IIB 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1773 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
NOVEMBER 14, 2019 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 
Urban Affairs 
AN ACT 
To award a Congressional Gold Medal, collectively, to the 
women in the United States who joined the workforce 
during World War II, providing the aircraft, vehicles, 
weaponry, ammunition and other material to win the 
war, that were referred to as ‘‘Rosie the Riveter’’, in 
recognition of their contributions to the United States 
and the inspiration they have provided to ensuing genera-
tions. 
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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 ‘‘Rosie the Riveter Con-
gressional Gold Medal Act of 2019’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
(1) Over 70 years ago there was a call to ac-
tion, a demand for workers to fill the vacancies left 
by the men who went to fight in the war. 
(2) More than 6 million women answered the 
call then, entering the workforce during World War 
II and providing the equipment, weaponry and am-
munition to achieve final victory and end the war. 
(3) These women left their homes to work or 
volunteer full-time in factories, farms, shipyards, air-
plane factories, banks, and other institutions in sup-
port of the military overseas. 
(4) They worked with the United Service Orga-
nizations and the American Red Cross, drove trucks, 
riveted airplane parts, collected critical materials, 
rolled bandages, and served on rationing boards. 
(5) Our ‘‘Rosie the Riveter’’, the women who 
worked and sacrificed to strengthen this country 
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during World War II, are among the greatest living 
heroines in the United States. 
(6) These women persevered, despite often fac-
ing harassment from their male colleagues and dis-
approval from their male family members, and all 
the while continued to maintain their ‘‘other jobs’’ 
as caretakers of children and their households. 
(7) Minority women also overcame long-held 
policies of discrimination and made significant con-
tributions to the war effort. 
(8) Because of the ‘‘Rosies’’, Federal, State, 
and local agencies coordinated with business owners 
to develop childcare programs and other supports for 
working mothers. 
(9) The example that these women set during 
World War II continues to inspire us and blaze a 
path for the working women and young girls of 
today. 
(10) Specifically, the images of ‘‘Rosie the Riv-
eter’’ and the phrase ‘‘We Can Do It’’ continue to 
symbolize the empowerment of women today, rep-
resenting patriotic women who want to serve and 
strengthen their country, and to inspire young girls 
to become ‘‘21st Century Rosies’’ by aspiring to, and 
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attaining positions of leadership in all walks of life 
in America. 
SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 
(a) ROSIE THE RIVETER.—The term ‘‘Rosie the Riv-
eter’’ includes any female individual who held employment 
or volunteered in support of the war efforts during World 
War II. 
(b) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the 
Secretary of the Treasury. 
SEC. 4. CONGRESSIONAL GOLD MEDAL. 
(a) AWARD
AUTHORIZED.—The Speaker of the 
House of Representatives and the President pro tempore 
of the Senate shall make appropriate arrangements for the 
award, on behalf of Congress, of a single gold medal of 
appropriate design in commemoration to Rosie the Riv-
eter, collectively, in recognition of their contributions to 
the Nation and the inspiration they have provided to ensu-
ing generations. 
(b) DESIGN AND STRIKING.—For the purposes of the 
award referred to in subsection (a), the Secretary of the 
Treasury (referred to in this Act as the ‘‘Secretary’’) shall 
strike the gold medal with suitable emblems, devices, and 
inscriptions, to be determined by the Secretary. 
(c) NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AMERICAN HISTORY.— 
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(1) IN GENERAL.—Following the award of the 
gold medal under subsection (a), the gold medal 
shall be given to the National Museum of American 
History of 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 National Museum of American 
History shall make the gold medal received under 
paragraph (1) available for display elsewhere, par-
ticularly at other appropriate locations associated 
with Rosie the Riveter. 
SEC. 5. DUPLICATE MEDALS. 
The Secretary may strike and sell duplicates in 
bronze of the gold medal struck pursuant to section 4 
under such regulations as the Secretary may prescribe, at 
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. 6. STATUS OF MEDALS. 
(a) NATIONAL MEDALS.—The medals struck pursu-
ant to this Act are national medals for purposes of chapter 
51 of title 31, United States Code. 
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(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. 7. 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 Congressional Record 
by the Chairman of the House Budget Committee, pro-
vided that such statement has been submitted prior to the 
vote on passage. 
Passed the House of Representatives November 13, 
2019. 
Attest: 
CHERYL L. JOHNSON, 
Clerk. 
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