H.R. 2336 — Doris Miller Congressional Gold Medal Act

This section states congressional findings on Doris Miller's heroism during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941—including his assistance to wounded personnel, manning an antiaircraft gun without training, receipt of the Navy Cross on May 27, 1942, from Admiral Chester Nimitz, and death in action on November 24, 1943, aboard the USS Liscome Bay.

This section authorizes the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President pro tempore of the Senate to arrange the posthumous presentation, on behalf of Congress, of a Congressional Gold Medal of appropriate design to Doris Miller in recognition of his acts of valor while a member of the Navy during World War II. The section directs the Secretary of the Treasury to strike the medal and requires its transfer to the Smithsonian Institution following the presentation, where it shall be available for display and research (with a sense of Congress that it also be displayed at other locations associated with Doris Miller).

This section authorizes the Secretary to strike and sell bronze duplicates of the gold medal struck pursuant to section 3, at prices sufficient to cover the costs of production, including labor, materials, dies, use of machinery, and overhead expenses.

This section designates medals struck pursuant to this Act as (1) national medals for purposes of chapter 51 of title 31, United States Code (i.e., official medals that the U.S. Mint may strike and which are legal tender or collectible), and (2) numismatic items for purposes of sections 5134 and 5136 of title 31, United States Code (i.e., collectibles that the Mint may produce, distribute, and sell).

This section authorizes the use of amounts from the United States Mint Public Enterprise Fund—a revolving fund for Mint operations (31 U.S.C. § 5136)—to pay the costs of striking medals pursuant to this Act and requires deposit of proceeds from the sale of duplicate bronze medals into that fund.