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[Q]: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Simon Wiesenthal Holocaust Education 
Assistance Act''.

SEC. 2. HOLOCAUST EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM.

    Part A of title IV of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 
1965 (20 U.S.C. 7111 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the 
following:

          ``Subpart 3--Holocaust Education Assistance Program

``SEC. 4131. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES.

    ``(a) Findings.--The Congress finds the following:
            ``(1) The Holocaust was a historical event that resulted in 
        the systemic, state-sponsored, mass murders by Nazi Germany of 
        6,000,000 Jews, along with millions of others, in the name of 
        racial purity.
            ``(2) Eight States (California, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, 
        Michigan, New Jersey, New York, and Rhode Island) now mandate 
        that the Holocaust be taught in the educational curriculum, and 
        12 States (Alabama, Connecticut, Georgia, Mississippi, 
        Missouri, Nevada, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, 
        Tennessee, Washington, and West Virginia) recommend teaching 
        the Holocaust but the funds necessary to carry out those 
        recommendations may not be available.
            ``(3) The Holocaust is a sensitive and difficult subject to 
        teach effectively, and educators need appropriate teaching 
        tools and training to increase their knowledge of the Holocaust 
        and enhance the educational experience.
    ``(b) Statement of Purpose.--It is the purpose of this subpart--
            ``(1) to educate students in the United States so that 
        they--
                    ``(A) may explore the lessons that the Holocaust 
                provides for all people; and
                    ``(B) may be less susceptible to the falsehood of 
                Holocaust denial and to the destructive messages of 
                hate that arise from Holocaust denial; and
            ``(2) to provide resources and support for educational 
        programs that--
                    ``(A) portray accurate historical information about 
                the Holocaust;
                    ``(B) sensitize communities to the circumstances 
                that gave rise to the Holocaust;
                    ``(C) convey the lessons that the Holocaust 
                provides for all people; and
                    ``(D) develop curriculum guides and provide 
                training to help teachers incorporate the study of the 
                Holocaust and its lessons into mainstream disciplines.

``SEC. 4132. PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.

    ``(a) In General.--From funds made available under subsection (c), 
the Secretary is authorized to award grants to educational 
organizations to carry out proposed or existing Holocaust educational 
programs.
    ``(b) Contract With Nonprofit.--The Secretary is authorized to 
enter into a contract with a nonprofit organization exempt from 
taxation under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
under which the organization will encourage, accept, and administer 
voluntary private donations and gifts of money from individuals, 
corporations, foundations and other donors for the purpose of funding 
the activities under this subpart. A donation may not be accepted in 
exchange for a commitment to the donor on the part of the Secretary or 
which attaches conditions inconsistent with applicable laws and 
regulations or that is conditioned upon or will require the expenditure 
of appropriated funds that are not available to the Department, or 
which compromises a criminal or civil position of the United States or 
any of its departments or agencies or the administrative authority of 
any agency of the United States. The Secretary shall ensure that such 
contract contains provisions setting forth the criteria to be used in 
determining whether the solicitation or acceptance of a donation is 
prohibited because the donation would reflect unfavorably upon the 
ability of the Department, or any official or employee of the 
Department, to carry out its responsibilities or official duties in a 
fair and objective manner, or would compromise the integrity or the 
appearance of the integrity of its programs or any official or employee 
involved in those programs.
    ``(c) Use of Funds.--The Secretary is authorized to accept 
donations of money from the nonprofit described in subsection (b). Such 
funds shall be deposited in a special fund established in the Treasury 
of the United States titled `Holocaust Education Assistance Program 
Account' and shall remain available to the Secretary until expended, to 
the extent provided in advance in appropriations Acts, to carry out 
this subpart.

``SEC. 4133. APPLICATION.

    ``The Secretary may award a grant under this subpart only to an 
educational organization that has submitted an application to the 
Secretary at such time, in such manner, and containing such information 
as the Secretary may require.

``SEC. 4134. USE OF GRANTS.

