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S. 540 108th Congress Senate

Code Talkers Recognition Act

Official title: A bill to authorize the presentation of gold medals on behalf of Congress to Native Americans who served as Code Talkers during foreign conflicts in which the … Show full official titleShow less

Official title: A bill to authorize the presentation of gold medals on behalf of Congress to Native Americans who served as Code Talkers during foreign conflicts in which the United States was involved during the 20th Century in recognition of the service of those Native Americans to the United States.

Introduced: September 7, 2004 See on congress.gov
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Mar 5, 2003
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
Mar 5, 2003
Introduced in Senate
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 Latest action March 5, 2003

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Code Talkers Recognition Act - Directs the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President Pro Tempore of the Senate to make arrangements for the presentation of a congressional gold medal: (1) to persons, including specified individuals, who served as Sioux or Comanche Code Talkers during World War II; (2) honoring the Choctaw Code Talkers of World War I; and (3) to any other Native American member of the armed forces, identified by the Secretary of Defense, who served as a Code Talker in any foreign conflict in which the United States was involved during the 20th Century.

Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to strike and sell duplicates in bronze of the gold medals struck under this Act and to deposit the proceeds in the United States Mint Public Enterprise Fund to pay for the costs of the medals awarded under this Act.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 5
All 5 Democratic 3 Republican 2
D
Durbin, Richard J.
Illinois · Sep 7, 2004
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Murray, Patty
Washington · Jul 13, 2004
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Wyden, Ron
Oregon · Jul 7, 2004
 R
Crapo, Mike
Idaho · May 17, 2004
 R
Grassley, Chuck
Iowa · Apr 22, 2004
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 540: Code Talkers Recognition Act. 108th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/108-S-540/
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"S. 540: Code Talkers Recognition Act." 108th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/108-S-540/.
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S. 540, 108th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/108-S-540/.
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