HR537-118

In Committee

To award a Congressional Gold Medal to 60 diplomats, in recognition of their bravery and heroism during the Holocaust.

118th Congress Introduced Jun 12, 2024

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Summary

What This Bill Does

This bill, To award a Congressional Gold Medal to 60 diplomats, in recognition of their bravery and heroism during the Holocaust., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting foreign governments, international partners, and aid recipients. The main policy domain is Foreign Policy, Government Operations, Transportation.

Who Benefits and How

foreign governments, international partners, and aid recipients may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.

Who Bears the Burden and How

federal implementing agencies, foreign governments, international partners, and aid recipients may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.

Key Provisions

  • Section H853A220177044017AF8BD866EF220811: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Forgotten Heroes of the Holocaust Congressional Gold Medal Act.
  • Section HD9C87E553C4F4B34BC1FF9D3D0BE7C58: 2. Findings Congress finds the following: The following diplomats will be honored posthumously: Per Anger (Sweden), Jose Maria Barreto (Peru), Lars Berg...
  • Section H7BA50321C3EC4567B975FDAECA10D6F0: 3. Congressional gold medal The Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President pro tempore of the Senate shall make appropriate arrangements for the...
  • Section H68A7EF662AB54B238DE67E2B6D4A8030: 4. Duplicate medals The Secretary may strike and sell duplicates in bronze of the gold medal struck under section 3, at a price sufficient to cover the costs...
  • Section HFA85F07F6B524262B59D9052CD076010: 5. Status of medals Medals struck pursuant to this Act are national medals for purposes of chapter 51 of title 31, United States Code. For purposes of sections...

Evidence Chain:

This summary is generated from the full bill text using AI analysis. Expand "Detailed Analysis" below for identified beneficiaries/burden bearers.

At a Glance

What This Bill Does

This bill, To award a Congressional Gold Medal to 60 diplomats, in recognition of their bravery and heroism during the Holocaust., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting foreign governments, international partners, and aid recipients.

Key Policy Areas

Foreign Policy, Government Operations, Transportation

Primary Purpose

This bill, To award a Congressional Gold Medal to 60 diplomats, in recognition of their bravery and heroism during the Holocaust., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting foreign governments, international partners, and aid recipients.

Policy Domains

Foreign Policy Government Operations Transportation

Whole bill

Identified Gains
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
  • foreign governments, international partners, and aid recipients
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Contextual inference, no direct clause citation

Identified Costs
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
  • federal implementing agencies
  • foreign governments, international partners, and aid recipients
Model: codex-gpt-5 | Version: bill_summary_v2 | Source: eh

Contextual inference, no direct clause citation

Legislative Progress

In Committee
Introduced Committee Passed
Jun 12, 2024

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, …

Jan 26, 2023

Ms. Salazar (for herself, Mr. Torres of New York, Ms. …

Impact analysis is available but no clear stakeholder effects identified. View clause-level analysis →

Bill Structure & Actor Mappings

Who is "The Secretary" in each section?

Domains
Foreign Policy Government Operations Transportation
Actor Mappings
"secretary_of_treasury"
→ Secretary of the Treasury

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