I 
113TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4488 
To make technical corrections to two bills enabling the presentation of 
congressional gold medals, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 28, 2014 
Mr. LEWIS (for himself and Ms. BROWN of Florida) introduced the following 
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in 
addition to the Committee on House Administration, 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 con-
cerned 
A BILL 
To make technical corrections to two bills enabling the pres-
entation of congressional gold medals, and for other pur-
poses. 
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 ‘‘Gold Medal Technical 
Corrections Act of 2014’’. 
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SEC. 2. TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS TO AN ACT THAT AU-
THORIZES PRESENTATION OF A CONGRES-
SIONAL GOLD MEDAL TO DR. MARTIN LU-
THER KING, JR., AND CORETTA SCOTT KING. 
Section 2 of Public Law 108–368 is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) by striking all before ‘‘to present’’ and 
inserting the following: ‘‘(a) PRESENTATION 
AUTHORIZED.—The Speaker of the House of 
Representatives and the President pro tempore 
of the Senate are authorized’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘(posthumously)’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(c) SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Following the award of the 
gold medal in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., 
and Coretta Scott King under subsection (a), the 
gold medal shall be given to the Smithsonian Insti-
tution, where it shall be available for display as ap-
propriate and made available for research. 
‘‘(2) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of 
Congress that the Smithsonian Institution shall 
make the gold medal received under paragraph (1) 
available for display, particularly at the National 
Museum of African American History and Culture, 
or for loan as appropriate so that it may be dis-
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played elsewhere, particularly at other appropriate 
locations associated with the lives of Dr. Martin Lu-
ther King, Jr., and Coretta Scott King.’’. 
SEC. 3. TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS TO AN ACT THAT AU-
THORIZES PRESENTATION OF A CONGRES-
SIONAL GOLD MEDAL COLLECTIVELY TO THE 
MONTFORD POINT MARINES, UNITED STATES 
MARINE CORPS. 
Section 2 of Public Law 112–59 is amended by add-
ing at the end the following: 
‘‘(c) SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Following the award of the 
gold medal in honor of the Montford Point Marines, 
United States Marine Corps under subsection (a), 
the gold medal shall be given to the Smithsonian In-
stitution, where it shall be available for display as 
appropriate and made available for research. 
‘‘(2) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of 
Congress that the Smithsonian Institution shall 
make the gold medal received under paragraph (1) 
available for display, particularly at the National 
Museum of African American History and Culture, 
or for loan as appropriate so that it may be dis-
played elsewhere, particularly at other appropriate 
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locations associated with the Montford Point Ma-
rines.’’. 
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