    ``(a) In General.--An educational organization receiving a grant 
under this subpart may use the grant only to carry out the Holocaust 
education program for which the grant was provided.
    ``(b) Requirements.--An educational organization receiving a grant 
under this subpart shall comply with the following requirements:
            ``(1) Continuation of eligibility.--The educational 
        organization shall, throughout the period that the educational 
        organization receives and uses the grant, continue to be an 
        educational organization.
            ``(2) Supplementation of existing funds.--The educational 
        organization shall ensure that the grant is used to supplement, 
        and not supplant, non-Federal funds that would otherwise be 
        available to the educational organization to carry out the 
        Holocaust education program for which the grant was provided.
    ``(c) Additional Conditions.--The Secretary may require additional 
terms and conditions in connection with the use of grants provided 
under this subpart as the Secretary considers appropriate.
    ``(d) Cooperative Arrangements.--The Secretary should encourage 
educational organizations to work cooperatively with State educational 
agencies or local educational agencies in applying for and using grants 
under this subpart.

``SEC. 4135. SELECTION CRITERIA.

    ``(a) In General.--The Secretary shall award grants under this 
subpart in accordance with competitive criteria to be established by 
the Secretary.
    ``(b) Consultation With Holocaust Educators.--In establishing the 
competitive criteria under subsection (a), the Secretary shall consult 
with a number of prominent educators in the field of Holocaust 
education, to be determined by the Secretary.

``SEC. 4136. REVIEW AND SANCTIONS.

    ``(a) Annual Review.--The Secretary shall review at least annually 
each educational organization receiving a grant under this subpart to 
determine the extent to which the educational organization has complied 
with the provisions of this subpart and the regulations issued under 
this subpart.
    ``(b) Imposition of Sanctions.--The Secretary may impose one or 
more sanctions, to be determined by the Secretary, on an educational 
organization for the failure of the educational organization to comply 
substantially with the provisions of this subpart or the regulations 
issued under this subpart.

``SEC. 4137. ANNUAL REPORT.

    ``Not later than February 1 of each year, the Secretary shall 
submit to the Congress a report describing the activities carried out 
under this subpart and containing any related information that the 
Secretary considers appropriate.

``SEC. 4138. DEFINITIONS.

    ``In this subpart:
            ``(1) Educational organization.--The term `educational 
        organization' means an entity--
                    ``(A) described in section 501(c)(3) of the 
                Internal Revenue Code of 1986;
                    ``(B) exempt from tax under section 501(a) of the 
                Internal Revenue Code of 1986; and
                    ``(C) organized and operated for cultural, 
                literary, or educational purposes.
            ``(2) Holocaust education program.--The term `Holocaust 
        education program' means a program that--
                    ``(A) has as its specific and primary purpose to 
                improve awareness and understanding of the Holocaust; 
                and
                    ``(B) to achieve such purpose, furnishes one or 
                more of the following:
                            ``(i) Educational materials.
                            ``(ii) Student and school-based activities, 
                        including field trips.
                            ``(iii) Teacher training.
                            ``(iv) Any other good or service designed 
                        to improve awareness and understanding of the 
                        Holocaust.
            ``(3) Holocaust.--The term `Holocaust' means the systemic, 
        state-sponsored, mass murders by Nazi Germany of 6,000,000 
        Jews, and millions of others, in the name of racial purity.

``SEC. 4139. REGULATIONS.

    ``The Secretary shall issue any regulations necessary to carry out 
this subpart.''.

SEC. 3. CLERICAL AMENDMENT.

    The table of contents of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act 
of 1965 is amended by adding after the item relating to section 4121 
the following:

          ``Subpart 3--Holocaust Education Assistance Program

``Sec. 4131. Findings and purposes.
``Sec. 4132. Program authorized.
``Sec. 4133. Application.
``Sec. 4134. Use of grants.
``Sec. 4135. Selection criteria.
``Sec. 4136. Review and sanctions.
``Sec. 4137. Annual report.
``Sec. 4138. Definitions.
``Sec. 4139. Regulations.''.
[A]: Simon Wiesenthal Holocaust Education Assistance Act This bill amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to authorize the Department of Education (ED) to award competitive grants to educational organizations to carry out proposed or existing Holocaust education programs. ED may contract with a nonprofit organization to encourage, accept, and administer private donations and gifts for funding the education programs. Grants may not be used to supplant nonfederal funds the grantees would otherwise have used for Holocaust education programs.


