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104TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 2657

To award a congressional gold medal to Ruth and Billy Graham.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

NOVEMBER 17, 1995

Mr. TAYLOR of North Carolina (for himself, Mr. ALLARD, Mr. ARCHER, Mr.

ARMEY, Mr. BACHUS, Mr. BAKER of California, Mr. BAKER of Louisiana,

Mr. BALLENGER, Mr. BARCIA, Mr. BARR of Georgia, Mr. BARRETT of

Nebraska, Mr. BARRETT of Wisconsin, Mr. BARTLETT of Maryland, Mr.

BARTON of Texas, Mr. BASS, Mr. BEREUTER, Mr. BEVILL, Mr. BILIRAKIS, Mr. BLILEY, Mr. BLUTE, Mr. BOEHLERT, Mr. BOEHNER, Mr.

BONILLA, Mr. BONIOR, Mr. BONO, Mr. BREWSTER, Mr. BROWNBACK,

Mr. BRYANT of Tennessee, Mr. BUNN of Oregon, Mr. BURR, Mr. BURTON of Indiana, Mr. BUYER, Mr. CHABOT, Mr. CALLAHAN, Mr. CALVERT, Mr. CAMP, Mr. CANADY of Florida, Mr. CASTLE, Mr. CHAMBLISS,

Mrs. CHENOWETH, Mr. CHRISTENSEN, Mr. CHRYSLER, Mr. CLINGER,

Mr. COBLE, Mr. COLEMAN, Mr. COLLINS of Georgia, Mr. CONDIT, Mr.

COOLEY, Mr. COX of California, Mr. CRAPO, Mrs. CUBIN, Mr.

CUNNINGHAM, Mr. DAVIS, Mr. DEAL of Georgia, Ms. DELAURO, Mr.

DELAY, Mr. DELLUMS, Mr. DICKEY, Mr. DIXON, Mr. DREIER, Mr. DUNCAN, Ms. DUNN of Washington, Mr. EDWARDS, Mr. EMERSON, Mr. ENGLISH of Pennsylvania, Mr. ENSIGN, Mr. EVERETT, Mr. FARR of California, Mr. FAWELL, Mr. FIELDS of Texas, Mr. FORBES, Mrs. FOWLER,

Mr. FOX of Pennsylvania, Mr. FRANKS of New Jersey, Mr.

FRELINGHUYSEN, Mr. FRISA, Mr. FUNDERBURK, Mr. GALLEGLY, Mr.

GANSKE, Mr. PETE GEREN of Texas, Mr. GILCHREST, Mr. GILMAN, Mr.

GINGRICH, Mr. GOODLATTE, Mr. GOSS, Mr. GRAHAM, Mr. GENE GREEN

of Texas, Mr. GREENWOOD, Mr. GUNDERSON, Mr. GUTKNECHT, Mr.

HALL of Texas, Mr. HANSEN, Mr. HASTERT, Mr. HASTINGS of Washington, Mr. HAYES, Mr. HAYWORTH, Mr. HEFLEY, Mr. HEFNER, Mr.

HEINEMAN, Mr. HERGER, Mr. HILLEARY, Mr. HOBSON, Mr. HOEKSTRA,

Mr. HOKE, Mr. HOUGHTON, Mr. HOYER, Mr. HYDE, Mr. INGLIS of

South Carolina, Mr. JACOBS, Mr. SAM JOHNSON of Texas, Mr. JONES,

Mr. KENNEDY of Massachusetts, Mr. KING, Mr. KINGSTON, Mr.

KNOLLENBERG, Mr. KOLBE, Mrs. LINCOLN, Mr. LARGENT, Mr.

LAUGHLIN, Mr. LAZIO of New York, Mr. LEACH, Mr. LEWIS of Georgia,

Mr. LEWIS of Kentucky, Mr. LIGHTFOOT, Mr. LINDER, Mr. LIVINGSTON,

Mr. LONGLEY, Mr. LUCAS, Mr. MANZULLO, Mr. MCCOLLUM, Mr.

MCDADE, Mr. MCHUGH, Mr. MCINTOSH, Mr. MCKEON, Mr. MCNULTY,
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Mr. METCALF, Mrs. MEYERS of Kansas, Mr. MICA, Mr. MILLER of Florida, Mr. MINGE, Ms. MOLINARI, Mr. MONTGOMERY, Mr. MOORHEAD, Mr.

MORAN, Mrs. MORELLA, Mrs. MYRICK, Mr. NETHERCUTT, Mr. NEUMANN, Mr. NEY, Mr. NORWOOD, Mr. OLVER, Mr. OXLEY, Mr. PACKARD,

Mr. PARKER, Mr. PASTOR, Mr. PAXON, Mr. PAYNE of Virginia, Ms.

PELOSI, Mr. PETRI, Mr. POMBO, Mr. POSHARD, Ms. PRYCE, Mr. QUILLEN, Mr. QUINN, Mr. RADANOVICH, Mr. RAMSTAD, Mr. RANGEL, Mr.

