[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4590 Introduced in House (IH)]







107th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4590

To authorize the President to award a gold medal on behalf of Congress 
   to Muhammad Ali in recognition of his contributions to the Nation.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 25, 2002

 Ms. Carson of Indiana (for herself, Mr. Abercrombie, Mr. Andrews, Mr. 
   Bishop, Mr. Blagojevich, Mr. Brady of Pennsylvania, Ms. Brown of 
  Florida, Mrs. Christensen, Mr. Clay, Mrs. Clayton, Mr. Clyburn, Mr. 
Conyers, Mr. Cummings, Mr. Davis of Illinois, Mr. Fattah, Mr. Ford, Mr. 
Frost, Mr. Gephardt, Mr. Hastings of Florida, Mr. Hilliard, Mr. Jackson 
of Illinois, Ms. Jackson-Lee of Texas, Mr. Jefferson, Ms. Eddie Bernice 
 Johnson of Texas, Mrs. Jones of Ohio, Ms. Kilpatrick, Mr. LaHood, Mr. 
  Lantos, Ms. Lee, Mr. Lewis of California, Mr. Lewis of Georgia, Mr. 
  McDermott, Ms. McKinney, Mr. Markey, Mrs. Maloney of New York, Mrs. 
  Meek of Florida, Mr. Meeks of New York, Ms. Millender-McDonald, Mr. 
Mollohan, Mr. Nadler, Ms. Norton, Mr. Owens, Mr. Payne, Ms. Pelosi, Mr. 
 Rangel, Mr. Reyes, Mr. Rohrabacher, Ms. Roybal-Allard, Mr. Rush, Mr. 
 Sabo, Mr. Sanders, Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. Scott, Mr. Serrano, Ms. Solis, 
Mr. Thompson of Mississippi, Mr. Tierney, Mr. Towns, Mr. Traficant, Mr. 
  Underwood, Ms. Waters, Ms. Watson of California, Mr. Watt of North 
   Carolina, and Mr. Wynn) introduced the following bill; which was 
            referred to the Committee on Financial Services

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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 contributions to the Nation.

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

SECTION 1. FINDINGS.

    Congress finds the following:
            (1) Born Cassius Marcellus Clay, Jr., on January 17, 1942, 
        in Louisville, Kentucky, Muhammad Ali was the first child of 
        Cassius and Odessa Clay.
            (2) Muhammad Ali was one of the greatest boxers and most 
        inspiring athletes of the 20th century.
            (3) After an impressive amateur career, on February 25, 
        1964, Muhammad Ali (known then as Cassius Clay), at the age of 
        22, shocked the world by defeating the reigning Heavyweight 
        Champion of the World, Sonny Liston. After his victory, 
        Muhammad Ali announced his conversion to the religion of Islam 
        and changed his name to Muhammad Ali.
            (4) Muhammad Ali defeated every challenger he faced in the 
        ring, but on April 28, 1967, he was stripped of his title as 
        Heavyweight Champion of the World and deprived of his ability 
        to practice the trade of boxing for refusing induction into the 
        United States Armed Forces during the Vietnam conflict because 
        of his religious and moral beliefs.
            (5) As an African American living in an era that continued 
        to question his rights as a person, Muhammad Ali faced and 
        battled issues of race and class, and deserves recognition as 
        one of the champions of the civil rights movement.
            (6) Muhammad Ali is the recipient of many awards and 
        accolades for his sporting prowess and for his efforts on 
        behalf of racial harmony, including the Dr. Martin Luther King 
        Memorial Award, the Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year 
        Award, a place in the International Boxing Hall of Fame, the 
        Arthur Ashe Award for Courage, the Essence Living Legend Award, 
        a Rainbow Coalition Lifetime Achievement Award, and recognition 
        as the Boxer of the Century by the World Sports Awards of the 
        Century.
            (7) During his career, and since his retirement on December 
        11, 1981, Muhammad Ali has dedicated his life to the cause of 
        universal human rights and embodies the love of humanity and 
        freedom.
            (8) Despite having been diagnosed with Parkinson's disease 
        in 1993, Muhammad Ali has continued to devote his life to 
        charity organizations, including Jubilee 2000, an organization 
        that campaigns for the cancellation of Third World debt.
            (9) Muhammad Ali has transcended the glamour and glory of 
        being a sports champion to become not only one of the greatest 
        sports figures, but one of the greatest human beings, to have 
        ever lived.

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 his contributions to the Nation.
    (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.

    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 cost of the 
bronze medals (including labor, materials, dies, use of machinery, and 
overhead expenses) and the cost of the gold medal.

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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