12 2 STA T .47 7 6PUBLIC LA W 11 0– 420 —O CT. 1 5, 200 8(2)DESIGN S OFM E DAL SEM B LEMA T I C OFT R IBAL AFFILIATION AND P ARTICIPATION .—Thed e signofa go l d m edal u nde rp ara - graph ( 1 ) shall b e emblema t i c of the participation of the code tal k ers of each recogni z ed tribe. ( 3 ) TREATMENT.— E ach medal struck pursuant to this sub- section shall be considered to be a national medal for purposes of chapter 5 1 of title 31 ,U nited S tates C ode. (d) A CTION B Y SMIT H SONIAN I NSTIT U TION.—The Smithsonian Institution— (1) shall accept and maintain such gold medals, and such sil v er duplicates of those medals, as recognized tribes elect to send to the Smithsonian Institution
(2) shall maintain the list developed under section 6 (1) of the names of N ative American code talkers of each recognized tribe; and (3) is encouraged to create a standing e x hibit for Native American code talkers or Native American veterans. SEC.6 . NATIV EA M E R ICAN C OD ETA LK ERS. The Secretar y , in consultation w ith the Secretary of Defense and the tribes, shall— (1) with respect to tribes recognized as of the date of the enactment of this Act — (A) determine the identity, to the maximum extent practicable, of each Native American code talker of each recognized tribe with the exception of the Nava j o Nation; ( B ) include the name of each Native American code talker identified under subparagraph (A) on a list, to be organized by recognized tribe; and (C) provide the list, and any updates to the list, to the Smithsonian Institution for maintenance under section 5(d)(2); (2) in the future, determine whether any Indian tribe that is not a recognized as of the date of the enactment of this Act, should be eligible to receive a gold medal under this Act; and (3) with consultation from the tribes listed in following subsection, examine the following specific tribes to determine the existence of Code Talkers
(A) Assiniboine. (B) Chippewa and O neida. (C) Choctaw. (D) Comanche. (E) Cree. ( F ) Crow. ( G ) H opi. (H) K iowa. (I) M enominee. ( J ) Mississauga. (K) Muscogee. ( L ) Sac and Fox. (M) Sioux. SEC. 7 .D UP LICATE MEDALS. (a) SIL V ER DUPLICATE MEDALS.— (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall strike duplicates in silver of the gold medals struck under section 5(b), to be awarded in accordance with paragraph (2).
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