I 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 69 
To award a Congressional Gold Medal to Malala Yousafzai, a recipient of 
the Nobel Prize for Peace, in recognition of her devoted service to 
education, justice, and equality in Pakistan. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 6, 2015 
Ms. JACKSON LEE introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Financial Services 
A BILL 
To award a Congressional Gold Medal to Malala Yousafzai, 
a recipient of the Nobel Prize for Peace, in recognition 
of her devoted service to education, justice, and equality 
in Pakistan. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
(1) Malala Yousafzai, a young fifteen-year-old 
girl, took the initiative to stand against the abusive, 
uncaring, and cold-hearted members of the Taliban 
in Pakistan. 
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(2) Malala Yousafzai understood the danger she 
faced when sacrificing to promote education for 
women. 
(3) Malala Yousafzai did not let the fear of 
danger prevent her from being an activist for justice 
in Pakistan. 
(4) The first step in fighting for justice for 
Malala Yousafzai was blogging about life under 
Taliban rule as the Taliban militants seized the 
Swat Valley of Pakistan. 
(5) Malala Yousafzai rose to prominence and 
the world was given the opportunity to see the real 
lives of many civilians in Pakistan. 
(6) On October 9, 2012, the life of Malala 
Yousafzai was threatened merely because she was a 
young girl who advocated for access to education, 
justice, and equality. 
(7) A Taliban militant attempted to assassinate 
Malala Yousafzai while she was riding on a school 
bus, because of her desire for all Pakistanis to have 
an opportunity to receive an education, regardless of 
gender. 
(8) Following a cowardly attack on Malala 
Yousafzai, her message gained international popu-
larity for showing the accurate face of Pakistan. 
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(9) Malala Yousafzai is a symbol of hope in a 
country long beset by violence and despair. 
(10) At age 17, Malala Yousafzai became the 
youngest recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize. 
(11) Malala Yousafzai’s struggle against the 
suppression of children and young people was cited 
by the Nobel Committee as making her deserving of 
the honor. 
(12) Thorbj<rn Jagland, Chairman of the Nor-
wegian 
Nobel 
Committee 
said 
that 
Malala 
Yousafzai’s heroic struggle for the right of girls to 
education has demonstrated that children and young 
people can contribute to improving their own situa-
tion. 
(13) The struggle for the lives and futures of 
Pakistani children continues even with the murder of 
132 children while at school at the hands of the 
Taliban. 
(14) Malala Yousafzai represents the future of 
Pakistan, a young Muslim girl who is the new face 
of Pakistan and an advocate for human rights for 
women in Pakistan. 
SEC. 2. CONGRESSIONAL GOLD MEDAL. 
(a) PRESENTATION AUTHORIZED.—The Speaker of 
the House of Representatives and the President pro tem-
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pore of the Senate shall make appropriate arrangements 
for the presentation, on behalf of Congress, of a gold 
medal of appropriate design, to Malala Yousafzai in rec-
ognition of her devoted service to education, justice, and 
equality in Pakistan. 
(b) DESIGN AND STRIKING.—For the purpose of the 
presentation referred to in subsection (a), the Secretary 
of the Treasury (hereinafter in this Act referred to as the 
‘‘Secretary’’) shall strike a gold medal with suitable em-
blems, devices, and inscriptions to be determined by the 
Secretary. 
SEC. 3. DUPLICATE MEDALS. 
The Secretary may strike and sell duplicates in 
bronze of the gold medal struck pursuant to section 2 
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. 4. 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 
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