[Q]: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Mortgage Fairness Act''.

SEC. 2. COMMUNITY SUPPORT OBLIGATIONS OF MORTGAGE BANKS.

    (a) In General.--Each mortgage bank shall have an ongoing 
responsibility to meet the credit needs of all the communities in which 
such bank makes a significant number of extensions of credit or extends 
a significant amount of credit, including extensions of credit in low- 
and moderate-income neighborhoods of such communities.
    (b) Definitions.--For purposes of this Act, the following 
definitions shall apply:
            (1) Mortgage bank.--The term ``mortgage bank'' means any 
        lender who does not accept deposits and originates housing 
        related loans.
            (2) Office.--The term ``Office'' means the Office of 
        Mortgage Bank and Insurance Supervision established by the 
        Secretary of Housing and Urban Development pursuant to section 
        3.
            (3) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
        of Housing and Urban Development.

SEC. 3. ESTABLISHMENT OF OFFICE OF MORTGAGE BANK AND INSURANCE 
              SUPERVISION.

    The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall establish 
within the Department of Housing and Urban Development an office to be 
known as the Office of Mortgage Bank and Insurance Supervision to 
evaluate the community support performance of mortgage banks and 
mortgage insurance companies.

SEC. 4. MORTGAGE BANK COMMUNITY SUPPORT STATEMENTS.

    (a) In General.--The Office shall, on a biennial basis, require 
each mortgage bank to submit to the Office a community support 
statement, detailing the efforts of such bank at meeting the housing 
credit needs of each community in which the bank makes a significant 
number of extensions of credit or extends a significant amount of 
credit, including extensions of credit in low- and moderate-income 
neighborhoods of such communities.
    (b) Contents.--The statement submitted by each mortgage bank under 
subsection (a) shall include--
            (1) the data required to be maintained and disclosed by the 
        lender under the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act of 1975 for the 
        previous 2 years, in a format which the Office shall establish;
            (2) underwriting criteria employed by the bank for all of 
        the bank's housing loan products;
            (3) descriptions of any activity the bank has undertaken 
        over the period under review to ascertain and meet identified 
        credit needs in low- and moderate-income neighborhoods within 
        communities in which the bank makes a significant number of 
        extensions of credit or extends a significant amount of credit, 
        including any partnerships formed with community-based 
        organizations, nonprofit developers of affordable housing, or 
        agencies of State or local government;
            (4) details of any findings of technical or substantive 
        violations of the Equal Credit Opportunity Act or the Fair 
        Housing Act, and any settlements or judgments arising from any 
        such findings; and
            (5) any other information the Office may require.

SEC. 5. MORTGAGE BANK COMMUNITY SUPPORT EVALUATION.

    The Office shall determine whether a mortgage bank is maintaining 
an adequate community support performance, based on--
            (1) community support performance statements received from 
        mortgage banks;
            (2) an analysis of the data required to be maintained and 
        disclosed by the lender under the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act 
        of 1975 for the previous 2 years with respect to metropolitan 
        statistical areas in which the bank originates a significant 
        number of home loans, which shall emphasize--
                    (A) the institution's market share in neighborhoods 
                of different racial and income characteristics;
                    (B) the number of applications received from 
                minorities and low- and moderate-income persons; and
                    (C) the rate at which the institutions rejects 
                applications from minority and white applicants;
            (3) any evidence of illegal discriminatory credit 
        practices, including prescreening, or offering less favorable 
        loan products to applicants of different racial backgrounds; 
        and
            (4) public comment, which shall be received by the agency 
        for not less than 90 days after the Office actively solicits 
        comment solicitations of comment through notice in the Federal 
        Register and regular communications with community based 
        organizations.

SEC. 6. PENALTIES FOR FINDING OF INADEQUATE COMMUNITY SUPPORT 
              PERFORMANCE BY MORTGAGE BANKS.

