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 in honor of the women of the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion (commonly known as the “Six Triple Eight”) in recognition of— ####

(1)the pioneering military service of those women; ####

(2)the devotion to duty of those women; and ####

(3)the contributions made by those women to increase the morale of all United States personnel stationed in the European Theater of Operations during World War II. ###

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

(c)Smithsonian Institution ####

(1)In general After the award of the gold medal under subsection (a), the medal shall be given to the Smithsonian Institution, where the medal shall be available for display, 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 elsewhere, particularly at— #####

(A)appropriate locations associated with the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion; #####

(B)the Women in Military Service for America Memorial; #####

(C)the United States Army Women’s Museum; #####

(D)the National World War II Museum and Memorial; #####

(E)the National Museum of the United States Army; and #####

(F)any other location determined appropriate by the Smithsonian Institution.