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113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2422 

To award a Congressional Gold Medal to Sally K. Ride in recognition of 

her exemplary service as an astronaut, physicist, and science education 

advocate. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JUNE 18, 2013 

Mr. PETERS of California (for himself, Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of 

Texas, Ms. WILSON of Florida, Ms. MCCOLLUM, Mrs. DAVIS of California, Mr. MARKEY, Mr. BERA of California, Ms. CHU, Mr. VARGAS, Mr. 

HALL, Ms. JACKSON LEE, Ms. BONAMICI, Mr. NADLER, Ms. BROWNLEY

of California, Ms. EDWARDS, Mr. SWALWELL of California, Mr. CARTWRIGHT, Ms. HAHN, Ms. BORDALLO, Mr. PASCRELL, and Mr. HASTINGS

of Florida) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services 

A BILL 

To award a Congressional Gold Medal to Sally K. Ride 

in recognition of her exemplary service as an astronaut, 

physicist, and science education advocate. 

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

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Sally K. Ride Congres5 sional Gold Medal Act of 2013’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

2 Congress finds the following: 

3 (1) On June 18, 1983, as a crew member of the 

4 Space Shuttle Challenger STS–7 mission, Dr. Sally 

5 K. Ride became the first American woman to travel 

6 into space. 

7 (2) Dr. Ride traveled to space on October 5, 

8 1984, as a crew member of STS 41–G. 

9 (3) Following the Space Shuttle Challenger dis10 aster in 1986, Dr. Ride served as a member of the 

11 Presidential commission investigating the accident. 

12 (4) Dr. Ride also served on the Space Shuttle 

13 Columbia Accident Investigation Board in 2003, and 

14 was the only person to have served on both the 

15 Space Shuttle Challenger and the Space Shuttle Co16 lumbia accident investigation boards. 

17 (5) In addition to her service as a National Aer18 onautics and Space Administration (NASA) astro19 naut, Dr. Ride was a Ph.D. physicist and served as 

20 a professor of physics and the Director of the Cali21 fornia Space Institute at the University of Cali22 fornia, San Diego. 

23 (6) In 2001, to further her long-time passion of 

24 motivating girls and young women to pursue careers 

25 in science, technology, engineering, and mathe26 matics, Dr. Ride founded Sally Ride Science, a comVerDate Mar 15 2010 02:34 Jun 22, 2013 Jkt 029200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2422.IH H2422

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1 pany that creates entertaining science programs and 

2 publications for elementary and middle school stu3 dents. 

4 (7) Dr. Ride served as a member of the Presi5 dent’s Council of Advisors on Science and Tech6 nology and the Space Studies Board of the National 

7 Research Council. 

8 (8) The exemplary service of Dr. Ride as a 

9 NASA astronaut, physicist, and science education 

10 advocate inspired a generation of Americans. 

11 SEC. 3. CONGRESSIONAL GOLD MEDAL. 

12 (a) PRESENTATION AUTHORIZED.—The Speaker of 

13 the House of Representatives and the President pro tem14 pore of the Senate shall make appropriate arrangements 

15 for the posthumous presentation, on behalf of the Con16 gress, of a gold medal of appropriate design in commemo17 ration of Sally K. Ride in recognition of her exemplary 

18 service as an astronaut, physicist, and science education 

19 advocate. 

20 (b) DESIGN AND STRIKING.—For the purpose of the 

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

22 of the Treasury shall strike a gold medal with suitable em23 blems, devices, and inscriptions to be determined by the 

24 Secretary. 


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1 SEC. 4. DUPLICATE MEDALS. 

2 The Secretary of the Treasury may strike and sell 

3 duplicates in bronze of the gold medal struck pursuant 

4 to section 3 under such regulations as the Secretary may 

5 prescribe, at a price sufficient to cover the cost thereof, 

6 including labor, materials, dies, use of machinery, and 

7 overhead expenses, and the cost of the gold medal. 

8 SEC. 5. STATUS OF MEDALS. 

9 (a) NATIONAL MEDALS.—The medals struck under 

10 this Act are national medals for purposes of chapter 51 

11 of title 31, United States Code. 

12 (b) NUMISMATIC ITEMS.—For purposes of sections 

13 5134 and 5136 of title 31, United States Code, all medals 

14 struck under this Act shall be considered to be numismatic 

15 items. 

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

17 SALE. 

18 (a) AUTHORIZATION TO USE FUND AMOUNTS.— 

19 There is authorized to be charged against the United 

20 States Mint Public Enterprise Fund, such amounts as 

21 may be necessary to pay for the cost of the medals struck 

22 pursuant to this Act. 

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

24 sale of duplicate bronze medals under section 4 shall be 


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1 deposited in the United States Mint Public Enterprise 

2 Fund. 

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