    (a) Remedial Action.--If the Secretary finds that a mortgage bank 
is maintaining an inadequate level of community support, the Secretary 
may issue an order--
            (1) requiring the bank to file a community support action 
        plan with the Office not more than 90 days after the finding, 
        which shall include concrete goals and timetables for 
        correcting identified deficiencies; and
            (2) prohibiting the bank from using any program or product 
        administered by the Secretary until all identified deficiencies 
        are met.
    (b) Cease and Desist Orders.--
            (1) Issuance of order.--
                    (A) In general.--If the Secretary determines that 
                there is reasonable cause to believe that a mortgage 
                bank is violating, has violated, or is about to violate 
                an order under subsection (a) or a community support 
                action plan filed pursuant to such an order, the 
                Secretary may issue an order requiring the mortgage 
                bank to--
                            (i) cease and desist from any such 
                        violation; and
                            (ii) take such affirmative action to 
                        prevent the occurrence or the continuance of 
                        such violation as the Secretary determines to 
                        be appropriate.
                    (B) Notice of charges.--An order issued under this 
                paragraph shall include a notice of the charges on 
                which the order is based and a statement of the facts 
                constituting the alleged violation.
                    (C) Effective period.--An order issued under this 
                paragraph shall--
                            (i) become effective upon service to the 
                        mortgagee; and
                            (ii) remain effective and enforceable 
                        pursuant to the terms of the order unless 
                        modified or rescinded by the Secretary or 
                        pursuant to an order of a court under paragraph 
                        (3) or in connection with the court's review of 
                        any administrative proceedings with respect to 
                        the order issued under this subsection.
            (2) Hearing.--Any mortgage bank which receives an order 
        under paragraph (1) shall be afforded an opportunity for a 
        hearing on the record by the Secretary as soon as practicable 
        but not later than 20 days after the order has been served.
            (3) Judicial hearing.--Within 10 days after a mortgage bank 
        has been served with a cease-and-desist order under this 
        subsection, the bank may apply to the United States district 
        court for the judicial district in which the home office of the 
        bank is located, or the United States District Court for the 
        District of Columbia, for an injunction setting aside, 
        limiting, or suspending the enforcement, operation, or 
        effectiveness of such order pending the completion of the 
        administrative proceedings pursuant to the notice of charges 
        served upon the bank, and such court shall have jurisdiction to 
        issue such injunction.
            (4) Judicial enforcement.--The Secretary may apply to the 
        United States district court, or the United States court of any 
        territory, within the jurisdiction of which the home office of 
        the mortgagee is located, for an injunction to enforce any 
        effective and outstanding order issued under this subsection 
        and, if the court determines that there has been a violation or 
        threatened violation of such order, the court shall issue such 
        injunction.
    (c) Civil Money Penalty.--
            (1) Imposition of penalty.--
                    (A) In general.--The Secretary may impose a civil 
                money penalty on any mortgage bank, and any director, 
                officer or employee of a mortgage bank, who violates 
                any order issued under subsection (a) or (b).
                    (B) Amount of penalty.--The amount of the penalty, 
                as determined by the Secretary, may not exceed--
                            (i) in the case of a violation of an order 
                        issued under subsection (a), $10,000 for each 
                        month during which such violation occurs; and
                            (ii) in the case of a violation of an order 
                        issued under subsection (b), $10,000 for each 
                        day during which such violation continues.
                    (C) Notification to attorney general.--Before 
                taking action to impose a civil money penalty for a 
                violation under subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall 
                inform the Attorney General of the United States.
            (2) Assessment.--
                    (A) Written notice.--Any penalty imposed under 
                paragraph (1) may be assessed and collected by the 
                Secretary by written notice.
                    (B) Finality of assessment.--If, with respect to 
                any assessment under subparagraph (A), a hearing is not 
                requested pursuant to paragraph (5) within the period 
                of time allowed under such paragraph, the assessment 
                shall constitute a final and unappealable order.
            (3) Authority to modify or remit penalty.--The Secretary 
        may compromise, modify, or remit any penalty which the 
        Secretary may assess or already has assessed under paragraph 
        (1).
            (4) Mitigating factors.--In determining the amount of a 
        penalty under paragraph (1) with respect to any person, the 
        Secretary shall take into account the appropriateness of the 
        penalty with respect to--
                    (A) the gravity of the offense;
                    (B) any history of previous violations by the 
                person;
                    (C) the ability of the person to pay the penalty;
                    (D) injury to the public;
                    (E) benefits received by the person as a result of 
                the violation;
                    (F) the deterrent effect of the penalty on future 
                violations by such person and other persons; and
                    (G) such other factors as the Secretary may 
                determine in regulations to be appropriate.
            (5) Hearing.--The person against whom a civil money penalty 
        is assessed under paragraph (1) shall be afforded an 
        opportunity for a hearing on the record, if such person submits 
        a request for such hearing within 20 days after the issuance of 
        the notice of the assessment.
            (6) Collection.--
                    (A) Referral.--If any person fails to pay an 
                assessment after any penalty assessed under this 
                subsection has become final, the Secretary shall notify 
                the Attorney General who shall recover the amount 
                assessed in the appropriate United States district 
                court.
                    (B) Appropriateness of penalty not reviewable.--In 
                any civil action under subparagraph (A), the validity 
                and appropriateness of the penalty shall not be subject 
                to review.
            (7) Disbursement.--All penalties collected pursuant to this 
        subsection shall be deposited into the Treasury of the United 
        States.
            (8) Agency procedures--The Secretary shall, by regulation, 
        establish standards and procedures for carrying out this 
        subsection.

