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111TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1401 

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

Palmer in recognition of his service to the Nation in promoting excellence 

and good sportsmanship in golf. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JULY 7, 2009 

Mr. MARTINEZ (for himself, Mr. CASEY, Mr. ENSIGN, and Mr. UDALL of Colorado) 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 Arnold Palmer in recognition of his service 

to the Nation in promoting excellence and good sportsmanship in golf. 

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) Arnold Palmer is a world famous golf pro6 fessional, a highly successful business executive, a 

7 prominent advertising spokesman, a devoted hus8 band, father, and grandfather, and a man with a 


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1 common touch that has made him one of the most 

2 popular and accessible public figures in history. 

3 (2) Arnold Palmer amassed 92 championships 

4 in professional competition of national or inter5 national stature by the end of 1993, 62 of which 

6 came on the Professional Golf Association Tour. 

7 (3) Arnold Palmer’s magnetic personality and 

8 unfailing sense of kindness and thoughtfulness have 

9 endeared him to millions throughout the world. 

10 (4) Arnold Palmer has been the recipient of 

11 countless honors, including virtually every national 

12 award in golf and both the Hickok Athlete of the 

13 Year and Sports Illustrated’s Sportsman of the Year 

14 awards, and he was chosen Athlete of the Decade for 

15 the 1960s in a national Associated Press poll. 

16 (5) Arnold Palmer has received numerous hon17 ors outside the world of sports, including the Patriot 

18 Award of the Congressional Medal of Honor Society, 

19 the Golden Plate award of the American Academy of 

20 Achievement, and the United States Navy Memorial 

21 Lone Sailor Award. 

22 (6) Arnold Palmer was honored by the United 

23 States Golf Association with the opening of the Ar24 nold Palmer Center for Golf History on June 3, 

25 2008. 


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1 (7) Arnold Palmer served his country for 3 

2 years in the United States Coast Guard and was 

3 among those chosen to address the Joint Session of 

4 Congress on the occasion of the 100th anniversary 

5 of the birth of President Dwight D. Eisenhower. 

6 (8) Arnold Palmer served as Honorary National 

7 Chairman of the March of Dimes Birth Defects 

8 Foundation for 20 years and played a major role in 

9 the fund-raising drive that led to the creation of the 

10 Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children in Orlando and 

11 the Latrobe Area Hospital Charitable Foundation in 

12 his western Pennsylvania hometown. 

13 (9) Arnold Palmer remains active in tour14 nament golf, although he retired from competition in 

15 the major championships on April 14, 2002, when 

16 he played the last of his 48 Masters Tournaments, 

17 where he was given an emotional standing ovation as 

18 he finished the 18th hole. 

19 SEC. 2. CONGRESSIONAL GOLD MEDAL. 

20 (a) PRESENTATION AUTHORIZED.—The Speaker of 

21 the House of Representatives and the President Pro Tem22 pore of the Senate shall make appropriate arrangements 

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

24 medal of appropriate design to Arnold Palmer in recogniVerDate Nov 24 2008 00:40 Jul 08, 2009 Jkt 079200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S1401.IS S1401

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1 tion of his service to the Nation in promoting excellence 

2 and good sportsmanship. 

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

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

5 of the Treasury shall strike a gold medal with suitable em6 blems, devices, and inscriptions to be determined by the 

7 Secretary. 

8 SEC. 3. DUPLICATE MEDALS. 

9 Under such regulations as the Secretary of the Treas10 ury may prescribe, the Secretary may strike duplicate 

11 medals in bronze of the gold medal struck pursuant to 

12 section 2 and sell such duplicate medals at a price suffi13 cient to cover the costs of the duplicate medals (including 

14 labor, materials, dies, use of machinery, overhead ex15 penses) and the cost of the gold medal. 

16 SEC. 4. NATIONAL MEDALS. 

17 The medals struck under this Act are national medals 

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

19 SEC. 5. FUNDING. 

20 (a) AUTHORIZATION OF CHARGES.—There is author21 ized to be charged against the United States Mint Public 

22 Enterprise Fund an amount not to exceed $30,000 to pay 

23 for the cost of the medals authorized by this Act. 

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

25 sale of duplicate bronze medals under section 3 shall be 


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1 deposited in the United States Mint Public Enterprise 

2 Fund. 

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