Daniel Penny Congressional Gold Medal Act

[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 10330 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                               H. R. 10330

  To award a Congressional Gold Medal to Daniel Penny, who protected 
women and children of the city of New York, New York, from violence on 
                              May 1, 2023.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            December 9, 2024

   Mr. Crane (for himself, Mr. Hunt, Mr. McClintock, Mr. Steube, Mr. 
  Ogles, and Mr. Langworthy) introduced the following bill; which was 
            referred to the Committee on Financial Services

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                                 A BILL


 
  To award a Congressional Gold Medal to Daniel Penny, who protected 
women and children of the city of New York, New York, from violence on 
                              May 1, 2023.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Daniel Penny Congressional Gold 
Medal Act''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    The Congress finds as follows:
            (1) Throughout President Biden's term as President, local 
        governments across various cities and States failed to 
        adequately protect residents and their property from violent 
        criminals.
            (2) On May 1, 2023, an individual began aggressively 
        threatening Daniel Penny and other passengers on a New York 
        City subway.
            (3) Daniel Penny, with others, acted to save New York City 
        subway riders from threatening behavior by restraining a 
        criminal--who had 42 prior arrests and an active warrant--until 
        the police came.
            (4) The courageous actions taken in response to the threat 
        to his community by Daniel Penny, a decorated U.S. Marine Corps 
        veteran, went beyond the civilian call of duty.

SEC. 3. SENSE OF CONGRESS.

     It is the sense of the Congress that Daniel Penny, with integrity 
and honor that is characteristic of who he is and of his honorable 
service in the United States Marine Corps, stepped in to protect women 
and children from an individual who was threatening to kill innocent 
bystanders, and he is a hero.

SEC. 4. CONGRESSIONAL GOLD MEDAL.

    (a) Presentation Authorized.--The Speaker of the House of 
Representatives and the President pro tempore of the Senate shall make 
appropriate arrangements for the posthumous presentation, on behalf of 
the Congress, of a gold medal of appropriate design to Daniel Penny, 
who protected women and children of the city of New York, New York, 
from violence on May 1, 2023.
    (b) Design and Striking.--For purposes of the presentation referred 
to in subsection (a), the Secretary of the Treasury (referred to in 
this Act as the ``Secretary'') shall strike a gold medal with suitable 
emblems, devices, and inscriptions, to be determined by the Secretary.
    (c) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of the Congress that the 
United States Mint should expedite production of the gold medal under 
this Act, so that the heroic and protective actions of Daniel Penny on 
May 1, 2023, in New York can be recognized and honored in a timely 
manner.

SEC. 5. DUPLICATE MEDALS.

    The Secretary may strike and sell duplicates in bronze of the gold 
medal struck pursuant to section 4, at a price sufficient to cover the 
cost thereof, including labor, materials, dies, use of machinery, and 
overhead expenses.

SEC. 6. STATUS OF MEDALS.

    (a) National Medals.--The medals struck pursuant to this Act are 
national medals for purposes of chapter 51 of title 31, United States 
Code.
    (b) Numismatic Items.--For purposes of sections 5134 and 5136 of 
title 31, United States Code, all medals struck under this Act shall be 
considered to be numismatic items.

SEC. 7. AUTHORITY TO USE FUND AMOUNTS; PROCEEDS OF SALE.

    (a) Authority To Use Fund Amounts.--There is authorized to be 
charged against the United States Mint Public Enterprise Fund such 
amounts as may be necessary to pay for the costs of the medals struck 
under this Act.
    (b) Proceeds of Sale.--Amounts received from the sale of duplicate 
bronze medals authorized under section 5 shall be deposited into the 
United States Mint Public Enterprise Fund.
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