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103D CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4497
To award a congressional gold medal to Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MAY 25, 1994
Mr. SCHUMER (for himself, Mr. GINGRICH, Mr. LEWIS of Georgia, and Mr.
LEWIS of California) introduced the following bill; which was referred to
the Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs
OCTOBER 7, 1994
Additional sponsors: Mrs. LOWEY, Mr. HASTINGS, Mr. DEUTSCH, Mr. ENGEL,
Mr. NADLER, Mr. VENTO, Mr. CRAMER, Mrs. MEEK, Mr. EMERSON, Mr.
SABO, Mr. BORSKI, Mr. HILLIARD, Mr. MANTON, Mr. ACKERMAN, Mr.
DORNAN, Ms. MARGOLIES-MEZVINSKY, Mr. OWENS, Mr. REYNOLDS, Mr.
KLEIN, Mr. TORRES, Mr. LAZIO, Mr. SCHIFF, Mr. CARDIN, Ms. NORTON,
Mr. PALLONE, Mr. ANDREWS of Maine, Mr. TOWNS, Mr. GUTIERREZ,
Mr. BREWSTER, Mr. GRAMS, Mr. GILMAN, Mr. KING, Mr. SHAYS, Mr.
BOEHLERT, Mr. FRANKS of Connecticut, Mr. BERMAN, Mr. HINCHEY,
Mr. SWETT, Mr. MATSUI, Mr. FRANKS of New Jersey, Mr. BARRETT of
Wisconsin, Ms. DELAURO, Mr. ARMEY, Mr. QUILLEN, Mr. STUPAK, Mr.
FINGERHUT, Mr. TORKILDSEN, Mr. DEFAZIO, Mr. BISHOP, Mr. GREEN-
WOOD, Mr. ORTIZ, Mr. TEJEDA, Mr. GENE GREEN of Texas, Mr.
MEEHAN, Mr. LEVIN, Ms. VELA´ZQUEZ, Mr. CONDIT, Mr. PASTOR, Mr.
INHOFE, Ms. WOOLSEY, Mr. BLACKWELL, Mrs. MALONEY, Ms. MOL-
INARI, Mr. SAXTON, Mr. KNOLLENBERG, Mrs. BYRNE, Mr. LINDER, Mr.
LIPINSKI, Ms. CANTWELL, Mr. BROWDER, Mr. STEARNS, Mr. BLILEY,
Mr. CASTLE, Mr. STRICKLAND, Mr. FLAKE, Ms. HARMAN, Mrs.
UNSOELD, Mr. BECERRA, Ms. SNOWE, Mr. BACHUS of Alabama, Mr.
WAXMAN, Mr. ANDREWS of New Jersey, Mr. SANGMEISTER, Ms. SHEP-
HERD, Mr. MCCOLLUM, Mr. SAWYER, Mr. CAMP, Mrs. MORELLA, Mr.
RICHARDSON, Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia, Mr. PAXON, Mr. HOYER, Mr.
SERRANO, Mr. HAMBURG, Mr. HASTERT, Mr. TALENT, Mr. FROST, Mr.
THOMAS of Wyoming, Mr. OBEY, Mr. ROBERTS, Mr. SMITH of Oregon,
Mr. MARTINEZ, Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN, Ms. SLAUGHTER, Mr. HAYES, Mr.
COOPER, Mr. SANDERS, Mr. TORRICELLI, Mr. COBLE, Mr. TUCKER, Mr.
EVERETT, Mr. DEAL, Mr. PARKER, Mr. BARTON of Texas, Mr. YOUNG
of Alaska, Mr. MCDADE, Mr. RAMSTAD, Mr. RUSH, Mr. FAZIO, Ms.
DUNN, Mr. ZIMMER, Mr. MORAN, Mr. MCCLOSKEY, Mr. SKEEN, Mr.
DOOLITTLE, Mr. MCCURDY, Mr. GLICKMAN, Ms. SCHENK, Mr. RANGEL,
Ms. MCKINNEY, Mr. ROHRABACHER, Mr. FOGLIETTA, Mr. CRAPO, Mr.
DUNCAN, Mr. KINGSTON, Mr. DICKEY, Mr. TRAFICANT, Mr. GONZALEZ,
Mr. WYDEN, Mr. GRANDY, Mr. KIM, Mr. PICKLE, Mr. PETRI, Mr.
