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113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2422 
To award a Congressional Gold Medal to Sally K. Ride in recognition of 
her exemplary service as an astronaut, physicist, and science education 
advocate. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 18, 2013 
Mr. PETERS of California (for himself, Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of 
Texas, Ms. WILSON of Florida, Ms. MCCOLLUM, Mrs. DAVIS of Cali-
fornia, Mr. MARKEY, Mr. BERA of California, Ms. CHU, Mr. VARGAS, Mr. 
HALL, Ms. JACKSON LEE, Ms. BONAMICI, Mr. NADLER, Ms. BROWNLEY 
of California, Ms. EDWARDS, Mr. SWALWELL of California, Mr. CART-
WRIGHT, Ms. HAHN, Ms. BORDALLO, Mr. PASCRELL, and Mr. HASTINGS 
of Florida) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Financial Services 
A BILL 
To award a Congressional Gold Medal to Sally K. Ride 
in recognition of her exemplary service as an astronaut, 
physicist, and science education advocate. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Sally K. Ride Congres-
sional Gold Medal Act of 2013’’. 
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SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
(1) On June 18, 1983, as a crew member of the 
Space Shuttle Challenger STS–7 mission, Dr. Sally 
K. Ride became the first American woman to travel 
into space. 
(2) Dr. Ride traveled to space on October 5, 
1984, as a crew member of STS 41–G. 
(3) Following the Space Shuttle Challenger dis-
aster in 1986, Dr. Ride served as a member of the 
Presidential commission investigating the accident. 
(4) Dr. Ride also served on the Space Shuttle 
Columbia Accident Investigation Board in 2003, and 
was the only person to have served on both the 
Space Shuttle Challenger and the Space Shuttle Co-
lumbia accident investigation boards. 
(5) In addition to her service as a National Aer-
onautics and Space Administration (NASA) astro-
naut, Dr. Ride was a Ph.D. physicist and served as 
a professor of physics and the Director of the Cali-
fornia Space Institute at the University of Cali-
fornia, San Diego. 
(6) In 2001, to further her long-time passion of 
motivating girls and young women to pursue careers 
in science, technology, engineering, and mathe-
matics, Dr. Ride founded Sally Ride Science, a com-
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pany that creates entertaining science programs and 
publications for elementary and middle school stu-
dents. 
(7) Dr. Ride served as a member of the Presi-
dent’s Council of Advisors on Science and Tech-
nology and the Space Studies Board of the National 
Research Council. 
(8) The exemplary service of Dr. Ride as a 
NASA astronaut, physicist, and science education 
advocate inspired a generation of Americans. 
SEC. 3. CONGRESSIONAL GOLD MEDAL. 
(a) PRESENTATION AUTHORIZED.—The Speaker of 
the House of Representatives and the President pro tem-
pore of the Senate shall make appropriate arrangements 
for the posthumous presentation, on behalf of the Con-
gress, of a gold medal of appropriate design in commemo-
ration of Sally K. Ride in recognition of her exemplary 
service as an astronaut, physicist, and science education 
advocate. 
(b) DESIGN AND STRIKING.—For the purpose of the 
presentation referred to in subsection (a), the Secretary 
of the Treasury shall strike a gold medal with suitable em-
blems, devices, and inscriptions to be determined by the 
Secretary. 
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SEC. 4. DUPLICATE MEDALS. 
The Secretary of the Treasury 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. 
SEC. 5. STATUS OF MEDALS. 
(a) NATIONAL MEDALS.—The medals struck under 
this Act are national medals for purposes of chapter 51 
of title 31, United States Code. 
(b) NUMISMATIC ITEMS.—For purposes of sections 
5134 and 5136 of title 31, United States Code, all medals 
struck under this Act shall be considered to be numismatic 
items. 
SEC. 6. AUTHORITY TO USE FUND AMOUNTS; PROCEEDS OF 
SALE. 
(a) AUTHORIZATION TO USE FUND AMOUNTS.— 
There is authorized to be charged against the United 
States Mint Public Enterprise Fund, such amounts as 
may be necessary to pay for the cost of the medals struck 
pursuant to this Act. 
(b) PROCEEDS OF SALE.—Amounts received from the 
sale of duplicate bronze medals under section 4 shall be 
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deposited in the United States Mint Public Enterprise 
Fund. 
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