Officer Brian D. Sicknick Congressional Gold Medal Act
Bill: H.R.622 | Sponsor: Rep. Watson Coleman, Bonnie (D-NJ)
Policy area: Congress

Summary:
Officer Brian D. Sicknick Congressional Gold Medal Act
This bill requires the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President pro tempore of the Senate to arrange for the presentation of a Congressional Gold Medal commemorating Officer Brian D. Sicknick for giving his life to protect the Capitol and Members and staff of Congress on January 6, 2021.
Following its award, the medal shall be given to Officer Sicknick's parents, Charles and Gladys Sicknick.

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.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

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 recognizable 
        symbol of liberty and democracy throughout 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 Members 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.
            (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 tempore 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 ``Secretary'') shall strike the gold medal with 
suitable emblems, devices, and inscriptions, to be determined by the 
Secretary.
    (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 pursuant 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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