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Input: Consider Input: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Adolescent Web Awareness Requires 
Education Act'' or the ``AWARE Act''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE.

    (a) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
            (1) The Internet is an invaluable tool that is critical to 
        the ability of the Nation to compete in a global economy. The 
        Internet provides instant access to research and boundless 
        information and connects individuals around the world.
            (2) About 93 percent of youth ages 12 through 17 years use 
        online services regularly and nearly 45 percent of children 
        ages 3 to 11 years will use the Internet on a monthly basis in 
        2009. Eighty-nine percent of teens have a profile on social 
        networking sites. Eighty percent of teens ages 13 through 17 
        years use cell phones, most of which have built-in cameras.
            (3) Bullying in schools can take many forms, including 
        sending insulting, threatening, or offensive messages via 
        Internet sites, email, instant messaging, cell phone text 
        messaging, telephone, or any other electronic messaging system.
            (4) In a recent survey, 1 in 5 teenagers stated that they 
        had used their cell phones to send explicit photos of 
        themselves to a peer, a practice commonly known as ``sexting''. 
        In most States, such conduct can subject young adults to felony 
        child pornography charges and the potential punishment of 
        registering as a sex offender.
            (5) The Internet has facilitated the growth of a 
        multibillion dollar global market for child pornography, far 
        exceeding the capacity of law enforcement to respond at the 
        Federal, State, and local level.
            (6) Internet safety education, coupled with technology 
        tools, is the most effective way to resolve and prevent these 
        crimes and other dangers committed on the Internet and in other 
        new media.
            (7) According to an empirical study of 1,379 fourth grade 
        students in Virginia, the first State to mandate Internet 
        safety education in its schools, the students improved their 
        responses to 8 of 10 Internet safety scenarios after completing 
        an Internet safety education program, with the greatest 
        improvement in uncomfortable content and cyberbullying.
            (8) The enactment of the Children's Internet Protection Act 
        (Public Law 106-554; 114 Stat. 2763A-336) mandated that schools 
        implement Internet safety policies and technology protection 
        measures in order to receive discounts to obtain affordable 
        telecommunications and Internet access. Most schools have now 
        developed acceptable use policies and have implemented 
        filtering and other technology-based solutions to help protect 
        children.
            (9) However, less than 25 percent of educators feel 
        comfortable teaching students how to protect themselves from 
        online predators, bullies, and identity thieves, according to a 
        recent study by the National Cyber Security Alliance and 
        Educational Technology Policy, Research, and Outreach. The same 
        study found that 90 percent of educators have received less 
        than 6 hours of professional development on issues related to 
        online security in the past year. As a result, many students 
        receive little or no education on safe and responsible use of 
        the Internet and other new media.
            (10) The widespread use of the Internet, cell phones, 
        interactive gaming, and other electronic communication devices 
        by children both inside and outside of schools suggests that 
        acceptable use policies and filtering alone cannot resolve 
        Internet safety concerns and that a greater focus on education 
        would be beneficial.
            (11) In a national poll on children's health, parents 
        ranked Internet safety fifth among their top health concerns 
        for children. Yet according to a Common Sense Media poll 
        conducted in 2006, almost 90 percent of parents say that they 
        lack the knowledge about how to protect their children online. 
        For this reason, educating parents about Internet safety is key 
        to empowering them to understand actual risks and to take an 
        active role in protecting their children.
            (12) The problem of online harassment, or cyberbullying, of 
        youth by other youths is widespread and results in a range of 
        children's experiences from minor irritation to severe 
        emotional harm. The Bureau of Justice Statistics has found that 
        online harassment tends to begin in third and fourth grade, 
        peaks in seventh and eighth grade, and continues in reduced 
        amounts throughout high school, college, and professional 
        school.
            (13) Gang members increasingly are using the Internet as a 
        recruitment tool to entice would-be members and as an 
        intimidation tool to threaten rival gangs. Gang members use the 
        Internet, in particular, to promote their message.
            (14) More research is needed in several areas of youth 
        online safety, including--
                    (A) the prevention of minor-to-minor solicitation 
                and other inappropriate use of the Internet;
                    (B) the prevention of the creation of problematic 
                content by youths;
                    (C) the protection of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and 
                transgender youth and youth with disabilities that may 
                be particularly vulnerable;
                    (D) the interplay between socioeconomic class and 
                risk factors;
                    (E) the role that pervasive digital image and video 
                capture devices play in harassment of youth by other 
                youth and youth production of problematic content;
                    (F) the intersection of different mobile and 
                Internet-based technologies; and
                    (G) the online activities of registered sex 
                offenders.
    (b) Purposes.--The purposes of this Act are to--
            (1) facilitate research and identify best practices in 
        Internet safety education for youth, parents, and education 
        officials; and
            (2) establish a competitive grant program for State 
        education agencies, local educational agencies, and nonprofit 
        organizations to institute best practices relating to Internet 
        education and the research-based recommendations derived from 
        the study conducted under this Act.

