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107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2751
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
DECEMBER 20 (legislative day, DECEMBER 18), 2001
Received
AN ACT
To authorize the President to award a gold medal on behalf
of the Congress to General Henry H. Shelton and to
provide for the production of bronze duplicates of such
medal for sale to the public.
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. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘General Shelton Con-
gressional Gold Medal Act’’.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds the following:
(1) General Henry H. Shelton, Chairman of the
Joint Chiefs of Staff, the principal military adviser
to the President, the National Security Council, and
the Secretary of Defense, has displayed leadership,
competence, and professionalism in fulfilling his
statutory responsibilities throughout Operation Al-
lied Force.
(2) General Shelton and his subordinates bril-
liantly planned and coordinated at the national level
the successful air campaign in support of Operation
Allied Force.
(3) General Shelton’s leadership, foresight, and
determination were directly responsible for ensuring
a decisive military victory without a single allied
combat casualty in Kosovo in 1999.
(4) As the principal military adviser to the
President of the United States, the National Secu-
rity Council, and the Secretary of Defense, General
Shelton’s assessments, judgments, recommendations,
and determination were invaluable and instrumental
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in the unprecedented military victory against the
forces of Slobodan Milosevic.
(5) General Shelton’s distinction as a ‘‘soldier’s
soldier’’, as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff,
and throughout his military service, including com-
mand of the Special Operations Command, the 18th
Airborne Corps at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, heli-
copter forces in Operation Desert Storm, and special
forces Green Berets in Vietnam, serves as an inspi-
ration to the Congress and the people of the United
States, a grateful Nation.
SEC. 3. CONGRESSIONAL GOLD MEDAL.
(a) PRESENTATION AUTHORIZED.—The President is
authorized to present, on behalf of the Congress, to Gen-
eral Henry H. Shelton a gold medal of appropriate design
in recognition of his performance as a military leader in
coordinating the planning, strategy, and execution of the
United States and NATO combat action and his invalu-
able contributions to the United States and to the success-
ful return to peace in the Balkans as Chairman of the
Joint Chiefs of Staff.
(b) DESIGN AND STRIKING.—For purposes of the
presentation referred to in subsection (a), the Secretary
of the Treasury (hereafter referred to in this Act as the
‘‘Secretary’’) shall strike a gold medal with suitable em-
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blems, devices, and inscriptions to be determined by the
Secretary.
SEC. 4. DUPLICATE MEDALS.
The Secretary may strike bronze duplicates of the
gold medal struck pursuant to section 3, under such regu-
lations as the Secretary may prescribe, and may sell such
bronze duplicates 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.
SEC. 5. NATIONAL MEDALS.
Medals struck pursuant to this Act are national med-
als for purposes of chapter 51 of title 31, United States
Code.
SEC. 6. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS; PROCEEDS
OF SALE.
(a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is
authorized to be appropriated not to exceed $30,000 to
carry out section 3.
(b) PROCEEDS OF SALES.—Amounts received from
sales of duplicate bronze medals under section 4 shall be
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credited to the appropriation made pursuant to the au-
thorization provided in subsection (a).
Passed the House of Representatives December 19,
2001.
Attest:
JEFF TRANDAHL,
Clerk.