PUBLIC LAW 113–118—JUNE 9, 2014 128 STAT. 1183 

Public Law 113–118 

113th Congress 

An Act 

To make technical corrections to two bills enabling the presentation of congressional 

gold medals, and for other purposes. 

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 ‘‘Gold Medal Technical Corrections 

Act of 2014’’. 

SEC. 2. TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS TO AN ACT THAT AUTHORIZES 

PRESENTATION OF A CONGRESSIONAL GOLD MEDAL TO DR. 

MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR., AND CORETTA SCOTT KING. 

Section 2 of Public Law 108–368 is amended— 

(1) in subsection (a)— 

(A) by striking all before ‘‘to present’’ and inserting 

the following: ‘‘(a) PRESENTATION AUTHORIZED.—The 

Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President 

pro tempore of the Senate are authorized’’; and 

(B) by striking ‘‘(posthumously)’’; and 

(2) by adding at the end the following: 

‘‘(c) SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION.— 

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Following the award of the gold medal 

in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and Coretta Scott 

King under subsection (a), the gold medal shall be given to 

the Smithsonian Institution, where it shall be available for 

display as appropriate and made available for research. 

‘‘(2) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress that 

the Smithsonian Institution shall make the gold medal received 

under paragraph (1) available for display, particularly at the 

National Museum of African American History and Culture, 

or for loan as appropriate so that it may be displayed elsewhere, 

particularly at other appropriate locations associated with the 

lives of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and Coretta Scott King.’’. 

SEC. 3. TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS TO AN ACT THAT AUTHORIZES 

PRESENTATION OF A CONGRESSIONAL GOLD MEDAL 

COLLECTIVELY TO THE MONTFORD POINT MARINES, 

UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS. 

Section 2 of Public Law 112–59 is amended by adding at 

the end the following: 

‘‘(c) SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION.— 

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Following the award of the gold medal 

in honor of the Montford Point Marines, United States Marine 

Corps under subsection (a), the gold medal shall be given 

31 USC 5111 

note. 

31 USC 5111 

note. 

Gold Medal 

Technical 

Corrections Act 

of 2014. 

31 USC 5101 

note. 

June 9, 2014 

[H.R. 4488] 


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128 STAT. 1184 PUBLIC LAW 113–118—JUNE 9, 2014 

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.R. 4488: 

CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 160 (2014): 

Apr. 29, considered and passed House. 

May 22, considered and passed Senate. 

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to the Smithsonian Institution, where it shall be available 

for display as appropriate and made available for research. 

‘‘(2) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress that 

the Smithsonian Institution shall make the gold medal received 

under paragraph (1) available for display, particularly at the 

National Museum of African American History and Culture, 

or for loan as appropriate so that it may be displayed elsewhere, 

particularly at other appropriate locations associated with the 

Montford Point Marines.’’. 

Approved June 9, 2014. 


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