[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4488 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4488

To make technical corrections to two bills enabling the presentation of 
           congressional gold medals, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 28, 2014

    Mr. Lewis (for himself and Ms. Brown of Florida) introduced the 
   following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Financial 
Services, and in addition to the Committee on House Administration, for 
a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for 
consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the 
                          committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
To make technical corrections to two bills enabling the presentation of 
           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 ``Gold Medal Technical Corrections Act 
of 2014''.

SEC. 2. TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS TO AN ACT THAT AUTHORIZES PRESENTATION OF 
              A CONGRESSIONAL GOLD MEDAL TO DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING, 
              JR., AND CORETTA SCOTT KING.

    Section 2 of Public Law 108-368 is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)--
                    (A) by striking all before ``to present'' and 
                inserting the following: ``(a) Presentation 
                Authorized.--The Speaker of the House of 
                Representatives and the President pro tempore of the 
                Senate are authorized''; and
                    (B) by striking ``(posthumously)''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(c) Smithsonian Institution.--
            ``(1) In general.--Following the award of the gold medal in 
        honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and Coretta Scott King 
        under subsection (a), the gold medal shall be given to the 
        Smithsonian Institution, where it shall be available for 
        display as appropriate and made available for research.
            ``(2) Sense of congress.--It is the sense of Congress that 
        the Smithsonian Institution shall make the gold medal received 
        under paragraph (1) available for display, particularly at the 
        National Museum of African American History and Culture, or for 
        loan as appropriate so that it may be displayed elsewhere, 
        particularly at other appropriate locations associated with the 
        lives of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and Coretta Scott 
        King.''.

SEC. 3. TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS TO AN ACT THAT AUTHORIZES PRESENTATION OF 
              A CONGRESSIONAL GOLD MEDAL COLLECTIVELY TO THE MONTFORD 
              POINT MARINES, UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS.

    Section 2 of Public Law 112-59 is amended by adding at the end the 
following:
    ``(c) Smithsonian Institution.--
            ``(1) In general.--Following the award of the gold medal in 
        honor of the Montford Point Marines, United States Marine Corps 
        under subsection (a), the gold medal shall be given to the 
        Smithsonian Institution, where it shall be available for 
        display as appropriate and made available for research.
            ``(2) Sense of congress.--It is the sense of Congress that 
        the Smithsonian Institution shall make the gold medal received 
        under paragraph (1) available for display, particularly at the 
        National Museum of African American History and Culture, or for 
        loan as appropriate so that it may be displayed elsewhere, 
        particularly at other appropriate locations associated with the 
        Montford Point Marines.''.
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