Congressional Gold Medal
After the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrectionist attack on the U.S. Capitol building and congressional office buildings, the 117th Congress passed Public Law 117-32, for distribution of “four gold medals of appropriate design to the United States Capitol Police (USCP) and those who protected the U.S. Capitol.” The law, which also authorized production of duplicate bronze medals for sale to the public, was approved Aug. 5, 2021.
To develop a portfolio of potential designs for the medal, the U.S. Mint’s Office of Design
