Rabbi Michoel Ber Weissmandl Congressional Gold Medal Act of 2026

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] [Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 8282 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 8282 To posthumously award a Congressional Gold Medal to Rabbi Michoel Ber Weissmandl in recognition of his acts of valor during World War II. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES April 14, 2026 Ms. Velazquez introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To posthumously award a Congressional Gold Medal to Rabbi Michoel Ber Weissmandl in recognition of his acts of valor during World War II. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Rabbi Michoel Ber Weissmandl Congressional Gold Medal Act of 2026''. SEC. 2. FINDINGS. Congress finds the following: (1) Rabbi Michoel Ber Weissmandl was born in Hungary on October 25, 1903, later moving to Slovakia to study under Rabbi Shumel Dvoid Ungar in Nitra. (2) During his time in…