[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 9647 Introduced in House (IH)]
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118th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 9647
To award a Congressional Gold Medal to former President Jimmy Carter in
recognition of his service to the Nation.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
September 18, 2024
Mr. Bishop of Georgia (for himself, Mr. Norcross, Mr. Austin Scott of
Georgia, Mr. Carter of Georgia, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Mr. Ferguson,
Mrs. McBath, Mr. Loudermilk, Ms. Williams of Georgia, Mr. David Scott
of Georgia, and Mr. McCormick) introduced the following bill; which was
referred to the Committee on Financial Services
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A BILL
To award a Congressional Gold Medal to former President Jimmy Carter in
recognition of his service to the Nation.
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 ``President Jimmy Carter Congressional
Gold Medal Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds the following:
(1) President Jimmy Carter served as the 39th President of
the United States from 1977 to 1981.
(2) President Jimmy Carter, whose full name is James Earl
Carter, Jr., was born on October 1, 1924, in Plains, Georgia, a
small farming town.
(3) President Carter graduated from the United States Naval
Academy in Annapolis, Maryland in 1946 and actively served as a
submarine officer for 7 years. He served in the Navy Reserve
for another 8 years, separating from the Navy with the rank of
Lieutenant in 1961.
(4) President Carter married his wife and life partner of
77 years, Rosalynn Smith, on July 7th, 1946, in Plains,
Georgia.
(5) President Carter entered state politics in 1962 and was
elected to the Georgia State Senate from the 14th District in
1963. He was sworn in as the 76th governor of Georgia in 1971.
During his tenure, he emphasized government efficiency and
removing racial discrimination.
(6) Guided by his moral values and deep religious faith,
Jimmy Carter's presidency was characterized by a commitment to
championing civil and human rights around the world. His
foreign policy accomplishments include the Panama Canal
treaties, the Camp David Accords, the normalization and treaty
of peace between Egypt and Israel following the Fourth Arab-
Israeli War, the SALT II nuclear limitation treaty with the
Soviet Union, and the establishment of United States diplomatic
relations with the People's Republic of China.
(7) President Jimmy Carter's domestic legacy includes the
Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 3101
et seq.), one of the most significant pieces of environmental
legislation ever approved by Congress; the Nation's first
national energy policy; and the creation of the Departments of
Education and Energy.
(8) After his presidency, he founded the Carter Center
along with his wife Rosalynn, which is dedicated to conflict
resolution, supervising democratic elections abroad, and
combating neglected tropical diseases.
(9) Through their work with the Carter Center, Jimmy and
Rosalynn Carter are credited with the near eradication of the
painful parasitic infection known as Guinea worm disease,
reducing cases from an estimated total of 3,500,000 in 1986 to
just 14 in 2023.
(10) Through a partnership with Habitat for Humanity known
as the Carter Work Project, Jimmy and his wife Rosalynn led and
worked alongside over 100,000 volunteers across 14 countries to
build, improve, and repair over 4,400 homes.
(11) In 2002, Jimmy Carter became the third American
President to win the Nobel Peace Prize for his ``decades of
untiring effort to find peaceful solutions to international
conflicts, to advance democracy and human rights, and to
promote economic and social development''.
(12) President Carter exemplifies American voluntarism
through his countless service activities in his home State of
Georgia, throughout the United States, and across the world.
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 Congress,
of a single gold medal of appropriate design to former President Jimmy
Carter in recognition of his service to the Nation.
(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 under section 3, at a price sufficient to cover the costs
thereof, including labor, materials, dies, use of machinery, and
overhead expenses.
SEC. 5. STATUS OF MEDALS.
(a) National Medal.--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 sections 5134 and 5136 of
title 31, United States Code, all medals struck under this Act shall be
considered to be numismatic items.
SEC. 6. 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
under this Act.
(b) Proceeds of Sale.--Amounts received from the sale of duplicate
bronze medals authorized under section 4 shall be deposited into the
United States Mint Public Enterprise Fund.
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