SEAL Team Six Congressional Gold Medal Act

(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 gold medal of appropriate design to the members of the Naval Special Warfare Development Group (commonly referred to as SEAL Team Six), in recognition of their critical role in defeating Osama bin Laden in the fight against terrorism.

(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) National Museum of American History

(1) In general. Following the award of the gold medal under subsection (a), the medal shall be given to the National Museum of American History of the Smithsonian Institution, where it shall be available for display as appropriate and made available for research.

(2) Sense of Congress. It is the sense of Congress that the National Museum of American History of the Smithsonian Institution should make the gold medal received under paragraph (1) available for display elsewhere, particularly at other appropriate locations associated with SEAL Team Six.