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113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1040 

To provide for the award of a gold medal on behalf of Congress to Jack 

Nicklaus, in recognition of his service to the Nation in promoting excellence, good sportsmanship, and philanthropy. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MAY 23, 2013 

Mr. PORTMAN (for himself, Mr. ISAKSON, Mr. COBURN, and Mr. BROWN) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs 

A BILL 

To provide for the award of a gold medal on behalf of 

Congress to Jack Nicklaus, in recognition of his service 

to the Nation in promoting excellence, good sportsmanship, and philanthropy. 

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 Congress finds the following: 

5 (1) Jack Nicklaus is a world-famous golf pro6 fessional, a highly successful business executive, a 

7 prominent advertising spokesman, a passionate and 

8 dedicated philanthropist, a devoted husband, father, 


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1 and grandfather, and a man with a common touch 

2 that has made him one of the most popular and ac3 cessible public figures in history. 

4 (2) Jack Nicklaus amassed 120 victories in pro5 fessional competition of national or international 

6 stature, 73 of which came on the Professional Golf 

7 Association (in this Act referred to as the ‘‘PGA’’) 

8 Tour. His record 18 professional major champion9 ship titles, which began more than 50 years ago, 

10 with his win at the 1962 U.S. Open as a 22-year11 old rookie, remains the standard by which all golfers 

12 are measured. He is the only player in golf history 

13 to have won each major championship at least 3 

14 times, and is the only player to complete a career 

15 ‘‘Grand Slam’’ on both the regular and senior tours. 

16 He also owns the record for most major champion17 ships as a senior, with 8. 

18 (3) Jack Nicklaus’ magnetic personality and 

19 unfailing sense of kindness and thoughtfulness have 

20 endeared him to millions throughout the world. 

21 (4) Jack Nicklaus has been the recipient of 

22 countless athletic honors, including being named In23 dividual Male Athlete of the Century by Sports Illus24 trated, one of the 10 Greatest Athletes of the Cen25 tury by ESPN, and Golfer of the Century or Golfer 


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1 of the Millennium by every major national and inter2 national media outlet. He received the Muhammad 

3 Ali Sports Legend Award and the first-ever ESPY 

4 Lifetime Achievement Award. He became the first 

5 golfer and only the third athlete to receive the Vince 

6 Lombardi Award of Excellence, and is also a 5-time 

7 winner of the PGA Player of the Year Award. He 

8 was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame at 

9 the age of 34. 

10 (5) Jack Nicklaus has received numerous addi11 tional honors, including several golf industry awards 

12 for his work and contributions as a golf course de13 signer, such as the Old Tom Morris Award, which 

14 is the highest honor given by the Golf Course Super15 intendents Association of America, and both the 

16 Donald Ross Award given by the American Society 

17 of Golf Course Architects and the Don A. Rossi 

18 Award given by the Golf Course Builders Association 

19 of America. Golf Inc. Magazine named him the Most 

20 Powerful Person in Golf for a record 6 consecutive 

21 years, due to his impact on various aspects of the in22 dustry through his course design work, marketing 

23 and licensing business, his ambassadorial role in 

24 promoting and growing the game of golf worldwide, 


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1 and his involvement on a national and global level 

2 with various charitable causes. 

3 (6) Jack Nicklaus has been involved in the de4 sign of more than 290 golf courses worldwide, and 

5 his business, Nicklaus Design, has close to 380 

6 courses open for play in 36 countries and 39 States. 

7 (7) Jack Nicklaus served as the Global Ambas8 sador for a campaign to include golf in the Olympic 

9 Games, which was achieved and will begin in the 

10 2016 Olympic program. 

11 (8) Jack Nicklaus was honored by President 

12 George W. Bush in 2005 by receiving the Presi13 dential Medal of Freedom, the highest honor given 

14 to any United States civilian. 

15 (9) Jack Nicklaus has a long-standing commit16 ment to numerous charitable causes, such as his 

17 founding, along with his wife Barbara, of the 

18 Nicklaus Children’s Health Care Foundation, which 

19 provides pediatric health care services throughout 

20 South Florida and in other parts of the country. The 

21 Foundation has raised close to $24,000,000 since it 

22 was formed in 2004, and has provided free-of-charge 

23 health assistance and services to more than 4,000 

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1 dren with chronic and acute conditions during hos2 pitalization), Miami Children’s Hospital Nicklaus 

3 Care Centers (to offer a new option to Palm Beach 

4 County-area families with children who require pedi5 atric specialty care), and Safe Kids Program (aimed 

6 at keeping children injury-free and offering safety 

7 education in an effort to decrease accidental injuries 

8 in children). In October 2012, the Miami Children’s 

9 Hospital Nicklaus Outpatient Center was opened to 

10 provide pediatric urgent care, diagnostic services, 

11 and rehabilitation services in Palm Beach County, 

12 Florida. 

13 (10) Jack Nicklaus also established an annual 

14 pro am golf tournament called ‘‘The Jake’’ to honor 

15 his 17-month-old grandson who passed away in 

16 2005, and it serves as a primary fundraiser for the 

17 Nicklaus Children’s Health Care Foundation. The 

18 event alone has raised well over $4,000,000 over the 

19 last several years. He has been a tireless supporter 

20 of numerous junior golf initiatives, working with the 

21 PGA of America Junior Golf Foundation over the 

22 course of 4 decades, including the establishment of 

23 the Barbara and Jack Nicklaus Junior Golf Endow24 ment Fund and the PGA-Nicklaus First Tee Teach25 ing Grants. He also is a spokesperson for several 


