[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 750 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 750

 To award posthumously a Congressional Gold Medal to Stewart Lee Udall 
   in recognition of his contributions to the Nation as hero for the 
  environment, a champion for conservation, a civil right activist, a 
        Native American crusader, and an advocate for the arts.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 15, 2013

 Mr. Thompson of California (for himself and Mr. Gosar) introduced the 
   following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Financial 
                                Services

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                                 A BILL


 
 To award posthumously a Congressional Gold Medal to Stewart Lee Udall 
   in recognition of his contributions to the Nation as hero for the 
  environment, a champion for conservation, a civil right activist, a 
        Native American crusader, and an advocate for the arts.

    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 the following:
            (1) Stewart Lee Udall was born to former Arizona Supreme 
        Court Justice Levi Stewart Udall and Louise Lee Udall on 
        January 31, 1920, in Saint Johns, Arizona.
            (2) Stewart Lee Udall began serving his country in 1942 
        when he joined the United States Army Air Corps (predecessor of 
        the United States Air Force) during World War II, serving as an 
        enlisted B-24 waist gunner in Italy. He flew more than 50 
        missions over Western Europe over 4 years, receiving the Air 
        Medal with 3 Oak Leaf Clusters.
            (3) After coming home from war, Stewart Lee Udall returned 
        to the University of Arizona where he received a bachelors and 
        law degree and was admitted to the Arizona State Bar. After 
        graduating from law school, he began his own private practice 
        and eventually established the law firm of Udall and Udall with 
        his brother Morris K. Udall.
            (4) Stewart Lee Udall's first elected office was as a 
        member of the Amphitheater School Board (1951), where he 
        participated in desegregating the Amphitheater School District 
        before the United States Supreme Court ruling in Brown v. Board 
        of Education.
            (5) Beginning in 1954, Stewart Lee Udall was elected to 
        serve 4 terms as United States Representative from Arizona's 
        second district.
            (6) Upon the 1960 Presidential election, President Kennedy 
        appointed Stewart Lee Udall as Secretary of the Interior. He 
        maintained this position for 8 years, where his accomplishments 
        under Presidents Kennedy and Johnson made him a hero for the 
        environmental and conservation communities.
            (7) Among the legislative accomplishments during his 
        cabinet career, Stewart Lee Udall helped guide numerous 
        landmark environmental measures through Congress, including the 
        Wilderness Act of 1964, the Land and Water Conservation Fund 
        Act of 1965, the Endangered Species Preservation Act of 1966, 
        the National Trail System Act of 1968, the Solid Waste Disposal 
        Act of 1965, the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act of 1968, the Clear 
        Air Act, the Water Quality Act of 1965, and the Clean Water 
        Restoration Act of 1966.
            (8) Stewart Lee Udall was a coauthor of the Economic 
        Opportunity Act of 1964. This legislation created several new 
        social programs that helped promote the health, education, and 
        general welfare of the impoverished. Some of the programs 
        remaining today include Head Start and the Job Corps.
            (9) As Secretary of the Interior during the Kennedy and 
        Johnson administrations, Stewart Lee Udall expanded the 
        National Park Service by presiding over the acquisition of 3.85 
        million acres of new holdings, including 4 national parks 
        (Canyonlands in Utah, Redwood in California, North Cascades in 
        Washington State, and Guadalupe Mountains in Texas), 6 national 
        monuments, 9 national recreation areas, 20 historic sites, 50 
        wildlife refuges, and 8 national seashores.
            (10) Stewart Lee Udall established the Bureau of Outdoor 
        Recreation to coordinate all Federal outdoor programs.
            (11) In September 1966, as Secretary of the Interior, 
        Stewart Lee Udall announced the creation of Project EROS, which 
        led the United States to state of the art science and 
        technology that includes Landsat, the longest running 
        enterprise for acquisition of satellite imagery. Project EROS 
        began as a revolutionary program that utilized Earth-orbiting 
        satellites that map the planet to gather data about the Earth's 
        natural resources along with changes in weather and climate.
            (12) During his tenure as Secretary of the Interior, 
        Stewart Lee Udall also became a champion of the arts, 
        convincing President Kennedy to invite the renowned poet Robert 
        Frost to speak at his inauguration and setting in motion 
        initiatives that led to the creation of the Kennedy Center, 
        Wolf Trap Farm Park, the National Endowments for the Arts and 
        the Humanities, and the revived Ford's Theatre.
            (13) While Stewart Lee Udall was Secretary of the Interior, 
        he continued to fight against segregation when he threatened to 
        refuse the all-White Washington Redskins access to the new 
        stadium located in Washington, DC, of which he was the Federal 
        landlord.
            (14) After he left Federal Government service, Stewart Lee 
        Udall continued helping the American people by becoming a 
        crusader for victims of radiation exposure (particularly Native 
        Americans) resulting from the Federal Government's Cold War 
        nuclear programs. He helped to pass the Radiation Exposure 
        Compensation Act in 1990, which was signed by President George 
        Bush.
            (15) Stewart Lee Udall was a prolific writer, penning 
        countless articles, essays, and op-eds. He also co-authored 9 
        books, and wrote 9 of his own, including the seminal title in 
        the conservation movement, ``The Quiet Crisis''.
            (16) Among his many honors, Stewart Lee Udall was a 
        recipient of the Ansel Adams Award, the Wilderness Society's 
        highest conservation award, the Common Cause Public Service 
        Achievement Award for his lifelong protection of the 
        environment and the defense of American citizens who were 
        victims of nuclear weapons testing, and the United Nations Gold 
        Medal for Lifetime Achievement.
            (17) Until his passing in 2010, Stewart Lee Udall continued 
        his devotion to public service as an author, historian, 
        scholar, lecturer, environmental activist, lawyer, and citizen 
        of the outdoors.

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 Congress, 
of a gold medal of appropriate design to honor Stewart Lee Udall in 
recognition of his contributions to the Nation as hero for the 
environment, a champion for conservation, a civil right activist, a 
Native American crusader, and an advocate for the arts.
    (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 under 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.
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