SEC. 3. GRANT PROGRAM.

    (a) Authority To Make Grants.--
            (1) In general.--Subject to subsection (e)(1), the Attorney 
        General, after consultation with the Secretary of Education and 
        the Secretary of Health and Human Services, shall make grants 
        to eligible entities to carry out an Internet safety education 
        program.
            (2) Period.--A grant under this section shall be for a 2-
        year period.
    (b) Application.--An eligible entity desiring a grant under this 
section shall submit an application to the Attorney General, which 
shall include--
            (1) a description of the partnership arrangements, if any, 
        of the eligible entity relating to the activities to be carried 
        out with the grant;
            (2) a description of the measurable goals of the eligible 
        entity relating to the activities to be carried out with the 
        grant;
            (3) a description of how the Internet safety education 
        program of the eligible entity shall achieve the measurable 
        goals described in paragraph (2);
            (4) a description of the plan of the eligible entity to 
        continue to implement the Internet safety education program 
        after the grant under this section ends;
            (5) a description of how funds under the grant may be used 
        and coordinated with Internet safety education programs being 
        carried out on the date of enactment of this Act or other 
        Internet safety education programs established with grants 
        under this section;
            (6) a description of the target audience under the proposed 
        Internet safety education program;
            (7) a certification that the eligible entity enforces the 
        operation of technology protection measures under section 
        254(h)(5) of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 
        254(h)(5)) if the eligible entity provides Internet access to 
        minors; and
            (8) any other information or assurances required by the 
        Attorney General.
    (c) Prioritization.--In making grants under this section, the 
Attorney General shall give priority to an eligible entity that--
            (1) identifies and targets at-risk children;
            (2) works in partnership with the private sector, law 
        enforcement, the philanthropic community, the media, 
        researchers, social services organizations, or other community-
        based groups;
            (3) provides Internet safety education programs at no cost 
        to students or schools;
            (4) accommodates different languages and language 
        proficiencies;
            (5) accommodates differing levels of technological 
        sophistication; or
            (6) has a viable plan to sustain the Internet safety 
        education program after the grant program ends.
    (d) Use of Funds.--An eligible entity may use a grant under this 
section to--
            (1) identify, develop, and implement Internet safety 
        education programs, including educational technology, 
        multimedia and interactive applications, online resources, and 
        lesson plans;
            (2) provide professional training to elementary and 
        secondary school teachers, administrators, and other staff on 
        Internet safety and new media literacy;
            (3) educate parents about teaching their children how to 
        use the Internet and new media safely and responsibly and help 
        parents identify and protect their children from risks relating 
        to use of the Internet and new media;
            (4) develop online risk prevention programs for children;
            (5) train and support peer-driven Internet safety education 
        initiatives;
            (6) coordinate and fund research initiatives that 
        investigate online risks to children and Internet safety 
        education; or
            (7) develop and implement public education campaigns to 
        promote awareness of online risks to children and Internet 
        safety education.
    (e) Grant Guidance.--
            (1) In general.--Before making grants under this section, 
        and not later than 1 month after the date on which the study 
        under paragraph (3)(A) is completed, the applicable agency 
        heads, in consultation with education groups, internet safety 
        groups, and other relevant experts in the field of new media 
        and child safety, shall issue detailed guidance for the grant 
        program under this section.
            (2) Contents of guidance.--The grant guidance shall be 
        implemented by the Attorney General in accordance with best 
        practices relating to Internet education and the research-based 
        recommendations derived from the study conducted under 
        paragraph (3)(A).
