Defenders of Bataan and Corregidor Congressional Gold Medal Act

This bill would award one Congressional Gold Medal, collectively, to people who fought for or with the United States against Imperial Japan in the Pacific from December 8, 1941, to June 9, 1942, or who became prisoners of war of Imperial Japan before August 15, 1945. This includes defenders of Bataan and Corregidor in the Philippines and certain civilians later given veterans status. Members of the Pacific Fleet and the Hawaiian Department are not included. After it is awarded, the medal would go to the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History for display and research. The Treasury could sell bronze copies, with costs paid from and sale money returned to the U.S. Mint Public Enterprise Fund.

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Sponsors

• Martin Heinrich Democrat sponsor
• 34 cosponsors