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119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1369 
To award posthumously a Congressional Gold Medal to former President 
Jimmy Carter in recognition of his service to the Nation. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 14, 2025 
Mr. BISHOP (for himself, Mr. AUSTIN SCOTT of Georgia, Mr. NORCROSS, Mrs. 
MCBATH, Ms. WILLIAMS of Georgia, Mr. CARTER of Georgia, Mr. JACK, 
Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia, Mr. DOGGETT, Ms. NORTON, Ms. WILSON of 
Florida, Ms. KELLY of Illinois, Mr. KHANNA, and Mr. CLEAVER) intro-
duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Finan-
cial Services 
A BILL 
To award posthumously a Congressional Gold Medal to 
former President Jimmy Carter in recognition of his 
service to the Nation. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘President Jimmy Car-
ter Congressional Gold Medal Act’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
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(1) President Jimmy Carter served as the 39th 
President of the United States from 1977 to 1981. 
(2) President Jimmy Carter, whose full name is 
James Earl Carter, Jr., was born on October 1, 
1924, in Plains, Georgia, a small farming town. 
(3) President Carter graduated from the United 
States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland in 
1946 and actively served as a submarine officer for 
7 years. He served in the Navy Reserve for another 
8 years, separating from the Navy with the rank of 
Lieutenant in 1961. 
(4) President Carter married his wife and life 
partner of 77 years, Rosalynn Smith, on July 7th, 
1946, in Plains, Georgia. 
(5) President Carter entered state politics in 
1962 and was elected to the Georgia State Senate 
from the 14th District in 1963. He was sworn in as 
the 76th governor of Georgia in 1971. During his 
tenure, he emphasized government efficiency and re-
moving racial discrimination. 
(6) Guided by his moral values and deep reli-
gious faith, Jimmy Carter’s presidency was charac-
terized by a commitment to championing civil and 
human rights around the world. His foreign policy 
accomplishments include the Panama Canal treaties, 
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the Camp David Accords, the normalization and 
treaty of peace between Egypt and Israel following 
the Fourth Arab-Israeli War, the SALT II nuclear 
limitation treaty with the Soviet Union, and the es-
tablishment of United States diplomatic relations 
with the People’s Republic of China. 
(7) President Jimmy Carter’s domestic legacy 
includes the Alaska National Interest Lands Con-
servation Act (16 U.S.C. 3101 et seq.), one of the 
most significant pieces of environmental legislation 
ever approved by Congress; the Nation’s first na-
tional energy policy; and the creation of the Depart-
ments of Education and Energy. 
(8) After his presidency, he founded the Carter 
Center along with his wife Rosalynn, which is dedi-
cated to conflict resolution, supervising democratic 
elections abroad, and combating neglected tropical 
diseases. 
(9) Through their work with the Carter Center, 
Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter are credited with the 
near eradication of the painful parasitic infection 
known as Guinea worm disease, reducing cases from 
an estimated total of 3,500,000 in 1986 to just 14 
in 2023. 
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(10) Through a partnership with Habitat for 
Humanity known as the Carter Work Project, 
Jimmy and his wife Rosalynn led and worked along-
side over 100,000 volunteers across 14 countries to 
build, improve, and repair over 4,400 homes. 
(11) In 2002, Jimmy Carter became the third 
American President to win the Nobel Peace Prize 
for his ‘‘decades of untiring effort to find peaceful 
solutions to international conflicts, to advance de-
mocracy and human rights, and to promote eco-
nomic and social development’’. 
(12) President Carter exemplifies American vol-
untarism through his countless service activities in 
his home State of Georgia, throughout the United 
States, and across the world. 
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 posthumous presentation, on behalf of Congress, 
of a single gold medal of appropriate design to former 
President Jimmy Carter in recognition of his service to 
the Nation. 
(b) DESIGN AND STRIKING.—For purposes of the 
presentation referred to in subsection (a), the Secretary 
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of the Treasury (referred to in this Act as the ‘‘Sec-
retary’’) shall strike a gold medal with suitable emblems, 
devices, and inscriptions, to be determined by the Sec-
retary. The design shall bear an image of, and inscription 
of the name of Jimmy Carter. 
(c) DISPOSITION OF MEDAL.—Following the award 
of the medal under subsection (a), the gold medal shall 
be given to the Carter Center in Atlanta, Georgia. 
SEC. 4. DUPLICATE MEDALS. 
The Secretary may strike and sell duplicates in 
bronze of the gold medal struck under section 3, at a price 
sufficient to cover the costs thereof, including labor, mate-
rials, dies, use of machinery, and overhead expenses. 
SEC. 5. STATUS OF MEDALS. 
(a) NATIONAL MEDAL.—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 sections 
5134 and 5136 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 
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Public Enterprise Fund such amounts as may be nec-
essary to pay for the costs of the medals struck under 
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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