H. R. 1243 
One Hundred Eleventh Congress 
of the 
United States of America 
AT THE FIRST SESSION 
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday, 
the sixth day of January, two thousand and nine 
An Act 
To provide for the award of a gold medal on behalf of Congress to Arnold Palmer 
in recognition of his service to the Nation in promoting excellence and good 
sportsmanship in golf. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
(1) Arnold Palmer is a world famous golf professional, 
a highly successful business executive, a prominent advertising 
spokesman, a devoted husband, father, and grandfather, and 
a man with a common touch that has made him one of the 
most popular and accessible public figures in history. 
(2) Arnold Palmer amassed 92 championships in profes-
sional competition of national or international stature by the 
end of 1993, 62 of which came on the Professional Golf Associa-
tion Tour. 
(3) Arnold Palmer’s magnetic personality and unfailing 
sense of kindness and thoughtfulness have endeared him to 
millions throughout the world. 
(4) Arnold Palmer has been the recipient of countless 
honors including virtually every national award in golf and 
both the Hickok Athlete of the Year and Sports Illustrated’s 
Sportsman of the Year awards, and he was chosen Athlete 
of the Decade for the 1960s in a national Associated Press 
poll. 
(5) Arnold Palmer has received numerous honors outside 
the world of sports, including the Patriot Award of the Congres-
sional Medal of Honor Society, the Golden Plate award of 
the American Academy of Achievement, and the United States 
Navy Memorial Lone Sailor Award. 
(6) Arnold Palmer was honored by the United States Golf 
Association with the opening of the Arnold Palmer Center 
for Golf History on June 3rd 2008. 
(7) Arnold Palmer served his country for 3 years in the 
United States Coast Guard and was among those chosen to 
address the Joint Session of Congress on the occasion of the 
100th anniversary of the birth of President Dwight D. Eisen-
hower. 
(8) Arnold Palmer served as Honorary National Chairman 
of the March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation for 20 years 
and played a major role in the fund-raising drive that led 
to the creation of the Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children
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in Orlando and the Latrobe Area Hospital Charitable Founda-
tion in his Western Pennsylvania hometown. 
(9) Arnold Palmer remains active in tournament golf, 
although he retired from competition in the major champion-
ships on April 14, 2002, when he played the last of his 48 
Masters Tournaments, where he was given an emotional 
standing ovation as he finished the 18th hole. 
SEC. 2. CONGRESSIONAL GOLD MEDAL. 
(a) PRESENTATION AUTHORIZED.—The Speaker of the House 
of Representatives and the President Pro Tempore of the Senate 
shall make appropriate arrangements for the presentation, on 
behalf of the Congress, of a gold medal of appropriate design to 
Arnold Palmer in recognition of his service to the Nation in pro-
moting excellence and good sportsmanship. 
(b) DESIGN AND STRIKING.—For the purpose of the presentation 
referred to in subsection (a), the Secretary of the Treasury shall 
strike a gold medal with suitable emblems, devices, and inscriptions 
to be determined by the Secretary. 
SEC. 3. DUPLICATE MEDALS. 
Under such regulations as the Secretary of the Treasury may 
prescribe, the Secretary may strike duplicate medals in bronze 
of the gold medal struck pursuant to section 2 and sell such dupli-
cate medals at a price sufficient to cover the costs of the duplicate 
medals (including labor, materials, dies, use of machinery, 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. 
SEC. 5. FUNDING. 
(a) AUTHORIZATION OF CHARGES.—There is authorized to be 
charged against the United States Mint Public Enterprise Fund 
an amount not to exceed $30,000 to pay for the cost of the medals 
authorized by this Act. 
(b) PROCEEDS OF SALE.—Amounts received from the sale of 
duplicate bronze medals under section 3 shall be deposited in the 
United States Mint Public Enterprise Fund. 
Speaker of the House of Representatives. 
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.