logue on religious freedom with President Jiang 
Zemin and other top Chinese leaders (1998). 
(17) He was a United States delegate to the 
Stockholm International Forum for the Prevention 
of Genocide (2004). 
(18) Born in Vienna, Austria, in 1930, Rabbi 
Schneier lived under Nazi occupation in Budapest 
during World War II and arrived in the United 
States in 1947. 
(19) He holds the Ordination and Doctor of Di-
vinity Degree from Yeshiva University. 
(20) In 2004, Yeshiva University honored him 
by establishing the Rabbi Arthur Schneier Center 
for International Affairs. 
(21) He hosted Pope Benedict XVI at Park 
East Synagogue, the first visit of a Pope to a syna-
gogue in the United States (2008), and the Ecu-
menical Patriarch Bartholomew (2009). 
(22) He was invited by King Abdullah of Saudi 
Arabia as a keynote to the Interfaith Conference 
(Madrid) (2008). 
(23) He was appointed by the UN Secretary 
General to the High Level Group ‘‘Alliance of Civili-
zations’’ (2005) and he was appointed Ambassador 
of the UN Alliance of Civilizations (2009). 
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(24) He was honored with the Knight Com-
mander of the Order of Civil Merit by the Kingdom 
of Spain, Officer of the Order of the Le´gion 
d’honneur of France, Officer’s Cross of the Order of 
Merit of Germany, Grand Decoration of Honor in 
Gold with Star for Service to the Republic of Aus-
tria, Order of the Republic of Hungary, Officer’s 
Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Po-
land, the Order of the Star of Italian Solidarity, 
Grand Decoration of Honor in Gold for Special 
Services to the Province of Vienna. 
(25) He received the Order of St. Daniel of 
Moscow, for ‘‘his leadership in inter-religious co-
operation and the strengthening of ties between 
American religious communities and the Russian Or-
thodox Church’’ (2004). 
(26) He was selected Friend of the Armenians 
for his ‘‘solidarity with Armenians in the cause of 
human rights’’. 
(27) He received the Order of St. Andrew the 
Apostle Athenagoras Human Rights Award for ‘‘his 
contributions to the improvement of tolerance and 
peace among all religions throughout the world’’ 
(2008). 
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(28) He received the Guru Nanac Interfaith 
Prize, Hofstra University for ‘‘fostering religious tol-
erance and cooperation’’ (2010). 
(29) He was the recipient of eleven honorary 
doctorates from United States and foreign univer-
sities. 
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 to Rabbi Arthur Schneier in 
recognition of his pioneering role in promoting religious 
freedom and human rights throughout the world, for close 
to half a century. 
(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 3 
under such regulations as the Secretary may prescribe, at 
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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 pursu-
ant to 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, United 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 medal struck pursuant 
to this Act. 
(b) PROCEEDS OF SALE.—Amounts received from the 
sale of duplicate bronze medals authorized under section 
4 shall be deposited into the United States Mint Public 
Enterprise Fund. 
Æ 
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