[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
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[H.R. 1243 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]

        H.R.1243

                      One Hundred Eleventh Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America


                          AT THE FIRST SESSION

          Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday,
             the sixth day of January, two thousand and nine


                                 An Act


 
To provide for the award of a gold medal on behalf of Congress to Arnold 
    Palmer in recognition of his service to the Nation in promoting 
               excellence and good sportsmanship in golf.

    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) Arnold Palmer is a world famous golf professional, a highly 
    successful business executive, a prominent advertising spokesman, a 
    devoted husband, father, and grandfather, and a man with a common 
    touch that has made him one of the most popular and accessible 
    public figures in history.
        (2) Arnold Palmer amassed 92 championships in professional 
    competition of national or international stature by the end of 
    1993, 62 of which came on the Professional Golf Association Tour.
        (3) Arnold Palmer's magnetic personality and unfailing sense of 
    kindness and thoughtfulness have endeared him to millions 
    throughout the world.
        (4) Arnold Palmer has been the recipient of countless honors 
    including virtually every national award in golf and both the 
    Hickok Athlete of the Year and Sports Illustrated's Sportsman of 
    the Year awards, and he was chosen Athlete of the Decade for the 
    1960s in a national Associated Press poll.
        (5) Arnold Palmer has received numerous honors outside the 
    world of sports, including the Patriot Award of the Congressional 
    Medal of Honor Society, the Golden Plate award of the American 
    Academy of Achievement, and the United States Navy Memorial Lone 
    Sailor Award.
        (6) Arnold Palmer was honored by the United States Golf 
    Association with the opening of the Arnold Palmer Center for Golf 
    History on June 3rd 2008.
        (7) Arnold Palmer served his country for 3 years in the United 
    States Coast Guard and was among those chosen to address the Joint 
    Session of Congress on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the 
    birth of President Dwight D. Eisenhower.
        (8) Arnold Palmer served as Honorary National Chairman of the 
    March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation for 20 years and played a 
    major role in the fund-raising drive that led to the creation of 
    the Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children in Orlando and the Latrobe 
    Area Hospital Charitable Foundation in his Western Pennsylvania 
    hometown.
        (9) Arnold Palmer remains active in tournament golf, although 
    he retired from competition in the major championships on April 14, 
    2002, when he played the last of his 48 Masters Tournaments, where 
    he was given an emotional standing ovation as he finished the 18th 
    hole.
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 Arnold Palmer in 
recognition of his service to the Nation in promoting excellence and 
good sportsmanship.
    (b) Design and Striking.--For the purpose of the presentation 
referred to in subsection (a), the Secretary of the Treasury 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 of the Treasury may 
prescribe, the Secretary may strike duplicate medals in bronze of the 
gold medal struck pursuant to section 2 and sell such duplicate medals 
at a price sufficient to cover the costs of the duplicate medals 
(including labor, materials, dies, use of machinery, 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.
    (a) Authorization of Charges.--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.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

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