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118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2440 

To award Congressional Gold Medals to Metropolitan Police Officers Officer 

Michael Collazo and Officer Rex Englebert, in recognition of their exceptional bravery and valor in confronting an active shooter at the Covenant 

School in Nashville, Tennessee. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 30, 2023 

Mr. OGLES (for himself, Mr. GREEN of Tennessee, Mr. BURCHETT, Mr. 

FLEISCHMANN, Ms. GREENE of Georgia, Mr. GOODEN of Texas, Mr. 

SELF, Mr. NEHLS, Mrs. BOEBERT, Mr. MILLS, Mr. OWENS, Mr. GUEST, 

and Mr. BURLISON) introduced the following bill; which was referred to 

the Committee on Financial Services 

A BILL 

To award Congressional Gold Medals to Metropolitan Police 

Officers Officer Michael Collazo and Officer Rex 

Englebert, in recognition of their exceptional bravery and 

valor in confronting an active shooter at the Covenant 

School in Nashville, Tennessee. 

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 ‘‘Covenant School He5 roes Congressional Gold Medal Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

2 The Congress finds the following: 

3 (1) At 10:13 a.m., on March 27, 2023, Metro4 politan Nashville Police confirmed an active shooter 

5 situation was taking place at The Covenant School, 

6 a private Christian school in Nashville, Tennessee. 

7 The shooter took six lives that day, three children 

8 and three adults. 

9 (2) After the first 911 call about shots being 

10 fired in the building, officers rushed to the campus. 

11 They made entry shortly after 10:13 a.m. and began 

12 clearing the building. 

13 (3) Officers report that shots were heard com14 ing from the second level. On the second floor, in a 

15 common area, a team of officers encountered the 

16 shooter where she had been firing through a window 

17 at arriving police cars. 

18 (4) Two members of an officer team, Officer 

19 Rex Englebert and Officer Michael Collazo, fired on 

20 the shooter and fatally wounded her. 

21 (5) The victims were identified as Evelyn 

22 Dieckhaus, William Kinney, and Hallie Scruggs, all 

23 aged nine, and Mike Hill, 61, Cynthia Peak, 61, and 

24 Katherine Koonce, 60. 

25 (6) Officer Michael Collazo and Officer Rex 

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1 partment exemplified incredible bravery, valor, and 

2 courage against the suspect. 

3 (7) These officers have dedicated their lives to 

4 protecting their community, and their heroism de5 serves great honor. 

6 SEC. 3. CONGRESSIONAL GOLD MEDALS. 

7 (a) PRESENTATION AUTHORIZATION.—The Speaker 

8 of the House of Representatives and the President pro 

9 tempore of the Senate shall make appropriate arrange10 ments for the presentation, on behalf of the Congress, of 

11 two gold medals of appropriate design to Metropolitan Po12 lice Officer Michael Collazo and Officer Rex Englebert, in 

13 recognition of their exceptional bravery and valor in con14 fronting an active shooter at the Covenant School in Nash15 ville, Tennessee. 

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

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

18 of the Treasury (referred to in this Act as the ‘‘Sec19 retary’’) shall strike the gold medals with suitable em20 blems, devices, and inscriptions, to be determined by the 

21 Secretary. 

22 SEC. 4. DUPLICATE MEDALS. 

23 The Secretary may strike and sell duplicates in 

24 bronze of the gold medals struck under section 3, at a 


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1 price sufficient to cover the cost thereof, including labor, 

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

3 SEC. 5. STATUS OF MEDALS. 

4 (a) NATIONAL MEDALS.—Medals struck pursuant to 

5 this Act are national medals for purposes of chapter 51 

6 of title 31, United States Code. 

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

8 5134 and 5136 of title 31, United States Code, all medals 

9 struck under this Act shall be considered to be numismatic 

10 items. 

11 SEC. 6. AUTHORITY TO USE FUND AMOUNTS; PROCEEDS OF 

12 SALE. 

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

14 authorized to be charged against the United States Mint 

15 Public Enterprise Fund such amounts as may be nec16 essary to pay for the costs of the medals struck pursuant 

17 to this Act. 

18 (b) PROCEEDS OF SALE.—The amounts received 

19 from the sale of duplicate bronze medals authorized under 

20 section 3 shall be deposited into the United States Mint 

21 Public Enterprise Fund. 

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