H. R. 3589 

One Hundred Sixteenth Congress 

of the 

United States of America 

AT THE SECOND SESSION 

Begun and held at the City of Washington on Friday, 

the third day of January, two thousand and twenty 

An Act 

To award a Congressional Gold Medal to Greg LeMond, in recognition of his service 

to the Nation as an athlete, activist, role model, and community leader. 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 

the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Greg LeMond Congressional 

Gold Medal Act’’. 

SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

The Congress finds the following: 

(1) Gregory James ‘‘Greg’’ LeMond was born in Lakewood, 

California, on June 26, 1961. 

(2) Greg began cycling at the age of 14, winning an astonishing 11 straight races to begin his career. 

(3) Greg took home a full suite of medals at the 1979 

Junior World Championships, including gold, silver, and bronze, 

emerging victorious in the road race and placing in both team 

and track pursuit events. 

(4) At age 18, Greg became the youngest cyclist in the 

history of the sport to be selected for the United States Men’s 

Olympic team. 

(5) Greg emerged victorious in the 1980 Circuit de la 

Sarthe, becoming the first American in history and the youngest 

rider ever to win a major pro-am cycling event on the European 

continent. 

(6) At age 19, Greg signed his first professional contract. 

(7) In 1982, Greg made the first of several remarkable 

recoveries, returning from a broken collarbone to win the silver 

medal at the world championships in Great Britain. 

(8) The Tour de France, the world’s preeminent cycling 

competition, was first held over a century ago, in 1903. 

(9) The Tour de France takes place over 23 days, covering 

an extraordinary 2,200 miles, winding through multiple mountain ranges, spanning multiple nations, and is viewed as comparable to running a marathon every day for three consecutive 

weeks. 

(10) Greg first competed in the Tour de France in 1984, 

finishing third, and finishing second the following year, in 

both years deputizing himself to his teammates, sacrificing 

a chance to win himself to boost his teammates toward victory. 

(11) Greg emerged victorious in the 1986 Tour de France, 

ascending the fabled Alpe D’Huez, defeating the field by more 
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than 3 full minutes, becoming the first American and the 

first non-European to win cycling’s most prestigious race. 

(12) In 1987, while recovering from a broken wrist and 

collarbone, Greg was tragically shot during a turkey hunting 

accident, leaving him in intensive care, requiring the removal 

of over 40 shotgun pellets from his abdomen, was deemed 

unlikely to ever ride a bicycle again, and likely survived only 

due to the abnormal strength of his cardiovascular system. 

(13) Greg mounted the greatest comeback in the history 

of American sports, taking home an astonishing victory at 

the 1989 Tour de France, following multiple surgeries, lifethreatening gunshot wounds, tendon repair, and an appendectomy, winning by 8 seconds in the closest finish in the history 

of the Tour de France. 

(14) Greg would win a third Tour de France victory in 

1990. 

(15) Greg is the only American to win the Tour de France. 

(16) Greg has vocally spoken out to champion healthy sport 

amongst athletes of all ages and competition levels. 

(17) Greg and his wife, Kathy, are active in numerous 

nonprofit causes, including healthy sport, assisting victims of 

sexual abuse and various childhood illnesses. 

(18) Cycling offers young people a healthy, active, outdoor 

hobby. 

(19) Greg completed his professional career having won 

2 World Championships, 3 Tour de France championships, and 

22 titles overall. 

(20) More than any other cyclist, Greg personified the 

‘‘breakaway’’ culture of American cycling in the 1970s and 

80s, viewed universally as the epitome of a young person on 

a bicycle, attempting to accomplish feats no other American 

had achieved. 

(21) Greg has not only reached the pinnacle of international 

sport, but has devoted his time and resources to assisting 

his fellow athletes. 

(22) Greg has demonstrated the commitment to excellence, 

generosity, community, and tenacity that makes him an 

example for all to follow. 

SEC. 3. CONGRESSIONAL GOLD MEDAL. 

(a) PRESENTATION AUTHORIZED.—The Speaker of the House 

of Representatives and the President pro tempore of the Senate 

shall make appropriate arrangements for the presentation, on 

behalf of the Congress, of a gold medal of appropriate design to 

Greg LeMond, in recognition of his contributions to the Nation 

as an athlete, activist, role model, and community leader. 

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

referred to in subsection (a), the Secretary of the Treasury (referred 

to in this Act as the ‘‘Secretary’’) shall strike a gold medal with 

suitable emblems, devices, and inscriptions, to be determined by 

the Secretary. 

SEC. 4. DUPLICATE MEDALS. 

The Secretary may strike and sell duplicates in bronze of the 

gold medal struck pursuant to section 3 under such regulations 

as the Secretary may prescribe, at a price sufficient to cover the 

cost thereof, including labor, materials, dies, use of machinery, 

and overhead expenses, and the cost of the gold medal. 
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SEC. 5. STATUS OF MEDALS. 

(a) NATIONAL MEDALS.—The medals struck pursuant to this 

Act are national medals for purposes of chapter 51 of title 31, 

United States Code. 

(b) NUMISMATIC ITEMS.—For purposes of section 5134 of title 

31, United States Code, all medals struck under this Act shall 

be considered to be numismatic items. 

SEC. 6. DETERMINATION OF BUDGETARY EFFECTS. 

The budgetary effects of this Act, for the purpose of complying 

with the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010, shall be determined 

by reference to the latest statement titled ‘‘Budgetary Effects of 

PAYGO Legislation’’ for this Act, submitted for printing in the 

Congressional Record by the Chairman of the House Budget Committee, provided that such statement has been submitted prior 

to the vote on passage. 

Speaker of the House of Representatives. 

Vice President of the United States and

President of the Senate.