            (3) Internet safety research.--
                    (A) Initial research.--The Attorney General shall 
                enter into contracts with 1 or more private companies, 
                government agencies, or nonprofit organizations to 
                complete a study, not later than 6 months after the 
                date of enactment of this Act, regarding--
                            (i) the nature, prevalence, and quality of 
                        Internet safety education programs and any 
                        evidence-based research conducted relating to 
                        the programs;
                            (ii) findings regarding which children are 
                        most at risk;
                            (iii) gaps in Internet safety education and 
                        youth online risk research; and
                            (iv) any other area determined appropriate 
                        by the Attorney General.
                    (B) Additional research.--Subject to the 
                availability of appropriations, the Attorney General 
                shall enter into contracts with private companies, 
                government agencies, or nonprofit organizations to 
                conduct additional research regarding the issues 
                described in subparagraph (A). Any research conducted 
                under this subparagraph shall be included in the 
                reports under subsection (g)(3).
    (f) Technical Assistance.--The Attorney General shall provide 
technical assistance to eligible entities that receive a grant under 
this section, which may include maintaining a Web site to facilitate 
outreach and communication among the eligible entities that receive a 
grant under this section.
    (g) Reports.--
            (1) Eligible entities.--An eligible entity that receives a 
        grant under this section shall submit to the Attorney General 
        and make public an annual report regarding the activities 
        carried out using funds made available under the grant, which 
        shall include--
                    (A) a description of how the eligible entity 
                implemented the Internet safety education program 
                carried out with the grant;
                    (B) a detailed description of the audience reached;
                    (C) an analysis of whether and to what degree the 
                goals for the Internet safety education program were 
                met;
                    (D) an analysis of the challenges, if any, that 
                interfered with achieving the goals described in 
                subparagraph (C);
                    (E) plans for future Internet safety programs; and
                    (F) an accounting of the funds used.
            (2) Compilation of annual reports for revised grant 
        guidance.--The Attorney General shall--
                    (A) review the report under paragraph (1) submitted 
                by each eligible entity that receives a grant under 
                this section during the first fiscal year for which 
                grants under this section are made; and
                    (B) not later than 6 months after the date on which 
                all reports described in subparagraph (A) are 
                submitted, modify, as appropriate, the grant guidance 
                based on the reports after consultation with the 
                Secretary of Education and the Secretary of Health and 
                Human Services.
            (3) Reports to congress.--Not later than 27 months after 
        the date on which the Attorney General makes the first grant 
        under this section, and annually thereafter, the applicable 
        agency heads shall submit to Congress a report regarding the 
        grant program under this section, which shall include--
                    (A) a compilation of the information and findings 
                of the annual reports submitted under paragraph (1);
                    (B) the findings and conclusions of the applicable 
                agency heads, including findings and conclusions 
                relating to the effectiveness of Internet safety 
                education programs carried out using a grant under this 
                section; and
                    (C) best practices identified by the applicable 
                agency heads relating to Internet safety education.
    (h) Authorization of Appropriations.--
            (1) In general.--There is authorized to be appropriated to 
        the Attorney General to carry out this section $25,000,000 for 
        each of fiscal years 2010 through 2014.
            (2) Limitation.--Of amounts made available to carry out 
        this section, not more than 5 percent shall be available to 
        carry out subsections (e), (f), and (g)(2).

