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105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1650
To authorize the President to award a gold medal on behalf of the Congress
to Mother Teresa of Calcutta in recognition of her outstanding and
enduring contributions through humanitarian and charitable activities,
and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MAY 16, 1997
Mr. CHRISTENSEN (for himself, Mr. JACKSON of Illinois, Mr. ACKERMAN, Mr.
ABERCROMBIE, Mr. ADERHOLT, Mr. ARCHER, Mr. ARMEY, Mr.
BAESLER, Mr. BAKER, Mr. BALLENGER, Mr. BARCIA, Mr. BARRETT of
Nebraska, Mr. BARRETT of Wisconsin, Mr. BARTLETT of Maryland, Mr.
BASS, Mr. BATEMAN, Mr. BECERRA, Mr. BENTSEN, Mr. BEREUTER, Mr.
BERMAN, Mr. BILBRAY, Mr. BISHOP, Mr. BLILEY, Mr. BLUNT, Mr.
BOEHLERT, Mr. BOEHNER, Mr. BONILLA, Mr. BOSWELL, Mr. BRADY,
Ms. BROWN of Florida, Mr. BROWN of California, Mr. BROWN of Ohio,
Mr. BRYANT, Mr. BUNNING, Mr. BURR of North Carolina, Mr. BURTON
of Indiana, Mr. BUYER, Mr. CALLAHAN, Mr. CALVERT, Mr. CAMP, Mr.
CANADY of Florida, Mr. CANNON, Ms. CARSON, Mr. CHABOT, Mr.
CHAMBLISS, Mrs. CHENOWETH, Ms. CHRISTIAN-GREEN, Mr. CLAY, Mrs.
CLAYTON, Mr. CLEMENT, Mr. CLYBURN, Mr. COBLE, Mr. COBURN, Mr.
COLLINS, Mr. CONYERS, Mr. COOK, Mr. COOKSEY, Mr. COX of Califor-
nia, Mr. CRAPO, Mrs. CUBIN, Mr. CUMMINGS, Mr. CUNNINGHAM, Ms.
DANNER, Mr. DAVIS of Illinois, Mr. DAVIS of Virginia, Mr. DEAL of
Georgia, Mr. DELAHUNT, Ms. DELAURO, Mr. DELAY, Mr. DELLUMS,
Mr. DIAZ-BALART, Mr. DICKEY, Mr. DICKS, Mr. DIXON, Mr. DOOLEY of
California, Mr. DOOLITTLE, Mr. DOYLE, Mr. DUNCAN, Ms. DUNN, Mr.
EHLERS, Mr. EHRLICH, Mrs. EMERSON, Mr. ENGLISH of Pennsylvania,
Mr. ENSIGN, Mr. EVERETT, Mr. FARR of California, Mr. FATTAH, Mr.
FILNER, Mr. FLAKE, Mr. FOGLIETTA, Mr. FOLEY, Mr. FORBES, Mr.
FORD, Mrs. FOWLER, Mr. FOX of Pennsylvania, Mr. FRANK of Massa-
chusetts, Mr. FRANKS of New Jersey, Mr. FRELINGHUYSEN, Mr. FROST,
Ms. FURSE, Mr. GALLEGLY, Mr. GANSKE, Mr. GEKAS, Mr. GEPHARDT,
Mr. GIBBONS, Mr. GILCHREST, Mr. GILLMOR, Mr. GILMAN, Mr. GING-
RICH, Mr. GOODE, Mr. GOODLATTE, Mr. GOSS, Mr. GRAHAM, Ms.
GRANGER, Mr. GREEN, Mr. GREENWOOD, Mr. GUTKNECHT, Mr. HALL
of Ohio, Mr. HANSEN, Mr. HASTERT, Mr. HASTINGS of Florida, Mr.
HASTINGS of Washington, Mr. HAYWORTH, Mr. HEFLEY, Mr. HERGER,
Mr. HILL, Mr. HILLEARY, Mr. HILLIARD, Mr. HINCHEY, Mr. HINOJOSA,
Mr. HOBSON, Mr. HOEKSTRA, Mr. HOLDEN, Ms. HOOLEY of Oregon, Mr.
HORN, Mr. HOSTETTLER, Mr. HOUGHTON, Mr. HOYER, Mr. HULSHOF,
Mr. HUNTER, Mr. HUTCHINSON, Mr. ISTOOK, Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Flor-
ida, Mr. JEFFERSON, Mr. JENKINS, Mr. JOHN, Ms. EDDIE BERNICE
JOHNSON of Texas, Mr. JOHNSON of Wisconsin, Mrs. JOHNSON of Con-
necticut, Mr. SAM JOHNSON of Texas, Mr. JONES, Mr. KANJORSKI, Ms.
KAPTUR, Mr. KASICH, Mrs. KELLY, Mr. KENNEDY of Massachusetts, Mr.
KENNEDY of Rhode Island, Mrs. KENNELLY of Connecticut, Mr. KILDEE,
Ms. KILPATRICK, Mr. KIND, Mr. KING, Mr. KINGSTON, Mr. KLECZKA,
Mr. KLINK, Mr. KNOLLENBERG, Mr. KUCINICH, Mr. LAFALCE, Mr.
LAHOOD, 
Mr. 
