I 
112TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4069 
To award a Congressional Gold Medal to Dr. Shakeel Afridi. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 16, 2012 
Mr. ROHRABACHER (for himself, Mr. COHEN, Mr. BARTLETT, Mr. STEARNS, 
Mr. KING of Iowa, Mr. SMITH of New Jersey, Mr. ROYCE, Mr. COBLE, 
Mr. FARENTHOLD, and Mr. GOHMERT) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services 
A BILL 
To award a Congressional Gold Medal to Dr. Shakeel Afridi. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. FINDINGS. 
Congress makes the following findings: 
(1) Dr. Shakeel Afridi bravely risked his life to 
identify Osama Bin Laden so that the United States 
could bring him to justice. 
(2) Before the May 2, 2011, raid which resulted 
in Osama Bin Laden’s death, Dr. Afridi, acting cou-
rageously, used the cover of conducting a vaccination 
program in Abbottabad in order to gain access to 
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Bin Laden’s compound and identify who was living 
there. 
(3) Dr. Afridi did this at the greatest personal 
risk, as the discovery of his true mission likely would 
have led him, and possibly his family, to be killed. 
(4) The Government of Pakistan subsequently 
arrested Dr. Afridi at his home on May 22, 2011, 
and he has been unjustly jailed since that time. 
(5) In January 2011, Secretary of Defense 
Leon Panetta said that Dr. Afridi is ‘‘an individual 
who in fact helped provide intelligence that was very 
helpful with regards to this operation [to kill or cap-
ture Osama Bin Laden].’’ 
(6) Dr. Afridi’s acts to help the United States 
were extremely valiant and daring, and his subse-
quent imprisonment by and suffering on account of 
the Government of Pakistan for the exemplary deeds 
he undertook for the United States is shameful. 
(7) Pakistan’s Inquiry Commission on the 
Abbottabad Operation, the United States mission 
which killed Osama Bin Laden, has recommended 
that Dr. Afridi be tried for treason for helping the 
United States. 
(8) If convicted, Dr. Afridi could be executed, 
and so his life continues to be in jeopardy on ac-
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count of his work that helped further the interests 
of the United States. 
(9) Dr. Afridi played a pivotal and vital role in 
the final operation to bring Osman Bin Laden to 
justice after nearly a decade of unrelenting effort. 
(10) The attacks of September 11, 2001, and 
the murder of 3,000 Americans, were avenged the 
day of the raid that resulted in Osama Bin Laden’s 
death, and the world is a safer place because of Dr. 
Afridi’s selflessness, courage, and willingness to help 
the just cause. 
(11) All Americans are grateful for Dr. Afridi’s 
bold actions. 
SEC. 2. CONGRESSIONAL GOLD MEDAL. 
(a) AWARD AUTHORIZED.—The President pro tem-
pore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Rep-
resentatives shall make appropriate arrangements for the 
award, on behalf of Congress, of a gold medal of appro-
priate design in honor of Dr. Shakeel Afridi, in recognition 
of his activities to identify and provide intelligence regard-
ing the location of Osama Bin Laden. 
(b) DESIGN AND STRIKING.—For the purposes of the 
award referred to in subsection (a), the Secretary of the 
Treasury shall strike the gold medal with suitable em-
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blems, devices, and inscriptions, to be determined by the 
Secretary. 
SEC. 3. DUPLICATE MEDALS. 
Under such regulations as the Secretary of the Treas-
ury may prescribe, the Secretary may strike and sell dupli-
cates in bronze of the gold medal struck under this Act, 
at a price sufficient to cover the costs of the medals, in-
cluding labor, materials, dyes, use of machinery, and over-
head expenses. 
SEC. 4. NATIONAL MEDALS. 
The medals struck pursuant to this Act are national 
medals for purposes of chapter 51 of title 31, United 
States Code. 
SEC. 5. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS; PROCEEDS 
OF SALE. 
(a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to be charged against the United States Mint 
Public Enterprise Fund, an amount not to exceed $30,000 
to pay for the cost of the medals struck pursuant to this 
Act. 
(b) PROCEEDS OF SALE.—Amounts received from the 
sale of duplicate bronze medals under section 3 shall be 
deposited in the United States Mint Public Enterprise 
Fund. 
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