SEC. 4. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act, the following definitions apply:
            (1) Applicable agency heads.--The term ``applicable agency 
        heads'' means the Attorney General, after consultation with the 
        Secretary of Education and the Secretary of Health and Human 
        Services.
            (2) Eligible entity.--The term ``eligible entity'' means--
                    (A) a partnership between a State educational 
                agency and 1 or more local educational agencies (as 
                those terms are defined in section 9101 of the 
                Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 
                U.S.C. 7801)) of the State;
                    (B) a local educational agency;
                    (C) a nonprofit organization; or
                    (D) a consortium of elementary schools or secondary 
                schools (as those terms are defined in section 9101 of 
                the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 
                U.S.C. 7801)) collaborating with an entity described in 
                subparagraph (A), (B), or (C).
            (3) Grant guidance.--The term ``grant guidance'' means the 
        grant guidance issued under section 3(e)(1).
            (4) Internet safety education program.--The term ``Internet 
        safety education program'' means an age-appropriate, research-
        based program that encourages safe and responsible use of the 
        Internet, promotes an informed, critical understanding of 
        Internet dangers, and educates children, parents, and 
        communities about how to prevent or respond to problems or 
        dangers related to the Internet or new media.
            (5) New media.--The term ``new media''--
                    (A) means emerging digital, computerized, or 
                networked information and communication technologies 
                that often have interactive capabilities; and
                    (B) includes email, instant messaging, text 
                messaging, Web sites, blogs, interactive gaming, social 
                media, cell phones, and mobile devices.
            (6) Nonprofit.--The term ``nonprofit'' means an 
        organization that is described in section 501(c) of the 
        Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and exempt from tax under section 
        501(a) of that Code.

Output: Adolescent Web Awareness Requires Education Act or the AWARE Act - Directs the Attorney General to award grants to local educational agencies (LEAs), partnerships between states and LEAs, nonprofit organizations, or consortia of elementary and secondary schools that collaborate with such entities to carry out an age-appropriate, research-based Internet safety education program that encourages safe and responsible Internet use.

Requires such program to educate children, parents, and communities about how to prevent or respond to problems or dangers related to the Internet or new media.

Directs the Attorney General to: (1) enter into contracts with one or more private companies, government agencies, or nonprofit organizations to complete a study on Internet safety; and (2) provide technical assistance to grant recipients.


Input: Consider Input: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
    This Act may be cited as the ``American Innovation $1 Coin Act''.
SEC. 2. AMERICAN INNOVATION $1 COIN PROGRAM.
    Section 5112 of title 31, United States Code, is amended by 
inserting after subsection (v) the following new subsection:
    ``(w) Redesign and Issuance of $1 Coins Honoring Innovation and 
Innovators From Each State, the District of Columbia, and Each 
Territory.--
        ``(1) Redesign beginning in 2019.--
            ``(A) In general.--Notwithstanding subsection (d)(1) and 
        subsection (d)(2) and in accordance with the provisions of this 
        subsection, during the 14-year period beginning on January 1, 
        2019 (or such later date as provided under subparagraph 
        (B)(ii)), the Secretary of the Treasury shall mint and issue $1 
        coins to be known as `American Innovation $1 coins', that--
                ``(i) have designs on the obverse selected in 
            accordance with paragraph (2)(A); and
                ``(ii) have a design on the reverse selected in 
            accordance with paragraph (2)(B).
            ``(B) Continuity provisions.--
                ``(i) In general.--Notwithstanding subparagraph (A), 
            the Secretary shall continue to mint and issue $1 coins 
            honoring Native Americans and their contributions in 
            accordance with subsection (r).
                ``(ii) First coin.--Notwithstanding subparagraph (A), 
            if the Secretary finds that it is feasible and cost-
            effective, the Secretary may mint and issue a $1 coin in 
            2018 to introduce the series of coins described in this 
            subsection, that--

                    ``(I) has the obverse described under paragraph 
                (2)(A);
                    ``(II) has a reverse that bears the inscription 
                `United States of America' and `American Innovators' 
                and a representation of the signature of President 
                George Washington on the first United States patent 
                issued;
                    ``(III) has the edge-incusing described under 
                paragraph (2)(C); and
                    ``(IV) the design for which has reviewed by the 
                Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee.