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1 PGA of America and USGA growth-of-the-game ini2 tiatives. In 2013, Jack Nicklaus, with the support of 

3 the National Park and Recreation Association 

4 (NRPA), launched the Jack Nicklaus Learning 

5 Leagues, taking team-concept golf to our parks sys6 tem for children, ages 5 to 12. A nonprofit founda7 tion called Global Outreach for Learning Foundation 

8 (GOLF) was created to underwrite the program. By 

9 the end of 2013, they hope to have the program in 

10 more than 100 locations and reach close to 25,000 

11 children. He continues to support several scholarship 

12 foundations, other children’s hospitals, and other 

13 causes, including spinal-cord research, pancreatic 

14 cancer issues, and Florida Everglades restoration. 

15 (11) Jack Nicklaus continues to manage the 

16 Memorial Tournament in his home State of Ohio, in 

17 which contributions generated through the aid of 

18 over 2,600 volunteers are given to support Nation19 wide Children’s Hospital and close to 75 other Cen20 tral Ohio charities. This has garnered more than 

21 $5,700,000 for programs and services at Nationwide 

22 Children’s Hospital since 1976, so that Central Ohio 

23 will continue to have one of the best children’s hos24 pitals in the United States. 


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1 (12) Jack Nicklaus serves as an honorary chair 

2 of the American Lake Veterans Golf Course in Ta3 coma, Washington, which neighbors a Veterans Ad4 ministration hospital and is designed for the reha5 bilitation of wounded and disabled veterans. 

6 Nicklaus has donated his design services for the im7 provement of the course, and raised contributions 

8 for the addition of 9 new holes (the ‘‘Nicklaus 

9 Nine’’), the construction of the Rehabilitation and 

10 Learning Center, and the upgrade of the mainte11 nance facilities. The course is considered the only 

12 one in the United States designed solely for the use 

13 of disabled veterans. It served over 30,000 veterans 

14 and their families in 2012 to use the healing powers 

15 of golf to help them rehabilitate and recreate. The 

16 hope is that American Lake will serve as a pilot pro17 gram for the more than 150 Veterans Administra18 tion hospitals nationwide. 

19 (13) Jack Nicklaus serves as a spokesperson 

20 and Trustee for The First Tee program, which 

21 brings golf to children who would not otherwise be 

22 exposed to it, and teaches them valuable, character23 building life lessons through the game of golf, and 

24 is a national co-chair of the organization’s More 

25 Than a Game campaign. 


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1 (14) Jack Nicklaus remains active in tour2 nament golf, although he retired from major cham3 pionship competition in 2005, when he played his 

4 final British Open and his final Masters Tour5 nament, and led the United States to a thrilling vic6 tory in The President’s Cup. He consults often with 

7 the PGA Tour, and no fewer than 95 Nicklaus 

8 courses have hosted a combined total of almost 700 

9 professional tournaments. In 2013 alone, Nicklaus 

10 courses will host 17 PGA Tour-sanctioned events. 

11 His Muirfield Village Golf Club in Ohio will be 

12 hosting The President’s Cup in October 2013, mak13 ing it the only club in history to have hosted all 3 

14 of the game’s most prominent international team 

15 competitions, the Ryder Cup, Solheim Cup, and 

16 President’s Cup. It is also expected that his course 

17 at the Jack Nicklaus Golf Club Korea in New 

18 Songdo City, South Korea, will be named the host 

19 venue for the 2015 President’s Cup, the first time 

20 that country has hosted an international team com21 petition of this stature. 

22 SEC. 2. CONGRESSIONAL GOLD MEDAL. 

23 (a) AUTHORIZATION.—The Speaker of the House of 

24 Representatives and the President pro tempore of the Sen25 ate shall make appropriate arrangements for the presenVerDate Mar 15 2010 20:41 May 29, 2013 Jkt 029200 PO 00000 Frm 00008 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S1040.IS S1040

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1 tation, on behalf of Congress, of a gold medal of appro2 priate design to Jack Nicklaus, in recognition of his serv3 ice to the Nation in promoting excellence and good sports4 manship. 

5 (b) DESIGN AND STRIKING.—For the purpose of the 

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

7 of the Treasury (in this Act referred to as the ‘‘Sec8 retary’’) shall strike a gold medal with suitable emblems, 

9 devices, and inscriptions to be determined by the Sec10 retary. 

11 SEC. 3. DUPLICATE MEDALS. 

12 Under such regulations as the Secretary may pre13 scribe, the Secretary may strike duplicate medals in 

14 bronze of the gold medal struck pursuant to section 2 and 

15 sell such duplicate medals at a price sufficient to cover 

16 the costs of the duplicate medals (including labor, mate17 rials, dies, use of machinery, overhead expenses) and the 

18 cost of the gold medal. 

19 SEC. 4. NATIONAL MEDALS. 

20 The medals struck under this Act are national medals 

21 for purposes of chapter 51 of title 31, United States Code. 

22 SEC. 5. FUNDING. 

23 (a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 

24 authorized to be charged against the United States Mint 


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1 Public Enterprise Fund an amount not to exceed $30,000 

2 to pay for the cost of the medals authorized by this Act. 

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

4 sale of duplicate bronze medals under section 3 shall be 

5 deposited in the United States Mint Public Enterprise 

6 Fund. 

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