PENNY, Mr. HOLDEN, Mr. WALSH, Mr. KLUG, Mr. MCINNIS, Mr. HORN,
Mr. MANZULLO, Mr. LIGHTFOOT, Mr. OBERSTAR, Mr. MICHEL, Mr.
ORTON, Mr. HOCHBRUECKNER, Mr. CALVERT, Mr. HUGHES, Mr. SMITH
of New Jersey, Mr. MCNULTY, Mr. BARCA of Wisconsin, Mr. COYNE, Mr.
SISISKY, Mr. JACOBS, Mr. MINGE, Mr. NEAL of Massachusetts, Mr.
FARR of California, Ms. FURSE, Mr. FISH, Mr. SOLOMON, Mr. LEWIS of
Florida, Mr. BILIRAKIS, Mr. MFUME, Mr. WILSON, Mr. SWIFT, Mr.
DIXON, Mr. COPPERSMITH, Mr. FILNER, Mr. LEWIS of Kentucky, Mr.
BATEMAN, Mr. BLUTE, Mr. RIDGE, Mr. HUTCHINSON, Mr. SCOTT, Mr.
KOLBE, Mr. WALKER, Mr. MACHTLEY, Mr. MCMILLAN, Mr. WOLF, Mr.
GOODLING, Mr. STOKES, Mr. SAM JOHNSON of Texas, Mr. HYDE, Mr.
MOORHEAD, Mr. LEVY, Mr. DARDEN, Mr. LEACH, Mr. KOPETSKI, Mr.
HANCOCK, Mr. DE LA GARZA, Mr. SCHAEFER, Mr. FIELDS of Louisiana,
Mr. HUTTO, Mr. WHEAT, Mr. SUNDQUIST, Mr. TAYLOR of Mississippi,
Mr. GUNDERSON, Mr. ABERCROMBIE, Mrs. CLAYTON, Mr. GOSS, Ms.
ROYBAL-ALLARD, Ms. LONG, Mr. GILCHREST, Mr. BROWN of Ohio, Mr.
BAKER of Louisiana, Mr. KILDEE, Mr. MCHUGH, Mr. HOUGHTON, Mr.
QUINN, Mr. LAFALCE, Ms. PRYCE of Ohio, and Mr. SHAW
Deleted sponsor: Mr. INGLIS of South Carolina (added July 19, 1994; deleted
July 28, 1994)
OCTOBER 7, 1994
Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs discharged; considered
and passed
A BILL
To award a congressional gold medal to Rabbi Menachem
Mendel Schneerson.
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 hereby finds the following:
(1) Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, the
leader of the Lubavitch movement for 40 years, has
made outstanding and lasting contributions toward
improvements in world education, morality, and acts
of charity.
(2) Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, as a
refugee first from Stalinist Russia and then from
Nazi Germany, has made the headquarters of the
Chabad-Lubavitch movement in New York City a
center of over 2,000 educational, social, and rehabili-
tative institutions touching millions of people from
all walks of life in every corner of the globe.
(3) Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson,
throughout his 92 years of life, has exemplified the
highest ideals of scholarship, teaching, ethics, and
charity.
(4) Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson has
interpreted with keen insight the miraculous events
of our time and has inspired people to a renewal of
individual values of spirituality, cooperation, and
love of learning.
(5) Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson’s ex-
traordinary life and work have long been recognized
by the Congress through the enactment of joint reso-
lutions designating his birthday in each of the last
16 years as ‘‘Education and Sharing Day, U.S.A.’’.
SEC. 2. CONGRESSIONAL GOLD MEDAL.
(a) PRESENTATION AUTHORIZED.—The President is
authorized to present, on behalf of the Congress, to the
Lubavitcher rebbe, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson,
a gold medal of appropriate design, in recognition of his
outstanding and enduring contributions toward world edu-
cation, morality, and acts of charity.
(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 reflecting the theme of
education to be determined by the Secretary.
(c) GIFTS OR DONATIONS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Treas-
ury shall accept, use, and disburse gifts or donations
of property or money to carry out this section.
(2) NO
APPROPRIATION
AUTHORIZED.—No
amount is authorized to be appropriated to carry out
this section.
SEC. 3. DUPLICATE MEDALS.
The Secretary of the Treasury may strike and sell
duplicates in bronze of the gold medal struck pursuant
to section 1 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.