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118TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION H. R. 10002 
To award the Congressional Gold Medal posthumously to Edinburg, Texas 
war hero Lance Corporal Dustin Sekula, in recognition of his heroic life. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 18, 2024 
Ms. DE LA CRUZ introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Financial Services 
A BILL 
To award the Congressional Gold Medal posthumously to 
Edinburg, Texas war hero Lance Corporal Dustin 
Sekula, in recognition of his heroic life. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Lance Corporal Dustin 
Sekula Congressional Gold Medal Act’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
The Congress finds that: 
(1) Dustin Sekula was born on June 8, 1985, 
in Edinburg, Texas, and graduated from Edinburg 
North High School in 2003. 
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(2) Dustin was a kind, loyal, and loving son 
and brother. 
(3) Dustin was skilled at ranching and loved 
roping steers. He used his high school lunch period 
to practice roping on a fake steer. 
(4) Dustin turned down an agriculture college 
scholarship to join the Marines and serve his coun-
try at the age of 17. 
(5) At 18, an infantry mortarman of the 2nd 
Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Divi-
sion, 1st Marine Expeditionary Force, Dustin died 
due to injuries sustained from enemy fire in Al 
Anbar Province, Iraq, on April 1, 2004. 
(6) More than 1,000 people filled Trinity Wor-
ship Center for his funeral service. 
(7) Dustin is buried in Palm Valley Memorial 
Gardens in Pharr, Texas. 
(8) The Dustin Sekula Memorial Library 
(DMSML) located in Edinburg, Texas, is named 
after Marine Lance Corporal Dustin Michael Sekula. 
(9) He was the first Edinburg native to be 
killed during Operation Iraqi Freedom. 
(10) He is not forgotten. 
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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 posthumous presentation, to the family of Lance 
Corporal Dustin Sekula on behalf of the Congress, of a 
gold medal of appropriate design in commemoration of 
Lance Corporal Dustin Sekula, Edinburg, Texas war hero, 
in recognition of his heroic life. 
(b) DESIGN AND STRIKING.—For purposes of the 
presentation 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 emblems, 
devices, and inscriptions, to be determined by the Sec-
retary. 
SEC. 4. DUPLICATE MEDALS. 
The Secretary may strike and sell duplicates in 
bronze of the gold medal struck under section 3, at a price 
sufficient to cover the cost thereof, including labor, mate-
rials, dies, use of machinery, and overhead expenses. 
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 sections 
5134 and 5136 of title 31, United States Code, all medals 
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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 struck under 
this Act. 
(b) PROCEEDS OF SALE.—Amounts received from the 
sale of duplicate bronze medals authorized under section 
4 shall be deposited into the United States Mint Public 
Enterprise Fund. 
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