SEC. 7. COMMUNITY SUPPORT REQUIREMENTS FOR MORTGAGE INSURANCE 
              COMPANIES.

    (a) In General.--Each mortgage insurance company shall--
            (1) report to the Office the number and total dollar amount 
        of each mortgage insurance policy written by the company, by 
        census tract, the race, gender, and income of applicants for 
        mortgage insurance, and the disposition of each application for 
        mortgage insurance;
            (2) demonstrate to the Secretary adequate support for 
        community credit needs; and
            (3) make public to any person the underwriting criteria for 
        any mortgage insurance the company offers.
    (b) 2-Year Reporting Requirement.--At least once during each 2-year 
period beginning after the date of enactment of this Act, each mortgage 
insurance company shall submit a report to the Office containing the 
following information:
            (1) Adequacy of availability of mortgage insurance.--The 
        extent to which adequate mortgage insurance is available in 
        low- and moderate-income and minority neighborhoods within 
        areas in which the company writes a significant number of 
        mortgage insurance policies.
            (2) Underwriting guidelines.--The extent to which 
        underwriting guidelines used by the company do not unreasonably 
        restrict access to low- and moderate-income families within 
        areas in which the company writes a significant number of 
        mortgage insurance policies.
    (c) Duties of the Office.--The Office shall conduct biennial 
community support reviews of mortgage insurance companies including 
analysis of the following:
            (1) The data collected by the Agency on the distribution of 
        the mortgage insurance company's policies by census tract and 
        data on the disparate treatment of applicants for mortgage 
        insurance based on the applicants' race, gender, and income.
            (2) The underwriting criteria employed by the company and 
        the extent to which such criteria do not unreasonably restrict 
        access to credit for low- and moderate-income and minority 
        persons or neighborhoods.
            (3) Community support statements received from the mortgage 
        insurance company.
            (4) Any other information the Secretary may require 
        mortgage insurance companies to submit.
            (5) Any comments received from the public on the community 
        support performance of the mortgage insurance company during 
        the period covered by the review under this paragraph.
    (d) Duties of the Secretary.--The Secretary shall--
            (1) solicit and accept public comment for no fewer than 90 
        days before issuing a finding in connection with the review of 
        a mortgage insurance company under subsection (c)(2); and
            (2) review the community support performance of each 
        mortgage insurance company and determine whether the company is 
        providing an adequate level of community support in the areas 
        in which such company writes a significant number of mortgage 
        insurance policies.
    (e) Performance Statement.--If, after reviewing any evidence, the 
Secretary concludes that a mortgage insurance company is not meeting 
the requirements of this section, the Secretary may require such 
company to submit a statement indicating how the company expects to 
improve its record of providing community support.
[A]: Mortgage Fairness Act - Requires each mortgage bank to meet the credit needs of all communities in which it makes a significant number of extensions of credit or extends a significant amount of credit, including extensions of credit in low- and moderate-income communities. 
(Sec. 3) Directs the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to establish within HUD the Office of Mortgage Bank and Insurance Supervision. 
(Sec. 4) Directs the Office, on a biennial basis, to require each mortgage bank to submit to it a community support statement detailing the bank's efforts at meeting the housing credit needs of the above- referenced communities. 
(Sec. 5) Directs the Office to determine whether a mortgage bank is maintaining an adequate community support performance based on specified criteria. 
(Sec. 6) Sets forth certain penalties against a mortgage bank that has been found to be maintaining an inadequate level of community support. 
(Sec. 7) Requires each mortgage insurance company to: (1) report to the Office the total number and total dollar amount of each mortgage insurance policy written by it, by census tract, the race, gender, and income of applicants for mortgage insurance, and the disposition of each application for such insurance; (2) demonstrate to the Secretary adequate support for community credit needs; and (3) make public to any person the underwriting criteria for any mortgage insurance the company offers. 
Requires the Office to conduct biennial community support reviews of mortgage insurance companies.  Authorizes the Secretary to require a mortgage insurance company to submit a statement indicating how it expects to improve its record of providing community support whenever the Secretary concludes that such company is not meeting the requirements of this section.


