I 
116TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 7578 
To award a Congressional Gold Medal to Lieutenant Colonel Alexander 
Vindman, in recognition of his service to the United States and his 
courage to testify in the impeachment inquiry of President Donald J. 
Trump. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 13, 2020 
Mr. BRENDAN F. BOYLE of Pennsylvania introduced the following bill; which 
was referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to 
the Committee on the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined 
by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall 
within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To award a Congressional Gold Medal to Lieutenant Colonel 
Alexander Vindman, in recognition of his service to the 
United States and his courage to testify in the impeach-
ment inquiry of President Donald J. Trump. 
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 ‘‘Lieutenant Colonel 
Alexander Vindman Congressional Gold Medal Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
(1) On December 19, 2019, the House of Rep-
resentatives passed two articles of impeachment 
against President Donald J. Trump for abuse of 
power and obstruction of Congress. 
(2) Numerous public servants provided testi-
mony to support the impeachment inquiry, including 
Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Vindman, a decorated 
veteran who was on the call between President 
Trump and Ukraine President Volodymr Zelensky 
on July 25, 2019, which served as the basis for the 
impeachment inquiry. 
(3) Lieutenant Colonel Vindman served mul-
tiple tours of combat duty and was wounded during 
a tour in Iraq, for which he received a Purple Heart 
medal. 
(4) 
Lieutenant 
Colonel 
Vindman, 
despite 
threats to his family and his career, testified to the 
following on October 28, 2019: 
(A) The July 25th call was ‘‘improper’’ 
and ‘‘unusual’’. 
(B) Lieutenant Colonel Vindman was con-
cerned by the call: ‘‘I did not think it was prop-
er to demand that a foreign government inves-
tigate a U.S. citizen, and I was worried about 
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the implications for six of the U.S. Govern-
ment’s support of Ukraine. I realized that if 
Ukraine pursued an investigation into the 
Bidens and Burisma, it would likely be inter-
preted as a partisan play which would undoubt-
edly result in Ukraine losing the bipartisan sup-
port it has thus far maintained. This would all 
undermine U.S. national security.’’. 
(5) Lieutenant Colonel Vindman further stated: 
‘‘Dad, I’m sitting here today in the U.S. Capitol 
talking to our elected professionals is proof that you 
made the right decision 40 years ago to leave the 
Soviet Union and come here to the United States of 
America in search of a better life for our family.’’, 
Vindman said: ‘‘Do not worry. I will be fine for tell-
ing the truth.’’. 
(6) Lieutenant Colonel Vindman faced unsub-
stantiated claims questioning his loyalty to the 
United States because he was born in Ukraine and 
other forms of retribution. 
(7) On February 7, 2019, Lieutenant Colonel 
Vindman was reassigned from his duties as Director 
for European Affairs at the National Security Coun-
cil. He was escorted from the White House by secu-
rity. 
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(8) President Trump stated on February 7, 
2019: ‘‘Well, I’m not happy with him [Vindman]. 
You think I’m supposed to be happy with him? I’m 
not.’’ He further accused Lieutenant Colonel 
Vindman of being ‘‘insubordinate’’ for testifying 
against the President truthfully. 
SEC. 3. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 
It is the sense of Congress that Lieutenant Colonel 
Vindman— 
(1) is a patriot who defended American ideals 
on the battlefield and in the impeachment inquiry by 
telling the truth; 
(2) faced retribution from the President of the 
United States as a result of his testimony in the im-
peachment inquiry; and 
(3) upholds the highest values of the United 
States and should be honored for his actions. 
SEC. 4. 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 gold 
medal of appropriate design to Lieutenant Colonel Alex-
ander Vindman, in recognition of his service to the United 
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States and his courage to testify in the impeachment in-
quiry of President Donald J. Trump. 
(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. 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. 
(b) NUMISMATIC ITEMS.—For purposes of sections 
5134 and 5136 of title 31, United States Code, all medals 
struck under this Act shall be considered to be numismatic 
items. 
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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. 
Æ 
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