Urging U.S. Congress Members to Co Sponsor S 2195 and HR 4901 Bills
“WWII Nurses Congressional Gold Medal Act”
To award a Congressional Gold Medal, collectively, to the brave women who served in World War II as members of the U.S. Army Nurse Corps and U.S. Navy Nurse Corps

1).We, the undersigned, urge the Senators and House members to co sponsor the bicameral, bipartisan S. 2195 and HR 4901 bills currently filed in the 119th Congress

S. 2195 has been re-introduced to the Senate on June 26, 2025 by Sen. Tammy Baldwin [D-WI] with eight co sponsors (67 are needed)

and HR 4901 was re-introduced to the House of Representatives on August 5, 2025 by Rep. Elise M. Stefanik  [R-NY-21] with two co sponsors (290 are needed)    

the other bills in the 117th and 118th Congress failed to pass because of lack of sufficient co sponsors
118th Congress Text: 
 https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/senate-bill/1558/text
https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/3272/text

117th Congress Text: https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/4193/text
https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/7759/text

Both current bills included the Filipino, Chinese, Chinese Americans nurses after their omission was brought to the attention of Sen Baldwin by Executive Director, Cecilia Gaerlan of the Bataan Legacy Historical Society https://www.bataanlegacy.org/index.html

119th Congress Text
https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/2195/text
https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/4901/text

2) We, the undersigned, submit this petition with URGENCY because we would like to honor the following five nurses  still with us:
 
Elsie of Wash D.C. will be 107 yrs old this coming September 14
Kay of Nebraska and Bennie of Rhode Island are both 102 yrs old
Alice of California, 106 yrs old; Betty also of California, 104 yrs old
(this list will be updated as we received new information from the community)

3) We, the undersigned, submit this petition with the belief that these bills if enacted into law will not cause financial burden to the federal government because sales of bronze duplicates will be sufficient to cover the costs of the medals, including labor, materials, dies, use of machinery, and overhead expenses, also amounts received from the sale shall be deposited into the United States Mint Public Enterprise Fund   https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/2195/text

4) We, the undersigned, submit this petition with the belief that the nurses deserve this recognition and that the awarding of the Congressional Gold Medal, should have been done years ago
S 2195 and HR 4901 both acknowledged that the nurses served under fire, that several were killed in action, that some were captured as prisoners of war while others worked as flight nurses  on medical transport planes to retrieve the wounded soldiers.
Undoubtedly, there are fewer war casualties because the nurses took care of them during the critical periods of the war

Please be mindful that every addition in co sponsorship  will lead to a pathway of these bills becoming into law

Thank you for your attention to this matter

Sincerely,
Organizer: Maria Elizabeth Del Valle Embry
76 yrs old retired Licensed Vocational Nurse (LVN)
E-mail: embrymaria196@gmail.com
facebook Hashtag #cgmedals4ww2nurseheroes

Copy of this Petition will be sent to the following:

119th Congress Senate and House of Representatives members
Senate Committee on Banking Housing and Urban Affairs
https://www.congress.gov/committee/senate-banking-housing-and-urban-affairs/ssbk00
House Committee on Financial Services
https://financialservices.house.gov/
Committee on House Administration 
https://cha.house.gov
Speaker of the House of Representatives Mike Johnson
https://www.speaker.gov/
Senate President Pro Tempore Chuck Grassley
https://www.grassley.senate.gov/
Republican Party Senate and House Caucus
Democratic Party  Senate and House Caucus