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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. 

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 

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. 

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

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Daniel Penny Congres5 sional Gold Medal Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

7 The Congress finds as follows: 

8 (1) Throughout President Biden’s term as 

9 President, local governments across various cities 


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1 and States failed to adequately protect residents and 

2 their property from violent criminals. 

3 (2) On May 1, 2023, an individual began ag4 gressively threatening Daniel Penny and other pas5 sengers on a New York City subway. 

6 (3) Daniel Penny, with others, acted to save 

7 New York City subway riders from threatening be8 havior by restraining a criminal—who had 42 prior 

9 arrests and an active warrant—until the police 

10 came. 

11 (4) The courageous actions taken in response to 

12 the threat to his community by Daniel Penny, a 

13 decorated U.S. Marine Corps veteran, went beyond 

14 the civilian call of duty. 

15 SEC. 3. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 

16 It is the sense of the Congress that Daniel Penny, 

17 with integrity and honor that is characteristic of who he 

18 is and of his honorable service in the United States Marine 

19 Corps, stepped in to protect women and children from an 

20 individual who was threatening to kill innocent bystanders, 

21 and he is a hero. 

22 SEC. 4. CONGRESSIONAL GOLD MEDAL. 

23 (a) PRESENTATION AUTHORIZED.—The Speaker of 

24 the House of Representatives and the President pro tem25 pore of the Senate shall make appropriate arrangements 


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1 for the posthumous presentation, on behalf of the Con2 gress, of a gold medal of appropriate design to Daniel 

3 Penny, who protected women and children of the city of 

4 New York, New York, from violence on May 1, 2023. 

5 (b) DESIGN AND STRIKING.—For purposes of the 

6 presentation referred to in subsection (a), the Secretary 

7 of the Treasury (referred to in this Act as the ‘‘Sec8 retary’’) shall strike a gold medal with suitable emblems, 

9 devices, and inscriptions, to be determined by the Sec10 retary. 

11 (c) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of the Con12 gress that the United States Mint should expedite produc13 tion of the gold medal under this Act, so that the heroic 

14 and protective actions of Daniel Penny on May 1, 2023, 

15 in New York can be recognized and honored in a timely 

16 manner. 

17 SEC. 5. DUPLICATE MEDALS. 

18 The Secretary may strike and sell duplicates in 

19 bronze of the gold medal struck pursuant to section 4, at 

20 a price sufficient to cover the cost thereof, including labor, 

21 materials, dies, use of machinery, and overhead expenses. 

22 SEC. 6. STATUS OF MEDALS. 

23 (a) NATIONAL MEDALS.—The medals struck pursu24 ant to this Act are national medals for purposes of chapter 

25 51 of title 31, United States Code. 


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1 (b) NUMISMATIC ITEMS.—For purposes of sections 

2 5134 and 5136 of title 31, United States Code, all medals 

3 struck under this Act shall be considered to be numismatic 

4 items. 

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

6 SALE. 

7 (a) AUTHORITY TO USE FUND AMOUNTS.—There is 

8 authorized to be charged against the United States Mint 

9 Public Enterprise Fund such amounts as may be nec10 essary to pay for the costs of the medals struck under 

11 this Act. 

12 (b) PROCEEDS OF SALE.—Amounts received from the 

13 sale of duplicate bronze medals authorized under section 

14 5 shall be deposited into the United States Mint Public 

15 Enterprise Fund. 

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