I 
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6916 
To posthumously award a Congressional gold medal to Mahatma Gandhi 
in recognition of his contributions to the Nation by the promotion of 
nonviolence. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 26, 2018 
Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New York (for herself, Mr. BERA, Ms. 
GABBARD, Mr. KHANNA, Ms. JAYAPAL, and Mr. KRISHNAMOORTHI) in-
troduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Fi-
nancial Services, and in addition to the Committee on House Administra-
tion, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each 
case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of 
the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To posthumously award a Congressional gold medal to Ma-
hatma Gandhi in recognition of his contributions to the 
Nation by the promotion of nonviolence. 
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) Few people have had as significant and as 
positive an impact on the world and freedom than 
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi. 
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(2) Gandhi led the Indian people to independ-
ence from British rule in August 1947 through non- 
violent means, staging massive peaceful demonstra-
tions against poverty while supporting women’s 
rights and religious tolerance. 
(3) Gandhi’s legacy has inspired hundreds of 
millions of people around the world to pursue non- 
violence as a means to achieve freedom and equality, 
including Martin Luther King, Jr.’s movement to 
end racial injustice in the United States and Nelson 
Mandela’s fight to end apartheid in South Africa. 
(4) For his efforts, Gandhi was given the title 
of Mahatma, or ‘‘Great Soul’’ and was often called 
Bapu in India, which means ‘‘father’’. 
(5) Over 2,000,000 people attended Gandhi’s 
funeral and his memory and teachings persist still 
today. 
(6) October 2, Gandhi’s birthday, was declared 
as International Day of Non-Violence by the United 
Nations to, ‘‘disseminate the message of non-vio-
lence, including through education and public aware-
ness’’ and reaffirm ‘‘the universal relevance of the 
principle of non-violence’’ and desire ‘‘to secure a 
culture of peace, tolerance, and understanding 
through non-violence’’. 
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(7) Ensuring that people around the globe know 
about, understand, and adopt Gandhi’s principles of 
ahimsa (non-violence), satyagraha (appeal to, insist-
ence on, or reliance on the Truth) and swaraj (self- 
rule) are more important than ever. 
SEC. 2. 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 presentation, on behalf of Congress, of a gold 
medal of appropriate design, to Mahatma Gandhi, in rec-
ognition of his contributions to the Nation by the pro-
motion of nonviolence. 
(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. 
(c) SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Following the award of the 
gold medal under subsection (a), the gold medal 
shall be given to the Smithsonian Institution, where 
it shall be available for display as appropriate and 
made available for research. 
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(2) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of 
Congress that the Smithsonian Institution should 
make the gold medal received under paragraph (1) 
available for display at other locations, particularly 
such locations as are associated with Mahatma Gan-
dhi. 
SEC. 3. DUPLICATE MEDALS. 
Under such regulations as the Secretary may pre-
scribe, the Secretary may strike and sell duplicates in 
bronze of the gold medal struck pursuant to section 2 at 
a price sufficient to cover the cost of the bronze medals, 
including labor, materials, dies, use of machinery, and 
overhead expenses, and the cost of the gold medal. 
SEC. 4. NATIONAL MEDALS. 
The medals struck under this Act are national medals 
for purposes of chapter 51 of title 31, United States Code. 
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