current":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","approved":"2026-10-15","approved_by":"checks"},"sources":{"congress_gov":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/452","text":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/452/text"},"card":{"image":"card/item/117-s-452.png","v":"c8015bc2a9e4","alt":"Votes on Record. S. 452, 117th Congress: Willie O'Ree Congressional Gold Medal Act. House: 426 Yea, 0 Nay. Senate: unanimous consent. Outcome: Became law, 31 Jan 2022."}}