REED, Mr. RIGGS, Mr. ROBERTS, Mr. ROEMER, Mr. ROGERS, Mr.

ROHRABACHER, Mr. ROSE, Mr. ROTH, Mrs. ROUKEMA, Mr. ROYCE, Mr.

SALMON, Mr. SANFORD, Mr. SAXTON, Mr. SCHAEFER, Mrs. SEASTRAND,

Mr. SENSENBRENNER, Mr. SHADEGG, Mr. SHAW, Mr. SHAYS, Mr. SHUSTER, Mr. SKEEN, Mr. SKELTON, Mrs. SMITH of Washington, Mr. SMITH

of New Jersey, Mr. SOLOMON, Mr. SOUDER, Mr. SPENCE, Mr. SPRATT,

Mr. STEARNS, Mr. STENHOLM, Mr. STOCKMAN, Mr. STUMP, Mr. TALENT, Mr. TANNER, Mr. TATE, Mr. TAUZIN, Mr. TAYLOR of Mississippi,

Mr. THOMAS, Mr. THORNBERRY, Mr. TIAHRT, Mr. TORKILDSEN, Mr.

TOWNS, Mr. UPTON, Mrs. VUCANOVICH, Mr. WALKER, Mr. WALSH, Mr.

WAMP, Mr. WATT of North Carolina, Mr. WATTS of Oklahoma, Mr.

WELDON of Pennsylvania, Mr. WHITE, Mr. WHITFIELD, Mr. WILLIAMS,

Mr. WOLF, Mr. YOUNG of Alaska, and Mr. ZELIFF) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Banking and Financial Services

A BILL

To award a congressional gold medal to Ruth and Billy

Graham.

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 The Congress hereby finds the following:

5 (1) Ruth and Billy Graham have made out6 standing and lasting contributions to morality, racial

7 equality, family, philanthropy, and religion.

8 (2) America’s most respected and admired

9 evangelical leader for the past half century, Billy
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1 Graham’s crusades have reached 100,000,000 people

2 in person and reached over 2,000,000,000 people

3 worldwide on television.

4 (3) Billy Graham, throughout his 76 years of

5 life and his 52-year marriage to Ruth Graham, has

6 exemplified the highest ideals of teaching, counsel7 ing, ethics, charity, faith, and family.

8 (4) Billy Graham’s daily newspaper column and

9 14 books have provided spiritual counseling and per10 sonal enrichment to millions of people.

11 (5) Ruth and Billy Graham have been the driv12 ing force to create the Ruth and Billy Graham Chil13 dren’s Health Center at Memorial Mission Hospital

14 in Asheville, North Carolina, whose vision it is to im15 prove the health and well-being of children and to

16 become a new resource for ending the pain and suf17 fering of children.

18 SEC. 2. CONGRESSIONAL GOLD MEDAL.

19 (a) PRESENTATION AUTHORIZED.—The Speaker of

20 the House of Representatives and the President pro tem21 pore of the Senate are authorized to present, on behalf

22 of the Congress, to Billy and Ruth Graham a gold medal

23 of appropriate design, in recognition of their outstanding

24 and enduring contributions toward faith, morality, and

25 charity.
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1 (b) DESIGN AND STRIKING.—For purposes of the

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

3 of the Treasury shall strike a gold medal with suitable em4 blems, devices, and inscriptions to be determined by the

5 Secretary.

6 (c) GIFTS AND DONATIONS.—

7 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Treas8 ury may accept, use, and disburse gifts or donations

9 of property or money to carry out this section.

10 (2) NO APPROPRIATION AUTHORIZED.—No

11 amount is authorized to be appropriated to carry out

12 this section.

13 SEC. 3. DUPLICATE MEDALS.

14 The Secretary of the Treasury may strike and sell

15 duplicates in bronze of the gold medal struck pursuant

16 to section 2 under such regulations as the Secretary may

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

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

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

20 SEC. 4. STATUS OF MEDALS.

21 (a) NATIONAL MEDALS.—The medals struck pursu22 ant to this Act are national medals for purposes of chapter

23 51 of title 31, United States Code.
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1 (b) NUMISMATIC ITEMS.—For purposes of section

2 5134 of title 31, United States Code, all medals struck

3 under this Act shall be considered to be numismatic items.

4 SEC. 5. TRANSFER OF ANY PROFIT TO LIBRARY OF CON5 GRESS.

6 The Secretary of the Treasury shall transfer an

7 amount equal to the amount by which—

8 (1) the sum of any gifts and donations received

9 by the Secretary in accordance with section 2(c)(2)

10 and any proceeds from the sale of duplicate medals

11 under section 3, exceeds

12 (2) the total amount of the costs incurred by

13 the Secretary in carrying out this Act,

14 from the Numismatic Public Enterprise Fund to the Li15 brary of Congress.

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