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117TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 622 

To award posthumously a Congressional Gold Medal to Officer Brian D. 

Sicknick, for giving his life to protect the Capitol and the Members 

and staff of Congress on January 6, 2021. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JANUARY 28, 2021 

Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN (for herself, Mr. BEYER, Ms. STEVENS, Mr. HASTINGS, Ms. SEWELL, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. KEATING, Mr. PALLONE, 

Mr. CORREA, Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia, Ms. BONAMICI, Ms. ROYBALALLARD, Ms. JACKSON LEE, Mr. DEFAZIO, Mr. KILMER, Mr. PASCRELL, 

Ms. SA ́NCHEZ, Ms. LEE of California, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Mr. DEUTCH, 

Mr. MCGOVERN, Ms. NORTON, Mr. VICENTE GONZALEZ of Texas, Mr. 

EVANS, Mrs. TORRES of California, Mr. CARL, Mr. TONKO, Mrs. KIRKPATRICK, Mr. KIM of New Jersey, Mr. SEAN PATRICK MALONEY of New 

York, Ms. JOHNSON of Texas, Mr. THOMPSON of California, Ms. 

SHERRILL, Mr. SMITH of New Jersey, Mr. SIRES, Ms. MENG, and Mr. 

LEVIN of California) introduced the following bill; which was referred to 

the Committee on Financial Services 

A BILL 

To award posthumously a Congressional Gold Medal to Officer Brian D. Sicknick, for giving his life to protect 

the Capitol and the Members and staff of Congress on 

January 6, 2021. 

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 ‘‘Officer Brian D. 

3 Sicknick Congressional Gold Medal Act’’. 

4 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

5 The Congress finds the following: 

6 (1) The United States Capitol is the most rec7 ognizable symbol of liberty and democracy through8 out the world and those who guard the Capitol 

9 guard our freedom. 

10 (2) Officer Brian D. Sicknick sacrificed his life 

11 to protect the lives of hundreds of staff and Mem12 bers of Congress. 

13 (3) Officer Brian D. Sicknick was the youngest 

14 of three sons. 

15 (4) Officer Brian D. Sicknick graduated from 

16 high school in 1997 and joined the New Jersey Air 

17 National Guard the same year. 

18 (5) Officer Brian D. Sicknick was deployed 

19 overseas to Saudi Arabia in Operation Southern 

20 Watch in 1999 and to Kyrgyzstan in support of the 

21 war in Afghanistan. 

22 (6) Officer Brian D. Sicknick was honorably 

23 discharged in 2003. 

24 (7) Officer Brian D. Sicknick joined the United 

25 States Capitol Police in 2008. 


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1 (8) Officer Brian D. Sicknick most recently 

2 served in the United States Capitol Police’s First 

3 Responder’s Unit. 

4 (9) Officer Brian D. Sicknick responded to the 

5 riots on Wednesday, January 6, 2021. 

6 (10) Officer Brian D. Sicknick was injured 

7 while physically engaging with rioters and ultimately 

8 succumbed to his injuries on January 7, 2021. 

9 (11) Officer Brian D. Sicknick was the fourth 

10 United States Capitol Police officer in history to be 

11 killed in the line of duty. 

12 SEC. 3. CONGRESSIONAL GOLD MEDAL. 

13 (a) PRESENTATION AUTHORIZED.—The Speaker of 

14 the House of Representatives and the President pro tem15 pore of the Senate shall make appropriate arrangements 

16 for the presentation, on behalf of the Congress, of a gold 

17 medal of appropriate design in commemoration of Officer 

18 Brian D. Sicknick, for giving his life to protect the Capitol 

19 and the Members and staff of Congress on January 6, 

20 2021. 

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

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

23 of the Treasury (referred to in this Act as the ‘‘Sec24 retary’’) shall strike the gold medal with suitable emblems, 


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1 devices, and inscriptions, to be determined by the Sec2 retary. 

3 (c) TRANSFER OF MEDAL.—Following the award of 

4 the gold medal under subsection (a), the gold medal shall 

5 be given to Officer Brian D. Sicknick’s parents, Charles 

6 and Gladys Sicknick. 

7 SEC. 4. DUPLICATE MEDALS. 

8 The Secretary may strike and sell duplicates in 

9 bronze of the gold medal struck pursuant to section 3 

10 under such regulations as the Secretary may prescribe, at 

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

12 materials, dies, use of machinery, and overhead expenses, 

13 and the cost of the gold medal. 

14 SEC. 5. STATUS OF MEDALS. 

15 (a) NATIONAL MEDALS.—The medals struck pursu16 ant to this Act are national medals for purposes of chapter 

17 51 of title 31, United States Code. 

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

19 5134 of title 31, United States Code, all medals struck 

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

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