110 STAT. 772 PUBLIC LAW 104–111—FEB. 13, 1996

Public Law 104–111

104th Congress

An Act

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

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of

the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. FINDINGS.

The Congress hereby finds the following:

(1) Ruth and Billy Graham have made outstanding and

lasting contributions to morality, racial equality, family, philanthropy, and religion.

(2) America’s most respected and admired evangelical

leader for the past half century, Billy Graham’s crusades have

reached 100,000,000 people in person and reached over

2,000,000,000 people worldwide on television.

(3) Billy Graham, throughout his 76 years of life and his

52-year marriage to Ruth Graham, has exemplified the highest

ideals of teaching, counseling, ethics, charity, faith, and family.

(4) Billy Graham’s daily newspaper column and 14 books

have provided spiritual counseling and personal enrichment

to millions of people.

(5) Ruth and Billy Graham have been the driving force

to create the Ruth and Billy Graham Children’s Health Center

at Memorial Mission Hospital in Asheville, North Carolina,

whose vision it is to improve the health and well-being of

children and to become a new resource for ending the pain

and suffering of children.

SEC. 2. CONGRESSIONAL GOLD MEDAL.

(a) PRESENTATION AUTHORIZED.—The Speaker of the House

of Representatives and the President pro tempore of the Senate

are authorized to present, on behalf of the Congress, to Billy and

Ruth Graham a gold medal of appropriate design, in recognition

of their outstanding and enduring contributions toward faith, morality, and charity.

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

referred to in subsection (a), the Secretary of the Treasury shall

strike a gold medal with suitable emblems, devices, and inscriptions

to be determined by the Secretary.

(c) GIFTS AND DONATIONS.—

(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Treasury may

accept, use, and disburse gifts or donations of property or

money to carry out this section.

(2) NO APPROPRIATION AUTHORIZED.—No amount is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section.

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Feb. 13, 1996

[H.R. 2657]

PUBLIC LAW 104–111—FEB. 13, 1996 110 STAT. 773

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.R. 2657:

CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 142 (1996):

Jan. 23, considered and passed House.

Feb. 1, considered and passed Senate, amended. House concurred in Senate

amendment.

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SEC. 3. DUPLICATE MEDALS.

The Secretary of the Treasury may strike and sell duplicates

in bronze of the gold medal struck pursuant to section 2 under

such regulations as the Secretary may prescribe, at a price sufficient

to cover the cost thereof, including labor, materials, dies, use of

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

SEC. 4. STATUS OF MEDALS.

(a) NATIONAL MEDALS.—The medals struck pursuant to this

Act are national medals for purposes of chapter 51 of title 31,

United States Code.

(b) NUMISMATIC ITEMS.—For purposes of section 5134 of title

31, United States Code, all medals struck under this Act shall

be considered to be numismatic items.

Approved February 13, 1996.

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