[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2203 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]

        H.R.2203

                     One Hundred Thirteenth Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America


                          AT THE SECOND SESSION

           Begun and held at the City of Washington on Friday,
           the third day of January, two thousand and fourteen


                                 An Act


 
 To provide for the award of a gold medal on behalf of Congress to Jack 
   Nicklaus, in recognition of his service to the Nation in promoting 
            excellence, good sportsmanship, and philanthropy.

    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) Jack Nicklaus is a world-famous golf professional, a highly 
    successful business executive, a prominent advertising spokesman, a 
    passionate and dedicated philanthropist, 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) Jack Nicklaus amassed 120 victories in professional 
    competition of national or international stature, 73 of which came 
    on the Professional Golf Association (in this Act referred to as 
    the ``PGA'') Tour, and professional major-championship titles. His 
    record 18 professional majors, the first of which he won 50 years 
    ago with his win at the 1962 U.S. Open as a 22-year-old rookie, 
    remains the standard by which all golfers are measured. He is the 
    only player in golf history to have won each major championship at 
    least three times, and is the only player to complete a career 
    ``Grand Slam'' on both the regular and senior tours. He also owns 
    the record for most major championships as a senior, with eight.
        (3) Jack Nicklaus' magnetic personality and unfailing sense of 
    kindness and thoughtfulness have endeared him to millions 
    throughout the world.
        (4) Jack Nicklaus has been the recipient of countless athletic 
    honors, including being named Individual Male Athlete of the 
    Century by Sports Illustrated, one of the 10 Greatest Athletes of 
    the Century by ESPN, and Golfer of the Century or Golfer of the 
    Millennium by every major national and international media outlet. 
    He received the Muhammad Ali Sports Legend Award and the first-ever 
    ESPY Lifetime Achievement Award. He became the first golfer and 
    only the third athlete to receive the Vince Lombardi Award of 
    Excellence, and is also a five-time winner of the PGA Player of the 
    Year Award. He was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame at the 
    age of 34.
        (5) Jack Nicklaus has received numerous honors outside of the 
    world of sports, including several golf industry awards for his 
    work and contributions as a golf course designer, such as the Old 
    Tom Morris Award, which is the highest honor given by the Golf 
    Course Superintendents Association of America, and both the Donald 
    Ross Award given by the American Society of Golf Course Architects 
    and the Don A. Rossi Award given by the Golf Course Builders 
    Association of America. Golf Inc. Magazine named him the Most 
    Powerful Person in Golf for a record six consecutive years, due to 
    his impact on various aspects of the industry through his course 
    design work, marketing and licensing business, his ambassadorial 
    role in promoting and growing the game of golf worldwide, and his 
    involvement on a national and global level with various charitable 
    causes.
        (6) Jack Nicklaus has been involved in the design of more than 
    290 golf courses worldwide, and his business, Nicklaus Design, has 
    close to 380 courses open for play in 36 countries and 39 States.
        (7) Jack Nicklaus served as the Global Ambassador for a 
    campaign to include golf in the Olympic Games, which was achieved 
    and will begin in the 2016 Olympic program.
        (8) Jack Nicklaus was honored by President George W. Bush in 
    2005 by receiving the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest 
    honor given to any United States civilian.
        (9) Jack Nicklaus has a long-standing commitment to numerous 
    charitable causes, such as his founding, along with wife Barbara, 
    of the Nicklaus Children's Health Care Foundation, which provides 
    pediatric health care services throughout South Florida and in 
    other parts of the country. The Foundation has raised close to 
    $24,000,000 since it was formed in 2004, and has provided health 
    assistance and services to more than 4,000 children and their 
    families through--
            (A) Child Life programs (supporting therapeutic 
        interventions for children with chronic and acute conditions 
        during hospitalization);
            (B) Miami Children's Hospital Nicklaus Care Centers (to 
        offer a new option to Palm Beach County-area families with 
        children who require pediatric specialty care); and
            (C) Safe Kids Program (aimed at keeping children injury-
