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119-s-262119th Congress

Master Sergeant Roddie Edmonds Congressional Gold Medal Act

Sponsored By: Senator Blackburn, Marsha [R-TN]

Introduced

Summary

Posthumous Congressional Gold Medal honoring Master Sergeant Roddie Edmonds recognizes his leadership during World War II when he refused Nazi orders to identify Jewish American prisoners of war, helping to save approximately 200 Jewish soldiers. The Secretary of the Treasury will strike a gold medal to be presented to Pastor Christopher Waring Edmonds or the next of kin. The United States Mint may strike and sell bronze duplicates to cover costs. The U.S. Mint Public Enterprise Fund is authorized to pay for the medals and will receive proceeds from duplicate sales.

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Analyzed Economic Effects

1 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.

Mint may sell bronze medal copies

If enacted, the U.S. Mint could make and sell bronze copies of the congressional gold medal for Master Sergeant Roddie Edmonds. The Mint would set prices to cover costs like labor, materials, dies, machinery use, and overhead. Money from those sales would be deposited into the United States Mint Public Enterprise Fund. That Fund could also be charged to pay the costs of striking the medals.

Sponsors & CoSponsors

Sponsor

Blackburn, Marsha [R-TN]

TN • R

Cosponsors

  • Sen. Schatz, Brian [D-HI]

    HI • D

    Sponsored 1/27/2025

  • Sen. Cotton, Tom [R-AR]

    AR • R

    Sponsored 2/3/2025

  • Sen. Rosen, Jacky [D-NV]

    NV • D

    Sponsored 3/11/2025

  • Sen. Warnock, Raphael G. [D-GA]

    GA • D

    Sponsored 3/24/2025

  • Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI]

    RI • D

    Sponsored 3/25/2025

  • Sen. Heinrich, Martin [D-NM]

    NM • D

    Sponsored 7/16/2025

  • Sen. Budd, Ted [R-NC]

    NC • R

    Sponsored 10/6/2025

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