Sec. 3. CONGRESSIONAL GOLD MEDAL

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## SEC. 3 CONGRESSIONAL GOLD MEDAL ###

(a)Award Authorized The Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President pro tempore of the Senate shall make appropriate arrangements for the award, on behalf of Congress, of a single gold medal of appropriate design to the soldiers of the 5307th Composite Unit (Provisional) (referred to in this section as “Merrill’s Marauders”), in recognition of their bravery and outstanding service in the jungles of Burma during World War II. ###

(b)Design and Striking For the purposes of the award referred to in subsection (a), the Secretary of the Treasury (referred to in this Act as the “Secretary”) shall strike a gold medal with suitable emblems, devices, and inscriptions, to be determined by the Secretary. ###

(c)Smithsonian Institution ####

(1)In general Following the award of the gold medal referred to in subsection

(a)in honor of Merrill’s Marauders, the gold medal shall be given to the Smithsonian Institution, where it shall be displayed as appropriate and made available for research. ####

(2)Sense of congress It is the sense of Congress that the Smithsonian Institution should make the gold medal received under paragraph

(1)available for display elsewhere, particularly at other locations and events associated with Merrill’s Marauders.