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113TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 1910 

To award a Congressional Gold Medal to Pat Summitt, in recognition of 

her remarkable career as an unparalleled figure in women’s team sports, 

and for her courage in speaking out openly and courageously about 

her battle with Alzheimer’s. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JANUARY 9, 2014 

Mr. ALEXANDER (for himself and Mr. CORKER) introduced the following bill; 

which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs 

A BILL 

To award a Congressional Gold Medal to Pat Summitt, in 

recognition of her remarkable career as an unparalleled 

figure in women’s team sports, and for her courage in 

speaking out openly and courageously about her battle 

with Alzheimer’s. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Pat Summitt Congres5 sional Gold Medal Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

7 Congress finds the following: 


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1 (1) Pat Summitt, who has more wins than any 

2 basketball coach in NCAA history, men or women, 

3 concluded her coaching career after 38 seasons at 

4 the University of Tennessee on April 18, 2012. 

5 (2) Pat Summitt won a record eight NCAA 

6 championships, and received National Coach of the 

7 Year honors 7 times over her career. 

8 (3) Pat Summitt will remain head coach emer9 itus at the University of Tennessee, mentoring and 

10 teaching life skills to players. 

11 (4) Coaching has been the great passion of Pat 

12 Summitt’s life, and the job has always been an op13 portunity for her to work with student-athletes and 

14 help them discover their true potential. 

15 (5) Coach Summitt’s last team at the Univer16 sity of Tennessee finished with an overall record of 

17 27–9, including an SEC Tournament Championship 

18 and a spot in the Final Four in Denver. 

19 (6) Pat Summitt continued her work off the 

20 court, including a graduation record of 100 percent 

21 for all Lady Vols who completed their eligibility at 

22 the University of Tennessee. 

23 (7) Pat Summitt announced on August 23, 

24 2011, that she had been diagnosed with early onset 

25 dementia, ‘‘Alzheimer’s Type’’. 


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1 (8) Later in November 2011, Coach Summitt 

2 announced the Pat Summitt Foundation Fund, 

3 which helps to provide funding and research for Alz4 heimer’s and dementia. 

5 (9) On May 29, 2012, President Barack Obama 

6 awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the 

7 country’s highest civilian honor, to Pat Summitt for 

8 her remarkable career as an unparalleled figure in 

9 women’s team sports, and for her courage in speak10 ing out openly and courageously about her battle 

11 with Alzheimer’s. 

12 SEC. 3. CONGRESSIONAL GOLD MEDAL. 

13 (a) PRESENTATION AUTHORIZED.—The Speaker of 

14 the House of Representatives and the President pro tem15 pore of the Senate shall make appropriate arrangements 

16 for the presentation, on behalf of the Congress, of a gold 

17 medal of appropriate design to Pat Summitt, in recogni18 tion of her remarkable career as an unparalleled figure 

19 in women’s team sports, and for her courage in speaking 

20 out openly and courageously about her battle with Alz21 heimer’s. 

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

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

24 of the Treasury (referred to in this Act as the ‘‘Sec25 retary’’) shall strike a gold medal with suitable emblems, 


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1 devices, and inscriptions, to be determined by the Sec2 retary. 

3 SEC. 4. DUPLICATE MEDALS. 

4 The Secretary may strike and sell duplicates in 

5 bronze of the gold medal struck pursuant to section 3 

6 under such regulations as the Secretary may prescribe, at 

7 a price sufficient to cover the cost thereof, including labor, 

8 materials, dies, use of machinery, and overhead expenses, 

9 and the cost of the gold medal. 

10 SEC. 5. STATUS OF MEDALS. 

11 (a) NATIONAL MEDALS.—The medals struck pursu12 ant to this Act are national medals for purposes of chapter 

13 51 of title 31, United States Code. 

14 (b) NUMISMATIC ITEMS.—For purposes of section 

15 5134 of title 31, United States Code, all medals struck 

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

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