[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2203 Referred in Senate (RFS)]

113th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 2203


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 20, 2014

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

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                                 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.

            Passed the House of Representatives May 19, 2014.

            Attest:

                                                 KAREN L. HAAS,

                                                                 Clerk.

                               By Robert F. Reeves,

                                                          Deputy Clerk.