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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 892 

To award a Congressional Gold Medal, collectively, to the women in the 

United States who joined the workforce during World War II, providing 

the aircraft, vehicles, weaponry, ammunition, and other materials to 

win the war, that were referred to as ‘‘Rosie the Riveter’’, in recognition 

of their contributions to the United States and the inspiration they 

have provided to ensuing generations. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MARCH 27, 2019 

Mr. CASEY (for himself, Ms. COLLINS, and Ms. MURKOWSKI) introduced the 

following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on 

Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs 

A BILL 

To award a Congressional Gold Medal, collectively, to the 

women in the United States who joined the workforce 

during World War II, providing the aircraft, vehicles, 

weaponry, ammunition, and other materials to win the 

war, that were referred to as ‘‘Rosie the Riveter’’, in 

recognition of their contributions to the United States 

and the inspiration they have provided to ensuing generations. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Rosie the Riveter Con3 gressional Gold Medal Act of 2019’’. 

4 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

5 Congress finds the following: 

6 (1) Over 70 years ago there was a call to ac7 tion, a demand for workers to fill the vacancies left 

8 by the men who went to fight in the war. 

9 (2) More than 6,000,000 women answered the 

10 call then, entering the workforce during World War 

11 II and providing the equipment, weaponry, and am12 munition to achieve final victory and end the war. 

13 (3) These women left their homes to work or 

14 volunteer full-time in factories, farms, shipyards, air15 plane factories, banks, and other institutions in sup16 port of the military overseas. 

17 (4) They worked with the United Service Orga18 nizations and the American Red Cross, drove trucks, 

19 riveted airplane parts, collected critical materials, 

20 rolled bandages, and served on rationing boards. 

21 (5) Our ‘‘Rosie the Riveter’’, the women who 

22 worked and sacrificed to strengthen this country 

23 during World War II, are among the greatest living 

24 heroines in the United States. 

25 (6) These women persevered, despite often fac26 ing harassment from their male colleagues and disVerDate Sep 11 2014 02:51 Apr 05, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S892.IS S892

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1 approval from their male family members, and all 

2 the while continued to maintain their ‘‘other jobs’’ 

3 as caretakers of children and their households. 

4 (7) Minority women also overcame long-held 

5 policies of discrimination and made significant con6 tributions to the war effort. 

7 (8) Because of the ‘‘Rosies’’, Federal, State, 

8 and local agencies coordinated with business owners 

9 to develop child care programs and other supports 

10 for working mothers. 

11 (9) The example that these women set during 

12 World War II continues to inspire us and blaze a 

13 path for the working women of today. 

14 (10) Specifically, the images of ‘‘Rosie the Riv15 eter’’ and the phrase ‘‘We Can Do It’’ continue to 

16 symbolize the empowerment of women today, rep17 resenting patriotic women who want to serve and 

18 strengthen their country and to inspire young girls 

19 to become ‘‘21st Century Rosies’’ by aspiring to and 

20 attaining positions of leadership in all walks of life 

21 in the United States. 

22 SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 

23 (a) ROSIE THE RIVETER.—The term ‘‘Rosie the Riv24 eter’’ includes any female individual who held employment 


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1 or volunteered in support of the war efforts during World 

2 War II. 

3 (b) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the 

4 Secretary of the Treasury. 

5 SEC. 4. CONGRESSIONAL GOLD MEDAL. 

6 (a) AWARD AUTHORIZED.—The President pro tem7 pore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Rep8 resentatives shall make appropriate arrangements for the 

9 award, on behalf of Congress, of a single gold medal of 

10 appropriate design to Rosie the Riveter, collectively, in 

11 recognition of their contributions to the United States and 

12 the inspiration they have provided to ensuing generations. 

13 (b) DESIGN AND STRIKING.—For the purpose of the 

14 award referred to in subsection (a), the Secretary shall 

15 strike the gold medal with suitable emblems, devices, and 

16 inscriptions, to be determined by the Secretary. 

17 (c) NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AMERICAN HISTORY.— 

18 (1) IN GENERAL.—Following the award of the 

19 gold medal in honor of Rosie the Riveter, the gold 

20 medal shall be given to the National Museum of 

21 American History of the Smithsonian Institution, 

22 where it will be available for display as appropriate 

23 and made available for research. 

24 (2) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of 

25 Congress that the National Museum of American 


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1 History should make the gold medal received under 

2 paragraph (1) available for display elsewhere, par3 ticularly at other appropriate locations associated 

4 with Rosie the Riveter. 

5 SEC. 5. DUPLICATE MEDALS. 

6 (a) IN GENERAL.—Under such regulations as the 

7 Secretary may prescribe, the Secretary may strike and sell 

8 duplicates in bronze of the gold medal struck under sec9 tion 4, at a price sufficient to cover the costs of the med10 als, including labor, materials, dies, use of machinery, and 

11 overhead expenses. 

12 (b) PROCEEDS.—Amounts received from the sale of 

13 the duplicates under subsection (a) shall be deposited in 

14 the United States Mint Public Enterprise Fund estab15 lished under section 5136 of title 31, United States Code. 

16 SEC. 6. STATUS OF MEDALS. 

17 (a) NATIONAL MEDALS.—Medals struck under this 

18 Act are national medals for purposes of chapter 51 of title 

19 31, United States Code. 

20 (b) NUMISMATIC ITEMS.—For purposes of section 

21 5134 of title 31, United States Code, all medals struck 

22 under this Act shall be considered to be numismatic items. 

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