I 
117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 622 
To award posthumously a Congressional Gold Medal to Officer Brian D. 
Sicknick, for giving his life to protect the Capitol and the Members 
and staff of Congress on January 6, 2021. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 28, 2021 
Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN (for herself, Mr. BEYER, Ms. STEVENS, Mr. HAS-
TINGS, Ms. SEWELL, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. KEATING, Mr. PALLONE, 
Mr. CORREA, Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia, Ms. BONAMICI, Ms. ROYBAL- 
ALLARD, Ms. JACKSON LEE, Mr. DEFAZIO, Mr. KILMER, Mr. PASCRELL, 
Ms. SA´NCHEZ, Ms. LEE of California, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Mr. DEUTCH, 
Mr. MCGOVERN, Ms. NORTON, Mr. VICENTE GONZALEZ of Texas, Mr. 
EVANS, Mrs. TORRES of California, Mr. CARL, Mr. TONKO, Mrs. KIRK-
PATRICK, Mr. KIM of New Jersey, Mr. SEAN PATRICK MALONEY of New 
York, Ms. JOHNSON of Texas, Mr. THOMPSON of California, Ms. 
SHERRILL, Mr. SMITH of New Jersey, Mr. SIRES, Ms. MENG, and Mr. 
LEVIN of California) introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
the Committee on Financial Services 
A BILL 
To award posthumously a Congressional Gold Medal to Offi-
cer Brian D. Sicknick, for giving his life to protect 
the Capitol and the Members and staff of Congress on 
January 6, 2021. 
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 ‘‘Officer Brian D. 
Sicknick Congressional Gold Medal Act’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
The Congress finds the following: 
(1) The United States Capitol is the most rec-
ognizable symbol of liberty and democracy through-
out the world and those who guard the Capitol 
guard our freedom. 
(2) Officer Brian D. Sicknick sacrificed his life 
to protect the lives of hundreds of staff and Mem-
bers of Congress. 
(3) Officer Brian D. Sicknick was the youngest 
of three sons. 
(4) Officer Brian D. Sicknick graduated from 
high school in 1997 and joined the New Jersey Air 
National Guard the same year. 
(5) Officer Brian D. Sicknick was deployed 
overseas to Saudi Arabia in Operation Southern 
Watch in 1999 and to Kyrgyzstan in support of the 
war in Afghanistan. 
(6) Officer Brian D. Sicknick was honorably 
discharged in 2003. 
(7) Officer Brian D. Sicknick joined the United 
States Capitol Police in 2008. 
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(8) Officer Brian D. Sicknick most recently 
served in the United States Capitol Police’s First 
Responder’s Unit. 
(9) Officer Brian D. Sicknick responded to the 
riots on Wednesday, January 6, 2021. 
(10) Officer Brian D. Sicknick was injured 
while physically engaging with rioters and ultimately 
succumbed to his injuries on January 7, 2021. 
(11) Officer Brian D. Sicknick was the fourth 
United States Capitol Police officer in history to be 
killed in the line of duty. 
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 in commemoration of Officer 
Brian D. Sicknick, for giving his life to protect the Capitol 
and the Members and staff of Congress on January 6, 
2021. 
(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 the gold medal with suitable emblems, 
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devices, and inscriptions, to be determined by the Sec-
retary. 
(c) TRANSFER OF MEDAL.—Following the award of 
the gold medal under subsection (a), the gold medal shall 
be given to Officer Brian D. Sicknick’s parents, Charles 
and Gladys Sicknick. 
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, 
and the cost of the gold medal. 
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. 
Æ 
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