Task Force Pineapple Congressional Gold Medal Act

Bill: 117-hr-6879
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Cawthorn, Madison [R-NC-11]
Introduced: 2022-03-01
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Latest action: action_date: 2022-03-01
text: 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 consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

Summaries:
action_date: 2022-03-01
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>Task Force Pineapple Congressional Gold Medal Act</strong></p> <p>This bill provides for the award of a Congressional Gold Medal to Task Force Pineapple in recognition of its efforts to rescue hundreds of Afghan special operators and American citizens as the United States was concluding its withdrawal from Afghanistan.</p>

tv_txt: I 117th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 6879 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 1, 2022 Mr. Cawthorn (for himself, Mr. Budd , Mr. Johnson of Ohio , Mr. Mast , Mr. Waltz , Mr. Mullin , and Mr. Donalds ) introduced the following 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 consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned A BILL To award a Congressional Gold Medal in honor of those who led and served during the first Task Force Pineapple mission to, directly and indirectly, help Americans and Afghan special operators and their families.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Task Force Pineapple Congressional Gold Medal Act . 2. Findings Congress finds the following: (1) Task Force Pineapple, a group of veterans, worked unofficially with the United States military and the United States Embassy to safely rescue hundreds of Afghan special operators and American citizens, bringing them into the United States military-controlled part of the Hamid Karzai International Airport as the United States was concluding its withdrawal from Afghanistan. (2) These Afghan special operators served alongside the United States military throughout the United States deployment in Afghanistan, interpreting and putting their own lives on the line to ally and assist the United States military. (3) Working alongside the United States military and the United States Embassy, Task Force Pineapple was able to save an estimate of 500 Afghan special operators and their families on the first mission. 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 to Task Force Pineapple in recognition of the achievements of Task Force Pineapple. (b) Design and striking For purposes of the presentation under subsection (a), the Secretary of the Treasury (referred to in this Act as the Secretary ) shall strike a gold medal with suitable emblems, devices, and inscriptions, to be determined by the Secretary. (c) Smithsonian Institution 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. 4. Duplicate medals (a) Striking of duplicates Under such regulations as the Secretary may prescribe, the Secretary may strike duplicates in bronze of the gold medal struck under section 3. (b) Selling of duplicates The Secretary may sell such duplicates under subsection (a) at a price sufficient to cover the costs of such duplicates, including labor, materials, dies, use of machinery, and overhead expenses. 5. Status of medals (a) National medals Medals struck under 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.