IIB 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1243 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
APRIL 29, 2009 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 
Urban Affairs 
AN ACT 
To provide for the award of a gold medal on behalf of 
Congress to Arnold Palmer in recognition of his service 
to the Nation in promoting excellence and good sports-
manship in golf. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
(1) Arnold Palmer is a world famous golf pro-
fessional, a highly successful business executive, a 
prominent advertising spokesman, a devoted hus-
band, father, and grandfather, and a man with a 
common touch that has made him one of the most 
popular and accessible public figures in history. 
(2) Arnold Palmer amassed 92 championships 
in professional competition of national or inter-
national stature by the end of 1993, 62 of which 
came on the Professional Golf Association Tour. 
(3) Arnold Palmer’s magnetic personality and 
unfailing sense of kindness and thoughtfulness have 
endeared him to millions throughout the world. 
(4) Arnold Palmer has been the recipient of 
countless honors including virtually every national 
award in golf and both the Hickok Athlete of the 
Year and Sports Illustrated’s Sportsman of the Year 
awards, and he was chosen Athlete of the Decade for 
the 1960s in a national Associated Press poll. 
(5) Arnold Palmer has received numerous hon-
ors outside the world of sports, including the Patriot 
Award of the Congressional Medal of Honor Society, 
the Golden Plate award of the American Academy of 
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Achievement, and the United States Navy Memorial 
Lone Sailor Award. 
(6) Arnold Palmer was honored by the United 
States Golf Association with the opening of the Ar-
nold Palmer Center for Golf History on June 3rd 
2008. 
(7) Arnold Palmer served his country for 3 
years in the United States Coast Guard and was 
among those chosen to address the Joint Session of 
Congress on the occasion of the 100th anniversary 
of the birth of President Dwight D. Eisenhower. 
(8) Arnold Palmer served as Honorary National 
Chairman of the March of Dimes Birth Defects 
Foundation for 20 years and played a major role in 
the fund-raising drive that led to the creation of the 
Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children in Orlando and 
the Latrobe Area Hospital Charitable Foundation in 
his Western Pennsylvania hometown. 
(9) Arnold Palmer remains active in tour-
nament golf, although he retired from competition in 
the major championships on April 14, 2002, when 
he played the last of his 48 Masters Tournaments, 
where he was given an emotional standing ovation as 
he finished the 18th hole. 
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SEC. 5. FUNDING. 
(a) AUTHORIZATION OF CHARGES.—There is author-
ized 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 authorized by 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. 
Passed the House of Representatives April 28, 2009. 
Attest: 
LORRAINE C. MILLER, 
Clerk. 
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