HR921-119

In Committee

Master Sergeant Roddie Edmonds Congressional Gold Medal Act

119th Congress Introduced Feb 4, 2025

Analysis under review: This bill has generated analysis that may be too generic or incomplete. Clause-level evidence remains available below.

Summary

What This Bill Does

This bill, Master Sergeant Roddie Edmonds Congressional Gold Medal Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting defense agencies, service members, and defense contractors. The main policy domain is Defense, Immigration, Criminal Justice.

Who Benefits and How

defense agencies, service members, and defense contractors 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, defense agencies, service members, and defense contractors may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.

Key Provisions

  • Section H25E05A8DAE62415BA340A60CADE8C11E: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Master Sergeant Roddie Edmonds Congressional Gold Medal Act.
  • Section H47579B34B89D477791D7D6BC129FA7D7: 2. Findings Congress finds the following: Roderick W. Edmonds (in this Act referred to as Roddie Edmonds or Edmonds) was born in 1919 in South Knoxville,...
  • Section H7AAEDC4CF0F94326A218EEC5863FE013: 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 HD35CD026EB414809BF159950AA644C55: 4. Duplicate medals The Secretary may strike and sell duplicates in bronze of the gold medal struck under section 3 under such regulations as the Secretary may...
  • Section H8582B108C10F4F109FB3A7E7A830E57B: 5. Status of medals The medals struck under 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 with clause-level evidence links.

At a Glance

What This Bill Does

This bill, Master Sergeant Roddie Edmonds Congressional Gold Medal Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting defense agencies, service members, and defense contractors.

Key Policy Areas

Defense, Immigration, Criminal Justice

Primary Purpose

This bill, Master Sergeant Roddie Edmonds Congressional Gold Medal Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting defense agencies, service members, and defense contractors.

Policy Domains

Defense Immigration Criminal Justice

Whole bill

Identified Gains
  • defense agencies, service members, and defense contractors
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defense agencies, service members, and defense contractors: ,
Identified Costs
  • federal implementing agencies
  • defense agencies, service members, and defense contractors
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federal implementing agencies: ,
defense agencies, service members, and defense contractors: ,

Legislative Progress

In Committee
Introduced Committee Passed
Feb 4, 2025

Mr. Burchett (for himself, Mr. Moskowitz, Ms. Wasserman Schultz, Mr. …

Feb 4, 2025

Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.

Feb 4, 2025

Introduced in House

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
Defense Immigration Criminal Justice
Actor Mappings
"the_commission"
→ The commission identified in the operative section
"secretary_of_treasury"
→ Secretary of the Treasury

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