[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
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[H.R. 3589 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]

        H.R.3589

                     One Hundred Sixteenth 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 twenty


                                 An Act


 
 To award a Congressional Gold Medal to Greg LeMond, in recognition of 
   his service to the Nation as an athlete, activist, role model, and 
                            community leader.

    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 ``Greg LeMond Congressional Gold Medal 
Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
    The Congress finds the following:
        (1) Gregory James ``Greg'' LeMond was born in Lakewood, 
    California, on June 26, 1961.
        (2) Greg began cycling at the age of 14, winning an astonishing 
    11 straight races to begin his career.
        (3) Greg took home a full suite of medals at the 1979 Junior 
    World Championships, including gold, silver, and bronze, emerging 
    victorious in the road race and placing in both team and track 
    pursuit events.
        (4) At age 18, Greg became the youngest cyclist in the history 
    of the sport to be selected for the United States Men's Olympic 
    team.
        (5) Greg emerged victorious in the 1980 Circuit de la Sarthe, 
    becoming the first American in history and the youngest rider ever 
    to win a major pro-am cycling event on the European continent.
        (6) At age 19, Greg signed his first professional contract.
        (7) In 1982, Greg made the first of several remarkable 
    recoveries, returning from a broken collarbone to win the silver 
    medal at the world championships in Great Britain.
        (8) The Tour de France, the world's preeminent cycling 
    competition, was first held over a century ago, in 1903.
        (9) The Tour de France takes place over 23 days, covering an 
    extraordinary 2,200 miles, winding through multiple mountain 
    ranges, spanning multiple nations, and is viewed as comparable to 
    running a marathon every day for three consecutive weeks.
        (10) Greg first competed in the Tour de France in 1984, 
    finishing third, and finishing second the following year, in both 
    years deputizing himself to his teammates, sacrificing a chance to 
    win himself to boost his teammates toward victory.
        (11) Greg emerged victorious in the 1986 Tour de France, 
    ascending the fabled Alpe D'Huez, defeating the field by more than 
    3 full minutes, becoming the first American and the first non-
    European to win cycling's most prestigious race.
        (12) In 1987, while recovering from a broken wrist and 
    collarbone, Greg was tragically shot during a turkey hunting 
    accident, leaving him in intensive care, requiring the removal of 
    over 40 shotgun pellets from his abdomen, was deemed unlikely to 
    ever ride a bicycle again, and likely survived only due to the 
    abnormal strength of his cardiovascular system.
        (13) Greg mounted the greatest comeback in the history of 
    American sports, taking home an astonishing victory at the 1989 
    Tour de France, following multiple surgeries, life-threatening 
    gunshot wounds, tendon repair, and an appendectomy, winning by 8 
    seconds in the closest finish in the history of the Tour de France.
        (14) Greg would win a third Tour de France victory in 1990.
        (15) Greg is the only American to win the Tour de France.
        (16) Greg has vocally spoken out to champion healthy sport 
    amongst athletes of all ages and competition levels.
        (17) Greg and his wife, Kathy, are active in numerous nonprofit 
    causes, including healthy sport, assisting victims of sexual abuse 
    and various childhood illnesses.
        (18) Cycling offers young people a healthy, active, outdoor 
    hobby.
        (19) Greg completed his professional career having won 2 World 
    Championships, 3 Tour de France championships, and 22 titles 
    overall.
        (20) More than any other cyclist, Greg personified the 
    ``breakaway'' culture of American cycling in the 1970s and 80s, 
    viewed universally as the epitome of a young person on a bicycle, 
    attempting to accomplish feats no other American had achieved.
        (21) Greg has not only reached the pinnacle of international 
    sport, but has devoted his time and resources to assisting his 
    fellow athletes.
        (22) Greg has demonstrated the commitment to excellence, 
    generosity, community, and tenacity that makes him an example for 
    all to follow.
SEC. 3. 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 the 
Congress, of a gold medal of appropriate design to Greg LeMond, in 
recognition of his contributions to the Nation as an athlete, activist, 
role model, and community leader.
    (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. 4. DUPLICATE MEDALS.
    The Secretary may strike and sell duplicates in bronze of the gold 
medal struck pursuant to section 3 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. 5. STATUS OF MEDALS.
    (a) National Medals.--The medals struck pursuant to this Act are 
national medals for purposes of chapter 51 of title 31, United States 
Code.
    (b) Numismatic Items.--For purposes of section 5134 of title 31, 
United States Code, all medals struck under this Act shall be 
considered to be numismatic items.
SEC. 6. DETERMINATION OF BUDGETARY EFFECTS.
    The budgetary effects of this Act, for the purpose of complying 
with the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010, shall be determined by 
reference to the latest statement titled ``Budgetary Effects of PAYGO 
Legislation'' for this Act, submitted for printing in the Congressional 
Record by the Chairman of the House Budget Committee, provided that 
such statement has been submitted prior to the vote on passage.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

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