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103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 3712
To award a congressional gold medal on behalf of President Harry S Truman
to commemorate the 50th anniversary of his 1st inauguration as Presi-
dent of the United States of America.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
NOVEMBER 22, 1993
Mr. WHEAT introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee
on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs
A BILL
To award a congressional gold medal on behalf of President
Harry S Truman to commemorate the 50th anniversary
of his 1st inauguration as President of the United States
of America.
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 ‘‘President Harry S
Truman Congressional Gold Medal Act’’.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress hereby finds the following:
(1) Harry S Truman served as President of the
United States from April 12, 1945, to January 20,
1953.
(2) President Truman took important measures
to found and support the United Nations.
(3) President Truman made important deci-
sions that brought World War II to a successful con-
clusion and brought the former Axis countries to a
free and democratic condition.
(4) President Truman gave economic and mili-
tary aid to Greece and Turkey in 1947 and after in
order to allow them to avoid a communist overthrow
of their governments and to pursue freely their indi-
vidual destinies, and he further stated it to be the
policy of the United States to support free peoples
who are resisting attempted subjugation by armed
minorities and to help them freely to pursue their
independent destinies.
(5) President Truman had an important part in
formulating and realizing the program of economic
assistance for Europe that became known as the
Marshall Plan and, through his support for the plan,
he helped to maintain an area of prosperity and
freedom in Western Europe.
(6) President Truman stood by the people of
West Berlin when they were threatened by a block-
ade by the Soviet Union of all land and water routes
to the city, and the airlift that grew out of Truman’s
desire to maintain West Berlin as an area of free-
dom succeeded in supplying the city until the Soviet
Union gave up its blockade.
(7) President Truman helped to establish the
North Atlantic Treaty Organization, and his admin-
istration was strongly supportive of measures to
strengthen the Atlantic Alliance and to achieve the
integration of the countries of Western Europe.
(8) President Truman fought throughout his
Presidency for domestic programs that would im-
prove the lives of the American people and reinforce
their country’s commitment to social justice.
(9) President Truman desegregated the Armed
Forces and took other actions to fight racism, and
his actions helped to provide the foundation of the
modern civil rights movement.
(10) President Truman oversaw the reorganiza-
tion of the United States Government in order that
it might be capable of meeting the demands of the
postwar world, and during his administration were
created the National Security Council, the Central
Intelligence Agency, the Department of Defense, the
Department of the Air Force, the Council of Eco-
nomic Advisers, and other important new agencies
and offices.
(11) President Truman, through his Point Four
Program, stated the goal for American policy of fos-
tering economic growth and human uplift in under-
developed countries.
(12) President Truman led his country to resist
aggression in Korea, and his goals in making war
against the aggressors were to avoid a world war, to
support the United Nations, and to maintain free-
dom in the world.
(13) President Truman in retirement founded
the Harry S Truman Library and devoted his library
and himself to teaching the American people, and es-
pecially young people, about their history and their
government.
SEC. 3. CONGRESSIONAL GOLD MEDAL.
(a) PRESENTATION AUTHORIZED.—The President is
authorized to present, on behalf of the Congress, to Mar-
garet Truman Daniel a gold medal of appropriate design,
in recognition of the many accomplishments of President
Harry S Truman on the occasion of the 50th anniversary
of his 1st inauguration as President of the United States
of America.
(b) DESIGN AND STRIKING.—For purposes of the
presentation referred to in subsection (a), the Secretary
of the Treasury shall strike a gold medal with suitable em-
blems, devices, and inscriptions to be determined by the
Secretary.
(c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATION.—There are
authorized to be appropriated not to exceed $20,000 to
carry out this section.
SEC. 4. DUPLICATE MEDALS.
(a) STRIKING
AND SALE.—The Secretary of the
Treasury may strike and sell duplicates in bronze of the
gold medal struck pursuant to section 3 under such regu-
lations 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.
(b) REIMBURSEMENT OF APPROPRIATION.—The ap-
propriation used to carry out section 3 shall be reimbursed
out of the proceeds of sales under subsection (a).
SEC. 5. NATIONAL MEDALS.
The medals struck pursuant to this Act are national
medals for purposes of chapter 51 of title 31, United
States Code.