government programs were in place to ensure that 
these members of the United States Armed Forces 
would face an easy transition back to civilian life. 
(6) During a December 1943 emergency meet-
ing of American Legion leadership to address these 
concerns at the Mayflower Hotel in Washington, 
DC, Harry Colmery crafted the initial draft of the 
Servicemen’s Readjustment Act of 1944, also known 
as the GI Bill of Rights. 
(7) This pioneering piece of legislation sought 
to help GIs buy homes, start businesses, and attend 
college or technical school upon their return from 
World War II. 
(8) Due to Harry Colmery’s advocacy, Presi-
dent Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the GI Bill of 
Rights into law on June 22, 1944. 
(9) In the decade following World War II, more 
than 2,000,000 eligible men and women went to col-
lege using the GI Bill of Rights, and another 
5,000,000 received other schooling or job training 
under the GI Bill. 
(10) From 1944 to 1952, the Veterans Admin-
istration backed nearly 2,400,000 home loans for 
World War II veterans due to the GI Bill of Rights. 
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(11) The GI Bill of Rights has been heralded 
as one of the most significant pieces of legislation 
ever produced by the Federal Government, one that 
has impacted the United States socially, economi-
cally, and politically. 
SEC. 3. CONGRESSIONAL GOLD MEDAL. 
(a) PRESENTATION AUTHORIZED.—The Speaker of 
the House of Representatives and the President pro tem-
pore of the Senate shall make appropriate arrangements 
for the presentation, on behalf of Congress, of a single 
gold medal of appropriate design in honor of the recipients 
of assistance under the Servicemen’s Readjustment Act of 
1944 (commonly referred to as the ‘‘GI Bill of Rights’’), 
in recognition of the great contributions such recipients 
made to the Nation in both their military and civilian serv-
ice and the contributions of Harry W. Colmery in initi-
ating actions which led to the enactment of that Act. 
(b) DESIGN AND STRIKING.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of the presen-
tation referred to in subsection (a), the Secretary of 
the Treasury (referred to in this Act as the ‘‘Sec-
retary’’) shall strike a gold medal with suitable em-
blems, devices, and inscriptions to be determined by 
the Secretary. 
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(2) OBVERSE AND REVERSE.—The obverse of 
the gold medal shall bear the image of Harry W. 
Colmery and the reverse shall bear a design emblem-
atic of the Servicemen’s Readjustment Act of 1944 
and the achievements of the recipients of assistance 
under such Act. 
(c) SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Following the award of the 
gold medal in honor of the recipients of assistance 
under the Servicemen’s Readjustment Act of 1944 
under subsection (a), the gold medal shall be given 
to the Smithsonian Institution, where it will be avail-
able for display as appropriate and made available 
for research. 
(2) SENSE OF THE CONGRESS.—It is the sense 
of the Congress that the Smithsonian Institution 
should make the gold medal received under para-
graph (1) available for display elsewhere, particu-
larly at other appropriate locations selected by the 
Secretary of Veterans Affairs, the Secretary of De-
fense, or the Secretary of Education. 
SEC. 4. DUPLICATE MEDALS. 
The Secretary may strike and sell duplicates in 
bronze of the gold medal struck pursuant to section 2 
under such regulations as the Secretary may prescribe, at 
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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. 5. STATUS OF MEDALS. 
(a) NATIONAL MEDALS.—The medals struck under 
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, Unites 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 nec-
essary to pay for the costs of the medals stuck pursuant 
to this Act. 
(b) PROCEEDS OF SALE.—Amounts received from the 
sale of duplicate bronze medals authorized under section 
3 shall be deposited into the United States Mint Public 
Enterprise Fund. 
Æ 
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