H. R. 5142 
One Hundred Seventeenth Congress 
of the 
United States of America 
AT THE FIRST SESSION 
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Monday, 
the fourth day of January, two thousand and twenty-one 
An Act 
To award posthumously a Congressional Gold Medal, in commemoration to the 
servicemembers who perished in Afghanistan on August 26, 2021, during the 
evacuation of citizens of the United States and Afghan allies at Hamid Karzai 
International Airport, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. FINDINGS. 
The Congress finds the following: 
(1) At 9:44 A.M., on August 26, 2021, the Pentagon con-
firmed that one explosion occurred at the Hamid Karzai Inter-
national Airport. 
(2) The explosion was confirmed to be a suicide bombing 
by ISIS–K terrorist group. 
(3) Estimates as high as 200 deaths were reported, 
including 13 servicemembers of the United States, as well 
as hundreds more wounded. 
(4) The attack on Thursday, August 26, 2021, at the Hamid 
Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, killed 13 
United States servicemembers, making it the deadliest single 
day of the war for the United States in more than a decade. 
(5) The American servicemembers went above and beyond 
the call of duty to protect citizens of the United States and 
our allies to ensure they are brought to safety in an extremely 
dangerous situation as the Taliban regained control over 
Afghanistan. 
(6) The American servicemembers exemplified extreme 
bravery and valor against armed enemy combatants. 
(7) The American servicemembers dedicated their lives and 
their heroism deserves great honor. 
(8) Maxton Soviak, Kareem Nikoui, David Espinoza, Rylee 
McCollum, Jared Schmitz, Hunter Lopez, Taylor Hoover, 
Daegan William-Tyeler Page, Nicole Gee, Humberto Sanchez, 
Dylan Merola, Johanny Rosario Pichardo, and Ryan Knauss 
have been identified as the 13 servicemembers who died from 
the blast while stationed at Hamid Karzai International Air-
port. 
SEC. 2. CONGRESSIONAL GOLD MEDALS. 
(a) PRESENTATIONS AUTHORIZED.—The Speaker of the House 
of Representatives and the President pro tempore of the Senate
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shall make appropriate arrangements for the posthumous presen-
tation, on behalf of the Congress, of a single gold medal of appro-
priate design in commemoration to the 13 servicemembers who 
perished in Afghanistan, on August 26, 2021. 
(b) DESIGN AND STRIKING.—For the purposes of the presentation 
referred to in subsection (a), the Secretary of the Treasury (hereafter 
in this Act referred to as the ‘‘Secretary’’) shall strike a gold medal 
with suitable emblems, devices, and inscriptions, to be determined 
by the Secretary. 
(c) SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Following the award of the gold medal 
under subsection (a), the gold medal shall be given to the 
Smithsonian Institution, where it shall be available for display 
as appropriate and made available for research. 
(2) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress that 
the Smithsonian Institution shall make the gold medal received 
under paragraph (1) available for display outside of the District 
of Columbia at times, particularly at other locations associated 
with the 13 servicemembers who perished in Afghanistan on 
August 26, 2021. 
SEC. 3. DUPLICATE MEDALS. 
The Secretary may strike and sell duplicates in bronze of the 
gold medal struck pursuant to section 2 at a price sufficient to 
cover the cost thereof, including labor, materials, dies, use of 
machinery, and overhead expenses. 
SEC. 4. STATUS OF MEDALS. 
(a) NATIONAL MEDALS.—The medal struck pursuant to this 
Act is a national medal for purposes of chapter 51 of title 31, 
United States Code. 
(b) NUMISMATIC ITEMS.—For purposes of section 5134 of title 
31, United States Code, all medals struck under this Act shall 
be considered to be numismatic items. 
SEC. 5. 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. 
SEC. 6. DETERMINATION OF BUDGETARY EFFECTS. 
The budgetary effects of this Act, for the purpose of complying 
with the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010, shall be determined 
by reference to the latest statement titled ‘‘Budgetary Effects of 
PAYGO Legislation’’ for this Act, submitted for printing in the
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Congressional Record by the Chairman of the House Budget Com-
mittee, provided that such statement has been submitted prior 
to the vote on passage. 
Speaker of the House of Representatives. 
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.