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111TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1244 

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

Tiger Woods, in recognition of his service to the Nation in promoting 

excellence and good sportsmanship, and in breaking barriers with grace 

and dignity by showing that golf is a sport for all people. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 2, 2009 

Mr. BACA introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 

on Financial Services 

A BILL 

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

the Congress to Tiger Woods, in recognition of his service to the Nation in promoting excellence and good 

sportsmanship, and in breaking barriers with grace and 

dignity by showing that golf is a sport for all people. 

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) Although Tiger Woods is only 33 years old 

6 and is going on his 13th full year as a professional 

7 golfer, he has won 87 tournaments (65 of which 


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1 were on the Professional Golf Association (PGA) 

2 tour), including the 1997, 2001, 2002, and 2005 

3 Masters Tournaments, the 1999, 2000, 2006, and 

4 2007 PGA Championships, the 2000, 2002, and 

5 2008 U.S. Open championships, and the 2000, 

6 2005, and 2006 British Open Championships. 

7 (2) Tiger Woods is the 5th player in history to 

8 win all 4 major championships (Masters, PGA 

9 Championship, U.S. Open, and British Open), join10 ing the ranks of Gene Sarazen, Ben Hogan, Gary 

11 Player, and Jack Nicklaus. 

12 (3) With his second Masters victory in 2001, 

13 Tiger Woods became the first player ever to hold all 

14 4 major championships at the same time. 

15 (4) Tiger Woods is the career victories leader 

16 among active players on the PGA tour, and is the 

17 career money list leader. 

18 (5) Tiger Woods can be compared with Jack 

19 Nicklaus as being one of the greatest golfers of all 

20 time. 

21 (6) Tiger Woods has broken barriers with grace 

22 and dignity by showing that golf is a sport for all 

23 people, regardless of race, color, or creed. 

24 (7) Tiger Woods has inspired countless people 

25 of all ages, impressing upon them that their hopes, 


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1 dreams, and prayers may be achieved through hard 

2 work, persistence, education, and good sportsman3 ship. 

4 (8) Tiger Woods established the Tiger Woods 

5 Foundation in 1996, which financially supports com6 munities and organizations that nurture family val7 ues and adults’ involvement in children’s lives. 

8 (9) The Tiger Woods Foundation hosts clinics, 

9 which give thousands of youngsters golf lessons and 

10 draw attention and support to the organizations that 

11 allow inner-city children access to golf. 

12 SEC. 2. 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 Tiger Woods in recognition 

18 of his service to the Nation in promoting excellence and 

19 good sportsmanship, and in breaking barriers with grace 

20 and dignity by showing that golf is a sport for all people. 

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

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

23 of the Treasury (in this Act referred to as the ‘‘Sec24 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. 3. DUPLICATE MEDALS. 

4 Under such regulations as the Secretary may pre5 scribe, the Secretary may strike duplicate medals in 

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

7 sell such duplicate medals at a price sufficient to cover 

8 the costs of the duplicate medals (including labor, mate9 rials, dies, use of machinery, overhead expenses) and the 

10 cost of the gold medal. 

11 SEC. 4. NATIONAL MEDALS. 

12 The medals struck under this Act are national medals 

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

14 SEC. 5. AUTHORIZATION OF CHARGES AGAINST FUND; PRO15 CEEDS OF SALE. 

16 (a) AUTHORIZATION.—There is authorized to be 

17 charged against the United States Mint Public Enterprise 

18 Fund an amount not to exceed $30,000 to pay for the 

19 cost of the medals authorized by this Act. 

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

21 sale of duplicate bronze medals under section 3 shall be 

22 deposited in the United States Mint Public Enterprise 

23 Fund. 

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