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Union Calendar No. 267 

108TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 2131 

[Report No. 108–463] 

To award a congressional gold medal to President Jose Maria Aznar of 

Spain. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 15, 2003 

Mr. GIBBONS (for himself, Mr. REYES, Mr. MCNULTY, Mr. BEREUTER, Mr. 

ENGLISH, Mr. WYNN, and Mr. WILSON of South Carolina) introduced the 

following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services 

APRIL 20, 2004 

Additional sponsors: Mr. CALVERT, Mr. SIMMONS, Mr. BACA, Mr. DAVIS of 

Florida, Mr. ISAKSON, Mr. FROST, Mr. FOSSELLA, Mr. SOUDER, Ms. 

HARRIS, Mr. GALLEGLY, Mrs. WILSON of New Mexico, Mr. BOOZMAN, 

Mr. CUNNINGHAM, Mr. GOSS, Mr. TOWNS, Mr. PLATTS, Mr. DREIER, 

Mr. BURTON of Indiana, Mr. BROWN of South Carolina, Mr. COBLE, Mr. 

DOOLITTLE, Mrs. EMERSON, Mr. GUTKNECHT, Mr. LUCAS of Oklahoma, 

Mr. MORAN of Kansas, Mr. OTTER, Mr. PETERSON of Pennsylvania, Mr. 

POMBO, Mr. ABERCROMBIE, Mr. ACEVEDO-VILA ́, Mr. BELL, Mr. 

CRAMER, Mr. CROWLEY, Mrs. DAVIS of California, Mr. ETHERIDGE, Mr. 

FARR, Mr. FILNER, Mr. GONZALEZ, Mr. HONDA, Mr. LAMPSON, Ms. 

MILLENDER-MCDONALD, Mr. ORTIZ, Mr. PASTOR, Mr. RODRIGUEZ, Mr. 

SANDLIN, Mr. SKELTON, Ms. SOLIS, Mr. BALLENGER, Mr. DUNCAN, Mr. 

EHLERS, Mr. FRELINGHUYSEN, Mr. JENKINS, Mrs. JOHNSON of Connecticut, Mr. KINGSTON, Mr. LEWIS of Kentucky, Mr. OSE, Mr. ROGERS

of Kentucky, Mr. SAXTON, Mr. SHAYS, Mr. SMITH of Texas, Mr. 

WELDON of Pennsylvania, Mr. COOPER, Mr. COSTELLO, Mr. EVANS, Mr. 

LARSEN of Washington, Mr. LIPINSKI, Mr. MENENDEZ, Ms. VELA ́ZQUEZ, 

Mr. BASS, Ms. MCCARTHY of Missouri, Ms. HARMAN, Ms. PRYCE of 

Ohio, Mr. HAYES, Mr. SIMPSON, Mr. HASTERT, Mr. MATHESON, Mr. 

ROGERS of Alabama, Mr. TANNER, Mr. AKIN, Mrs. BIGGERT, Mr. 

BLUNT, Mr. COLLINS, Mr. GINGREY, Mr. HEFLEY, Mr. KLINE, Mr. 

LAHOOD, Mr. MCCRERY, Mrs. MILLER of Michigan, Mr. GARY G. MILLER of California, Mr. ROHRABACHER, Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN, Mr. SHAD-
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EGG, Mr. TIAHRT, Mr. WICKER, Mr. TIBERI, Mr. LINCOLN DIAZ-BALART

of Florida, Mr. MARIO DIAZ-BALART of Florida, Mr. BISHOP of Utah, 

Mr. CANNON, Mr. PEARCE, Mr. KENNEDY of Minnesota, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. MCKEON, Mr. DELAY, Mr. OSBORNE, Mr. BAKER, Mr. TERRY, 

Mr. PORTER, Mr. TOM DAVIS of Virginia, Mr. GUTIERREZ, Mrs. BONO, 

Mr. BONILLA, Mr. FRANKS of Arizona, Mr. WELLER, Mr. NUNES, Mr. 

TOOMEY, Mr. NETHERCUTT, Mr. RANGEL, Mr. BARTLETT of Maryland, 

Ms. GINNY BROWN-WAITE of Florida, Mrs. CUBIN, Ms. GRANGER, Ms. 