            ``(C) Definition of territory.--For purposes of this 
        subsection, the term `territory' means the Commonwealth of 
        Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the United States Virgin 
        Islands, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.
        ``(2) Design requirements.--Notwithstanding subsection (d)(1) 
    and subsection (d)(2), the $1 coins issued in accordance with 
    paragraph (1)(A) shall meet the following design requirements:
            ``(A) Coin obverse.--The common design on the obverse of 
        each coin issued under this subsection shall contain--
                ``(i) a likeness of the Statue of Liberty extending to 
            the rim of the coin and large enough to provide a dramatic 
            representation of Liberty;
                ``(ii) the inscription `$1'; and
                ``(iii) the inscription `In God We Trust'.
            ``(B) Coin reverse.--The design on the reverse of each coin 
        issued under this subsection shall bear the following:
                ``(i) An image or images emblematic of one of the 
            following from one of the 50 States, the District of 
            Columbia, or the territories of the United States:

                    ``(I) A significant innovation.
                    ``(II) An innovator.
                    ``(III) A group of innovators.

                ``(ii) The name of the State, the District of Columbia, 
            or territory, as applicable.
                ``(iii) The inscription `United States of America'.
            ``(C) Edge-incused inscriptions.--
                ``(i) In general.--The inscription of the year of 
            minting or issuance of the coin, the mint mark, and the 
            inscription `E Pluribus Unum' shall be edge-incused into 
            the coin.
                ``(ii) Preservation of distinctive edge.--The edge-
            incusing of the inscriptions under clause (i) on coins 
            issued under this subsection shall be done in a manner that 
            preserves the distinctive edge of the coin so that the 
            denomination of the coin is readily discernible, including 
            by individuals who are blind or visually impaired.
        ``(3) Issuance of coins commemorating innovation or 
    innovators.--
            ``(A) Order of issuance.--
                ``(i) In general.--The coins issued under this 
            subsection commemorating either an innovation, an 
            individual innovator, or a group of innovators, from each 
            State, the District of Columbia, or a territory shall be 
            issued in the following order:

                    ``(I) State.--With respect to each State, the coins 
                shall be issued in the order in which the States 
                ratified the Constitution of the United States or were 
                admitted into the Union, as the case may be.
                    ``(II) District of columbia and territories.--After 
                all coins are issued under subclause (I), the coins 
                shall be issued for the District of Columbia and the 
                territories in the following order: the District of 
                Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, 
                American Samoa, the United States Virgin Islands, and 
                the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.

                ``(ii) Application in event of the admission of 
            additional states.--Notwithstanding clause (i), if any 
            additional State is admitted into the Union before the end 
            of the 14-year period referred to in paragraph (1), the 
            Secretary of the Treasury may issue a $1 coin with respect 
            to the additional State in accordance with clause (i)(I).
                ``(iii) Application in the event of independence or 
            adding of a territory.--Notwithstanding clause (i)--

                    ``(I) if any territory becomes independent or 
                otherwise ceases to be a territory of the United States 
                before $1 coins are minted pursuant to this subsection, 
                the subsection shall cease to apply with respect to 
                such territory; and
                    ``(II) if any new territory is added to the United 
                States, $1 coins shall be issued for such territories 
                in the order in which the new the territories are 
                added, beginning after the $1 coin is issued for the 
                Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.

