H. R. 1773 

One Hundred Sixteenth Congress 

of the 

United States of America 

AT THE SECOND SESSION 

Begun and held at the City of Washington on Friday, 

the third day of January, two thousand and twenty 

An Act 

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 material 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. 

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 ‘‘Rosie the Riveter Congressional 

Gold Medal Act of 2019’’. 

SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

Congress finds the following: 

(1) Over 70 years ago there was a call to action, a demand 

for workers to fill the vacancies left by the men who went 

to fight in the war. 

(2) More than 6 million women answered the call then, 

entering the workforce during World War II and providing 

the equipment, weaponry and ammunition to achieve final victory and end the war. 

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

full-time in factories, farms, shipyards, airplane factories, 

banks, and other institutions in support of the military overseas. 

(4) They worked with the United Service Organizations 

and the American Red Cross, drove trucks, riveted airplane 

parts, collected critical materials, rolled bandages, and served 

on rationing boards. 

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

sacrificed to strengthen this country during World War II, 

are among the greatest living heroines in the United States. 

(6) These women persevered, despite often facing harassment from their male colleagues and disapproval from their 

male family members, and all the while continued to maintain 

their ‘‘other jobs’’ as caretakers of children and their households. 

(7) Minority women also overcame long-held policies of 

discrimination and made significant contributions to the war 

effort. 

(8) Because of the ‘‘Rosies’’, Federal, State, and local agencies coordinated with business owners to develop childcare programs and other supports for working mothers. 
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(9) The example that these women set during World War 

II continues to inspire us and blaze a path for the working 

women and young girls of today. 

(10) Specifically, the images of ‘‘Rosie the Riveter’’ and 

the phrase ‘‘We Can Do It’’ continue to symbolize the empowerment of women today, representing patriotic women who want 

to serve and strengthen their country, and to inspire young 

girls to become ‘‘21st Century Rosies’’ by aspiring to, and 

attaining positions of leadership in all walks of life in America. 

SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 

(a) ROSIE THE RIVETER.—The term ‘‘Rosie the Riveter’’ includes 

any female individual who held employment or volunteered in support of the war efforts during World War II. 

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

of the Treasury. 

SEC. 4. CONGRESSIONAL GOLD MEDAL. 

(a) AWARD AUTHORIZED.—The Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President pro tempore of the Senate shall 

make appropriate arrangements for the award, on behalf of Congress, of a single gold medal of appropriate design in commemoration to Rosie the Riveter, collectively, in recognition of their contributions to the Nation and the inspiration they have provided 

to ensuing generations. 

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

referred to in subsection (a), the Secretary of the Treasury (referred 

to in this Act as the ‘‘Secretary’’) shall strike the gold medal with 

suitable emblems, devices, and inscriptions, to be determined by 

the Secretary. 

(c) NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AMERICAN HISTORY.— 

(1) IN GENERAL.—Following the award of the gold medal 

under subsection (a), the gold medal shall be given to the 

National Museum of American History of the Smithsonian 

Institution, where it shall be available for display as appropriate and made available for research. 

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

the National Museum of American History shall make the 

gold medal received under paragraph (1) available for display 

elsewhere, particularly at other appropriate locations associated 

with Rosie the Riveter. 

SEC. 5. DUPLICATE MEDALS. 

The Secretary may strike and sell duplicates in bronze of the 

gold medal struck pursuant to section 4 under such regulations 

as the Secretary may prescribe, at a price sufficient to cover the 

cost thereof, including labor, materials, dies, use of machinery, 

and overhead expenses, and the cost of the gold medal. 

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 section 5134 of title 

31, United States Code, all medals struck under this Act shall 

be considered to be numismatic items. 
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SEC. 7. DETERMINATION OF BUDGETARY EFFECTS. 

The budgetary effects of this Act, for the purpose of complying 

with the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010, shall be determined 

by reference to the latest statement titled ‘‘Budgetary Effects of 

PAYGO Legislation’’ for this Act, submitted for printing in the 

Congressional Record by the Chairman of the House Budget Committee, provided that such statement has been submitted prior 

to the vote on passage. 

Speaker of the House of Representatives. 

Vice President of the United States and

President of the Senate.