Welles Remy Crowther Congressional Gold Medal Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 5519 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 5519 To award posthumously a Congressional Gold Medal to Welles Remy Crowther, in recognition of his bravery, heroism, and sacrifice in the face of one of the gravest tragedies in American history. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES September 19, 2025 Mr. Lawler (for himself, Mr. Espaillat, Mr. LaLota, Ms. Stefanik, Mr. Moore of Alabama, Mr. Ryan, and Ms. Tenney) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To award posthumously a Congressional Gold Medal to Welles Remy Crowther, in recognition of his bravery, heroism, and sacrifice in the face of one of the gravest tragedies in American history. 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 ``Welles Remy Crowther Congressional Gold Medal Act''. SEC. 2. FINDINGS. Congress finds the following: (1) Welles Remy Crowther grew up in Upper Nyack, New York, where he served his community as a volunteer firefighter. (2) After graduating from Boston College, he returned to New York to begin working as an equities trader at the World Trade Center. (3) The events of September 11, 2001, have forever changed our Nation. (4) In New York City, in the skies over Pennsylvania, at the Pentagon and in surrounding areas everyday Americans responded to the unprecedented tragedy around them with extraordinary acts of heroism and sacrifice. (5) When Flight 175 hit the World Trade Center's South Tower on the morning of September 11, Welles acted with remarkable calm and compassion that was starkly remembered by all those he encountered that morning. (6) Welles found other survivor