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118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2427 
To award a Congressional Gold Medal to the Hmong people, in recognition 
of their highly distinguished service in the Vietnam war and the fight 
against communism. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 30, 2023 
Mr. GROTHMAN (for himself, Mr. DUARTE, Mr. ZINKE, Mr. LAMALFA, Mr. 
JOHNSON of Louisiana, Mr. HARRIS, Mr. HUDSON, Mr. BERGMAN, Mr. 
BAIRD, Ms. HAGEMAN, Mr. COMER, Mr. CARTER of Texas, Mr. JOHNSON 
of South Dakota, Mr. MOONEY, Ms. GRANGER, Mr. HILL, Ms. TENNEY, 
Ms. MOORE of Wisconsin, Mr. GALLAGHER, Mr. HIGGINS of Louisiana, 
Mr. TIFFANY, Mr. STEIL, Mr. FITZGERALD, Mr. BUCK, Mr. BACON, Mrs. 
MILLER of West Virginia, Mrs. LESKO, Mr. NEHLS, Mr. CORREA, Mrs. 
TORRES of California, Mr. VARGAS, Mr. HUNT, Ms. BROWNLEY, Mr. 
FALLON, Mr. WESTERMAN, Mr. VAN
ORDEN, Mr. POCAN, Mr. 
RESCHENTHALER, Mr. BOST, Mr. VALADAO, Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsyl-
vania, Mr. FRY, Mr. FITZPATRICK, Mr. LAMBORN, Mr. KILEY, Mr. 
COSTA, Ms. PORTER, Mrs. STEEL, and Mr. OWENS) introduced the fol-
lowing 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 a Congressional Gold Medal to the Hmong people, 
in recognition of their highly distinguished service in 
the Vietnam war and the fight against communism. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Hmong Congressional 
Gold Medal Act’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
The Congress finds the following: 
(1) As the Vietnam war spread south and west 
into Laos, the Central Intelligence Agency recruited 
and trained Hmong tribesmen to fight back against 
the communist North Vietnamese and Pathet Lao. 
(2) Over 30,000 Hmong men fought the ground 
war, flew combat missions, gathered intelligence on 
North Vietnamese troop movements, interrupted the 
Ho-Chi-Min Supply Trail, and rescued American pi-
lots downed behind enemy lines. 
(3) The Hmong people suffered heavy casual-
ties, and their soldiers died at a rate ten times as 
high as that of American soldiers in Vietnam. 
(4) Following the Vietnam war, many Hmong 
were displaced from their villages as they were either 
bombed or burned down by the North Vietnamese 
and over 150,000 Hmong fled Laos when the nation 
fell to communist forces on May 14, 1975. 
(5) Due to their ties to the American military, 
many Hmong who fled Laos came to the United 
States as refugees to start a new life. 
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(6) Currently, there are over 327,000 Hmong 
living in the United States, with the majority resid-
ing in California, Minnesota, and Wisconsin. 
SEC. 3. 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 the Congress, of a gold 
medal of appropriate design to the Hmong people, in rec-
ognition of their highly distinguished service in the Viet-
nam war and the fight against communism. 
(b) DESIGN AND STRIKING.—For the 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. 
(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 should 
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make the gold medal received under paragraph (1) 
available for display elsewhere, particularly at other 
appropriate locations associated with the Hmong 
people’s service in the Vietnam war, and that pref-
erence should be given to locations affiliated with 
the Smithsonian Institution. 
SEC. 4. DUPLICATE MEDALS. 
The Secretary may strike and sell duplicates in 
bronze of the gold medal struck pursuant to section 3 
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. 
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 section 
5134 of title 31, United States Code, all medals struck 
under this Act shall be considered to be numismatic items. 
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