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106TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION S. 2824

To authorize the President to award a gold medal on behalf of Congress

to General Wesley K. Clark, United States Army, in recognition of

his outstanding leadership and service during the military operations

against the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro).

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

JUNE 29, 2000

Mr. CLELAND (for himself, Mr. JOHNSON, Mr. WARNER, Mr. KERREY, Mr.

HAGEL, Mrs. MURRAY, Mr. MCCAIN, Mr. ROBB, Ms. SNOWE, Mr. BIDEN,

Mr. BURNS, Mr. GRAHAM, Mr. HELMS, Mr. EDWARDS, Mr. THURMOND,

Mr. KOHL, Mr. DOMENICI, Mr. DURBIN, Mr. MACK, Mr. TORRICELLI,

Mr. SMITH of Oregon, Ms. LANDRIEU, Mr. SHELBY, Mrs. LINCOLN, Mr.

GRASSLEY, Mr. REED, Mr. ALLARD, Mr. KERRY, Mr. INHOFE, Mr. LAUTENBERG, Mr. HATCH, Mrs. BOXER, Mr. BENNETT, Mr. LEVIN, Mr.

JEFFORDS, Mr. BAUCUS, Mr. L. CHAFEE, Mr. REID, Mr. SMITH of New

Hampshire, Mr. DASCHLE, Mr. COVERDELL, Mr. BYRD, Mr. CRAIG, Mr.

WELLSTONE, Mr. ABRAHAM, Mr. FEINGOLD, Mrs. HUTCHISON, Mr.

SCHUMER, Mr. CAMPBELL, Mr. DORGAN, Mr. COCHRAN, Mr. CONRAD,

Ms. COLLINS, Mr. HOLLINGS, Mr. KYL, Mr. ROCKEFELLER, Mr. FRIST,

Ms. MIKULSKI, Mr. SANTORUM, Mrs. FEINSTEIN, Mr. AKAKA, Mr. BAYH,

Mr. LIEBERMAN, Mr. BRYAN, Mr. LEAHY, Mr. BINGAMAN, and Mr.

WYDEN) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred

to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs

A BILL

To authorize the President to award a gold medal on behalf

of Congress to General Wesley K. Clark, United States

Army, in recognition of his outstanding leadership and

service during the military operations against the Federal

Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro).
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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 makes the following findings:

5 (1) While serving as Supreme Allied Com6 mander in Europe, General Wesley K. Clark dem7 onstrated the highest degree of professionalism in

8 leading over 75,000 troops from 37 countries in

9 military operations against the Federal Republic of

10 Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro).

11 (2) General Clark’s 34 years of outstanding

12 service as an Army officer gave him the ability to ef13 fectively mobilize and command multinational air

14 and ground forces in the Balkans.

15 (3) The forces led by General Clark succeeded

16 in halting the Serbian government’s human rights

17 abuses in Kosovo and permitted a safe return of ref18 ugees to their homes.

19 (4) Under the leadership of General Clark,

20 NATO forces launched successful air and ground at21 tacks against Serbian military forces with a min22 imum of losses.

23 (5) As the Supreme Allied Commander in Eu24 rope, General Clark continued the history of the

25 American military of defending the rights of all peo-
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1 ple to live their lives in peace and freedom, and he

2 should be recognized for his tremendous achieve3 ments by the award of a Congressional Gold Medal.

4 SEC. 2. CONGRESSIONAL GOLD MEDAL.

5 (a) PRESENTATION AUTHORIZED.—The President is

6 authorized to present, on behalf of the Congress, a gold

7 medal of appropriate design to General Wesley K. Clark,

8 in recognition of his outstanding leadership and service as

9 Supreme Allied Commander in Europe during the military

10 operations against the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia

11 (Serbia and Montenegro).

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

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

14 of the Treasury (hereafter in this Act referred to as the

15 ‘‘Secretary’’) shall strike a gold medal with suitable em16 blems, devices, and inscriptions, to be determined by the

17 Secretary.

18 SEC. 3. DUPLICATE MEDALS.

19 The Secretary may strike and sell duplicates in

20 bronze of the gold medal struck pursuant to section 2

21 under such regulations as the Secretary may prescribe,

22 and at a price sufficient to cover the costs thereof, includ23 ing labor, materials, dies, use of machinery, overhead ex24 penses, and the cost of the gold medal.
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1 SEC. 4. NATIONAL MEDALS.

2 The medals struck pursuant to this Act are national

3 medals for purposes of chapter 51 of title 31, United

4 States Code.

5 SEC. 5. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS; PROCEEDS

6 OF SALE.

7 (a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is

8 authorized to be charged against the Numismatic Public

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

10 for the cost of the medal authorized by this Act.

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

12 sales of duplicate bronze medals under section 3 shall be

13 deposited in the Numismatic Public Enterprise Fund.

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