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105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2752
To present a gold medal to Len ‘‘Roy Rogers’’ Slye and Octavia ‘‘Dale
Evans’’ Smith.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
OCTOBER 28, 1997
Mr. LEWIS of California introduced the following bill; which was referred to
the Committee on Banking and Financial Services
A BILL
To present a gold medal to Len ‘‘Roy Rogers’’ Slye and
Octavia ‘‘Dale Evans’’ Smith.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. CONGRESSIONAL GOLD MEDAL.
(a) PRESENTATION AUTHORIZED.—The President is
authorized to present, on behalf of the Congress, a gold
medal of appropriate design to Len ‘‘Roy Rogers’’ Slye
and Octavia ‘‘Dale Evans’’ Smith in recognition of their
accomplishments as entertainers and humanitarians,
which include—
(1) careers in the entertainment industry that
spanned 6 decades and covered such industries as
music, film, television, writing, sports, and radio;
(2) acting in and producing more than 100
films, as well as their popular 10-year television
show ‘‘The Roy Rogers Show’’, which is still seen in
American and foreign markets;
(3) setting appearance records in virtually every
major arena in the world, including Madison Square
Garden in New York City, the Houston Fat Stock
Show, the Los Angeles Coliseum, the Chicago Sta-
dium, the Harringay Arena in London, Toronto’s
Canadian National Exhibition, and many State fairs
and rodeos (Len Slye once sold out Madison Square
Garden 29 straight nights, holds the record for the
largest crowd to ever see an indoor rodeo, and twice
attracted more than 100,000 people to rodeos in the
Los Angeles Coliseum);
(4) selfless service as role models through their
strong faith in Christianity as well as their devotion
to their 9 children (5 by adoption and 4 by birth),
16 grandchildren, and 30 great-grandchildren;
(5) Octavia Smith’s classic book Angel Un-
aware, which dealt with the death from complica-
tions associated with Down’s syndrome of Robin, the
one child Len Slye and Octavia Smith had together;
and
(6) creating the Roy Rogers-Dale Evans Mu-
seum in Victorville, California, that vividly chronicles
their lives and the values and ethics that represent
the basis of their worldwide appeal.
(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 a gold medal with suitable em-
blems, devices, and inscriptions, to be determined by the
Secretary.
SEC. 2. DUPLICATE MEDALS.
The Secretary may strike and sell duplicates in
bronze of the gold medal struck pursuant to section 1
under such regulations as the Secretary may prescribe,
and at a price sufficient to cover the costs of the medals,
including labor, materials, dies, use of machinery, and
overhead expenses.
SEC. 3. NATIONAL MEDALS.
The medals struck pursuant to this Act are national
medals for purposes of chapter 51 of title 31, United
States Code.
SEC. 4. 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 $30,000 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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