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[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 9647 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 9647

To award a Congressional Gold Medal to former President Jimmy Carter in 
               recognition of his service to the Nation.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 18, 2024

 Mr. Bishop of Georgia (for himself, Mr. Norcross, Mr. Austin Scott of 
 Georgia, Mr. Carter of Georgia, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Mr. Ferguson, 
 Mrs. McBath, Mr. Loudermilk, Ms. Williams of Georgia, Mr. David Scott 
of Georgia, and Mr. McCormick) introduced the following bill; which was 
            referred to the Committee on Financial Services

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                                 A BILL

 
To award a Congressional Gold Medal to former President Jimmy Carter in 
               recognition of his service to the Nation.

    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 ``President Jimmy Carter Congressional 
Gold Medal Act''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    Congress finds the following:
            (1) President Jimmy Carter served as the 39th President of 
        the United States from 1977 to 1981.
            (2) President Jimmy Carter, whose full name is James Earl 
        Carter, Jr., was born on October 1, 1924, in Plains, Georgia, a 
        small farming town.
            (3) President Carter graduated from the United States Naval 
        Academy in Annapolis, Maryland in 1946 and actively served as a 
        submarine officer for 7 years. He served in the Navy Reserve 
        for another 8 years, separating from the Navy with the rank of 
        Lieutenant in 1961.
            (4) President Carter married his wife and life partner of 
        77 years, Rosalynn Smith, on July 7th, 1946, in Plains, 
        Georgia.
            (5) President Carter entered state politics in 1962 and was 
        elected to the Georgia State Senate from the 14th District in 
        1963. He was sworn in as the 76th governor of Georgia in 1971. 
        During his tenure, he emphasized government efficiency and 
        removing racial discrimination.
            (6) Guided by his moral values and deep religious faith, 
        Jimmy Carter's presidency was characterized by a commitment to 
        championing civil and human rights around the world. His 
        foreign policy accomplishments include the Panama Canal 
        treaties, the Camp David Accords, the normalization and treaty 
        of peace between Egypt and Israel following the Fourth Arab-
        Israeli War, the SALT II nuclear limitation treaty with the 
        Soviet Union, and the establishment of United States diplomatic 
        relations with the People's Republic of China.
            (7) President Jimmy Carter's domestic legacy includes the 
        Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 3101 
        et seq.), one of the most significant pieces of environmental 
        legislation ever approved by Congress; the Nation's first 
        national energy policy; and the creation of the Departments of 
        Education and Energy.
            (8) After his presidency, he founded the Carter Center 
        along with his wife Rosalynn, which is dedicated to conflict 
        resolution, supervising democratic elections abroad, and 
        combating neglected tropical diseases.
            (9) Through their work with the Carter Center, Jimmy and 
        Rosalynn Carter are credited with the near eradication of the 
        painful parasitic infection known as Guinea worm disease, 
        reducing cases from an estimated total of 3,500,000 in 1986 to 
        just 14 in 2023.
            (10) Through a partnership with Habitat for Humanity known 
        as the Carter Work Project, Jimmy and his wife Rosalynn led and 
        worked alongside over 100,000 volunteers across 14 countries to 
        build, improve, and repair over 4,400 homes.
            (11) In 2002, Jimmy Carter became the third American 
        President to win the Nobel Peace Prize for his ``decades of 
        untiring effort to find peaceful solutions to international 
        conflicts, to advance democracy and human rights, and to 
        promote economic and social development''.
            (12) President Carter exemplifies American voluntarism 
        through his countless service activities in his home State of 
        Georgia, throughout the United States, and across the world.

SEC. 3. CONGRESSIONAL GOLD MEDAL.

    (a) Presentation Authorized.--The Speaker of the House of 
Representatives and the President pro tempore of the Senate shall make 
appropriate arrangements for the presentation, on behalf of Congress, 
of a single gold medal of appropriate design to former President Jimmy 
Carter in recognition of his service to the Nation.
    (b) Design and Striking.--For purposes of the presentation referred 
to in subsection (a), the Secretary of the Treasury (referred to in 
this Act as the ``Secretary'') shall strike a gold medal with suitable 
emblems, devices, and inscriptions, to be determined by the Secretary.

SEC. 4. DUPLICATE MEDALS.

    The Secretary may strike and sell duplicates in bronze of the gold 
medal struck under section 3, at a price sufficient to cover the costs 
thereof, including labor, materials, dies, use of machinery, and 
overhead expenses.

SEC. 5. STATUS OF MEDALS.

    (a) National Medal.--Medals struck pursuant to this Act are 
national medals for purposes of chapter 51 of title 31, United States 
Code.
    (b) Numismatic Items.--For purposes of sections 5134 and 5136 of 
title 31, United States Code, all medals struck under this Act shall be 
considered to be numismatic items.

SEC. 6. AUTHORITY TO USE FUND AMOUNTS; PROCEEDS OF SALE.

    (a) Authority To Use Fund Amounts.--There is authorized to be 
charged against the United States Mint Public Enterprise Fund such 
amounts as may be necessary to pay for the costs of the medals struck 
under this Act.
    (b) Proceeds of Sale.--Amounts received from the sale of duplicate 
bronze medals authorized under section 4 shall be deposited into the 
United States Mint Public Enterprise Fund.
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