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US HB2081
Bill
Status
3/11/2025
Primary Sponsor
Rebecca Sherrill
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AI Summary
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Awards a Congressional Gold Medal to members of the Red Cross Supplemental Recreational Activities Overseas (SRAO) program, known as "Donut Dollies," who served during the Vietnam conflict from February 1962 to March 1973
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Recognizes the 627 young women who served in the SRAO program across 28 unit locations throughout South Vietnam, traveling over 2,125,000 miles and serving approximately 280,500 servicemembers
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Honors five American Red Cross workers who died in-country, including three SRAO members: Hanna E. Crews, Virginia E. Kirsch, and Lucinda J. Richter
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Directs the gold medal to be given to the Smithsonian Institution for display and research following the presentation ceremony
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Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to strike and sell duplicate bronze medals, with costs charged to the United States Mint Public Enterprise Fund and proceeds deposited back into that fund
Legislative Description
Donut Dollies Congressional Gold Medal Act
International affairs
Last Action
Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on House Administration, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
3/11/2025