[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1650 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1650

   To authorize the President to award a gold medal on behalf of the 
Congress to Mother Teresa of Calcutta in recognition of her outstanding 
    and enduring contributions through humanitarian and charitable 
                  activities, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 16, 1997

 Mr. Christensen (for himself, Mr. Jackson of Illinois, Mr. Ackerman, 
Mr. Abercrombie, Mr. Aderholt, Mr. Archer, Mr. Armey, Mr. Baesler, Mr. 
Baker, Mr. Ballenger, Mr. Barcia, Mr. Barrett of Nebraska, Mr. Barrett 
  of Wisconsin, Mr. Bartlett of Maryland, Mr. Bass, Mr. Bateman, Mr. 
   Becerra, Mr. Bentsen, Mr. Bereuter, Mr. Berman, Mr. Bilbray, Mr. 
Bishop, Mr. Bliley, Mr. Blunt, Mr. Boehlert, Mr. Boehner, Mr. Bonilla, 
Mr. Boswell, Mr. Brady, Ms. Brown of Florida, Mr. Brown of California, 
Mr. Brown of Ohio, Mr. Bryant, Mr. Bunning, Mr. Burr of North Carolina, 
Mr. Burton of Indiana, Mr. Buyer, Mr. Callahan, Mr. Calvert, Mr. Camp, 
    Mr. Canady of Florida, Mr. Cannon, Ms. Carson, Mr. Chabot, Mr. 
Chambliss, Mrs. Chenoweth, Ms. Christian-Green, Mr. Clay, Mrs. Clayton, 
   Mr. Clement, Mr. Clyburn, Mr. Coble, Mr. Coburn, Mr. Collins, Mr. 
Conyers, Mr. Cook, Mr. Cooksey, Mr. Cox of California, Mr. Crapo, Mrs. 
Cubin, Mr. Cummings, Mr. Cunningham, Ms. Danner, Mr. Davis of Illinois, 
Mr. Davis of Virginia, Mr. Deal of Georgia, Mr. Delahunt, Ms. DeLauro, 
  Mr. DeLay, Mr. Dellums, Mr. Diaz-Balart, Mr. Dickey, Mr. Dicks, Mr. 
Dixon, Mr. Dooley of California, Mr. Doolittle, Mr. Doyle, Mr. Duncan, 
    Ms. Dunn, Mr. Ehlers, Mr. Ehrlich, Mrs. Emerson, Mr. English of 
  Pennsylvania, Mr. Ensign, Mr. Everett, Mr. Farr of California, Mr. 
 Fattah, Mr. Filner, Mr. Flake, Mr. Foglietta, Mr. Foley, Mr. Forbes, 
     Mr. Ford, Mrs. Fowler, Mr. Fox of Pennsylvania, Mr. Frank of 
Massachusetts, Mr. Franks of New Jersey, Mr. Frelinghuysen, Mr. Frost, 
   Ms. Furse, Mr. Gallegly, Mr. Ganske, Mr. Gekas, Mr. Gephardt, Mr. 
  Gibbons, Mr. Gilchrest, Mr. Gillmor, Mr. Gilman, Mr. Gingrich, Mr. 
Goode, Mr. Goodlatte, Mr. Goss, Mr. Graham, Ms. Granger, Mr. Green, Mr. 
 Greenwood, Mr. Gutknecht, Mr. Hall of Ohio, Mr. Hansen, Mr. Hastert, 
Mr. Hastings of Florida, Mr. Hastings of Washington, Mr. Hayworth, Mr. 
Hefley, Mr. Herger, Mr. Hill, Mr. Hilleary, Mr. Hilliard, Mr. Hinchey, 
   Mr. Hinojosa, Mr. Hobson, Mr. Hoekstra, Mr. Holden, Ms. Hooley of 
Oregon, Mr. Horn, Mr. Hostettler, Mr. Houghton, Mr. Hoyer, Mr. Hulshof, 
Mr. Hunter, Mr. Hutchinson, Mr. Istook, Ms. Jackson-Lee of Florida, Mr. 
 Jefferson, Mr. Jenkins, Mr. John, Ms. Eddie Bernice Johnson of Texas, 
Mr. Johnson of Wisconsin, Mrs. Johnson of Connecticut, Mr. Sam Johnson 
of Texas, Mr. Jones, Mr. Kanjorski, Ms. Kaptur, Mr. Kasich, Mrs. Kelly, 
    Mr. Kennedy of Massachusetts, Mr. Kennedy of Rhode Island, Mrs. 
  Kennelly of Connecticut, Mr. Kildee, Ms. Kilpatrick, Mr. Kind, Mr. 
   King, Mr. Kingston, Mr. Kleczka, Mr. Klink, Mr. Knollenberg, Mr. 
   Kucinich, Mr. LaFalce, Mr. LaHood, Mr. Lampson, Mr. Largent, Mr. 
Latham, Mr. LaTourette, Mr. Lazio of New York, Mr. Lewis of California, 
Mr. Lewis of Georgia, Mr. Lewis of Kentucky, Mr. Linder, Mr. Lipinski, 
 Mr. Livingston, Mr. LoBiondo, Ms. Lofgren, Mr. Lucas of Oklahoma, Mr. 
    Manton, Mr. Markey, Mr. Mascara, Ms. McCarthy of Missouri, Mrs. 
   McCarthy of New York, Mr. McCollum, Mr. McCrery, Mr. McDade, Mr. 
  McDermott, Mr. McGovern, Mr. McHale, Mr. McInnis, Mr. McIntosh, Mr. 
 McKeon, Ms. McKinney, Mr. McNulty, Mrs. Meek of Florida, Mr. Metcalf, 
 Mr. Mica, Ms. Millender-McDonald, Mr. Miller of Florida, Mr. Moakley, 
Ms. Molinari, Mr. Mollohan, Mr. Moran of Virginia, Mr. Moran of Kansas, 
 Mrs. Morella, Mr. Murtha, Mrs. Myrick, Mr. Neal of Massachusetts, Mr. 
    Nethercutt, Mr. Neumann, Mr. Ney, Mrs. Northup, Ms. Norton, Mr. 
 Norwood, Mr. Oberstar, Mr. Owens, Mr. Oxley, Mr. Pallone, Mr. Pappas, 
Mr. Parker, Mr. Pascrell, Mr. Pastor, Mr. Paxon, Mr. Payne, Ms. Pelosi, 
Mr. Peterson of Minnesota, Mr. Peterson of Pennsylvania, Mr. Petri, Mr. 
Pickering, Mr. Pitts, Mr. Pombo, Mr. Pomeroy, Mr. Porter, Mr. Portman, 
Ms. Pryce of Ohio, Mr. Quinn, Mr. Radanovich, Mr. Ramstad, Mr. Rangel, 
Mr. Regula, Mr. Reyes, Mr. Riggs, Mr. Riley, Ms. Rivers, Mr. Rogan, Mr. 
Rogers, Mr. Rohrabacher, Mr. Rothman, Mrs. Roukema, Mr. Rush, Mr. Sabo, 
   Mr. Salmon, Mr. Sandlin, Mr. Sanford, Mr. Sawyer, Mr. Saxton, Mr. 
 Scarborough, Mr. Bob Schaffer of Colorado, Mr. Schiff, Mr. Scott, Mr. 
 Sensenbrenner, Mr. Serrano, Mr. Sessions, Mr. Shadegg, Mr. Shaw, Mr. 
Shays, Mr. Shimkus, Mr. Shuster, Mr. Sisisky, Mr. Skeen, Mr. Adam Smith 
of Washington, Mr. Smith of Oregon, Mr. Smith of New Jersey, Mrs. Linda 
 Smith of Washington, Mr. Smith of Michigan, Mr. Snyder, Mr. Solomon, 
 Mr. Souder, Mr. Spence, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Stearns, Mr. Stenholm, Mr. 
Stokes, Mr. Stump, Mr. Stupak, Mr. Sununu, Mr. Talent, Mr. Tanner, Mr. 
 Tauzin, Mr. Taylor of North Carolina, Mr. Taylor of Mississippi, Mr. 
 Thomas, Mr. Thompson, Mr. Thune, Mr. Tiahrt, Mr. Tierney, Mr. Towns, 
  Mr. Traficant, Mr. Turner, Mr. Underwood, Mr. Upton, Mr. Vento, Mr. 
Wamp, Ms. Waters, Mr. Watkins, Mr. Watt of North Carolina, Mr. Watts of 
   Oklahoma, Mr. Weldon of Pennsylvania, Mr. Weldon of Florida, Mr. 
 Weller, Mr. White, Mr. Whitfield, Mr. Wicker, Mr. Wise, Mr. Wolf, Ms. 
   Woolsey, Mr. Wynn, Mr. Young of Florida, and Mr. Young of Alaska) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                     Banking and Financial Services

