104TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. R. 2657

AN ACT

To award a congressional gold medal to Ruth and

Billy Graham.
104TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. R. 2657

AN ACT

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:
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1 (1) Ruth and Billy Graham have made out2 standing and lasting contributions to morality, racial

3 equality, family, philanthropy, and religion.

4 (2) America’s most respected and admired

5 evangelical leader for the past half century, Billy

6 Graham’s crusades have reached 100,000,000 people

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

8 worldwide on television.

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

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

11 exemplified the highest ideals of teaching, counsel12 ing, ethics, charity, faith, and family.

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

14 14 books have provided spiritual counseling and per15 sonal enrichment to millions of people.

16 (5) Ruth and Billy Graham have been the driv17 ing force to create the Ruth and Billy Graham Chil18 dren’s Health Center at Memorial Mission Hospital

19 in Asheville, North Carolina, whose vision it is to im20 prove the health and well-being of children and to

21 become a new resource for ending the pain and suf22 fering of children.

23 SEC. 2. CONGRESSIONAL GOLD MEDAL.

24 (a) PRESENTATION AUTHORIZED.—The Speaker of

25 the House of Representatives and the President pro tem-
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1 pore of the Senate are authorized to present, on behalf

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

3 of appropriate design, in recognition of their outstanding

4 and enduring contributions toward faith, morality, and

5 charity.

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

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

8 of the Treasury shall strike a gold medal with suitable em9 blems, devices, and inscriptions to be determined by the

10 Secretary.

11 (c) GIFTS AND DONATIONS.—

12 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Treas13 ury may accept, use, and disburse gifts or donations

14 of property or money to carry out this section.

15 (2) NO APPROPRIATION AUTHORIZED.—No

16 amount is authorized to be appropriated to carry out

17 this section.

18 SEC. 3. DUPLICATE MEDALS.

19 The Secretary of the Treasury may strike and sell

20 duplicates in bronze of the gold medal struck pursuant

21 to section 2 under such regulations as the Secretary may

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

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

24 overhead expenses, and the cost of the gold medal.
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1 SEC. 4. 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 section

6 5134 of title 31, United States Code, all medals struck

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

8 SEC. 5. TRANSFER OF ANY PROFIT TO LIBRARY OF CON9 GRESS.

10 The Secretary of the Treasury shall transfer an

11 amount equal to the amount by which—

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

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

14 and any proceeds from the sale of duplicate medals

15 under section 3, exceeds

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

17 the Secretary in carrying out this Act,

18 from the Numismatic Public Enterprise Fund to the Li19 brary of Congress.

Passed the House of Representatives January 23,

1996.

Attest:

Clerk.