HR 4613: To authorize the President to award a gold medal on behalf of the Congress to Mrs. Yaffa Eliach in recognition of her outstanding and enduring contributions toward scholarship about the Holocaust, and for other purposes.

Congress: 105 · Status: active · Israel/Palestine classification: neutral

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Sponsor: Schumer, Charles E. (D-New York)

Summary

Authorizes the President to present, on behalf of the Congress, a gold medal to Yaffa Eliach in recognition of her outstanding and enduring contributions toward scholarship about the Holocaust. Authorizes appropriations. Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to strike and sell bronze duplicates.

Editorial Explainer

Authorizes the President to present a Congressional Gold Medal to Yaffa Eliach, a Holocaust scholar, in recognition of her scholarship and educational work on the Holocaust. The bill also authorizes funding for the medal and allows the Treasury Secretary to produce and sell bronze copies.

Why it matters

This bill does not address the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, US military aid, settlements, or any core Israel-Palestine policy issue. It is a ceremonial honor for an individual's Holocaust scholarship and falls outside the scope of Israel-Palestine accountability tracking.