[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2078 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







106th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2078

To authorize the President to award a gold medal on behalf of Congress 
      to Muhammad Ali in recognition of his outstanding athletic 
 accomplishments and enduring contributions to humanity, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           February 22, 2000

 Mr. Bunning (for himself and Mr. McConnell) introduced the following 
 bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, 
                       Housing and Urban Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
To authorize the President to award a gold medal on behalf of Congress 
      to Muhammad Ali in recognition of his outstanding athletic 
 accomplishments and enduring contributions to humanity, 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.

    Congress makes the following findings:
            (1) Muhammad Ali was born Cassius Marcellus Clay on January 
        17, 1942, in Louisville, Kentucky, the grandson of slaves.
            (2) Muhammad Ali's numerous athletic accomplishments 
        include 100 wins in 108 fights as an amateur boxer; a gold 
        medal at the 1960 Olympic Games in Rome; 56 wins in 61 fights, 
        including 37 knockouts, as a professional boxer; and 3 times 
        winning the Heavyweight Boxing Championship of the World.
            (3) The list of opponents Muhammad Ali defeated include 
        George Foreman, Joe Frazier, Sonny Liston, Floyd Patterson, 
        Henry Cooper, Archie Moore, Ken Norton, Jerry Quarry, Jimmy 
        Ellis, and Leon Spinks.
            (4) Muhammad Ali was recently inducted into the Kentucky 
        Athletic Hall of Fame, and is one of the most well-known and 
        respected citizens to come from the Commonwealth of Kentucky.
            (5) Muhammad Ali is respected around the world as a man of 
        conscience for his strongly held religious views and charitable 
        work.
            (6) Muhammad Ali has inspired countless others by his brave 
        struggle with Parkinson's disease.
            (7) Because of his athletic exploits, Muhammad Ali is 
        widely regarded as the finest athlete of the 20th century.
            (8) Throughout the world, Muhammad Ali is known simply as 
        ``The Greatest''.

SEC. 2. CONGRESSIONAL GOLD MEDAL.

    (a) Presentation Authorized.--The President is authorized to 
present, on behalf of Congress, a gold medal of appropriate design to 
Muhammad Ali in recognition of Muhammad Ali's outstanding athletic 
accomplishments and enduring contributions to humanity.
    (b) Design and Striking.--For the purpose of the presentation 
referred to in subsection (a), the Secretary of the Treasury (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.

    Under such regulations as the Secretary may prescribe, the 
Secretary may strike and sell duplicates in bronze of the gold medal 
struck under section 2 at a price sufficient to cover the costs of the 
medals, including the costs of labor, materials, dies, use of 
machinery, and overhead expenses.

SEC. 4. NATIONAL MEDALS.

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

SEC. 5. FUNDING AND PROCEEDS OF SALE.

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