I
106TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 3642
To authorize the President to award a gold medal on behalf of the Congress
to Charles M. Schulz in recognition of his lasting artistic contributions
to the Nation and the world.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
FEBRUARY 10, 2000
Mr. THOMPSON of California (for himself, Ms. WOOLSEY, Mr. GEPHARDT, Mr.
VENTO, Mr. PICKERING, Mr. JENKINS, Mrs. CAPPS, Mr. GEORGE MIL-
LER of California, Mr. SMITH of New Jersey, Mr. SHIMKUS, Mr. GIB-
BONS, Mr. HOUGHTON, Mr. COOKSEY, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. DOOLEY of
California, Mr. WOLF, Mr. BATEMAN, Mr. RADANOVICH, Mr. CROWLEY,
Mr. POMBO, Mr. FROST, Mr. RAMSTAD, Mr. BACA, Mrs. FOWLER, Mr.
SKELTON, Ms. ESHOO, Mr. ABERCROMBIE, Mr. REYES, Mr. VISCLOSKY,
Mr. CONDIT, Mrs. LOWEY, Ms. DELAURO, Mr. HOLDEN, Mr. CRAMER,
Mr. DICKS, Mr. MOORE, Mrs. THURMAN, Mr. LUCAS of Kentucky, Mr.
SABO, Mr. GUTIERREZ, Mr. BOYD, Mr. SISISKY, Mr. BISHOP, Mrs.
KELLY, Mr. CUNNINGHAM, Mr. BARRETT of Nebraska, Mr. THOMPSON
of Mississippi, Mr. FARR
of California, Mr. NETHERCUTT, Mr.
FOSSELLA, Mr. SHAYS, Mr. MURTHA, Mr. WATTS of Oklahoma, Mr.
KENNEDY
of Rhode Island, Mrs. CLAYTON, Mr. LAHOOD, Ms.
MILLENDER-MCDONALD, Ms. LEE, Mr. GOODLATTE, Ms. ROYBAL-AL-
LARD, Mr. HUTCHINSON, Mr. OBERSTAR, Mr. BILBRAY, Mr. PETERSON
of Minnesota, Mr. MARKEY, Mr. FILNER, Mr. OWENS, Mr. STENHOLM,
Mr. SANDLIN, Mr. MINGE, Mr. TURNER, Mr. JOHN, Mr. DREIER, Mr.
OBEY, Mr. BECERRA, Mr. MCNULTY, Mr. ACKERMAN, Mr. ALLEN, Mr.
BALDACCI, Ms. BALDWIN, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Mr. BOSWELL, Mr.
BROWN of Ohio, Mr. CHAMBLISS, Mrs. CHRISTENSEN, Mr. CLEMENT,
Mr. DOYLE, Mr. EDWARDS, Mr. ENGEL, Mr. FOLEY, Mr. FORBES, Mr.
GILMAN, Mr. GORDON, Mr. GREEN of Texas, Mr. HASTINGS of Wash-
ington, Mr. HAYES, Mr. HULSHOF, Mr. JACKSON of Illinois, Mr. JEF-
FERSON, Mr. KILDEE, Mr. KIND, Mr. KING, Mr. KUCINICH, Mr. LEWIS
of Kentucky, Ms. LOFGREN, Mrs. MCCARTHY of New York, Ms. MCCAR-
THY of Missouri, Mr. MCKEON, Mr. MASCARA, Mrs. MEEK of Florida,
Mrs. MORELLA, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Mr. PALLONE, Mr. PASCRELL, Ms.
PELOSI, Mr. PHELPS, Mr. PICKETT, Mr. POMEROY, Mr. RODRIGUEZ, Ms.
SANCHEZ, Mr. SAWYER, Mr. SHOWS, Mr. SNYDER, Mrs. TAUSCHER, Mr.
UDALL of New Mexico, Ms. WATERS, Mr. WEINER, Mr. WU, Mr. WYNN,
Mr. ARMEY, Mr. BAIRD, Mr. CALVERT, Mr. CAPUANO, Mr. COBLE, Mrs.
CUBIN, Mr. GONZALEZ, Mr. HILL of Indiana, Mr. HOEFFEL, Mr. HORN,
Mr. HOYER, Mr. INSLEE, Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas, Mr. LAMPSON,
Mr. LANTOS, Mr. UDALL of Colorado, Mr. WATT of North Carolina, Mr.
TIERNEY, Mr. MORAN of Virginia, Mr. BERMAN, Mr. PETRI, Mr. AN-
DREWS, Mr. BARCIA, Ms. BERKLEY, Mr. BLAGOJEVICH, Mr. BORSKI, Mr.
BRADY
of 
Pennsylvania, 
Mr. 
CALLAHAN, 
Mr. 
CARDIN, 
Mrs.
CHENOWETH-HAGE, Mr. CONYERS, Mr. DELAY, Mr. DICKEY, Mr.
