Covenant School Heroes Congressional Gold Medal Act

Subjects: Crime and Law Enforcement, Congressional tributes, Elementary and secondary education, Firearms and explosives, Law enforcement officers, Tennessee, Violent crime


<html><body><pre>[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2440 Introduced in House (IH)]

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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.


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                    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

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                                 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.

    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 ``Covenant School Heroes Congressional 
Gold Medal Act''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    The Congress finds the following:
            (1) At 10:13 a.m., on March 27, 2023, Metropolitan 
        Nashville Police confirmed an active shooter situation was 
        taking place at The Covenant School, a private Christian school 
        in Nashville, Tennessee. The shooter took six lives that day, 
        three children and three adults.
            (2) After the first 911 call about shots being fired in the 
        building, officers rushed to the campus. They made entry 
        shortly after 10:13 a.m. and began clearing the building.
            (3) Officers report that shots were heard coming from the 
        second level. On the second floor, in a common area, a team of 
        officers encountered the shooter where she had been firing 
        through a window at arriving police cars.
            (4) Two members of an officer team, Officer Rex Englebert 
        and Officer Michael Collazo, fired on the shooter and fatally 
        wounded her.
            (5) The victims were identified as Evelyn Dieckhaus, 
        William Kinney, and Hallie Scruggs, all aged nine, and Mike 
        Hill, 61, Cynthia Peak, 61, and Katherine Koonce, 60.
            (6) Officer Michael Collazo and Officer Rex Englebert of 
        the Metropolitan Nashville Police Department exemplified 
        incredible bravery, valor, and courage against the suspect.
            (7) These officers have dedicated their lives to protecting 
        their community, and their heroism deserves great honor.

SEC. 3. CONGRESSIONAL GOLD MEDALS.

    (a) Presentation Authorization.--The Speaker of the House of 
Representatives and the President pro tempore of the Senate shall make 
appropriate arrangements for the presentation, on behalf of the 
Congress, of two gold medals of appropriate design to Metropolitan 
Police 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.
    (b) Design and Striking.--For the purposes of the presentation 
referred to in subsection (a), the Secretary of the Treasury (referred 
to in this Act as the ``Secretary'') shall strike the gold medals with 
suitable emblems, devices, and inscriptions, to be determined by the 
Secretary.

SEC. 4. DUPLICATE MEDALS.

    The Secretary may strike and sell duplicates in bronze of the gold 
medals struck under section 3, at a price sufficient to cover the cost 
thereof, including labor, materials, dies, use of machinery, and 
overhead expenses.

SEC. 5. STATUS OF MEDALS.

    (a) National Medals.--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 sections 5134 and 5136 of 
title 31, United States Code, all medals struck under this Act shall be 
considered to be numismatic items.

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

    (a) Authority To Use Fund Amounts.--There is authorized to be 
charged against the United States Mint Public Enterprise Fund such 
amounts as may be necessary to pay for the costs of the medals struck 
pursuant to this Act.
    (b) Proceeds of Sale.--The amounts received from the sale of 
duplicate bronze medals authorized under section 3 shall be deposited 
into the United States Mint Public Enterprise Fund.
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