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military professionals, combined with the magnifi-
cent wartime records of the 99th Fighter Squadron 
and the 332nd Fighter Group, led to a review of the 
racial policies of the Department of War. 
(13) In September 1947, the United States Air 
Force, as a separate service, reactivated the 332d 
Fighter Group under the Tactical Air command. 
Members of the 332d Fighter Group were ‘‘Top 
Guns’’ in the 1st annual Air Force Gunnery Meet in 
1949. 
(14) For every Black pilot, there were 12 other 
civilian or military Black men and women per-
forming ground support duties. Many of these men 
and women remained in the military service during 
the post-World War II era and spearheaded the inte-
gration of the Armed Forces of the United States. 
(15) Major achievements are attributed to 
many of those who returned to civilian life and 
earned leadership positions and respect as business-
men, corporate executives, religious leaders, lawyers, 
doctors, educators, bankers, and political leaders. 
(16) A period of nearly 30 years of anonymity 
for the Tuskegee Airmen was ended in 1972 with 
the founding of Tuskegee Airmen, Inc., in Detroit, 
Michigan. Organized as a non-military and nonprofit
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entity, Tuskegee Airmen, Inc., exists primarily to 
motivate and inspire young Americans to become 
participants in our Nation’s society and its demo-
cratic process, and to preserve the history of their 
legacy. 
(17) The Tuskegee Airmen have several memo-
rials in place to perpetuate the memory of who they 
were and what they accomplished, including— 
(A) the Tuskegee Airmen, Inc., National 
Scholarship Fund for high school seniors who 
excel in mathematics, but need financial assist-
ance to begin a college program; 
(B) a museum in historic Fort Wayne in 
Detroit, Michigan; 
(C) Memorial Park at the Air Force Mu-
seum at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in 
Dayton, Ohio; 
(D) a statue of a Tuskegee Airman in the 
Honor Park at the United States Air Force 
Academy in Colorado Springs, Colorado; and 
(E) a National Historic Site at Moton 
Field, where primary flight training was per-
formed under contract with the Tuskegee Insti-
tute.
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SEC. 2. 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 the Congress, of a single gold medal 
of appropriate design in honor of the Tuskegee Airmen, 
collectively, in recognition of their unique military record, 
which inspired revolutionary reform in the Armed Forces. 
(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 Tuskegee Airmen under 
subsection (a), the gold medal shall be given to the 
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 
should make the gold medal received under para-
graph (1) available for display elsewhere, particu-
larly at other appropriate locations associated with 
the Tuskegee Airmen.
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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 section 2, at a price 
sufficient to cover the costs of the medals, including labor, 
materials, dies, 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 medals authorized under section 
2. 
(b) PROCEEDS OF SALE.—Amounts received from the 
sale of duplicate bronze medals under section 3 shall be
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deposited in the United States Mint Public Enterprise 
Fund. 
Passed the House of Representatives February 28, 
2006. 
Attest: 
KAREN L. HAAS, 
Clerk.