DUNN, Mr. LEWIS of Georgia, Mr. SAM JOHNSON of Texas, Mr. YOUNG

of Alaska, Mr. RENZI, Mr. TAUZIN, Mr. REHBERG, Mrs. CAPITO, Mr. 

HUNTER, Mr. MURTHA, Mr. POMEROY, Mr. MORAN of Virginia, Mr. 

ROTHMAN, Mr. SNYDER, Mr. BOSWELL, Mr. HASTINGS of Florida, Ms. 

HOOLEY of Oregon, Mr. KIND, Mr. HINOJOSA, Mr. BECERRA, Mr. BACHUS, Mr. BARTON of Texas, Mr. BEAUPREZ, Mr. BILIRAKIS, Mr. BURNS, 

Mr. CARTER, Mr. CASTLE, Mr. CRENSHAW, Mr. FLAKE, Mr. GILCHREST, 

Mr. GOODLATTE, Mr. GRAVES, Mr. GREENWOOD, Ms. HART, Mr. 

HERGER, Mr. HAYWORTH, Mr. HOBSON, Mr. HOUGHTON, Mr. HULSHOF, 

Mrs. KELLY, Mr. KING of New York, Mr. KIRK, Mr. KNOLLENBERG, Mr. 

LATHAM, Mr. LATOURETTE, Mr. LOBIONDO, Mr. MCHUGH, Mr. MICA, 

Mr. PITTS, Mr. NEUGEBAUER, Mr. NEY, Mr. NORWOOD, Mr. NUSSLE, 

Mr. OWENS, Mr. PENCE, Mr. PETRI, Mr. PUTNAM, Mr. QUINN, Mr. 

RADANOVICH, Mr. RAMSTAD, Mr. REGULA, Mr. REYNOLDS, Mr. 

SCHROCK, Mr. SHERWOOD, Mr. SHUSTER, Mr. SMITH of Michigan, Mr. 

STEARNS, Mr. SWEENEY, Mr. TANCREDO, Mr. THORNBERRY, Mr. WALDEN of Oregon, Mr. WALSH, Mr. WAMP, Mr. BARRETT of South Carolina, Mr. COLE, Mr. BOEHLERT, Mr. BAIRD, Ms. BERKLEY, Mr. ROSS, 

Mr. SHERMAN, Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi, Mr. WEXLER, Mrs. 

MCCARTHY of New York, Mr. BISHOP of New York, Mr. HOYER, Mr. 

JOHN, Mr. LUCAS of Kentucky, Mr. RUPPERSBERGER, Mr. HILL, Mr. 

WATT, Mr. MARKEY, Mrs. MALONEY, Mr. STENHOLM, Mr. RYAN of 

Ohio, Mr. DICKS, Mr. MOORE, Ms. WATERS, Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas, 

Mr. LANGEVIN, Mr. DOOLEY of California, Mr. TAYLOR of Mississippi, 

Mr. EMANUEL, Mr. BERMAN, Mr. CASE, Mr. FORD, Mr. TURNER of 

Texas, Mr. ALEXANDER, Mr. CARDOZA, Mr. MICHAUD, Mrs. 

NAPOLITANO, Mr. SCOTT of Georgia, Mr. ISRAEL, Mr. PASCRELL, Mr. 

EDWARDS, Ms. BORDALLO, Mr. SCHIFF, Mr. GEPHARDT, Mr. ISSA, Mr. 

EVERETT, Mr. CRANE, Mr. GILLMOR, Mr. BOEHNER, Mr. GOODE, Ms. 

KILPATRICK, Mrs. LOWEY, Ms. CARSON of Indiana, Mr. PALLONE, Mr. 

UDALL of Colorado, Ms. NORTON, Mr. SPRATT, Mr. CHOCOLA, Mr. SULLIVAN, Mr. KELLER, Mr. SHAW, Mr. MANZULLO, Mr. YOUNG of Florida, 

Mr. HOEKSTRA, Mr. HALL, Ms. PELOSI, Mr. MEEK of Florida, Mr. WU, 

Mr. LYNCH, Mrs. MYRICK, Mr. FALEOMAVAEGA, Mrs. BLACKBURN, Mr. 

