[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3712 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3712

  To award a congressional gold medal on behalf of President Harry S 
 Truman to commemorate the 50th anniversary of his 1st inauguration as 
               President of the United States of America.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           November 22, 1993

  Mr. Wheat 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 on behalf of President Harry S 
 Truman to commemorate the 50th anniversary of his 1st inauguration as 
               President of the United States of America.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``President Harry S Truman 
Congressional Gold Medal Act''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    The Congress hereby finds the following:
            (1) Harry S Truman served as President of the United States 
        from April 12, 1945, to January 20, 1953.
            (2) President Truman took important measures to found and 
        support the United Nations.
            (3) President Truman made important decisions that brought 
        World War II to a successful conclusion and brought the former 
        Axis countries to a free and democratic condition.
            (4) President Truman gave economic and military aid to 
        Greece and Turkey in 1947 and after in order to allow them to 
        avoid a communist overthrow of their governments and to pursue 
        freely their individual destinies, and he further stated it to 
        be the policy of the United States to support free peoples who 
        are resisting attempted subjugation by armed minorities and to 
        help them freely to pursue their independent destinies.
            (5) President Truman had an important part in formulating 
        and realizing the program of economic assistance for Europe 
        that became known as the Marshall Plan and, through his support 
        for the plan, he helped to maintain an area of prosperity and 
        freedom in Western Europe.
            (6) President Truman stood by the people of West Berlin 
        when they were threatened by a blockade by the Soviet Union of 
        all land and water routes to the city, and the airlift that 
        grew out of Truman's desire to maintain West Berlin as an area 
        of freedom succeeded in supplying the city until the Soviet 
        Union gave up its blockade.
            (7) President Truman helped to establish the North Atlantic 
        Treaty Organization, and his administration was strongly 
        supportive of measures to strengthen the Atlantic Alliance and 
        to achieve the integration of the countries of Western Europe.
            (8) President Truman fought throughout his Presidency for 
        domestic programs that would improve the lives of the American 
        people and reinforce their country's commitment to social 
        justice.
            (9) President Truman desegregated the Armed Forces and took 
        other actions to fight racism, and his actions helped to 
        provide the foundation of the modern civil rights movement.
            (10) President Truman oversaw the reorganization of the 
        United States Government in order that it might be capable of 
        meeting the demands of the postwar world, and during his 
        administration were created the National Security Council, the 
        Central Intelligence Agency, the Department of Defense, the 
        Department of the Air Force, the Council of Economic Advisers, 
        and other important new agencies and offices.
            (11) President Truman, through his Point Four Program, 
        stated the goal for American policy of fostering economic 
        growth and human uplift in underdeveloped countries.
            (12) President Truman led his country to resist aggression 
        in Korea, and his goals in making war against the aggressors 
        were to avoid a world war, to support the United Nations, and 
        to maintain freedom in the world.
            (13) President Truman in retirement founded the Harry S 
        Truman Library and devoted his library and himself to teaching 
        the American people, and especially young people, about their 
        history and their government.

SEC. 3. CONGRESSIONAL GOLD MEDAL.

    (a) Presentation Authorized.--The President is authorized to 
present, on behalf of the Congress, to Margaret Truman Daniel a gold 
medal of appropriate design, in recognition of the many accomplishments 
of President Harry S Truman on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of 
his 1st inauguration as President of the United States of America.
    (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. 4. 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 3 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.
    (b) Reimbursement of Appropriation.--The appropriation used to 
carry out section 3 shall be reimbursed out of the proceeds of sales 
under subsection (a).

SEC. 5. 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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