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113TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 4488 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

APRIL 30, 2014 

Received 

AN ACT 

To make technical corrections to two bills enabling the presentation of congressional gold medals, 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, 


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Gold Medal Technical 

3 Corrections Act of 2014’’. 

4 SEC. 2. TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS TO AN ACT THAT AU5 THORIZES PRESENTATION OF A CONGRES6 SIONAL GOLD MEDAL TO DR. MARTIN LU7 THER KING, JR., AND CORETTA SCOTT KING. 

8 Section 2 of Public Law 108–368 is amended— 

9 (1) in subsection (a)— 

10 (A) by striking all before ‘‘to present’’ and 

11 inserting the following: ‘‘(a) PRESENTATION

12 AUTHORIZED.—The Speaker of the House of 

13 Representatives and the President pro tempore 

14 of the Senate are authorized’’; and 

15 (B) by striking ‘‘(posthumously)’’; and 

16 (2) by adding at the end the following: 

17 ‘‘(c) SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION.— 

18 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Following the award of the 

19 gold medal in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., 

20 and Coretta Scott King under subsection (a), the 

21 gold medal shall be given to the Smithsonian Insti22 tution, where it shall be available for display as ap23 propriate and made available for research. 

24 ‘‘(2) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of 

25 Congress that the Smithsonian Institution shall 

26 make the gold medal received under paragraph (1) 


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1 available for display, particularly at the National 

2 Museum of African American History and Culture, 

3 or for loan as appropriate so that it may be dis4 played elsewhere, particularly at other appropriate 

5 locations associated with the lives of Dr. Martin Lu6 ther King, Jr., and Coretta Scott King.’’. 

7 SEC. 3. TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS TO AN ACT THAT AU8 THORIZES PRESENTATION OF A CONGRES9 SIONAL GOLD MEDAL COLLECTIVELY TO THE 

10 MONTFORD POINT MARINES, UNITED STATES 

11 MARINE CORPS. 

12 Section 2 of Public Law 112–59 is amended by add13 ing at the end the following: 

14 ‘‘(c) SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION.— 

15 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Following the award of the 

16 gold medal in honor of the Montford Point Marines, 

17 United States Marine Corps under subsection (a), 

18 the gold medal shall be given to the Smithsonian In19 stitution, where it shall be available for display as 

20 appropriate and made available for research. 

21 ‘‘(2) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of 

22 Congress that the Smithsonian Institution shall 

23 make the gold medal received under paragraph (1) 

24 available for display, particularly at the National 

25 Museum of African American History and Culture, 


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1 or for loan as appropriate so that it may be dis2 played elsewhere, particularly at other appropriate 

3 locations associated with the Montford Point Ma4 rines.’’. 

Passed the House of Representatives April 29, 2014. 

Attest: KAREN L. HAAS, 

Clerk. 


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