[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 19]
[Senate]
[Page 25439]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




             MEDAL OF HONOR COMMEMORATIVE COIN ACT OF 2009

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent the Banking 
Committee be discharged from further consideration of H.R. 1209.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The clerk will report the bill by title.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       A bill (H.R. 1209) to require the Secretary of the Treasury 
     to mint coins in recognition and celebration of the 
     establishment of the Medal of Honor in 1861, America's 
     highest award for valor in action against an enemy force 
     which can be bestowed upon an individual serving in the Armed 
     Services of the United States, to honor the American military 
     men and women who have been recipients of the Medal of Honor, 
     and to promote awareness of what the Medal of Honor 
     represents and how ordinary Americans, through courage, 
     sacrifice, selfless service and patriotism, can challenge 
     fate and change the course of history.

  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the bill.
  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent the bill be read a 
third time and passed, the motion to reconsider be laid on the table, 
with no intervening action or debate, and any statements be printed in 
the Record.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The bill (H.R. 1209) was ordered to a third reading, was read the 
third time, and passed.

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