H. R. 3589 
One Hundred Sixteenth Congress 
of the 
United States of America 
AT THE SECOND SESSION 
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Friday, 
the third day of January, two thousand and twenty 
An Act 
To award a Congressional Gold Medal to Greg LeMond, in recognition of his service 
to the Nation as an athlete, activist, role model, and community leader. 
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 ‘‘Greg LeMond Congressional 
Gold Medal Act’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
The Congress finds the following: 
(1) Gregory James ‘‘Greg’’ LeMond was born in Lakewood, 
California, on June 26, 1961. 
(2) Greg began cycling at the age of 14, winning an aston-
ishing 11 straight races to begin his career. 
(3) Greg took home a full suite of medals at the 1979 
Junior World Championships, including gold, silver, and bronze, 
emerging victorious in the road race and placing in both team 
and track pursuit events. 
(4) At age 18, Greg became the youngest cyclist in the 
history of the sport to be selected for the United States Men’s 
Olympic team. 
(5) Greg emerged victorious in the 1980 Circuit de la 
Sarthe, becoming the first American in history and the youngest 
rider ever to win a major pro-am cycling event on the European 
continent. 
(6) At age 19, Greg signed his first professional contract. 
(7) In 1982, Greg made the first of several remarkable 
recoveries, returning from a broken collarbone to win the silver 
medal at the world championships in Great Britain. 
(8) The Tour de France, the world’s preeminent cycling 
competition, was first held over a century ago, in 1903. 
(9) The Tour de France takes place over 23 days, covering 
an extraordinary 2,200 miles, winding through multiple moun-
tain ranges, spanning multiple nations, and is viewed as com-
parable to running a marathon every day for three consecutive 
weeks. 
(10) Greg first competed in the Tour de France in 1984, 
finishing third, and finishing second the following year, in 
both years deputizing himself to his teammates, sacrificing 
a chance to win himself to boost his teammates toward victory. 
(11) Greg emerged victorious in the 1986 Tour de France, 
ascending the fabled Alpe D’Huez, defeating the field by more
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than 3 full minutes, becoming the first American and the 
first non-European to win cycling’s most prestigious race. 
(12) In 1987, while recovering from a broken wrist and 
collarbone, Greg was tragically shot during a turkey hunting 
accident, leaving him in intensive care, requiring the removal 
of over 40 shotgun pellets from his abdomen, was deemed 
unlikely to ever ride a bicycle again, and likely survived only 
due to the abnormal strength of his cardiovascular system. 
(13) Greg mounted the greatest comeback in the history 
of American sports, taking home an astonishing victory at 
the 1989 Tour de France, following multiple surgeries, life- 
threatening gunshot wounds, tendon repair, and an appendec-
tomy, winning by 8 seconds in the closest finish in the history 
of the Tour de France. 
(14) Greg would win a third Tour de France victory in 
1990. 
(15) Greg is the only American to win the Tour de France. 
(16) Greg has vocally spoken out to champion healthy sport 
amongst athletes of all ages and competition levels. 
(17) Greg and his wife, Kathy, are active in numerous 
nonprofit causes, including healthy sport, assisting victims of 
sexual abuse and various childhood illnesses. 
(18) Cycling offers young people a healthy, active, outdoor 
hobby. 
(19) Greg completed his professional career having won 
2 World Championships, 3 Tour de France championships, and 
22 titles overall. 
(20) More than any other cyclist, Greg personified the 
‘‘breakaway’’ culture of American cycling in the 1970s and 
80s, viewed universally as the epitome of a young person on 
a bicycle, attempting to accomplish feats no other American 
had achieved. 
(21) Greg has not only reached the pinnacle of international 
sport, but has devoted his time and resources to assisting 
his fellow athletes. 
(22) Greg has demonstrated the commitment to excellence, 
generosity, community, and tenacity that makes him an 
example for all to follow. 
SEC. 3. 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 
Greg LeMond, in recognition of his contributions to the Nation 
as an athlete, activist, role model, and community leader. 
(b) DESIGN AND STRIKING.—For purposes of the presentation 
referred to in subsection (a), the Secretary of the Treasury (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 and sell duplicates in bronze of the 
gold medal struck pursuant to section 3 under such regulations 
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.
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SEC. 5. STATUS OF MEDALS. 
(a) NATIONAL MEDALS.—The medals struck pursuant 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. DETERMINATION OF BUDGETARY EFFECTS. 
The budgetary effects of this Act, for the purpose of complying 
with the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010, shall be determined 
by reference to the latest statement titled ‘‘Budgetary Effects of 
PAYGO Legislation’’ for this Act, submitted for printing in the 
Congressional Record by the Chairman of the House Budget Com-
mittee, provided that such statement has been submitted prior 
to the vote on passage. 
Speaker of the House of Representatives. 
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.