H. R. 2751
One Hundred Seventh Congress
of the
United States of America
AT THE FIRST SESSION
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Wednesday,
the third day of January, two thousand and one
An Act
To authorize the President to award a gold medal on behalf of the Congress
to General Henry H. Shelton and to provide for the production of bronze duplicates
of such medal for sale to the public.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of
the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘General Shelton Congressional
Gold Medal Act’’.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds the following:
(1) General Henry H. Shelton, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs
of Staff, the principal military adviser to the President, the
National Security Council, and the Secretary of Defense, has
displayed strong leadership, competence, and professionalism
in fulfilling his statutory responsibilities throughout Operation
Allied Force.
(2) General Shelton and his subordinates brilliantly
planned and coordinated at the national level the successful
air campaign in support of Operation Allied Force.
(3) General Shelton’s leadership, foresight, and determina-
tion were directly responsible for ensuring a decisive military
victory without a single allied combat casualty in Kosovo in
1999.
(4) As the principal military adviser to the President of
the United States, the National Security Council, and the Sec-
retary of Defense, General Shelton’s assessments, judgments,
recommendations, and determination were invaluable and
instrumental in the unprecedented military victory against the
forces of Slobodan Milosevic.
(5) General Shelton’s distinction as a ‘‘soldier’s soldier’’,
as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and throughout his
military service, including command of the Special Operations
Command, the 18th Airborne Corps at Fort Bragg, North Caro-
lina, helicopter forces in Operation Desert Storm, and special
forces Green Berets in Vietnam, serves as an inspiration to
the Congress and the people of the United States, a grateful
Nation.
SEC. 3. CONGRESSIONAL GOLD MEDAL.
(a) PRESENTATION AUTHORIZED.—The President is authorized
to present, on behalf of the Congress, to General Henry H. Shelton
a gold medal of appropriate design in recognition of his performance
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as a military leader in coordinating the planning, strategy, and
execution of the United States and NATO combat action and his
invaluable contributions to the United States and to the successful
return to peace in the Balkans as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs
of Staff.
(b) DESIGN AND STRIKING.—For purposes of the presentation
referred to in subsection (a), the Secretary of the Treasury (hereafter
referred to in this Act as the ‘‘Secretary’’) shall strike a gold medal
with suitable emblems, devices, and inscriptions to be determined
by the Secretary.
SEC. 4. DUPLICATE MEDALS.
The Secretary may strike bronze duplicates of the gold medal
struck pursuant to section 3, under such regulations as the Sec-
retary may prescribe, and may sell such bronze duplicates 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. NATIONAL MEDALS.
Medals struck pursuant to this Act are national medals for
purposes of chapter 51 of title 31, United States Code.
SEC. 6. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS; PROCEEDS OF SALE.
(a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is authorized
to be appropriated not to exceed $30,000 to carry out section 3.
(b) PROCEEDS OF SALES.—Amounts received from sales of dupli-
cate bronze medals under section 4 shall be credited to the appro-
priation made pursuant to the authorization provided in subsection
(a).
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.