LAMPSON, 
Mr. 
LARGENT, 
Mr. 
LATHAM, 
Mr.
LATOURETTE, Mr. LAZIO of New York, Mr. LEWIS of California, Mr.
LEWIS of Georgia, Mr. LEWIS of Kentucky, Mr. LINDER, Mr. LIPINSKI,
Mr. LIVINGSTON, Mr. LOBIONDO, Ms. LOFGREN, Mr. LUCAS of Okla-
homa, Mr. MANTON, Mr. MARKEY, Mr. MASCARA, Ms. MCCARTHY of
Missouri, Mrs. MCCARTHY of New York, Mr. MCCOLLUM, Mr. MCCRERY,
Mr. MCDADE, Mr. MCDERMOTT, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. MCHALE, Mr.
MCINNIS, Mr. MCINTOSH, Mr. MCKEON, Ms. MCKINNEY, Mr. MCNUL-
TY, Mrs. MEEK of Florida, Mr. METCALF, Mr. MICA, Ms. MILLENDER-
MCDONALD, Mr. MILLER of Florida, Mr. MOAKLEY, Ms. MOLINARI, Mr.
MOLLOHAN, Mr. MORAN of Virginia, Mr. MORAN of Kansas, Mrs.
MORELLA, Mr. MURTHA, Mrs. MYRICK, Mr. NEAL of Massachusetts, Mr.
NETHERCUTT, Mr. NEUMANN, Mr. NEY, Mrs. NORTHUP, Ms. NORTON,
Mr. NORWOOD, Mr. OBERSTAR, Mr. OWENS, Mr. OXLEY, Mr. PALLONE,
Mr. PAPPAS, Mr. PARKER, Mr. PASCRELL, Mr. PASTOR, Mr. PAXON, Mr.
PAYNE, Ms. PELOSI, Mr. PETERSON of Minnesota, Mr. PETERSON of
Pennsylvania, Mr. PETRI, Mr. PICKERING, Mr. PITTS, Mr. POMBO, Mr.
POMEROY, Mr. PORTER, Mr. PORTMAN, Ms. PRYCE of Ohio, Mr. QUINN,
Mr. RADANOVICH, Mr. RAMSTAD, Mr. RANGEL, Mr. REGULA, Mr.
REYES, Mr. RIGGS, Mr. RILEY, Ms. RIVERS, Mr. ROGAN, Mr. ROGERS,
Mr. ROHRABACHER, Mr. ROTHMAN, Mrs. ROUKEMA, Mr. RUSH, Mr.
SABO, Mr. SALMON, Mr. SANDLIN, Mr. SANFORD, Mr. SAWYER, Mr.
SAXTON, Mr. SCARBOROUGH, Mr. BOB SCHAFFER of Colorado, Mr.
SCHIFF, Mr. SCOTT, Mr. SENSENBRENNER, Mr. SERRANO, Mr. SES-
SIONS, Mr. SHADEGG, Mr. SHAW, Mr. SHAYS, Mr. SHIMKUS, Mr. SHU-
STER, Mr. SISISKY, Mr. SKEEN, Mr. ADAM SMITH of Washington, Mr.
SMITH of Oregon, Mr. SMITH of New Jersey, Mrs. LINDA SMITH of
Washington, Mr. SMITH of Michigan, Mr. SNYDER, Mr. SOLOMON, Mr.
SOUDER, Mr. SPENCE, Ms. STABENOW, Mr. STEARNS, Mr. STENHOLM,
Mr. STOKES, Mr. STUMP, Mr. STUPAK, Mr. SUNUNU, Mr. TALENT, Mr.
TANNER, Mr. TAUZIN, Mr. TAYLOR of North Carolina, Mr. TAYLOR of
Mississippi, Mr. THOMAS, Mr. THOMPSON, Mr. THUNE, Mr. TIAHRT, Mr.
TIERNEY, Mr. TOWNS, Mr. TRAFICANT, Mr. TURNER, Mr. UNDERWOOD,
Mr. UPTON, Mr. VENTO, Mr. WAMP, Ms. WATERS, Mr. WATKINS, Mr.
WATT of North Carolina, Mr. WATTS of Oklahoma, Mr. WELDON of
Pennsylvania, Mr. WELDON of Florida, Mr. WELLER, Mr. WHITE, Mr.
WHITFIELD, Mr. WICKER, Mr. WISE, Mr. WOLF, Ms. WOOLSEY, Mr.
WYNN, Mr. YOUNG of Florida, and Mr. YOUNG of Alaska) introduced the
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Banking and Fi-
nancial Services
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,
and at a price sufficient to cover the costs thereof, includ-
ing labor, materials, dies, use of machinery, overhead ex-
penses, and the cost of the gold medal.
SEC. 4. NATIONAL MEDALS.
The medals struck pursuant to this Act are national
medals for purposes of chapter 51 of title 31, United
States Code.
SEC. 5. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS; PROCEEDS
OF SALE.
(a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is
hereby authorized to be charged against the Numismatic
Public Enterprise Fund an amount not to exceed $30,000
to pay for the cost of the medal authorized by this Act.
(b) PROCEEDS OF SALE.—Amounts received from the
sales of duplicate bronze medals under section 3 shall be
deposited in the Numismatic Public Enterprise Fund.
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