[Q]: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Ghost Army Congressional Gold Medal 
Act''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    Congress finds that--
            (1) the 23d Headquarters, Special Troops (comprised of the 
        23d Headquarters and Headquarters Company, Special Troops, the 
        603d Engineer Camouflage Battalion, the 406th Combat Engineer 
        Company, the 3132d Signal Service Company and the Signal 
        Company, Special, 23d Headquarters, Special Troops), and the 
        3133d Signal Service Company were top-secret units of the 
        United States Army that served in Europe during World War II;
            (2) the 23d Headquarters, Special Troops, was actively 
        engaged in battlefield operations from June of 1944 through 
        March of 1945;
            (3) the 3133d Signal Service Company was engaged in 
        operations in Italy in 1945;
            (4) the deceptive activities of these units were integral 
        to several Allied victories across Europe and reduced 
        casualties;
            (5) in evaluating the performance of these units after 
        World War II, an Army analysis found that ``Rarely, if ever, 
        has there been a group of such a few men which had so great an 
        influence on the outcome of a major military campaign.'';
            (6) many Ghost Army soldiers were citizen-soldiers 
        recruited from art schools, advertising agencies, 
        communications companies, and other creative and technical 
        professions;
            (7) the first 4 members of the 23d Headquarters, Special 
        Troops, landed on D-Day and 2 became casualties while creating 
        false beach landing sites;
            (8) the 23d Headquarters, Special Troops, secret deception 
        operations commenced in France on June 14, 1944, when Task 
        Force Mason (a 17-man detachment of the 23d led by First 
        Lieutenant Bernard Mason) landed at Omaha Beach;
            (9) Task Force Mason conducted Operation Elephant from July 
        1 to 4, 1944, to draw enemy fire and protect the 980th Field 
        Artillery Battalion (VIII Corps) as part of the Normandy 
        Campaign;
            (10) Operation Elephant was a prelude to the 21 full-scale 
        tactical deceptions completed by the 23d Headquarters, Special 
        Troops;
            (11) often operating on or near the front lines, the 23d 
        Headquarters, Special Troops, used inflatable tanks, artillery, 
        airplanes and other vehicles, advanced engineered soundtracks, 
        and skillfully crafted radio trickery to create the illusion of 
        a sizable American forces where there were none and to draw the 
        enemy away from Allied troops;
            (12) the 3132d and the 3133d Signal Service Companies, 
        activated in Pine Camp (now Fort Drum), New York, at the Army 
        Experimental Station in March 1944, were the only 2 active duty 
        ``sonic deception'' ground combat units in World War II;
            (13) soldiers of the 23d Headquarters, Special Troops, 
        impersonated other, larger Army units by sewing counterfeit 
        patches onto their uniforms, painting false markings on their 
        vehicles, and creating phony headquarters staffed by fake 
        generals, all in an effort to feed false information to Axis 
        spies;
            (14) during the Battle of the Bulge, the 23d Headquarters, 
        Special Troops, created counterfeit radio traffic in an effort 
        to deceive the enemy of the movement of elements of General 
        George S. Patton's Third Army as it shifted to break through to 
        the 101st Airborne Division and elements of 10th Armored 
        Division in the besieged Belgian town of Bastogne;
            (15) in its final mission, Operation Viersen, in March 
        1945, the 23d Headquarters, Special Troops, conducted a 
        tactical deception operation intended to draw German units down 
        the Rhine River and away from the Ninth Army, allowing the 
        Ninth Army to cross the Rhine into Germany;
            (16) during Operation Viersen, the 23d Headquarters, 
        Special Troops, with the assistance of other units, 
        impersonated 40,000 men, or 2 complete divisions of American 
        forces, by using fabricated radio networks, soundtracks of 
        construction work and artillery fire, and more than 600 
        inflatable and real vehicles;
            (17) according to a military intelligence officer of the 
        79th Infantry, ``There is no doubt that Operation Viersen 
        materially assisted in deceiving the enemy with regard to the 
        real dispositions and intentions of this Army.'';
            (18) 3 soldiers of the 23d Headquarters, Special Troops, 
        gave their lives and dozens were injured in carrying out their 
        mission;
            (19) in April 1945, the 3133d Signal Service Company 
        conducted Operation Craftsman in support of Operation Second 
        Wind, the successful allied effort to break through the German 
        defensive position to the north of Florence, Italy, known as 
        the Gothic Line;
            (20) along with an attached platoon of British engineers, 
        who were inflatable decoy specialists, the 3133d Signal Service 
        Company used sonic deception to misrepresent troop locations 
        along this defensive line;
            (21) the activities of the 23d Headquarters, Special Troops 
        and the 3133d Signal Service Company remained highly classified 
        for more than 40 years after the war and were never formally 
        recognized;
            (22) the extraordinary accomplishments of this unit are 
        deserving of belated official recognition; and
            (23) the United States is eternally grateful to the 
        soldiers of the 23d Headquarters, Special Troops and the 3133d 
        Signal Service Company for their proficient use of innovative 
        tactics during World War II, which saved lives and made 
        significant contributions to the defeat of the Axis powers.