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                                 A BILL


 
   To authorize the President to award a gold medal on behalf of the 
Congress to Mother Teresa of Calcutta in recognition of her outstanding 
    and enduring contributions through humanitarian and charitable 
                  activities, and for other purposes.

    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) Mother Teresa of Calcutta has greatly impacted the 
        lives of people in all walks of life in every corner of the 
        world through love and her selfless dedication to humanity and 
        charitable works for nearly 70 years;
            (2) Mother Teresa has expanded her personal dedication by 
        founding the Missionaries of Charity, which include well over 
        3,000 members in 25 countries, who devote their entire lives to 
        serving the poor without accepting any material reward in 
        return;
            (3) Mother Teresa has been recognized as a humanitarian 
        around the world and has been recognized in the form of--
                    (A) the first Pope John XXIII Peace Prize (1971);
                    (B) the Jawaharal Nehru Award for International 
                Understanding (1972);
                    (C) the Nobel Peace Prize (1979); and
                    (D) the Presidential Medal of Freedom (1985);
            (4) Mother Teresa is a tool of God;
            (5) God's love flowing through Mother Teresa has forever 
        impacted the culture and history of the world; and
            (6) Mother Teresa truly leads by example and shows the 
        people of the world the way to live by love for mankind.

SEC. 2. CONGRESSIONAL GOLD MEDAL.

    (a) Presentation Authorized.--The President is authorized to 
present, on behalf of the Congress, a gold medal of appropriate design 
to Mother Teresa of Calcutta in recognition of her outstanding and 
enduring contributions to humanitarian and charitable activities.
    (b) Design and Striking.--For the purpose of the presentation 
referred to in subsection (a), the Secretary of the Treasury (hereafter 
in this Act referred to 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, and at a price sufficient to cover the costs 
thereof, including labor, materials, dies, use of machinery, overhead 
expenses, and the cost of the gold medal.

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.

SEC. 5. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS; PROCEEDS OF SALE.

    (a) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is hereby authorized to 
be charged against the Numismatic Public Enterprise Fund an amount not 
to exceed $30,000 to pay for the cost of the medal authorized by this 
Act.
    (b) Proceeds of Sale.--Amounts received from the sales of duplicate 
bronze medals under section 3 shall be deposited in the Numismatic 
Public Enterprise Fund.
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