[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1040 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

113th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1040

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.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 23, 2013

   Mr. Portman (for himself, Mr. Isakson, Mr. Coburn, and Mr. Brown) 
introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the 
            Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
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. His record 18 professional major 
        championship titles, which began more than 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 3 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 
        8.
            (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 
        5-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 additional honors, 
        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 6 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 
        his 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 free-of-charge health assistance and 
        services to more than 4,000 children and their families through 
        Child Life programs (supporting therapeutic interventions for 
        children with chronic and acute conditions during 
        hospitalization), 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 Safe Kids Program (aimed at keeping children injury-free 
        and offering safety education in an effort to decrease 
        accidental injuries in children). 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, Florida.
            (10) 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 $4,000,000 over the last 
        several years. He has been a tireless supporter of numerous 
        junior golf initiatives, working with the PGA of America Junior 
        Golf Foundation over the course of 4 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. 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 nonprofit 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. 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.
            (11) 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.
            (12) Jack Nicklaus serves as an honorary chair 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 9 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 
        2012 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.
            (13) 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.
            (14) 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 President's Cup in October 2013, making it the only club in 
        history to have hosted all 3 of the game's most prominent 
        international team competitions, the Ryder Cup, Solheim Cup, 
        and President's 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 President's 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 (in this 
Act referred to as the ``Secretary'') 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 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 Appropriations.--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.
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