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109TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 2784 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JUNE 6, 2006 

Referred to the Committee on Financial Services 

AN ACT 

To award a congressional gold medal to Tenzin Gyatso, 

the Fourteenth Dalai Lama, in recognition of his many 

enduring and outstanding contributions to peace, nonviolence, human rights, and religious understanding. 

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 ‘‘Fourteenth Dalai 

5 Lama Congressional Gold Medal Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

2 Congress finds that Tenzin Gyatso, the Fourteenth 

3 Dalai Lama— 

4 (1) is recognized in the United States and 

5 throughout the world as a leading figure of moral 

6 and religious authority; 

7 (2) is the unrivaled spiritual and cultural leader 

8 of the Tibetan people, and has used his leadership 

9 to promote democracy, freedom, and peace for the 

10 Tibetan people through a negotiated settlement of 

11 the Tibet issue, based on autonomy within the Peo12 ple’s Republic of China; 

13 (3) has led the effort to preserve the rich cul14 tural, religious, and linguistic heritage of the Ti15 betan people and to promote the safeguarding of 

16 other endangered cultures throughout the world; 

17 (4) was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1989 

18 for his efforts to promote peace and non-violence 

19 throughout the globe, and to find democratic rec20 onciliation for the Tibetan people through his ‘‘Mid21 dle Way’’ approach; 

22 (5) has significantly advanced the goal of great23 er understanding, tolerance, harmony, and respect 

24 among the different religious faiths of the world 

25 through interfaith dialogue and outreach to other re26 ligious leaders; and 


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1 (6) has used his moral authority to promote the 

2 concept of universal responsibility as a guiding tenet 

3 for how human beings should treat one another and 

4 the planet we share. 

5 SEC. 3. CONGRESSIONAL GOLD MEDAL. 

6 (a) PRESENTATION AUTHORIZED.—The Speaker of 

7 the House of Representatives and the President Pro Tem8 pore of the Senate shall make appropriate arrangements 

9 for the presentation, on behalf of the Congress, of a gold 

10 medal of appropriate design, to Tenzin Gyatso, the Four11 teenth Dalai Lama, in recognition of his many enduring 

12 contributions to peace and religious understanding. 

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

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

15 of the Treasury (referred to in this Act as the ‘‘Sec16 retary’’) shall strike a gold medal with suitable emblems, 

17 devices, and inscriptions to be determined by the Sec18 retary. 

19 SEC. 4. DUPLICATE MEDALS. 

20 The Secretary may strike and sell duplicates in 

21 bronze of the gold medal struck pursuant to section 3 

22 under such regulations as the Secretary may prescribe, at 

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

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

25 and the cost of the gold medal. 


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1 SEC. 5. STATUS OF MEDALS. 

2 (a) NATIONAL MEDALS.—The medals struck pursu3 ant to this Act are national medals for purposes of chapter 

4 51 of title 31, United States Code. 

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

6 5134 and 5136 of title 31, United States Code, all medals 

7 struck under this Act shall be considered to be numismatic 

8 items. 

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

10 SALE. 

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

12 authorized to be charged against the United States Mint 

13 Public Enterprise Fund such amounts as may be nec14 essary to pay for the costs of the medals struck pursuant 

15 to this Act. 

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

17 sale of duplicate bronze medals authorized under section 

18 4 shall be deposited into the United States Mint Public 

19 Enterprise Fund. 

Passed the Senate May 25, 2006. 

Attest: EMILY J. REYNOLDS, 

Secretary. 


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