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Union Calendar No. 267 
108TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 2131 
[Report No. 108–463] 
To award a congressional gold medal to President Jose Maria Aznar of 
Spain. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 15, 2003 
Mr. GIBBONS (for himself, Mr. REYES, Mr. MCNULTY, Mr. BEREUTER, Mr. 
ENGLISH, Mr. WYNN, and Mr. WILSON of South Carolina) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services 
APRIL 20, 2004 
Additional sponsors: Mr. CALVERT, Mr. SIMMONS, Mr. BACA, Mr. DAVIS of 
Florida, Mr. ISAKSON, Mr. FROST, Mr. FOSSELLA, Mr. SOUDER, Ms. 
HARRIS, Mr. GALLEGLY, Mrs. WILSON of New Mexico, Mr. BOOZMAN, 
Mr. CUNNINGHAM, Mr. GOSS, Mr. TOWNS, Mr. PLATTS, Mr. DREIER, 
Mr. BURTON of Indiana, Mr. BROWN of South Carolina, Mr. COBLE, Mr. 
DOOLITTLE, Mrs. EMERSON, Mr. GUTKNECHT, Mr. LUCAS of Oklahoma, 
Mr. MORAN of Kansas, Mr. OTTER, Mr. PETERSON of Pennsylvania, Mr. 
POMBO, Mr. ABERCROMBIE, Mr. ACEVEDO-VILA´, Mr. BELL, Mr. 
CRAMER, Mr. CROWLEY, Mrs. DAVIS of California, Mr. ETHERIDGE, Mr. 
FARR, Mr. FILNER, Mr. GONZALEZ, Mr. HONDA, Mr. LAMPSON, Ms. 
MILLENDER-MCDONALD, Mr. ORTIZ, Mr. PASTOR, Mr. RODRIGUEZ, Mr. 
SANDLIN, Mr. SKELTON, Ms. SOLIS, Mr. BALLENGER, Mr. DUNCAN, Mr. 
EHLERS, Mr. FRELINGHUYSEN, Mr. JENKINS, Mrs. JOHNSON of Con-
necticut, Mr. KINGSTON, Mr. LEWIS of Kentucky, Mr. OSE, Mr. ROGERS 
of Kentucky, Mr. SAXTON, Mr. SHAYS, Mr. SMITH of Texas, Mr. 
WELDON of Pennsylvania, Mr. COOPER, Mr. COSTELLO, Mr. EVANS, Mr. 
LARSEN of Washington, Mr. LIPINSKI, Mr. MENENDEZ, Ms. VELA´ZQUEZ, 
Mr. BASS, Ms. MCCARTHY of Missouri, Ms. HARMAN, Ms. PRYCE of 
Ohio, Mr. HAYES, Mr. SIMPSON, Mr. HASTERT, Mr. MATHESON, Mr. 
ROGERS of Alabama, Mr. TANNER, Mr. AKIN, Mrs. BIGGERT, Mr. 
BLUNT, Mr. COLLINS, Mr. GINGREY, Mr. HEFLEY, Mr. KLINE, Mr. 
LAHOOD, Mr. MCCRERY, Mrs. MILLER of Michigan, Mr. GARY G. MIL-
LER of California, Mr. ROHRABACHER, Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN, Mr. SHAD-
EGG, Mr. TIAHRT, Mr. WICKER, Mr. TIBERI, Mr. LINCOLN DIAZ-BALART 
of Florida, Mr. MARIO DIAZ-BALART of Florida, Mr. BISHOP of Utah, 
Mr. CANNON, Mr. PEARCE, Mr. KENNEDY of Minnesota, Mr. MCGOV-
ERN, Mr. MCKEON, Mr. DELAY, Mr. OSBORNE, Mr. BAKER, Mr. TERRY, 
Mr. PORTER, Mr. TOM DAVIS of Virginia, Mr. GUTIERREZ, Mrs. BONO, 
Mr. BONILLA, Mr. FRANKS of Arizona, Mr. WELLER, Mr. NUNES, Mr. 
TOOMEY, Mr. NETHERCUTT, Mr. RANGEL, Mr. BARTLETT of Maryland, 
Ms. GINNY BROWN-WAITE of Florida, Mrs. CUBIN, Ms. GRANGER, Ms. 
DUNN, Mr. LEWIS of Georgia, Mr. SAM JOHNSON of Texas, Mr. YOUNG 
of Alaska, Mr. RENZI, Mr. TAUZIN, Mr. REHBERG, Mrs. CAPITO, Mr. 
HUNTER, Mr. MURTHA, Mr. POMEROY, Mr. MORAN of Virginia, Mr. 
ROTHMAN, Mr. SNYDER, Mr. BOSWELL, Mr. HASTINGS of Florida, Ms. 
HOOLEY of Oregon, Mr. KIND, Mr. HINOJOSA, Mr. BECERRA, Mr. BACH-
US, Mr. BARTON of Texas, Mr. BEAUPREZ, Mr. BILIRAKIS, Mr. BURNS, 
Mr. CARTER, Mr. CASTLE, Mr. CRENSHAW, Mr. FLAKE, Mr. GILCHREST, 
Mr. GOODLATTE, Mr. GRAVES, Mr. GREENWOOD, Ms. HART, Mr. 