            ``(B) Issuance of coins commemorating four innovations or 
        innovators during each of 14 years.--
                ``(i) In general.--Four $1 coin designs as described in 
            this subsection shall be issued during each year of the 
            period referred to in paragraph (1) until 1 coin featuring 
            1 innovation, an individual innovator, or a group of 
            innovators, from each of the States, the District of 
            Columbia, and territories has been issued.
                ``(ii) Number of coins of each design.--The Secretary 
            shall prescribe, on the basis of such factors as the 
            Secretary determines to be appropriate, the number of $1 
            coins that shall be issued with each of the designs 
            selected for each year of the period referred to in 
            paragraph (1).
        ``(4) Selection of concept and design.--
            ``(A) Concept.--With respect to each State, the District of 
        Columbia, and each territory to be honored with a coin under 
        this subsection, the selection of the significant innovation, 
        innovator, or group of innovators to be borne on the reverse of 
        such coin shall be made by the Secretary of the Treasury, after 
        consultation with the Governor or other chief executive of the 
        State, the District of Columbia, or territory with respect to 
        which a coin is to be issued under this subsection.
            ``(B) Design.--Each of the designs required under this 
        subsection shall be selected by the Secretary after--
                ``(i) consultation with--

                    ``(I) the Governor or other chief executive of the 
                State, the District of Columbia, or territory with 
                respect to which a coin is to be issued under this 
                subsection; and
                    ``(II) the Commission of Fine Arts; and

                ``(ii) review by the Citizens Coinage Advisory 
            Committee.
            ``(C) Selection and approval process.--Proposals for 
        designs for $1 coins under this subsection may be submitted in 
        accordance with the design selection and approval process 
        developed by the Secretary in the sole discretion of the 
        Secretary.
            ``(D) Standards.--Because it is important that the Nation's 
        coinage and currency bear dignified designs of which the 
        citizens of the United States can be proud, the Secretary shall 
        not select any frivolous or inappropriate design for any $1 
        coin minted under this subsection.
            ``(E) Prohibition on certain representations.--No head and 
        shoulders portrait or bust of any person and no portrait of a 
        living person may be included in the design of any coin issued 
        under this subsection.
        ``(5) Treatment as numismatic items.--For purposes of sections 
    5134 and 5136, all $1 coins minted under this subsection shall be 
    considered to be numismatic items.
        ``(6) Issuance of numismatic coins.--The Secretary may mint and 
    issue such number of $1 coins of each design selected under this 
    subsection in uncirculated and proof qualities as the Secretary 
    determines to be appropriate.
        ``(7) Termination of program.--The issuance of coins under this 
    subsection shall terminate when one innovation, an individual 
    innovator, or a group of innovators, from each State, the District 
    of Columbia, and each territory has been honored and may not be 
    resumed except by an Act of Congress.''.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

                            Vice President of the United States and    
                                               President of the Senate.

Output: American Innovation $1 Coin Act (Sec. 2) This bill directs the Department of the Treasury, over a 14-year period beginning in 2019, to mint and issue "American Innovation" $1 coins commemorating innovation and innovators from each state, each U.S. territory, and the District of Columbia.  Such coins shall be issued in the order in which the states ratified the Constitution or were admitted into the Union. After all such coins are issued, coins shall be issued for the District of Columbia and the territories.  Treasury shall issue four coins per year until a coin has been issued for each jurisdiction.  Neither the bust of any person nor the portrait of any living person may be included in the design of the coins. The bill instructs Interior to continue to mint and issue $1 coins honoring Native Americans and their contributions. 


Input: Consider Input: SECTION 1. FINDINGS.

