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104TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 2657
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
JANUARY 24, 1996
Received
AN ACT
To award a congressional gold medal to Ruth and Billy
Graham.
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:
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(1) Ruth and Billy Graham have made out-
standing and lasting contributions to morality, racial
equality, family, philanthropy, and religion.
(2) America’s most respected and admired
evangelical leader for the past half century, Billy
Graham’s crusades have reached 100,000,000 people
in person and reached over 2,000,000,000 people
worldwide on television.
(3) Billy Graham, throughout his 76 years of
life and his 52-year marriage to Ruth Graham, has
exemplified the highest ideals of teaching, counsel-
ing, ethics, charity, faith, and family.
(4) Billy Graham’s daily newspaper column and
14 books have provided spiritual counseling and per-
sonal enrichment to millions of people.
(5) Ruth and Billy Graham have been the driv-
ing force to create the Ruth and Billy Graham Chil-
dren’s Health Center at Memorial Mission Hospital
in Asheville, North Carolina, whose vision it is to im-
prove the health and well-being of children and to
become a new resource for ending the pain and suf-
fering of children.
SEC. 2. CONGRESSIONAL GOLD MEDAL.
(a) PRESENTATION AUTHORIZED.—The Speaker of
the House of Representatives and the President pro tem-
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pore of the Senate are authorized to present, on behalf
of the Congress, to Billy and Ruth Graham a gold medal
of appropriate design, in recognition of their outstanding
and enduring contributions toward faith, morality, and
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 to be determined by the
Secretary.
(c) GIFTS AND DONATIONS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Treas-
ury may 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 2 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.
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SEC. 4. STATUS OF MEDALS.
(a) NATIONAL MEDALS.—The medals struck pursu-
ant to this Act are national medals for purposes of chapter
51 of title 31, United States Code.
(b) NUMISMATIC ITEMS.—For purposes of section
5134 of title 31, United States Code, all medals struck
under this Act shall be considered to be numismatic items.
SEC. 5. TRANSFER OF ANY PROFIT TO LIBRARY OF CON-
GRESS.
The Secretary of the Treasury shall transfer an
amount equal to the amount by which—
(1) the sum of any gifts and donations received
by the Secretary in accordance with section 2(c)(2)
and any proceeds from the sale of duplicate medals
under section 3, exceeds
(2) the total amount of the costs incurred by
the Secretary in carrying out this Act,
from the Numismatic Public Enterprise Fund to the Li-
brary of Congress.
Passed the House of Representatives January 23,
1996.
Attest:
ROBIN H. CARLE,
Clerk.