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107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 399
To authorize the President to present gold medals on behalf of the Congress
to former President Jimmy Carter and his wife Rosalynn Carter in
recognition of their service to the Nation.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
FEBRUARY 6, 2001
Mr. BISHOP (for himself Mr. SHERMAN, Mr. MCNULTY, Mr. CONDIT, Mr.
CAPUANO, Mr. CHAMBLISS, Mrs. CHRISTENSEN, Mr. BARR of Georgia,
Mr. FROST, Mr. BRADY of Pennsylvania, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Mr.
HASTINGS of Florida, Mr. HALL of Ohio, Mr. DELAHUNT, Mr. KILDEE,
Mr. KUCINICH, Ms. KILPATRICK, Mr. JEFFERSON, Ms. EDDIE BERNICE
JOHNSON of Texas, Mrs. JONES of Ohio, Mr. MEEHAN, Ms. NORTON,
Mr. GEORGE MILLER of California, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. MCDERMOTT,
Ms. MCKINNEY, Ms. MILLENDER-MCDONALD, Mr. PAYNE, Mr. KLECZ-
KA, Mr. NEY, Mrs. MEEK of Florida, Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD, Mrs.
NAPOLITANO, Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi, Mr. SISISKY, Mr. LANTOS,
Mr. FILNER, Mrs. CLAYTON, Mr. SABO, Mr. FALEOMAVAEGA, Mr.
PHELPS, Mr. WYNN, Mr. SHIMKUS, Mr. THOMPSON of California, Mr.
RUSH, Mr. OWENS, Mrs. THURMAN, Mr. UDALL of Colorado, Mr. DEAL
of Georgia, and Mr. LEWIS of Georgia) introduced the following bill;
which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services
A BILL
To authorize the President to present gold medals on behalf
of the Congress to former President Jimmy Carter and
his wife Rosalynn Carter in recognition of their 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. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds the following:
(1) Both former President Jimmy Carter and
his wife Rosalynn Carter have distinguished records
of public service to the American people and the
international community.
(2) President Jimmy Carter’s peacemaking ef-
forts as a mediator in the Arab-Israeli dispute cul-
minated in the Camp David Accords signed by
Egypt and Israel, which provided the foundation for
a settlement of the Middle East dispute that had
eluded peacemakers for more than three decades.
(3) President Jimmy Carter was instrumental
in the passage of the Alaska National Interest
Lands Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 3101 et seq.),
one of the most significant pieces of environmental
legislation ever approved by Congress.
(4) In establishing his presidential library,
President Jimmy Carter sought to create a center
for the service of humanity in areas as diverse as
politics, health care, human rights, and democracy.
(5) Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter epitomize the
American quality of voluntarism in action through
their countless public service activities in their home
State of Georgia, the rest of the United States, and
throughout the world, including their work for Habi-
tat for Humanity, which helps needy people in the
United States and other countries renovate and
build homes for themselves.
(6) Together, Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter have
dedicated their lives to promoting national pride and
to bettering the quality of life in the United States
and throughout the world.
SEC. 2. CONGRESSIONAL GOLD MEDALS.
(a) PRESENTATION AUTHORIZED.—The President is
authorized to present at the Capitol, on behalf of the Con-
gress, gold medals of appropriate design to former Presi-
dent Jimmy Carter and his wife Rosalynn Carter in rec-
ognition of their service to the Nation.
(b) DESIGN AND STRIKING.—For the purpose of the
presentation referred to in subsection (a), the Secretary
of the Treasury (hereafter in this Act referred to as the
‘‘Secretary’’) shall strike gold medals with suitable em-
blems, devices, and inscriptions, to be determined by the
Secretary.
(c) SUBSEQUENT ARRANGEMENTS
FOR PRESEN-
TATION.—Subsection (a) shall not be construed as pro-
viding the consent of the Congress, the House of Rep-
resentatives, or the Senate for the use of any particular
part of the Capitol or the grounds of the Capitol for pur-
poses of the presentation referred to in such subsection.
SEC. 3. DUPLICATE MEDALS.
Under such regulations as the Secretary may pre-
scribe, the Secretary may strike and sell duplicates in
bronze of the gold medals struck pursuant to section 2
at a price sufficient to cover the costs of the bronze medals
(including labor, materials, dies, use of machinery, and
overhead expenses) and the cost of the gold medals.
SEC. 4. NATIONAL MEDALS.
The medals struck under this Act are national medals
for purposes of chapter 51 of title 31, United States Code.
SEC. 5. FUNDING AND PROCEEDS OF SALE.
(a) AUTHORIZATION.—There is hereby authorized to
be charged against the United States Mint Public Enter-
prise Fund an amount not to exceed $60,000 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.
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