HERGER, Mr. HAYWORTH, Mr. HOBSON, Mr. HOUGHTON, Mr. HULSHOF, 
Mrs. KELLY, Mr. KING of New York, Mr. KIRK, Mr. KNOLLENBERG, Mr. 
LATHAM, Mr. LATOURETTE, Mr. LOBIONDO, Mr. MCHUGH, Mr. MICA, 
Mr. PITTS, Mr. NEUGEBAUER, Mr. NEY, Mr. NORWOOD, Mr. NUSSLE, 
Mr. OWENS, Mr. PENCE, Mr. PETRI, Mr. PUTNAM, Mr. QUINN, Mr. 
RADANOVICH, Mr. RAMSTAD, Mr. REGULA, Mr. REYNOLDS, Mr. 
SCHROCK, Mr. SHERWOOD, Mr. SHUSTER, Mr. SMITH of Michigan, Mr. 
STEARNS, Mr. SWEENEY, Mr. TANCREDO, Mr. THORNBERRY, Mr. WAL-
DEN of Oregon, Mr. WALSH, Mr. WAMP, Mr. BARRETT of South Caro-
lina, Mr. COLE, Mr. BOEHLERT, Mr. BAIRD, Ms. BERKLEY, Mr. ROSS, 
Mr. SHERMAN, Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi, Mr. WEXLER, Mrs. 
MCCARTHY of New York, Mr. BISHOP of New York, Mr. HOYER, Mr. 
JOHN, Mr. LUCAS of Kentucky, Mr. RUPPERSBERGER, Mr. HILL, Mr. 
WATT, Mr. MARKEY, Mrs. MALONEY, Mr. STENHOLM, Mr. RYAN of 
Ohio, Mr. DICKS, Mr. MOORE, Ms. WATERS, Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas, 
Mr. LANGEVIN, Mr. DOOLEY of California, Mr. TAYLOR of Mississippi, 
Mr. EMANUEL, Mr. BERMAN, Mr. CASE, Mr. FORD, Mr. TURNER of 
Texas, 
Mr. 
ALEXANDER, 
Mr. 
CARDOZA, 
Mr. 
MICHAUD, 
Mrs. 
NAPOLITANO, Mr. SCOTT of Georgia, Mr. ISRAEL, Mr. PASCRELL, Mr. 
EDWARDS, Ms. BORDALLO, Mr. SCHIFF, Mr. GEPHARDT, Mr. ISSA, Mr. 
EVERETT, Mr. CRANE, Mr. GILLMOR, Mr. BOEHNER, Mr. GOODE, Ms. 
KILPATRICK, Mrs. LOWEY, Ms. CARSON of Indiana, Mr. PALLONE, Mr. 
UDALL of Colorado, Ms. NORTON, Mr. SPRATT, Mr. CHOCOLA, Mr. SUL-
LIVAN, Mr. KELLER, Mr. SHAW, Mr. MANZULLO, Mr. YOUNG of Florida, 
Mr. HOEKSTRA, Mr. HALL, Ms. PELOSI, Mr. MEEK of Florida, Mr. WU, 
Mr. LYNCH, Mrs. MYRICK, Mr. FALEOMAVAEGA, Mrs. BLACKBURN, Mr. 
BRADY of Texas, Mr. BURGESS, Mr. BURR, Mr. BUYER, Mr. CAMP, Mr. 
CANTOR, Mr. CHABOT, Mr. COX, Mrs. JO ANN DAVIS of Virginia, Ms. 
DELAURO, Mr. DEMINT, Mr. GERLACH, Mr. HOSTETTLER, Mr. ISTOOK, 
Mr. JEFFERSON, Mr. KENNEDY of Rhode Island, Mr. LINDER, Mr. 
MCINNIS, Mr. MILLER of Florida, Mrs. NORTHUP, Mr. OXLEY, Mr. 
PICKERING, Mr. PORTMAN, Mr. RYAN of Wisconsin, Mr. SESSIONS, Mr. 
SMITH of Washington, Mr. TAYLOR of North Carolina, Mr. THOMAS, Mr. 
UPTON, Mr. VITTER, Mr. WHITFIELD, Mr. WOLF, and Mr. LEWIS of 
California
APRIL 20, 2004 
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union 
and ordered to be printed 
A BILL 
To award a congressional gold medal to President Jose Maria 
Aznar of Spain. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. FINDING. 
The Congress finds that President Jose Maria Aznar 
of Spain has— 
(1) clearly demonstrated, during a very trying 
and historic time for our two nations, as well as for 
all other peaceful and free nations, that he is a 
staunch and steadfast ally of the United States of 
America; 
(2) recognized the threat of terrorism to the se-
curity of the world; and 
(3) steadfastly provided support to fight ter-
rorism throughout the world. 
SEC. 2. 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