To award a congressional gold medal to Daw Aung San Suu Kyi in recognition of her courageous and unwavering commitment to peace, nonviolence, human rights, and democracy in Burma.
PL 110-209 (H.R.4286), enacted 05/06/2008

122 STAT. 721 
PUBLIC LAW 110–209—MAY 6, 2008 
Public Law 110–209 
110th Congress 
An Act 
To award a congressional gold medal to Daw Aung San Suu Kyi in recognition 
of her courageous and unwavering commitment to peace, nonviolence, human 
rights, and democracy in Burma. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. FINDINGS. 
The Congress finds as follows: 
(1) Aung San Suu Kyi was born on June 19, 1945, in 
Rangoon, Burma, to Aung San, commander of the Burma 
Independence Army, and Ma Khin Kyi. 
(2) On August 15, 1988, Ms. Suu Kyi, in her first political 
action, sent an open letter to the military controlled government 
asking for free, open, and multi-party elections. 
(3) On September 24, 1988, the National League for Democ-
racy (NLD) was formed, with Ms. Suu Kyi as the general- 
secretary, and it was, and remains, dedicated to a policy of 
non-violence and civil disobedience. 
(4) Ms. Suu Kyi was subsequently placed under house 
arrest, where she remained for the next 6 years—without being 
charged or put on trial—and has been imprisoned twice more; 
she currently remains under house arrest. 
(5) Despite her detention, the National League for Democ-
racy won an open election with an overwhelming 82 percent 
of the vote—which the military junta nullified. 
(6) While under house arrest, she has bravely refused offers 
to leave the country to continue to promote freedom and democ-
racy in Burma. 
(7) For her efforts on behalf of the Burmese people, she 
has been awarded the Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought 
in 1990, the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2000, and the 
Nobel Peace Prize in 1991. 
(8) Ms. Suu Kyi continues to fight on behalf of the Burmese 
people, even donating her $1.3 million from her Nobel Prize 
to establish a health and education fund for Burma. 
(9) She is the world’s only imprisoned Nobel Peace Prize 
recipient, spending more than 12 of the past 17 years under 
house arrest. 
(10) Despite an assassination attempt against her life, her 
prolonged illegal imprisonment, the constant public vilification 
of her character, and her inability to see her children or to 
see her husband before his death, Ms. Suu Kyi remains com-
mitted to peaceful dialogue with her captors, Burma’s military 
31 USC 5111 
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122 STAT. 722 
PUBLIC LAW 110–209—MAY 6, 2008 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.R. 4286: 
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD: 
Vol. 153 (2007): Dec. 17, considered and passed House. 
Vol. 154 (2008): Apr. 24, considered and passed Senate. 
WEEKLY COMPILATION OF PRESIDENTIAL DOCUMENTS, Vol. 44 (2008): 
May 6, Presidential remarks. 
regime, and Burma’s ethnic nationalities towards bringing 
democracy, human rights, and national reconciliation to Burma. 
SEC. 2. CONGRESSIONAL GOLD MEDAL. 
(a) PRESENTATION AUTHORIZED.—The Speaker of the House 
of Representatives and the President Pro Tempore of the Senate 
shall make appropriate arrangements for the presentation, on 
behalf of the Congress, of a gold medal of appropriate design, 
to Daw Aung San Suu Kyi in recognition of her courageous and 
unwavering commitment to peace, nonviolence, human rights, and 
democracy in Burma. 
(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 ‘‘Secretary’’) shall strike a gold medal with 
suitable emblems, devices, and inscriptions to be determined by 
the Secretary. 
SEC. 3. DUPLICATE MEDALS. 
The Secretary may strike and sell duplicates in bronze of the 
gold medal struck pursuant to section 2 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. 4. STATUS OF MEDALS. 
(a) NATIONAL MEDALS.—The medals struck pursuant to this 
Act are national medals for purposes of chapter 51 of title 31, 
United States Code. 
(b) NUMISMATIC ITEMS.—For purposes of sections 5134 and 
5136 of title 31, United States Code, all medals struck under 
this Act shall be considered to be numismatic items. 
SEC. 5. AUTHORITY TO USE FUND AMOUNTS; PROCEEDS OF SALE. 
(a) AUTHORITY TO USE FUND AMOUNTS.—There is authorized 
to be charged against the United States Mint Public Enterprise 
Fund such amounts as may be necessary to pay for the costs 
of the medals struck pursuant to this Act. 
(b) PROCEEDS OF SALE.—Amounts received from the sale of 
duplicate bronze medals authorized under section 3 shall be depos-
ited into the United States Mint Public Enterprise Fund. 
Approved May 6, 2008. 
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