[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2672 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2672

   To authorize the President to award a gold medal on behalf of the 
Congress to General Henry H. Shelton and to provide for the production 
       of bronze duplicates of such medal for sale to the public.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             August 2, 1999

 Mr. Etheridge (for himself, Mr. Skelton, Mr. McIntyre, Mrs. Clayton, 
Mr. Wu, Mr. Stupak, Mr. Wynn, Mr. John, Mr. Green of Texas, Mr. Matsui, 
   Mr. Becerra, Mr. Boyd, Mr. Price of North Carolina, Mr. Dooley of 
  California, Mr. Bishop, Mr. Udall of New Mexico, Mrs. Tauscher, Mr. 
 Spratt, Mr. George Miller of California, Mr. Andrews, Mr. Goode, Mr. 
  Rogers, Mr. Sandlin, Mr. Baldacci, Mr. Kanjorski, Mr. Watt of North 
 Carolina, Mr. Murtha, Mr. Dicks, Mr. Smith of Washington, Mr. Turner, 
Mr. Taylor of Mississippi, Mr. Berry, Mr. Shows, Mr. Condit, Mr. Lucas 
    of Kentucky, Mr. Phelps, Ms. Danner, Ms. Slaughter, Mr. Hill of 
Indiana, Mr. Thompson of Mississippi, Mr. Hall of Texas, Mr. Pickering, 
   Mr. Thune, Mr. Terry, Mr. Jones of North Carolina, Mr. Towns, Mr. 
    Larson, Mr. Aderholt, Ms. Carson, and Mrs. Maloney of New York) 
 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 General Henry H. Shelton and to provide for the production 
       of bronze duplicates of such medal for sale to the public.

    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 the following:
            (1) General Henry H. Shelton, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs 
        of Staff, the principal military adviser to the President, the 
        National Security Council, and the Secretary of Defense, has 
        displayed an extraordinary degree of leadership, competence, 
        and professionalism fulfilling his statutory responsibilities 
        throughout Operation Allied Force.
            (2) The leadership, competence, and professionalism of 
        General Shelton and his subordinates, officers, and 
        noncommissioned officers have instilled great confidence and 
        pride in the Armed Forces of the United States.
            (3) General Shelton and his subordinates brilliantly 
        planned and coordinated at the national level the most 
        successful air campaign in the history of war fighting.
            (4) General Shelton's leadership, foresight, and 
        determination were directly responsible for ensuring that 
        proper military force was applied to bring about decisive 
        military victory without a single allied combat casualty.
            (5) The superb coordination among North Atlantic Treaty 
        Organization (NATO) forces and the unique and exceptional 
        command arrangements which produced the highly effective chain 
        of command within NATO are directly attributed to the military 
        competence and extraordinary leadership of General Shelton.
            (6) As the principal military advisor to the President of 
        the United States, the National Security Council, and the 
        Secretary of Defense, General Shelton's clear and farsighted 
        assessments, judgments, recommendations, and determination were 
        invaluable and instrumental in the unprecedented military 
        victory against the forces of Slobodan Milosevic.
            (7) General Shelton's distinction as a ``soldier's 
        soldier'' and his previous service, including command of the 
        Special Operations Command, the 18th Airborne Corps at Fort 
        Bragg, North Carolina, helicopter forces in Operation Desert 
        Storm, and special forces Green Berets in Vietnam, serve as an 
        inspiration to the Congress and the people of the United 
        States, a grateful Nation.

SEC. 2. CONGRESSIONAL GOLD MEDAL.

    (a) Presentation Authorized.--The President is authorized to 
present, on behalf of the Congress, to General Henry H. Shelton a gold 
medal of appropriate design in recognition of his exemplary performance 
as a military leader in coordinating the planning, strategy, and 
execution of the United States and NATO combat action and his 
invaluable contributions to the United States and to the successful 
return to peace in the Balkans as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of 
Staff.
    (b) Design and Striking.--For purposes of the presentation referred 
to in subsection (a), the Secretary of the Treasury (hereafter 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 bronze duplicates of the gold medal struck 
pursuant to section 2, under such regulations as the Secretary may 
prescribe, and may sell such bronze duplicates 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. NATIONAL MEDALS.

    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 authorized to be 
appropriated not to exceed $30,000 to carry out section 2.
    (b) Proceeds of Sales.--Amounts received from sales of duplicate 
bronze medals under section 3 shall be credited to the appropriation 
made pursuant to the authorization provided in subsection (a).
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