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112TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 4069 

To award a Congressional Gold Medal to Dr. Shakeel Afridi. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

FEBRUARY 16, 2012 

Mr. ROHRABACHER (for himself, Mr. COHEN, Mr. BARTLETT, Mr. STEARNS, 

Mr. KING of Iowa, Mr. SMITH of New Jersey, Mr. ROYCE, Mr. COBLE, 

Mr. FARENTHOLD, and Mr. GOHMERT) introduced the following bill; 

which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services 

A BILL 

To award a Congressional Gold Medal to Dr. Shakeel Afridi. 

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

3 SECTION 1. FINDINGS. 

4 Congress makes the following findings: 

5 (1) Dr. Shakeel Afridi bravely risked his life to 

6 identify Osama Bin Laden so that the United States 

7 could bring him to justice. 

8 (2) Before the May 2, 2011, raid which resulted 

9 in Osama Bin Laden’s death, Dr. Afridi, acting cou10 rageously, used the cover of conducting a vaccination 

11 program in Abbottabad in order to gain access to 


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1 Bin Laden’s compound and identify who was living 

2 there. 

3 (3) Dr. Afridi did this at the greatest personal 

4 risk, as the discovery of his true mission likely would 

5 have led him, and possibly his family, to be killed. 

6 (4) The Government of Pakistan subsequently 

7 arrested Dr. Afridi at his home on May 22, 2011, 

8 and he has been unjustly jailed since that time. 

9 (5) In January 2011, Secretary of Defense 

10 Leon Panetta said that Dr. Afridi is ‘‘an individual 

11 who in fact helped provide intelligence that was very 

12 helpful with regards to this operation [to kill or cap13 ture Osama Bin Laden].’’ 

14 (6) Dr. Afridi’s acts to help the United States 

15 were extremely valiant and daring, and his subse16 quent imprisonment by and suffering on account of 

17 the Government of Pakistan for the exemplary deeds 

18 he undertook for the United States is shameful. 

19 (7) Pakistan’s Inquiry Commission on the 

20 Abbottabad Operation, the United States mission 

21 which killed Osama Bin Laden, has recommended 

22 that Dr. Afridi be tried for treason for helping the 

23 United States. 

24 (8) If convicted, Dr. Afridi could be executed, 

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1 count of his work that helped further the interests 

2 of the United States. 

3 (9) Dr. Afridi played a pivotal and vital role in 

4 the final operation to bring Osman Bin Laden to 

5 justice after nearly a decade of unrelenting effort. 

6 (10) The attacks of September 11, 2001, and 

7 the murder of 3,000 Americans, were avenged the 

8 day of the raid that resulted in Osama Bin Laden’s 

9 death, and the world is a safer place because of Dr. 

10 Afridi’s selflessness, courage, and willingness to help 

11 the just cause. 

12 (11) All Americans are grateful for Dr. Afridi’s 

13 bold actions. 

14 SEC. 2. CONGRESSIONAL GOLD MEDAL. 

15 (a) AWARD AUTHORIZED.—The President pro tem16 pore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Rep17 resentatives shall make appropriate arrangements for the 

18 award, on behalf of Congress, of a gold medal of appro19 priate design in honor of Dr. Shakeel Afridi, in recognition 

20 of his activities to identify and provide intelligence regard21 ing the location of Osama Bin Laden. 

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

23 award referred to in subsection (a), the Secretary of the 

24 Treasury shall strike the gold medal with suitable emVerDate Mar 15 2010 02:54 Feb 18, 2012 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4069.IH H4069

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1 blems, devices, and inscriptions, to be determined by the 

2 Secretary. 

3 SEC. 3. DUPLICATE MEDALS. 

4 Under such regulations as the Secretary of the Treas5 ury may prescribe, the Secretary may strike and sell dupli6 cates in bronze of the gold medal struck under this Act, 

7 at a price sufficient to cover the costs of the medals, in8 cluding labor, materials, dyes, use of machinery, and over9 head expenses. 

10 SEC. 4. NATIONAL MEDALS. 

11 The medals struck pursuant to this Act are national 

12 medals for purposes of chapter 51 of title 31, United 

13 States Code. 

14 SEC. 5. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS; PROCEEDS 

15 OF SALE. 

16 (a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 

17 authorized to be charged against the United States Mint 

18 Public Enterprise Fund, an amount not to exceed $30,000 

19 to pay for the cost of the medals struck pursuant to this 

20 Act. 

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

22 sale of duplicate bronze medals under section 3 shall be 

23 deposited in the United States Mint Public Enterprise 

24 Fund. 

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