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106TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION S. 561

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

to Mrs. Yaffa Eliach in recognition of her outstanding and enduring

contributions toward scholarship about the Holocaust, and for other

purposes.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

MARCH 8, 1999

Mr. SCHUMER 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 the Congress to Mrs. Yaffa Eliach in recognition

of her outstanding and enduring contributions toward

scholarship about the Holocaust, and for other purposes.

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 The Congress finds that—

5 (1) Yaffa Eliach is professor of history and lit6 erature in the Department of Judaic Studies at

7 Brooklyn College;
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1 (2) Yaffa Eliach is a pioneer scholar in Holo2 caust Studies and was among a small number of

3 academics who introduced Holocaust Studies to col4 leges and universities in the United States;

5 (3) Yaffa Eliach founded the first Center of

6 Holocaust Studies in the United States and served

7 as its director until 1991;

8 (4) Yaffa Eliach created the acclaimed ‘‘Tower

9 of Life’’ at the United States Holocaust Memorial

10 Museum in Washington, D.C.;

11 (5) Yaffa Eliach is a poet, historian, and play12 wright dedicated to providing education about the

13 Holocaust;

14 (6) Yaffa Eliach is an esteemed contributor to

15 scholarly, literary, and popular publications and pro16 grams in the United States, Canada, Israel, Europe,

17 and Australia; and

18 (7) Yaffa Eliach has been recognized and hon19 ored for her outstanding accomplishments by many

20 governmental, academic, and other institutions

21 around the world.

22 SEC. 2. CONGRESSIONAL GOLD MEDAL.

23 (a) PRESENTATION AUTHORIZED.—The President is

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

25 medal of appropriate design to Yaffa Eliach in recognition
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1 of her outstanding and enduring contributions toward

2 scholarship about the Holocaust.

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

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

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

6 ‘‘Secretary’’) shall strike a gold medal with suitable em7 blems, devices, and inscriptions, to be determined by the

8 Secretary.

9 (c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There

10 are authorized to be appropriated $20,000 to carry out

11 this section.

12 SEC. 3. DUPLICATE MEDALS.

13 (a) STRIKING AND SALE.—The Secretary may strike

14 and sell duplicates in bronze of the gold medal struck pur15 suant to section 2 under such regulations as the Secretary

16 may prescribe, at a price sufficient to cover the cost there17 of, including labor, materials, dies, use of machinery, over18 head expenses, and the cost of the gold medal.

19 (b) PROCEEDS OF SALE.—The appropriation author20 ized in section 2 shall be reimbursed out of the proceeds

21 of sales under subsection (a).
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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.

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