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113TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 3836 

To award a Congressional Gold Medal to Pat Summitt, in recognition of 

her remarkable career as an unparalleled figure in women’s team sports, 

and for her courage in speaking out openly and courageously about 

her battle with Alzheimer’s. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JANUARY 9, 2014 

Mr. DUNCAN of Tennessee (for himself, Ms. SPEIER, Mrs. BLACK, Mrs. 

BLACKBURN, Mr. COHEN, Mr. COOPER, Mr. DESJARLAIS, Mr. FINCHER, 

Mr. FLEISCHMANN, and Mr. ROE of Tennessee) introduced the following 

bill; which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services 

A BILL 

To award a Congressional Gold Medal to Pat Summitt, in 

recognition of her remarkable career as an unparalleled 

figure in women’s team sports, and for her courage in 

speaking out openly and courageously about her battle 

with Alzheimer’s. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Pat Summitt Congres5 sional Gold Medal Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

2 The Congress finds the following: 

3 (1) Pat Summitt, who has more wins than any 

4 basketball coach in NCAA history, men or women, 

5 concluded her coaching career after 38 seasons at 

6 the University of Tennessee on April 18, 2012. 

7 (2) Pat Summitt won a record eight NCAA 

8 championships, and received National Coach of the 

9 Year honors 7 times over her career. 

10 (3) Pat Summitt will remain head coach emer11 itus at the University of Tennessee, mentoring and 

12 teaching life skills to players. 

13 (4) Coaching has been the great passion of Pat 

14 Summitt’s life, and the job has always been an op15 portunity for her to work with student-athletes and 

16 help them discover their true potential. 

17 (5) Coach Summitt’s last team at the Univer18 sity of Tennessee finished with an overall record of 

19 27–9, including an SEC Tournament Championship 

20 and a spot in the Final Four in Denver. 

21 (6) Pat Summitt continued her work off the 

22 court, including a graduation record of 100 percent 

23 for all Lady Vols who completed their eligibility at 

24 the University of Tennessee. 


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1 (7) Pat Summitt announced on August 23, 

2 2011, that she had been diagnosed with early onset 

3 dementia, ‘‘Alzheimer’s Type’’. 

4 (8) Later in November 2011, Coach Summitt 

5 announced the Pat Summitt Foundation Fund, 

6 which helps to provide funding and research for Alz7 heimer’s and dementia. 

8 (9) On May 29, 2012, President Barack Obama 

9 awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the 

10 country’s highest civilian honor, to Pat Summitt for 

11 her remarkable career as an unparalleled figure in 

12 women’s team sports, and for her courage in speak13 ing out openly and courageously about her battle 

14 with Alzheimer’s. 

15 SEC. 3. CONGRESSIONAL GOLD MEDAL. 

16 (a) PRESENTATION AUTHORIZED.—The Speaker of 

17 the House of Representatives and the President pro tem18 pore of the Senate shall make appropriate arrangements 

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

20 medal of appropriate design to Pat Summitt, in recogni21 tion of her remarkable career as an unparalleled figure 

22 in women’s team sports, and for her courage in speaking 

23 out openly and courageously about her battle with Alz24 heimer’s. 


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

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

3 of the Treasury (referred to in this Act as the ‘‘Sec4 retary’’) shall strike a gold medal with suitable emblems, 

5 devices, and inscriptions, to be determined by the Sec6 retary. 

7 SEC. 4. DUPLICATE MEDALS. 

8 The Secretary may strike and sell duplicates in 

9 bronze of the gold medal struck pursuant to section 3 

10 under such regulations as the Secretary may prescribe, at 

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

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

13 and the cost of the gold medal. 

14 SEC. 5. STATUS OF MEDALS. 

15 (a) NATIONAL MEDALS.—The medals struck pursu16 ant to this Act are national medals for purposes of chapter 

17 51 of title 31, United States Code. 

18 (b) NUMISMATIC ITEMS.—For purposes of section 

19 5134 of title 31, United States Code, all medals struck 

20 under this Act shall be considered to be numismatic items. 

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