[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3600 Introduced in House (IH)]







109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3600

 To award a Congressional Gold Medal to Dr. Robert H. Schuller, Pastor 
                       of the Crystal Cathedral.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 28, 2005

     Ms. Loretta Sanchez of California (for herself and Mr. Royce) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                           Financial Services

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                                 A BILL


 
 To award a Congressional Gold Medal to Dr. Robert H. Schuller, Pastor 
                       of the Crystal Cathedral.

    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 ``Dr. Robert Schuller Gold Medal 
Act''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    The Congress finds as follows:
            (1) Dr. Robert H. Schuller was born on September 16, 1926 
        in Alton, Iowa.
            (2) Robert Schuller received his Bachelor of Arts degree 
        from Hope College in 1947, and his Bachelor of Divinity in 1950 
        from Western Theological Seminary, both located in Holland, 
        Michigan.
            (3) In 1955, Robert Schuller became Pastor of the Garden 
        Grove Community Church, now known as the Crystal Cathedral, 
        where he remains Pastor today.
            (4) In 1970, Robert Schuller founded the Hour of Power 
        television ministry, a program which is now broadcast to 
        hundreds of countries around the world, and is shown on 185 
        stations in the U.S. and Canada alone.
            (5) Robert Schuller is also the founder of the Institute 
        for Successful Church Leadership--which has 20,000 graduates of 
        various Protestant and Catholic denominations--as well as the 
        Christian Counseling Service, the Correspondence Center for 
        Possibility Thinkers, and the Robert Schuller International 
        School of Christian Communication.
            (6) The growth and success of the Garden Grove congregation 
        led, in 1980, to the construction of the 2,736-seat Crystal 
        Cathedral, designed by renowned architect Philip Johnson.
            (7) In 1989, Robert Schuller was invited by Mikhail 
        Gorbachev to deliver a message on television to 200 million 
        viewers in the Soviet Union, the first broadcast of its kind in 
        the officially atheistic U.S.S.R.
            (8) In 1995, Robert Schuller was invited by President 
        Clinton to represent the United States as part of the official 
        Presidential Delegation attending Prime Minister Rabin's 
        funeral in Israel.
            (9) The author of 36 books, Dr. Schuller has reached the 
        New York Times and Publisher's Weekly best seller list 6 times.
            (10) Through his ministry, Dr. Schuller has reached out to 
        other Christian denominations, as well as to other religious 
        communities.
            (11) For his work, Dr. Schuller has been recognized with 
        such awards as the Peace Maker Award for 1990 from the Olender 
        Foundation, and the 20th Annual Humanitarian Award (in 1996), 
        presented by the National Conference of Christians and Jews.
            (12) Dr. Schuller has delivered a positive message of 
        strength and hope to people of all nationalities, races, creeds 
        and faiths. As a pastor, speaker, motivator and author he has 
        reached millions of people in this country and across the 
        globe.

SEC. 3. CONGRESSIONAL GOLD MEDAL.

    (a) Presentation Authorized.--The Speaker of the House of 
Representatives and the President pro tempore of the Senate shall make 
appropriate arrangements for the presentation, on behalf of the 
Congress, of a gold medal of appropriate design in commemoration of Dr. 
Robert H. Schuller, Pastor of the Crystal Cathedral.
    (b) Design and Striking.--For purposes 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. 4. 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, 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. 5. STATUS OF MEDALS.

    (a) National Medals.--The medals struck under this Act are national 
medals for purposes of chapter 51 of title 31, United States Code.
    (b) Numismatic Items.--For purposes of section 5134 of title 31, 
Unites States Code, all medals struck under this Act shall be 
considered to be numismatic items.

SEC. 6. AUTHORITY TO USE FUND AMOUNTS; PROCEEDS OF SALE.

    (a) Authority to Use Fund Amounts.--There is authorized to be 
charged against the United States Mint Public Enterprise Fund such 
amounts as may be necessary to pay for the costs of the medals struck 
pursuant to this Act.
    (b) Proceeds of Sale.--Amounts received from the sale of duplicate 
bronze medals authorized under section 3 shall be deposited into the 
United States Mint Public Enterprise Fund.
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