Canada, China, Congo Brazzaville, Columbia, Cuba, 
Denmark, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Esto-
nia, Faroe Islands, Fiji, France, Gabon, The Gam-
bia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Grenada, Guatemala, 
Guinea (West Africa), Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, 
Haiti, Honduras, Italy, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, 
Korea, Latvia, Liberia, Lithuania, Madagascar, 
Malta, Mexico, Montserrat, The Netherlands, New 
Caledonia, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Pan-
ama, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Poland, Rus-
sia, Samoa, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Solomon Islands, 
South Africa, Spain, St. Eustatius (NL), St. Kitts, 
St. Thomas, St. Vincent, Sweden, Tahiti, Togo, 
Tonga, Trinidad, the United Kingdom, the United 
States, and Vanuatu. 
(13) Through the years, Mercy Ships has had 
four hospital ships that have served in some of the 
poorest ports in the world. Those include: 
(A) The 16,500-ton Africa Mercy is the 
world’s largest nongovernmental hospital ship 
and is dedicated to the continent of Africa. 
(B) The 522-foot Anastasis was the flag 
ship, and completed her first relief mission in 
1982 to Guatemala. Her crew of 400 worked in 
Africa until she was decommissioned in 2007. 
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(C) Acquired in 1994, the 265-foot Carib-
bean Mercy with her crew of 150 focused on the 
Caribbean basin and Central America with its 
Eye Surgery Unit. The ship was sold in 2006. 
(D) Donated in 1983, the 172-foot Good 
Samaritan served the Caribbean, Central and 
South America for 11 years with a crew of 60. 
Renamed the Island Mercy, she was redeployed 
to the South Pacific in 1994 and served there 
until sold in 2001. 
(E) Mercy Ships is currently building a 
new hospital ship to serve Africa’s most needy 
for the next 50 years with delivery expected in 
2018. The new vessel, larger than the Africa 
Mercy, will assume the title of world’s largest 
private hospital ship with increased capacity 
building and a focus on healthcare training. It 
will also further the commitment of Mercy 
Ships to provide and promote through teaching, 
safe surgery globally as demonstrated by their 
membership in the G4 Alliance. 
(14) Mercy Ships has hosted Presidents and 
other heads of state from many nations around the 
world onboard their hospital ships who commended 
the free health care provided to their people. 
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(15) Mercy Ships has been endorsed by Presi-
dent Nelson Mandela, President George Bush, 
Desmund Tutu, President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Sir 
John Major, President Dr. Ernest Bai Koroma, 
Tony Blair, President Jimmy Carter and First Lady 
Mary Flake de Flores. 
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 Don Stephens, President 
and Founder of Mercy Ships. 
(b) DESIGN AND STRIKING.—For purposes of the 
presentation referred to in subsection (a), the Secretary 
of the Treasury (referred to in this Act as the ‘‘Sec-
retary’’) shall strike a gold medal with suitable emblems, 
devices, and inscriptions to be determined by the Sec-
retary. 
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, 
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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 pursu-
ant to 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. 
Æ 
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