EVANS, Mr. GALLEGLY, Mr. GOODE, Mr. HALL of Texas, Mr. HINCHEY,
Mr. HOLT, Mr. HYDE, Mrs. JONES
of Ohio, Ms. KAPTUR, Mr.
KUYKENDALL, Mr. LEWIS of California, Mr. LUTHER, Mr. MARTINEZ,
Mr. NADLER, Mr. ORTIZ, Mr. OSE, Mr. PRICE of North Carolina, Mr.
REYNOLDS, Mr. SHERMAN, Mr. SPRATT, Mr. STARK, Mr. STRICKLAND,
Mr. SWEENEY, Mr. TANNER, Mr. TAYLOR of Mississippi, Mr. TRAFI-
CANT, Mr. WAMP, Mr. WAXMAN, Mr. WELDON of Pennsylvania, Mr.
WEXLER, Mrs. WILSON, Mrs. BIGGERT, Mr. BONIOR, Mr. COYNE, Mr.
DIAZ-BALART, Mr. HERGER, Mr. KLINK, Mr. LAZIO, Mr. MCINTYRE, Mr.
QUINN, Mr. RYAN of Wisconsin, Mr. YOUNG of Florida, Mr. YOUNG of
Alaska, Mr. SMITH of Washington, Mr. TOWNS, Mr. HILLIARD, Mr.
FORD, Mr. STUPAK, Mr. BONILLA, Mr. LATOURETTE, Mr. FRANK of
Massachusetts, Mr. THUNE, Mr. ISAKSON, Mr. BOEHLERT, Mr.
WHITFIELD, Mr. WALSH, Mr. EVERETT, Mrs. MINK of Hawaii, Mr.
GEJDENSON, Mrs. MALONEY of New York, Mr. MANZULLO, Mr. SKEEN,
Ms. VELA´ZQUEZ, Ms. SLAUGHTER, Mr. SCOTT, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr.
PASTOR, Mr. OLVER, Ms. NORTON, Mr. MENENDEZ, Mr. MCDERMOTT,
Mr. LEWIS of Georgia, Mr. LEVIN, Mr. LARSON, Ms. KILPATRICK, Mr.
ETHERIDGE, Mr. DELAHUNT, Ms. DEGETTE, Mr. DAVIS of Florida, Mr.
BENTSEN, Mr. RUSH, Mr. LIPINSKI, Ms. CARSON, Mrs. BONO, Mr.
CUMMINGS, Ms. BROWN of Florida, Mr. BARTLETT of Maryland, Mr.
BARRETT of Wisconsin, Mr. DIXON, Mrs. EMERSON, Mr. HALL of Ohio,
Ms. HOOLEY of Oregon, Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas, Mr.
MATSUI, Mr. MEEHAN, Mr. NEAL of Massachusetts, Ms. RIVERS, Mr.
DAVIS of Illinois, Mr. MORAN of Kansas, Mr. WEYGAND, Mr. COSTELLO,
Mr. HUNTER, Mr. EWING, Mr. WELLER, Mr. SMITH of Michigan, Mr.
BALLENGER, Mr. BRYANT, Mr. SANDERS, Mr. UNDERWOOD, Mr. CLY-
BURN, Mr. KANJORSKI, Mr. KOLBE, Mr. SCARBOROUGH, Mr. BURTON of
Indiana, Mr. BUYER, Mr. TAUZIN, Mr. TERRY, Mr. MCHUGH, Mr.
MEEKS of New York, Mr. JONES of North Carolina, Mr. WALDEN of Or-
egon, Mr. DEMINT, Mr. MOAKLEY, Mr. SIMPSON, Mr. HAYWORTH, Ms.
MCKINNEY, Mr. SHERWOOD, Mr. DEAL of Georgia, Mr. TANCREDO, Mr.
WELDON of Florida, Mr. DEUTSCH, Mr. RAHALL, Mr. MILLER of Flor-
ida, Mr. CRANE, Mr. EHLERS, Mr. UPTON, Mr. PAYNE, Mr. SAXTON,
Mr. SERRANO, Mr. FATTAH, Mr. TOOMEY, Mr. WISE, and Mr. KLECZKA)
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on
Banking and Financial Services
A BILL
To authorize the President to award a gold medal on behalf
of the Congress to Charles M. Schulz in recognition
of his lasting artistic contributions to the Nation and
the world.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds the following:
(1) Charles M. Schulz was born on November
26, 1922, in St. Paul, Minnesota, the son of Carl
and Dena Schulz.
(2) Charles M. Schulz served his country in
World War II, working his way up from infantryman
to staff sergeant and eventually leading a machine
gun squad. He kept morale high by decorating fellow
soldiers’ letters home with cartoons of barracks life.
(3) After returning from the war, Charles M.
Schulz returned to his love for illustration and took
a job with ‘‘Timeless Topix’’. He also took a second
job as an art instructor. Eventually his hard work
paid off when the Saturday Evening Post began pur-
chasing a number of his single comic panels.
(4) It was in his first weekly comic strip, ‘‘L’il
Folks’’, that Charlie Brown was born. That comic