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108TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1872

To award a congressional gold medal to Lord Robertson of Port Ellen. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

NOVEMBER 17, 2003

Mr. SMITH (for himself, Mr. BIDEN, Mr. CHAMBLISS, Mr. COCHRAN, Mr. 

HAGEL, Mr. LIEBERMAN, Mr. LUGAR, and Mr. VOINOVICH) introduced 

the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee 

on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs 

A BILL

To award a congressional gold medal to Lord Robertson 

of Port Ellen.

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 makes the following findings: 

5 (1) In 1999, George Robertson was chosen by 

6 the 19 member nations of the North Atlantic Treaty 

7 Organization to become Secretary General of the Al8 liance. 

9 (2) During his 4 years as Secretary General, 

10 Lord Robertson has been one of NATO’s finest sec-
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1 retaries general, helping to shift the Alliance from a 

2 static force, designed only to counter the Soviet 

3 threat to Europe, to one that is able to deploy capa4 bly to meet current threats. 

5 (3) Lord Robertson has been a great ally of the 

6 United States, often defending American interests, 

7 and he has played an exceptional role in maintaining 

8 a strong relationship between the United States and 

9 its European and Canadian allies. 

10 (4) On September 12, 2001, one day after the 

11 terrorist attacks against New York City and Wash12 ington, D.C., Lord Robertson proposed that the 

13 North Atlantic Council invoke Article 5 of the Wash14 ington Treaty, declaring that the attacks against the 

15 United States constituted an attack on the entire 

16 North Atlantic Alliance. 

17 (5) In response to the invocation of Article 5, 

18 nearly all of the NATO allies sent troops to Afghani19 stan to depose the Taliban regime or to stabilize the 

20 country, and the Alliance sent its own AWACS air21 craft to patrol the skies over the United States. 

22 (6) Under Lord Robertson’s stewardship, the 

23 North Atlantic Alliance has transformed itself so as 

24 to remain the cornerstone of transatlantic coopera-
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1 tion and Euro-Atlantic security, which remain in the 

2 national interest of the United States. 

3 (7) Lord Robertson will step down as Secretary 

4 General of NATO at the end of 2003. 

5 (8) Lord Robertson plans to make his final visit 

6 to the United States as Secretary General from No7 vember 10 to 12, 2003, in order to address the 49th 

8 Annual Session of the NATO Parliamentary Assem9 bly in Orlando, Florida, as well as to meet in Wash10 ington, D.C., with the President, the Secretary of 

11 State, and the Secretary of Defense. 

12 SEC. 2. CONGRESSIONAL GOLD MEDAL. 

13 (a) PRESENTATION AUTHORIZED.—The Speaker of 

14 the House of Representatives and the President Pro Tem15 pore of the Senate shall make appropriate arrangements 

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

17 medal of appropriate design, to Lord Robertson of Port 

18 Ellen in recognition of his outstanding and enduring con19 tributions to maintaining the security of the Euro-Atlantic 

20 region. 

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

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

23 of the Treasury (referred to in this Act as the ‘‘Sec24 retary’’) shall strike a gold medal with suitable emblems, 
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1 devices, and inscriptions to be determined by the Sec2 retary. 

3 SEC. 3. DUPLICATE MEDALS. 

4 The Secretary may strike and sell duplicates in 

5 bronze of the gold medal struck pursuant to section 2 

6 under such regulations as the Secretary may prescribe, at 

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

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

9 and the cost of the gold medal. 

10 SEC. 4. STATUS OF MEDALS. 

11 (a) NATIONAL MEDALS.—The medals struck pursu12 ant to this Act are national medals for purposes of chapter 

13 51 of title 31, United States Code. 

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

15 5134 of title 31, United States Code, all medals struck 

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

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

18 SALE. 

19 (a) AUTHORITY TO USE FUND AMOUNTS.—There is 

20 authorized to be charged against the United States Mint 

21 Public Enterprise Fund such amounts as may be nec22 essary to pay for the costs of the medals struck pursuant 

23 to this Act. 

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

25 sale of duplicate bronze medals authorized under section 
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1 3 shall be deposited into the United States Mint Public 

2 Enterprise Fund.

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