112 S2147 ES: To amend Public Law 112–59 to provide for the display of the congressional gold medal awarded to the Montford Point Marines, United States Marine Corps, by the Smithsonian Institution and at other appropriate locations. U.S. Senate text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.

113th CONGRESS2d SessionS. 2147IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATESAN ACTTo amend Public Law 112–59 to provide for the display of the congressional gold medal awarded to the Montford Point Marines, United States Marine Corps, by the Smithsonian Institution and at other appropriate locations.

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Display of congressional gold medal by the Smithsonian Institution

Section 2 of the Act entitled An Act to grant the congressional gold medal to the Montford Point Marines, approved November 23, 2011 (31 U.S.C. 5111 note), is amended by adding at the end the following:(c)

Smithsonian institution

(1)

In general

Following the award of the gold medal in honor of the Montford Point Marines, United States Marine Corps, under subsection (a), the gold medal shall be given to the Smithsonian Institution, where it will be displayed as appropriate and made available for research.(2)

Sense of congress

It is the sense of Congress that the Smithsonian Institution should make the gold medal received under paragraph (1) available for display elsewhere, particularly at other appropriate locations associated with the Montford Point Marines, United States Marine Corps..

Passed the Senate March 13, 2014.Secretary