Pennsylvania, Mr. VICENTE GONZALEZ of Texas, Mr. CARTER of Geor-
gia, Mr. RODNEY DAVIS of Illinois, Mr. LEVIN of California, Mr. EMMER, 
Mr. LATURNER, Mr. GRAVES of Louisiana, Mr. FALLON, Mr. AGUILAR, 
Mrs. LESKO, Mr. BALDERSON, Miss GONZA´LEZ-COLO´N, Ms. SLOTKIN, 
Mr. TAYLOR, Mr. HORSFORD, Mr. PENCE, Mr. MOORE of Alabama, Mr. 
VAN DREW, Ms. SHERRILL, Mr. GARCIA of California, Mr. UPTON, Mr. 
BUDD, Mr. DONALDS, Mr. OBERNOLTE, Mr. LOUDERMILK, Mrs. ROD-
GERS of Washington, Mr. BOST, Mr. COSTA, Ms. SALAZAR, Mrs. 
MCBATH, Mr. GROTHMAN, Ms. LETLOW, Mr. GOLDEN, Mr. MORELLE, 
Mr. SIMPSON, Mr. BISHOP of North Carolina, Ms. MACE, Mrs. BOEBERT, 
Mr. JOHNSON of Ohio, Mr. MCHENRY, and Mr. BENTZ) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services, 
and in addition to the Committee on House Administration, for a period 
to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consider-
ation of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee 
concerned 
A BILL 
To award posthumously a Congressional Gold Medal, in com-
memoration to the servicemembers who perished in Af-
ghanistan on August 26, 2021, during the evacuation 
of citizens of the United States and Afghan allies at 
Hamid Karzai International Airport, and for other pur-
poses. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives 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 confirmed that one explosion occurred at 
the Hamid Karzai International Airport. 
(2) The explosion was confirmed to be a suicide 
bombing by ISIS–K terrorist group. 
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(3) Estimates as high as 200 deaths were re-
ported, 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 
United 
States 
servicemembers, making it the deadliest single day 
of the war for the United States in more than a dec-
ade. 
(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 situa-
tion as the Taliban regained control over Afghani-
stan. 
(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 
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been identified as the 13 servicemembers who died 
from the blast while stationed at Hamid Karzai 
International Airport. 
SEC. 2. CONGRESSIONAL GOLD MEDALS. 
(a) PRESENTATIONS 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, on behalf of the Con-
gress, of a single gold medal of appropriate design in com-
memoration to the 13 servicemembers who perished in Af-
ghanistan, 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 em-
blems, 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 
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make the gold medal received under paragraph (1) 
available for display outside of the District of Co-
lumbia at times, particularly at other locations asso-
ciated 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 nec-
essary to pay for the costs of the medals struck pursuant 
to this Act. 
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(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. 
Æ 
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