S. 2487 authorizes Congress to award a collective Congressional Gold Medal to the Buffalo Soldier regiments, four all-Black military units that were officially established in 1866 and served in the U.S. Armed Forces through their integration into the desegregated Army in 1951. These regiments—the 9th and 10th Cavalry and the 24th and 25th Infantry—served with distinction across numerous conflicts including the Spanish-American War, both World Wars, and the Korean War, while also contributing to national park protection and infrastructure security. The bill recognizes their exceptional service record, including having the lowest desertion and court-martial rates of their era, and notes that many received the Congressional Medal of Honor. The gold medal will be designed by the Secretary of the Treasury and permanently displayed at the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of African American History and Culture, though Congress encourages it to be loaned for exhibition at Buffalo Soldier-related locations. The Treasury Department may also produce and sell duplicate bronze medals to cover production costs, with proceeds returned to the United States Mint Public Enterprise Fund.
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