BRADY of Texas, Mr. BURGESS, Mr. BURR, Mr. BUYER, Mr. CAMP, Mr. 

CANTOR, Mr. CHABOT, Mr. COX, Mrs. JO ANN DAVIS of Virginia, Ms. 

DELAURO, Mr. DEMINT, Mr. GERLACH, Mr. HOSTETTLER, Mr. ISTOOK, 

Mr. JEFFERSON, Mr. KENNEDY of Rhode Island, Mr. LINDER, Mr. 

MCINNIS, Mr. MILLER of Florida, Mrs. NORTHUP, Mr. OXLEY, Mr. 

PICKERING, Mr. PORTMAN, Mr. RYAN of Wisconsin, Mr. SESSIONS, Mr. 

SMITH of Washington, Mr. TAYLOR of North Carolina, Mr. THOMAS, Mr. 

UPTON, Mr. VITTER, Mr. WHITFIELD, Mr. WOLF, and Mr. LEWIS of 

California 
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APRIL 20, 2004 

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union 

and ordered to be printed 

A BILL 

To award a congressional gold medal to President Jose Maria 

Aznar of Spain. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. FINDING. 

4 The Congress finds that President Jose Maria Aznar 

5 of Spain has— 

6 (1) clearly demonstrated, during a very trying 

7 and historic time for our two nations, as well as for 

8 all other peaceful and free nations, that he is a 

9 staunch and steadfast ally of the United States of 

10 America; 

11 (2) recognized the threat of terrorism to the se12 curity of the world; and 

13 (3) steadfastly provided support to fight ter14 rorism throughout the world. 

15 SEC. 2. CONGRESSIONAL GOLD MEDAL. 

16 (a) PRESENTATION AUTHORIZED.—The Speaker of 

17 the House of Representatives and the President Pro Tem18 pore of the Senate shall make appropriate arrangements 
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1 for the presentation, on behalf of the Congress, of a gold 

2 medal of appropriate design, to President Jose Maria 

3 Aznar, in recognition of his outstanding and enduring con4 tributions to maintaining the security of all freedom-loving 

5 nations. 

6 (b) DESIGN AND STRIKING.—For purposes of the 

7 presentation referred to in subsection (a), the Secretary 

8 of the Treasury (referred to in this Act as the ‘‘Sec9 retary’’) shall strike a gold medal with suitable emblems, 

10 devices, and inscriptions to be determined by the Sec11 retary. 

12 SEC. 3. DUPLICATE MEDALS. 

13 The Secretary may strike and sell duplicates in 

14 bronze of the gold medal struck pursuant to section 2 

15 under such regulations as the Secretary may prescribe, at 

16 a price sufficient to cover the cost thereof, including labor, 

17 materials, dies, use of machinery, and overhead expenses, 

18 and the cost of the gold medal. 

19 SEC. 4. STATUS OF MEDALS. 

20 (a) NATIONAL MEDALS.—The medals struck pursu21 ant to this Act are national medals for purposes of chapter 

22 51 of title 31, United States Code. 

23 (b) NUMISMATIC ITEMS.—For purposes of section 

24 5134 of title 31, United States Code, all medals struck 

25 under this Act shall be considered to be numismatic items. 
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1 SEC. 5. AUTHORITY TO USE FUND AMOUNTS; PROCEEDS OF 

2 SALE. 

3 (a) AUTHORITY TO USE FUND AMOUNTS.—There is 

4 authorized to be charged against the United States Mint 

5 Public Enterprise Fund such amounts as may be nec6 essary to pay for the costs of the medals struck pursuant 

7 to this Act. 

8 (b) PROCEEDS OF SALE.—Amounts received from the 

9 sale of duplicate bronze medals authorized under section 

10 3 shall be deposited into the United States Mint Public 

11 Enterprise Fund. 
Union Calendar No. 267 

108TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 2131 

[Report No. 108–463] 

A BILL 

To award a congressional gold medal to President 

Jose Maria Aznar of Spain. 

APRIL 20, 2004 

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 

State of the Union and ordered to be printed