    The Congress finds that--
            (1) the Women Airforce Service Pilots of WWII, known as the 
        ``WASP'', were the first women in history to fly American 
        military aircraft;
            (2) more than 60 years ago, they flew fighter, bomber, 
        transport, and training aircraft in defense of America's 
        freedom;
            (3) they faced overwhelming cultural and gender bias 
        against women in nontraditional roles and overcame multiple 
        injustices and inequities in order to serve their country;
            (4) through their actions, the WASP eventually were the 
        catalyst for revolutionary reform in the integration of women 
        pilots into the Armed Services;
            (5) during the early months of World War II, there was a 
        severe shortage of combat pilots;
            (6) Jacqueline Cochran, America's leading woman pilot of 
        the time, convinced General Hap Arnold, Chief of the Army Air 
        Forces, that women, if given the same training as men, would be 
        equally capable of flying military aircraft and could then take 
        over some of the stateside military flying jobs, thereby 
        releasing hundreds of male pilots for combat duty;
            (7) the severe loss of male combat pilots made the 
        necessity of utilizing women pilots to help in the war effort 
        clear to General Arnold, and a women's pilot training program 
        was soon approved;
            (8) it was not until August 1943, that the women aviators 
        would receive their official name;
            (9) General Arnold ordered that all women pilots flying 
        military aircraft, including 28 civilian women ferry pilots, 
        would be named ``WASP'', Women Airforce Service Pilots;
            (10) more than 25,000 American women applied for training, 
        but only 1,830 were accepted and took the oath;
            (11) exactly 1,074 of those trainees successfully completed 
        the 21 to 27 weeks of Army Air Force flight training, 
        graduated, and received their Army Air Force orders to report 
        to their assigned air base;
            (12) on November 16, 1942, the first class of 29 women 
        pilots reported to the Houston, Texas Municipal Airport and 
        began the same military flight training as the male Army Air 
        Force cadets were taking;
            (13) due to a lack of adequate facilities at the airport, 3 
        months later the training program was moved to Avenger Field in 
        Sweetwater, Texas;
            (14) WASP were eventually stationed at 120 Army air bases 
        all across America;
            (15) they flew more than 60,000,000 miles for their country 
        in every type of aircraft and on every type of assignment flown 
        by the male Army Air Force pilots, except combat;
            (16) WASP assignments included test piloting, instructor 
        piloting, towing targets for air-to-air gunnery practice, 
        ground-to-air anti-aircraft practice, ferrying, transporting 
        personnel and cargo (including parts for the atomic bomb), 
        simulated strafing, smoke laying, night tracking, and flying 
        drones;
            (17) in October 1943, male pilots were refusing to fly the 
        B-26 Martin Marauder (known as the ``Widowmaker'') because of 
        its fatality records, and General Arnold ordered WASP Director, 
        Jacqueline Cochran, to select 25 WASP to be trained to fly the 
        B-26 to prove to the male pilots that it was safe to fly;
            (18) during the existence of the WASP--
                    (A) 38 women lost their lives while serving their 
                country;
                    (B) their bodies were sent home in poorly crafted 
                pine boxes;
                    (C) their burial was at the expense of their 
                families or classmates;
                    (D) there were no gold stars allowed in their 
                parents' windows; and
                    (E) because they were not considered military, no 
                American flags were allowed on their coffins;
            (19) in 1944, General Arnold made a personal request to 
        Congress to militarize the WASP, and it was denied;
            (20) on December 7, 1944, in a speech to the last 
        graduating class of WASP, General Arnold said, ``You and more 
        than 900 of your sisters have shown you can fly wingtip to 
        wingtip with your brothers. I salute you . . . We of the Army 
        Air Force are proud of you. We will never forget our debt to 
        you.'';
            (21) with victory in WWII almost certain, on December 20, 
        1944, the WASP were quietly and unceremoniously disbanded;
            (22) there were no honors, no benefits, and very few 
        ``thank you's'';
            (23) just as they had paid their own way to enter training, 
        they had to pay their own way back home after their honorable 
        service to the military;
            (24) the WASP military records were immediately sealed, 
        stamped ``classified'' or ``secret'', and filed away in 
        Government archives, unavailable to the historians who wrote 
        the history of WWII or the scholars who compiled the history 
        text books used today, with many of the records not 
        declassified until the 1980s;
            (25) consequently, the WASP story is a missing chapter in 
        the history of the Air Force, the history of aviation, and the 
        history of the United States of America;
            (26) in 1977, 33 years after the WASP were disbanded, the 
        Congress finally voted to give the WASP the veteran status they 
        had earned, but these heroic pilots were not invited to the 
        signing ceremony at the White House, and it was not until 7 
        years later that their medals were delivered in the mail in 
        plain brown envelopes;
            (27) in the late 1970s, more than 30 years after the WASP 
        flew in World War II, women were finally permitted to attend 
        military pilot training in the United States Armed Forces;
            (28) thousands of women aviators flying support aircraft 
        have benefitted from the service of the WASP and followed in 
        their footsteps;
            (29) in 1993, the WASP were once again referenced during 
        congressional hearings regarding the contributions that women 
        could make to the military, which eventually led to women being 
        able to fly military fighter, bomber, and attack aircraft in 
        combat;
            (30) hundreds of United States servicewomen combat pilots 
        have seized the opportunity to fly fighter aircraft in recent 
        conflicts, all thanks to the pioneering steps taken by the 
        WASP;
            (31) the WASP have maintained a tight-knit community, 
        forged by the common experiences of serving their country 
        during war;
            (32) as part of their desire to educate America on the WASP 
        history, WASP have assisted ``Wings Across America'', an 
        organization dedicated to educating the American public, with 
        much effort aimed at children, about the remarkable 
        accomplishments of these WWII veterans; and
            (33) the WASP have been honored with exhibits at numerous 
        museums, to include--
                    (A) the Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC;
                    (B) the Women in Military Service to America 
                Memorial at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, 
                Virginia;
                    (C) the National Museum of the United States Air 
                Force, Wright Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio;
                    (D) the National WASP WWII Museum, Sweetwater, 
                Texas;
                    (E) the 8th Air Force Museum, Savannah, Georgia;
                    (F) the Lone Star Flight Museum, Galveston, Texas;
                    (G) the American Airpower Museum, Farmingdale, New 
                York;
                    (H) the Pima Air Museum, Tucson, Arizona;
                    (I) the Seattle Museum of Flight, Seattle, 
                Washington;
                    (J) the March Air Museum, March Reserve Air Base, 
                California; and
                    (K) the Texas State History Museum, Austin, Texas.

