IIB 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3589 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
SEPTEMBER 23, 2019 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 
Urban Affairs 
AN ACT 
To award a Congressional Gold Medal to Greg LeMond, 
in recognition of his service to the Nation as an athlete, 
activist, role model, and community leader. 
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 ‘‘Greg LeMond Congres-
sional Gold Medal Act’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
The Congress finds the following: 
(1) Gregory James ‘‘Greg’’ LeMond was born 
in Lakewood, California, on June 26, 1961. 
(2) Greg began cycling at the age of 14, win-
ning an astonishing 11 straight races to begin his 
career. 
(3) Greg took home a full suite of medals at the 
1979 Junior World Championships, including gold, 
silver, and bronze, emerging victorious in the road 
race and placing in both team and track pursuit 
events. 
(4) At age 18, Greg became the youngest cyclist 
in the history of the sport to be selected for the 
United States Men’s Olympic team. 
(5) Greg emerged victorious in the 1980 Circuit 
de la Sarthe, becoming the first American in history 
and the youngest rider ever to win a major pro-am 
cycling event on the European continent. 
(6) At age 19, Greg signed his first professional 
contract. 
(7) In 1982, Greg made the first of several re-
markable recoveries, returning from a broken collar-
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bone to win the silver medal at the world champion-
ships in Great Britain. 
(8) The Tour de France, the world’s pre-
eminent cycling competition, was first held over a 
century ago, in 1903. 
(9) The Tour de France takes place over 23 
days, covering an extraordinary 2,200 miles, winding 
through multiple mountain ranges, spanning mul-
tiple nations, and is viewed as comparable to run-
ning a marathon every day for three consecutive 
weeks. 
(10) Greg first competed in the Tour de France 
in 1984, finishing third, and finishing second the 
following year, in both years deputizing himself to 
his teammates, sacrificing a chance to win himself to 
boost his teammates toward victory. 
(11) Greg emerged victorious in the 1986 Tour 
de France, ascending the fabled Alpe D’Huez, de-
feating the field by more than 3 full minutes, becom-
ing the first American and the first non-European to 
win cycling’s most prestigious race. 
(12) In 1987, while recovering from a broken 
wrist and collarbone, Greg was tragically shot during 
a turkey hunting accident, leaving him in intensive 
care, requiring the removal of over 40 shotgun pel-
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lets from his abdomen, was deemed unlikely to ever 
ride a bicycle again, and likely survived only due to 
the abnormal strength of his cardiovascular system. 
(13) Greg mounted the greatest comeback in 
the history of American sports, taking home an as-
tonishing victory at the 1989 Tour de France, fol-
lowing multiple surgeries, life-threatening gunshot 
wounds, tendon repair, and an appendectomy, win-
ning by 8 seconds in the closest finish in the history 
of the Tour de France. 
(14) Greg would win a third Tour de France 
victory in 1990. 
(15) Greg is the only American to win the Tour 
de France. 
(16) Greg has vocally spoken out to champion 
healthy sport amongst athletes of all ages and com-
petition levels. 
(17) Greg and his wife, Kathy, are active in nu-
merous nonprofit causes, including healthy sport, as-
sisting victims of sexual abuse and various childhood 
illnesses. 
(18) Cycling offers young people a healthy, ac-
tive, outdoor hobby. 
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(19) Greg completed his professional career 
having won 2 World Championships, 3 Tour de 
France championships, and 22 titles overall. 
(20) More than any other cyclist, Greg personi-
fied the ‘‘breakaway’’ culture of American cycling in 
the 1970s and 80s, viewed universally as the epit-
ome of a young person on a bicycle, attempting to 
accomplish feats no other American had achieved. 
(21) Greg has not only reached the pinnacle of 
international sport, but has devoted his time and re-
sources to assisting his fellow athletes. 
(22) Greg has demonstrated the commitment to 
excellence, generosity, community, and tenacity that 
makes him an example for all to follow. 
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 presentation, on behalf of the Congress, of a gold 
medal of appropriate design to Greg LeMond, in recogni-
tion of his contributions to the Nation as an athlete, activ-
ist, role model, and community leader. 
(b) DESIGN AND STRIKING.—For purposes of the 
presentation referred to in subsection (a), the Secretary 
of the Treasury (referred to in this Act as the ‘‘Sec-
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retary’’) shall strike a gold medal with suitable emblems, 
devices, and inscriptions, to be determined by the Sec-
retary. 
SEC. 4. DUPLICATE MEDALS. 
The Secretary may strike and sell duplicates in 
bronze of the gold medal struck pursuant to section 3 
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. 
SEC. 5. 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. 6. DETERMINATION OF BUDGETARY EFFECTS. 
The budgetary effects of this Act, for the purpose of 
complying with the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010, 
shall be determined by reference to the latest statement 
titled ‘‘Budgetary Effects of PAYGO Legislation’’ for this 
Act, submitted for printing in the Congressional Record 
by the Chairman of the House Budget Committee, pro-
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vided that such statement has been submitted prior to the 
vote on passage. 
Passed the House of Representatives September 19, 
2019. 
Attest: 
CHERYL L. JOHNSON, 
Clerk. 
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