US HB5519

Posthumously awards a Congressional Gold Medal to Welles Remy Crowther, a 24-year-old equities trader and volunteer firefighter who died rescuing survivors in the World Trade Center South Tower on September 11, 2001

Crowther, known as the "Man in the Red Bandanna," repeatedly returned to the 78th floor Sky Lobby to lead survivors to safety, carrying an injured woman on his back, before joining firefighters and dying when the tower collapsed

Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to design and strike the gold medal bearing Crowther's image and name, with the medal to be presented to his mother, Alison Crowther

Authorizes the U.S. Mint to strike and sell bronze duplicate medals at cost-recovery prices, with proceeds deposited into the United States Mint Public Enterprise Fund

Introduced September 19, 2025 by Rep. Lawler with bipartisan cosponsors and referred to the Committee on Financial Services