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US HB2336
Bill
Status
3/25/2025
Primary Sponsor
Kweisi Mfume
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AI Summary
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Posthumously awards a Congressional Gold Medal to Doris Miller, an African-American Navy sailor who served aboard USS West Virginia during the December 7, 1941 Pearl Harbor attack
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Recognizes Miller's heroic actions during the attack, including carrying wounded sailors to safety, moving his mortally wounded captain, and manning a .50 caliber antiaircraft gun without training until ordered to abandon ship
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Miller received the Navy Cross on May 27, 1942 from Admiral Chester Nimitz and later died in action on November 24, 1943 when USS Liscome Bay was sunk by a Japanese torpedo
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Directs the gold medal to be displayed at the Smithsonian Institution and authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to strike and sell bronze duplicates to cover production costs
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Funds medal production through the United States Mint Public Enterprise Fund, with proceeds from duplicate sales deposited back into the fund
Legislative Description
Doris Miller Congressional Gold Medal Act
Armed forces and national security
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.
3/25/2025