        free and offering safety education in an effort to decrease 
        accidental injuries in children).
        (10) In October 2012, the Miami Children's Hospital Nicklaus 
    Outpatient Center was opened to provide pediatric urgent care, 
    diagnostic services, and rehabilitation services in Palm Beach 
    County.
        (11) Jack Nicklaus also established an annual pro-am golf 
    tournament called ``The Jake'' to honor his 17-month-old grandson 
    who passed away in 2005, and it serves as a primary fundraiser for 
    the Nicklaus Children's Health Care Foundation. The event alone has 
    raised well over $43,000,000 over the last several years.
        (12) Nicklaus has been a tireless supporter of numerous junior 
    golf initiatives, working with the PGA of America Junior Golf 
    Foundation over the course of four decades, including the 
    establishment of the Barbara and Jack Nicklaus Junior Golf 
    Endowment Fund and the PGA-Nicklaus First Tee Teaching Grants. He 
    also is a spokesperson for several PGA of America and USGA growth-
    of-the-game initiatives. He continues to support several 
    scholarship foundations, other children's hospitals, and other 
    causes, including spinal-cord research, pancreatic cancer issues, 
    and Florida Everglades restoration.
        (13) In 2013, Jack Nicklaus, with the support of the National 
    Park and Recreation Association (NRPA), launched the Jack Nicklaus 
    Learning Leagues, taking team-concept golf to our parks system for 
    children, ages 5 to 12. A non-profit foundation called Global 
    Outreach for Learning Foundation (GOLF) was created to underwrite 
    the program. By the end of 2013, they hope to have the program in 
    more than 100 locations and reach close to 25,000 children.
        (14) Jack Nicklaus continues to manage the Memorial Tournament 
    in his home State of Ohio, in which contributions generated through 
    the aid of over 2,600 volunteers are given to support Nationwide 
    Children's Hospital and close to 75 other Central Ohio charities. 
    This has garnered more than $5,700,000 for programs and services at 
    Nationwide Children's Hospital since 1976, so that Central Ohio 
    will continue to have one of the best children's hospitals in the 
    United States.
        (15) Jack Nicklaus serves as an honorary chairs of the American 
    Lake Veterans Golf Course in Tacoma, Washington, which neighbors a 
    Veterans Administration hospital and is designed for the 
    rehabilitation of wounded and disabled veterans. Nicklaus has 
    donated his design services for the improvement of the course, and 
    raised contributions for the addition of nine new holes (the 
    ``Nicklaus Nine''), the construction of the Rehabilitation and 
    Learning Center, and the upgrade of the maintenance facilities. The 
    course is considered the only one in the United States designed 
    solely for the use of disabled veterans. It served over 30,000 
    veterans and their families in 2011 to use the healing powers of 
    golf to help them rehabilitate and recreate. The hope is that 
    American Lake will serve as a pilot program for the more than 150 
    Veterans Administration hospitals nationwide.
        (16) Jack Nicklaus serves as a spokesperson and Trustee for the 
    First Tee program, which brings golf to children who would not 
    otherwise be exposed to it, and teaches them valuable, character-
    building life lessons through the game of golf, and is a national 
    co-chair of the organization's More Than a Game campaign.
        (17) Jack Nicklaus remains active in tournament golf, although 
    he retired from major championship competition in 2005, when he 
    played his final British Open and his final Masters Tournament, and 
    led the United States to a thrilling victory in the President's 
    Cup. He consults often with the PGA Tour, and no fewer than 95 
    Nicklaus courses have hosted a combined total of almost 700 
    professional tournaments. In 2013 alone, Nicklaus courses will host 
    17 PGA Tour-sanctioned events. His Muirfield Village Golf Club in 
    Ohio will be hosting the Presidents Cup in October 2013, making it 
    the only club in history to have hosted all three of the game's 
    most prominent international team competitions--the Ryder Cup, 
    Solheim Cup and Presidents Cup. It is also expected that his course 
    at the Jack Nicklaus Golf Club Korea in New Songdo City, South 
    Korea, will be named the host venue for the 2015 Presidents Cup--
    the first time that country has hosted an international team 
    competition of this stature.
SEC. 2. CONGRESSIONAL GOLD MEDAL.
    (a) Authorization.--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 Congress, of a gold 
medal of appropriate design to Jack Nicklaus 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.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

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