[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1718 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1718

           To award a congressional gold medal to Lou Rawls.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 19, 1993

 Mr. Waxman (for himself and Mrs. Collins of Illinois) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Banking, Finance 
                           and Urban Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
           To award a congressional gold medal to Lou Rawls.

    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 that--
            (1) Lou Rawls is a stellar entertainer and committed 
        humanitarian;
            (2) Lou Rawls is unsurpassed in his work to advance the 
        cause of educational opportunities for African Americans;
            (3) Lou Rawls organizes and hosts the annual ``Lou Rawls 
        Parade of Stars'' telethon for the United Negro College Fund 
        which has raised more than $160,000,000 for such Fund and 
        provides approximately 20 percent of the annual revenues of the 
        Fund; and
            (4) since the United Negro College Fund annually benefits 
        more than 50,000 students attending historically black 
        colleges, the tireless efforts of Lou Rawls have helped more 
        than 600,000 young people to realize their educational dreams 
        since the telethon began in 1979.

SEC. 2. CONGRESSIONAL GOLD MEDAL.

    (a) Presentation Authorized.--The President is authorized to 
present, on behalf of the Congress, to Lou Rawls, a gold medal of 
appropriate design, in recognition of his work on behalf of educational 
opportunities for African Americans.
    (b) Design and Striking.--For purposes of the presentation referred 
to in subsection (a), the Secretary of the Treasury shall strike a gold 
medal with suitable emblems, devices, and inscriptions to be determined 
by the Secretary.
    (c) Authorization of Appropriation.--There are authorized to be 
appropriated not to exceed $20,000 to carry out this section.

SEC. 3. DUPLICATE MEDALS.

    (a) Striking and Sale.--The Secretary of the Treasury 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 of such duplicates, including labor, 
materials, dies, use of machinery, and overhead expenses, and the cost 
of the gold medal.
    (b) Reimbursement of Appropriation.--The appropriation used to 
carry out section 2 shall be reimbursed out of the proceeds of sales 
under subsection (a).

SEC. 4. NATIONAL MEDALS.

    The medals struck pursuant to this Act are national medals for 
purposes of chapter 51 of title 31, United States Code.

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