[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 54 Referred in Senate (RFS)]

  1st Session
                                 H. R. 54


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            January 26, 2005

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, 
                           and Urban Affairs

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                                 AN ACT


 
To amend title 31, United States Code, to provide reasonable standards 
         for congressional gold medals, 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. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Congressional Gold Medal Enhancement 
Act of 2005''.

SEC. 2. REASONABLE STANDARDS ESTABLISHED FOR CONGRESSIONAL GOLD MEDALS.

    Section 5111 of title 31, United States Code, is amended by adding 
at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(e) Congressional Gold Medal Standards.--
            ``(1) Maximum number.--Beginning on the date of the 
        enactment of the Congressional Gold Medal Enhancement Act of 
        2005, the Secretary of the Treasury may strike not more than 2 
        congressional gold medals for presentation pursuant to an Act 
        of the Congress in any calendar year.
            ``(2) Program requirements.--The Secretary may strike 
        congressional gold medals only in accordance with the following 
        requirements:
                    ``(A) Recipients.--Only an individual may be a 
                recipient of a congressional gold medal.
                    ``(B) Timing.--No gold medal may be presented 
                posthumously on behalf of any individual except during 
                the 20-year period beginning 5 years after the death of 
                the individual (unless the Act of Congress authorizing 
                the striking of such medal was enacted before the death 
                of such individual)''.

            Passed the House of Representatives January 26, 2005.

            Attest:

                                                 JEFF TRANDAHL,

                                                                 Clerk.