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114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 69 

To award a Congressional Gold Medal to Malala Yousafzai, a recipient of 

the Nobel Prize for Peace, in recognition of her devoted service to 

education, justice, and equality in Pakistan. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JANUARY 6, 2015 

Ms. JACKSON LEE introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on Financial Services 

A BILL 

To award a Congressional Gold Medal to Malala Yousafzai, 

a recipient of the Nobel Prize for Peace, in recognition 

of her devoted service to education, justice, and equality 

in Pakistan. 

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) Malala Yousafzai, a young fifteen-year-old 

6 girl, took the initiative to stand against the abusive, 

7 uncaring, and cold-hearted members of the Taliban 

8 in Pakistan. 


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1 (2) Malala Yousafzai understood the danger she 

2 faced when sacrificing to promote education for 

3 women. 

4 (3) Malala Yousafzai did not let the fear of 

5 danger prevent her from being an activist for justice 

6 in Pakistan. 

7 (4) The first step in fighting for justice for 

8 Malala Yousafzai was blogging about life under 

9 Taliban rule as the Taliban militants seized the 

10 Swat Valley of Pakistan. 

11 (5) Malala Yousafzai rose to prominence and 

12 the world was given the opportunity to see the real 

13 lives of many civilians in Pakistan. 

14 (6) On October 9, 2012, the life of Malala 

15 Yousafzai was threatened merely because she was a 

16 young girl who advocated for access to education, 

17 justice, and equality. 

18 (7) A Taliban militant attempted to assassinate 

19 Malala Yousafzai while she was riding on a school 

20 bus, because of her desire for all Pakistanis to have 

21 an opportunity to receive an education, regardless of 

22 gender. 

23 (8) Following a cowardly attack on Malala 

24 Yousafzai, her message gained international popu25 larity for showing the accurate face of Pakistan. 


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1 (9) Malala Yousafzai is a symbol of hope in a 

2 country long beset by violence and despair. 

3 (10) At age 17, Malala Yousafzai became the 

4 youngest recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize. 

5 (11) Malala Yousafzai’s struggle against the 

6 suppression of children and young people was cited 

7 by the Nobel Committee as making her deserving of 

8 the honor. 

9 (12) Thorbj<rn Jagland, Chairman of the Nor10 wegian Nobel Committee said that Malala 

11 Yousafzai’s heroic struggle for the right of girls to 

12 education has demonstrated that children and young 

13 people can contribute to improving their own situa14 tion. 

15 (13) The struggle for the lives and futures of 

16 Pakistani children continues even with the murder of 

17 132 children while at school at the hands of the 

18 Taliban. 

19 (14) Malala Yousafzai represents the future of 

20 Pakistan, a young Muslim girl who is the new face 

21 of Pakistan and an advocate for human rights for 

22 women in Pakistan. 

23 SEC. 2. CONGRESSIONAL GOLD MEDAL. 

24 (a) PRESENTATION AUTHORIZED.—The Speaker of 

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1 pore of the Senate shall make appropriate arrangements 

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

3 medal of appropriate design, to Malala Yousafzai in rec4 ognition of her devoted service to education, justice, and 

5 equality in Pakistan. 

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

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

8 of the Treasury (hereinafter in this Act referred to as the 

9 ‘‘Secretary’’) shall strike a gold medal with suitable em10 blems, devices, and inscriptions to be determined by the 

11 Secretary. 

12 SEC. 3. DUPLICATE MEDALS. 

13 The Secretary may strike and sell duplicates in 

14 bronze of the gold medal struck pursuant to section 2 

15 under such regulations as the Secretary may prescribe, at 

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

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

18 and the cost of the gold medal. 

19 SEC. 4. STATUS OF MEDALS. 

20 (a) NATIONAL MEDALS.—The medals struck under 

21 this Act are national medals for purposes of chapter 51 

22 of title 31, United States Code. 

23 (b) NUMISMATIC ITEMS.—For purposes of sections 

24 5134 and 5136 of title 31, United States Code, all medals 


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1 struck under this Act shall be considered to be numismatic 

2 items. 

3 SEC. 5. AUTHORITY TO USE FUND AMOUNTS; PROCEEDS OF 

4 SALE. 

5 (a) AUTHORIZATION TO USE FUND AMOUNTS.— 

6 There is authorized to be charged against the United 

7 States Mint Public Enterprise Fund, such amounts as 

8 may be necessary to pay for the cost of the medals struck 

9 pursuant to this Act. 

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

11 sale of duplicate bronze medals under section 3 shall be 

12 deposited in the United States Mint Public Enterprise 

13 Fund. 

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