SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘US Rescue and Aid 
Individuals of World War II Congressional Gold Medal 
Act of 2023’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
(1) Between 1933 and 1945, United States res-
cue and relief organizations were responsible for sav-
ing many thousands of Jews and other refugees dur-
ing the Holocaust. American groups sponsored, fi-
nanced, and organized numerous rescue and relief 
efforts in Nazi-occupied and neutral Europe. 
(2) These organizations operated in every coun-
try in Europe. There were hundreds of American 
citizens involved in this effort. 
(3) The Jewish refugees and others who were 
saved from almost certain death immigrated to the 
United States, Israel, and other parts of the world. 
(4) Refugee agencies worked in the face of op-
position to the resettling of Jewish refugees. In 
1939, Congress rejected proposals to offer asylum to 
20,000 Jewish children. In the same year, the 
United States refused asylum to Jewish refugees 
aboard the S.S. ST. LOUIS, who were forced to re-
turn to Europe, and 254 of whom died in the Holo-
caust. 
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(5) In addition, public opinion in America was 
largely against aiding refugees, especially through 
immigration. 
(6) The rescue of Jews and other refugees was, 
in some cases, extremely dangerous, especially when 
conducted in Nazi-occupied territories or in collabo-
rator nations. A number of rescuers were arrested, 
imprisoned, and some were killed. 
(7) Many of these individuals and agencies 
aided in the relief and resettlement of Jewish refu-
gees and others after the war. 
(8) Among the most prominent was the War 
Refugee Board, which was responsible for saving the 
lives of 200,000 Jews and 20,000 non-Jews. 
(9) A number of these organizations to be hon-
ored are still in existence and are continuing efforts 
to help refugees throughout the world. 
(10) The individuals being honored include any 
individual who participated in the rescue or relief of 
Jews or other refugees who were in danger as a re-
sult of the Nazi genocidal policy against Jews and 
others in Europe, from 1933 to 1945. 
SEC. 3. CONGRESSIONAL GOLD MEDAL. 
(a) AWARD
AUTHORIZED.—The Speaker of the 
House of Representatives and the President pro tempore 
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of the Senate shall make appropriate arrangements for the 
award, on behalf of Congress, of a single gold medal of 
appropriate design in commemoration of the American in-
dividuals that were active in aiding and rescuing Jews and 
other refugees during the period of Nazi Germany’s geno-
cidal ‘‘Final Solution’’ policy to murder every Jew in Eu-
rope, in recognition of their contributions, which resulted 
in tens of thousands of Jews and others being spared from 
almost certain death. 
(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) UNITED STATES HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL MU-
SEUM.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Following the award of the 
gold medal under subsection (a), the gold medal 
shall be given to the United States Holocaust Memo-
rial Museum, 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 United States Holocaust Memo-
rial Museum should make the gold medal received 
under paragraph (1) available for display elsewhere, 
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particularly at other appropriate locations associated 
with commemoration of the Holocaust. 
SEC. 4. DUPLICATE MEDALS. 
The Secretary may strike and sell duplicates in 
bronze of the gold medal struck pursuant to section 3, at 
a price sufficient to cover the cost thereof, including labor, 
materials, dies, use of machinery, and overhead expenses. 
SEC. 5. 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. 
SEC. 6. 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. 
(b) PROCEEDS
OF SALE.—The amounts received 
from the sale of duplicate bronze medals authorized under 
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section 4 shall be deposited into the United States Mint 
Public Enterprise Fund. 
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