SEC. 3. CONGRESSIONAL GOLD MEDAL.

    (a) Award Authorized.--The President Pro Tempore of the Senate and 
the Speaker of the House of Representatives shall make appropriate 
arrangements for the award, on behalf of the Congress, of a gold medal 
of appropriate design to the 23d Headquarters, Special Troops and the 
3133d Signal Services Company in recognition of unique and highly 
distinguished service during World War II.
    (b) Design and Striking.--For the purposes of the award referred to 
in subsection (a), the Secretary of the Treasury (in this Act referred 
to as the ``Secretary'') shall strike the gold medal with suitable 
emblems, devices, and inscriptions, to be determined by the Secretary.
    (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 make the gold medal received 
        under paragraph (1) available for display elsewhere, 
        particularly at other locations associated with the 23d 
        Headquarters, Special Troops and the 3133d Signal Services 
        Company.
    (d) Duplicate Medals.--Under regulations that the Secretary may 
promulgate, the Secretary may strike and sell duplicates in bronze of 
the gold medal struck under this Act, at a price sufficient to cover 
the cost of the medals, including labor, materials, dies, use of 
machinery, and overhead expenses.

SEC. 4. STATUS OF MEDAL.

    (a) National Medal.--The gold medal struck under this Act shall be 
a national medal for the purposes of chapter 51 of title 31, Unites 
States Code.
    (b) Numismatic Items.--For purpose of section 5134 of title 31, 
United States Code, all medals struck under this Act shall be 
considered to be numismatic items.
[A]:
Ghost Army Congressional Gold Medal Act This bill directs the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President pro tempore of the Senate to award a Congressional Gold Medal to the 23rd Headquarters, Special Troops and the 3133d Signal Services Company in recognition of their service during World War II.  The bill expresses the sense of Congress that the Smithsonian Institution should make the medal available for display elsewhere, particularly at other locations associated with the 23d Headquarters, Special Troops and the 3133d Signal Services Company..