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109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3600
To award a Congressional Gold Medal to Dr. Robert H. Schuller, Pastor 
of the Crystal Cathedral. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 28, 2005
Ms. LORETTA SANCHEZ of California (for herself and Mr. ROYCE) introduced 
the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services 
A BILL 
To award a Congressional Gold Medal to Dr. Robert H. 
Schuller, Pastor of the Crystal Cathedral.
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 ‘‘Dr. Robert Schuller 
Gold Medal Act’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
The Congress finds as follows: 
(1) Dr. Robert H. Schuller was born on Sep-
tember 16, 1926 in Alton, Iowa.
(2) Robert Schuller received his Bachelor of 
Arts degree from Hope College in 1947, and his 
Bachelor of Divinity in 1950 from Western Theo-
logical Seminary, both located in Holland, Michigan. 
(3) In 1955, Robert Schuller became Pastor of 
the Garden Grove Community Church, now known 
as the Crystal Cathedral, where he remains Pastor 
today. 
(4) In 1970, Robert Schuller founded the Hour 
of Power television ministry, a program which is now 
broadcast to hundreds of countries around the 
world, and is shown on 185 stations in the U.S. and 
Canada alone. 
(5) Robert Schuller is also the founder of the 
Institute for Successful Church Leadership—which 
has 20,000 graduates of various Protestant and 
Catholic denominations—as well as the Christian 
Counseling Service, the Correspondence Center for 
Possibility Thinkers, and the Robert Schuller Inter-
national School of Christian Communication. 
(6) The growth and success of the Garden 
Grove congregation led, in 1980, to the construction 
of the 2,736-seat Crystal Cathedral, designed by re-
nowned architect Philip Johnson.
(7) In 1989, Robert Schuller was invited by Mi-
khail Gorbachev to deliver a message on television to 
200 million viewers in the Soviet Union, the first 
broadcast of its kind in the officially atheistic 
U.S.S.R. 
(8) In 1995, Robert Schuller was invited by 
President Clinton to represent the United States as 
part of the official Presidential Delegation attending 
Prime Minister Rabin’s funeral in Israel. 
(9) The author of 36 books, Dr. Schuller has 
reached the New York Times and Publisher’s Week-
ly best seller list 6 times. 
(10) Through his ministry, Dr. Schuller has 
reached out to other Christian denominations, as 
well as to other religious communities. 
(11) For his work, Dr. Schuller has been recog-
nized with such awards as the Peace Maker Award 
for 1990 from the Olender Foundation, and the 
20th Annual Humanitarian Award (in 1996), pre-
sented by the National Conference of Christians and 
Jews. 
(12) Dr. Schuller has delivered a positive mes-
sage of strength and hope to people of all nationali-
ties, races, creeds and faiths. As a pastor, speaker,
motivator and author he has reached millions of peo-
ple in this country and across the globe. 
SEC. 3. 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 the Congress, of a gold 
medal of appropriate design in commemoration of Dr. 
Robert H. Schuller, Pastor of the Crystal Cathedral. 
(b) DESIGN AND STRIKING.—For purposes of the 
presentation referred to in subsection (a), the Secretary 
of the Treasury (hereafter 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. 4. 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. 5. 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 section 
5134 of title 31, Unites States Code, all medals struck 
under this Act shall be considered to be numismatic items. 
SEC. 6. AUTHORITY TO USE FUND AMOUNTS; PROCEEDS OF 
SALE. 
(a) AUTHORITY TO USE FUND AMOUNTS.—There is 
authorized to be charged against the United States Mint 
Public Enterprise Fund such amounts as may be nec-
essary to pay for the costs of the medals struck pursuant 
to this Act. 
(b) PROCEEDS OF SALE.—Amounts received from the 
sale of duplicate bronze medals authorized under section 
3 shall be deposited into the United States Mint Public 
Enterprise Fund.
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