SEC. 2. 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 single gold 
medal of appropriate design in honor of the Women Airforce Service 
Pilots (WASP) collectively, in recognition of their pioneering military 
service and exemplary record, which forged revolutionary reform in the 
Armed Forces of the United States of America.
    (b) Design and Striking.--For the purposes of the award referred to 
in subsection (a), the Secretary of the Treasury (hereafter 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 in 
        honor of the Women Airforce Service Pilots, the gold medal 
        shall be given to the Smithsonian Institution, where it will be 
        displayed as appropriate and made available for research.
            (2) Sense of the congress.--It is the sense of the Congress 
        that the Smithsonian Institution shall make the gold medal 
        received under this Act available for display elsewhere, 
        particularly at other locations associated with the WASP.

SEC. 3. DUPLICATE MEDALS.

    Under such regulations as the Secretary may prescribe, the 
Secretary may strike and sell duplicates in bronze of the gold medal 
struck under this Act, at a price sufficient to cover the costs of the 
medals, including labor, materials, dyes, use of machinery, and 
overhead expenses.

SEC. 4. NATIONAL MEDALS.

    Medals struck pursuant to this Act are national medals for purposes 
of chapter 51 of title 31, United States Code.

SEC. 5. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS; PROCEEDS OF SALE.

    (a) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be 
charged against the United States Mint Public Enterprise Fund, an 
amount not to exceed $30,000 to pay for the cost of the medal 
authorized under section 2.
    (b) Proceeds of Sale.--Amounts received from the sale of duplicate 
bronze medals under section 3 shall be deposited in the United States 
Mint Public Enterprise Fund.


Output: Directs the President pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives to make appropriate arrangements for the award of a single gold medal in honor of the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) collectively, in honor of their pioneering military service and exemplary record, which forged revolutionary reform in the U.S. Armed Forces.

Expresses the sense of Congress that the Smithsonian Institution shall make the medal available for display elsewhere, particularly at other locations associated with the WASP.