[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
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[H.R. 4286 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]

        H.R.4286

                       One Hundred Tenth Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America


                          AT THE SECOND SESSION

          Begun and held at the City of Washington on Thursday,
            the third day of January, two thousand and eight


                                 An Act


 
     To award a congressional gold medal to Daw Aung San Suu Kyi in 
   recognition of her courageous and unwavering commitment to peace, 
           nonviolence, human rights, and democracy in Burma.

    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 as follows:
        (1) Aung San Suu Kyi was born on June 19, 1945, in Rangoon, 
    Burma, to Aung San, commander of the Burma Independence Army, and 
    Ma Khin Kyi.
        (2) On August 15, 1988, Ms. Suu Kyi, in her first political 
    action, sent an open letter to the military controlled government 
    asking for free, open, and multi-party elections.
        (3) On September 24, 1988, the National League for Democracy 
    (NLD) was formed, with Ms. Suu Kyi as the general-secretary, and it 
    was, and remains, dedicated to a policy of non-violence and civil 
    disobedience.
        (4) Ms. Suu Kyi was subsequently placed under house arrest, 
    where she remained for the next 6 years--without being charged or 
    put on trial--and has been imprisoned twice more; she currently 
    remains under house arrest.
        (5) Despite her detention, the National League for Democracy 
    won an open election with an overwhelming 82 percent of the vote--
    which the military junta nullified.
        (6) While under house arrest, she has bravely refused offers to 
    leave the country to continue to promote freedom and democracy in 
    Burma.
        (7) For her efforts on behalf of the Burmese people, she has 
    been awarded the Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought in 1990, the 
    Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2000, and the Nobel Peace Prize in 
    1991.
        (8) Ms. Suu Kyi continues to fight on behalf of the Burmese 
    people, even donating her $1.3 million from her Nobel Prize to 
    establish a health and education fund for Burma.
        (9) She is the world's only imprisoned Nobel Peace Prize 
    recipient, spending more than 12 of the past 17 years under house 
    arrest.
        (10) Despite an assassination attempt against her life, her 
    prolonged illegal imprisonment, the constant public vilification of 
    her character, and her inability to see her children or to see her 
    husband before his death, Ms. Suu Kyi remains committed to peaceful 
    dialogue with her captors, Burma's military regime, and Burma's 
    ethnic nationalities towards bringing democracy, human rights, and 
    national reconciliation to Burma.
SEC. 2. 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, to Daw Aung San Suu 
Kyi in recognition of her courageous and unwavering commitment to 
peace, nonviolence, human rights, and democracy in Burma.
    (b) Design and Striking.--For purposes 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.
    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. 4. STATUS OF MEDALS.
    (a) National Medals.--The medals struck pursuant to this Act are 
national medals for purposes of chapter 51 of title 31, United States 
Code.
    (b) Numismatic Items.--For purposes of sections 5134 and 5136 of 
title 31, United States Code, all medals struck under this Act shall be 
considered to be numismatic items.
SEC. 5. 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.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

                            Vice President of the United States and    
                                               President of the Senate.