General Shelton Congressional Gold Medal Act
PL 107-127 (H.R.2751), enacted 01/16/2002

PUBLIC LAW 107-127-^AN. 16, 2002 
115 STAT. 2405 
Public Law 107-127 
107th Congress 
An Act 
To authorize the President to award a gold medal on behalf of the Congress 
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to General Henry H. Shelton and to provide for the production of bronze dupUcates 
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of such medal for sale to the pubUc. 
[H.R. 2751] 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
General Shelton 
Congressional 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
Gold Medal Act. 
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This Act may be cited as the "General Shelton Congressional note 
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 strong leadership, competence, and professionalism 
in fulfilling his statutory responsibilities throughout Operation 
Allied Force. 
(2) General Shelton and his subordinates 
brilliantly 
planned and coordinated at the national level the successful 
air campaign in support of Operation Allied Force. 
(3) General Shelton's leadership, foresight, and determina-
tion 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 Security Council, and the Sec-
retary of Defense, General Shelton's assessments, judgments, 
recommendations, and determination were invaluable and 
instrumental 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 command of the Special Operations 
Command, the 18th Airborne Corps at Fort Bragg, North Caro-
lina, helicopter forces in Operation Desert Storm, and special 
forces Green Berets in Vietnam, serves as an inspiration 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 General Henry H. Shelton 
a gold medal of appropriate design in recognition of his performance 
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as a military leader in coordinating the planning, strategy, and 
execution of the United States and NATO combat action and his 
invaluable contributions to the United States and to the successful 
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 emblems, 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 regulations as the Sec-
retary 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 medals 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 dupli-
cate bronze medals under section 4 shall be credited to the appro-
priation made pursusmt to the authorization provided in subsection 
(a). 
Approved January 16, 2002. 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.R. 2751: 
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 147 (2001): 
Dec. 19, considered and passed House. 
Dec. 20, considered and passed Senate.