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First Rhode Island Regiment Congressional Gold Medal Act
This legislation awards a collective Congressional Gold Medal to the First Rhode Island Regiment, recognizing the Revolutionary War unit known for enlisting enslaved, free Black, and Indigenous soldiers. The single gold medal will be housed at the Rhode Island State Library for public display and historical research, with the option to loan it to other related historical sites. The U.S. Mint is also authorized to produce and sell duplicate bronze medals to the public at a price that covers production costs.
People affected—The bill posthumously honors the First Rhode Island Regiment and presents a single medal to the Rhode Island State Library; no living population figure is specified in the text.
Fiscal magnitude—The bill authorizes charges against the United States Mint Public Enterprise Fund to cover production costs, to be offset by proceeds from the sale of bronze duplicates, but specifies no dollar amounts.
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Who it helps · who it burdens.
Who it helps
- Rhode Island State LibraryReceives the Congressional Gold Medal to display and make available for research and potential loan to other historical sites (Sec. 3(c)).
Who it burdens
- Department of the TreasuryRequired to design and strike the gold medal with suitable emblems, devices, and inscriptions (Sec. 3(b)).
Who backs it
- United States Mint Public Enterprise FundFinances the costs of producing the medals, and receives the proceeds from sales of duplicate bronze medals (Sec. 6(a)-(b)).