To award a Congressional Gold Medal to the Hmong people, in recognition of their highly distinguished service in the Vietnam war and the fight against communism.
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Latest Action · November 9, 2023
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
This bill honors the Hmong people by awarding them a Congressional Gold Medal for their service during the Vietnam War and in fighting communist forces. The Hmong, who were recruited and trained by the CIA, played a significant combat role in Laos with over 30,000 men serving as fighters, pilots, and intelligence gatherers, while suffering casualty rates ten times higher than American soldiers. After the war, more than 150,000 Hmong fled Laos when it fell to communist control in 1975, with many eventually resettling in the United States where approximately 327,000 Hmong now live. The Secretary of the Treasury will design and strike the gold medal, which will be housed at the Smithsonian Institution for display and research, with the possibility of being loaned to other locations associated with Hmong military service. The bill also allows the Treasury to produce and sell bronze duplicate medals to cover production costs, with no specific funding or timeline requirements mentioned beyond the authorization to create the award.
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