(2) The United States Cadet Nurse Corps was 
under the jurisdiction of the Public Health Service, 
a branch of the uniformed services of the United 
States. 
(3) The United States Cadet Nurse Corps was 
established pursuant to the Act of June 15, 1943 
(Chapter 126; 57 Stat. 153), commonly known as 
the Bolton Act in honor of Congresswoman Frances 
Payne Bolton who introduced the legislation. 
(4) Few opportunities were available to women, 
and the United States Cadet Nurse Corps allowed 
many young women to serve our country the best 
way they could and fill the domestic nursing short-
age in our country. 
(5) The members of the United States Cadet 
Nurse Corps were required to undergo training that 
involved 12-hour days in hospitals followed by class-
es, with specific standards for admission into the 
Corps. 
(6) The members of the United States Cadet 
Nurse Corps made a pledge upon entrance into their 
post to be available for military, governmental, or es-
sential civilian services for the duration of World 
War II. 
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(7) The members of the United States Cadet 
Nurse Corps wore uniforms with patches certified by 
the Secretary of the Army and served under the au-
thority of commissioned officers. 
(8) Members of the United States Cadet Nurse 
Corps were charged with caring for sick and wound-
ed members of the Armed Forces and performed 
other duties in promotion of the public interest in 
connection with military operations. 
(9) The United States Cadet Nurse Corps was 
responsible for saving civilian hospital nursing serv-
ices by providing 80 percent of the nursing staff for 
civilian hospitals during World War II. 
(10) Some members of the United States Cadet 
Nurse Corps left their families and served all across 
the Nation in various hospitals, occasionally sub-
stituting for doctors. 
(11) The legacy of the Cadet Nurse Corps is 
manifold, as their service maintained a strong health 
care system during a severe health shortage, profes-
sionalized nursing school education and training, 
and stimulated interest in the nursing profession 
and created greater public recognition of nurses. 
(12) The United States Cadet Nurse Corps, de-
spite their historic and patriotic contributions, re-
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mains unrecognized as a military organization and 
its members remain unrecognized as veterans of the 
United States Army. 
SEC. 2. CONGRESSIONAL GOLD MEDAL. 
(a) AWARD AUTHORIZED.—The President pro tem-
pore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Rep-
resentatives shall make appropriate arrangements for the 
award, on behalf of the Congress, of a single gold medal 
of appropriate design in honor of the United States Cadet 
Nurse Corps, collectively, in recognition of their patriotism 
and civic activism in a time of emergency during World 
War II which saved civilian hospital nursing services and 
provided 80 percent of the nursing staff for civilian hos-
pitals during World War II. 
(b) DESIGN AND STRIKING.—For the purposes of the 
award referred to in subsection (a), the Secretary of the 
Treasury (hereafter in this Act referred to as the ‘‘Sec-
retary’’) shall strike the gold medal with suitable emblems, 
devices, and inscriptions, to be determined by the Sec-
retary. 
(c) SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Following the award of the 
gold medal in honor of the United States Cadet 
Nurse Corps, the gold medal shall be given to the 
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Smithsonian Institution, where it will be displayed 
as appropriate and made available for research. 
(2) SENSE OF THE CONGRESS.—It is the sense 
of the Congress that the Smithsonian Institution 
shall make the gold medal received under this Act 
available for display elsewhere, particularly at other 
locations associated with the Cadet Nurse Corps. 
SEC. 3. DUPLICATE MEDALS. 
Under such regulations as the Secretary may pre-
scribe, the Secretary may strike and sell duplicates in 
bronze of the gold medal struck under this Act, at a price 
sufficient to cover the costs of the medals, including labor, 
materials, dyes, use of machinery, and overhead expenses. 
SEC. 4. NATIONAL MEDALS. 
Medals struck pursuant to this Act are national med-
als for purposes of chapter 51 of title 31, United States 
Code. 
SEC. 5. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS; PROCEEDS 
OF SALE. 
(a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to be charged against the United States Mint 
Public Enterprise Fund, an amount not to exceed $30,000 
to pay for the cost of the medal authorized under section 
2. 
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(b) PROCEEDS OF SALE.—Amounts received from the 
sale of duplicate bronze medals under section 3 shall be 
deposited in the United States Mint Public Enterprise 
Fund. 
Æ 
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