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119THCONGRESS
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STSESSION H. R. 1369
To award posthumously a Congressional Gold Medal to former President
Jimmy Carter in recognition of his service to the Nation.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
FEBRUARY14, 2025
Mr. B
ISHOP(for himself, Mr. AUSTINSCOTTof Georgia, Mr. NORCROSS, Mrs.
M
CBATH, Ms. WILLIAMSof Georgia, Mr. CARTERof Georgia, Mr. JACK,
Mr. J
OHNSONof Georgia, Mr. DOGGETT, Ms. NORTON, Ms. WILSONof
Florida, Ms. K
ELLYof Illinois, Mr. KHANNA, and Mr. CLEAVER) intro-
duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Finan-
cial Services
A BILL
To award posthumously 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 Representa-1
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘President Jimmy Car-4
ter Congressional Gold Medal Act’’. 5
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 6
Congress finds the following: 7
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(1) President Jimmy Carter served as the 39th 1
President of the United States from 1977 to 1981. 2
(2) President Jimmy Carter, whose full name is 3
James Earl Carter, Jr., was born on October 1, 4
1924, in Plains, Georgia, a small farming town. 5
(3) President Carter graduated from the United 6
States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland in 7
1946 and actively served as a submarine officer for 8
7 years. He served in the Navy Reserve for another 9
8 years, separating from the Navy with the rank of 10
Lieutenant in 1961. 11
(4) President Carter married his wife and life 12
partner of 77 years, Rosalynn Smith, on July 7th, 13
1946, in Plains, Georgia. 14
(5) President Carter entered state politics in 15
1962 and was elected to the Georgia State Senate 16
from the 14th District in 1963. He was sworn in as 17
the 76th governor of Georgia in 1971. During his 18
tenure, he emphasized government efficiency and re-19
moving racial discrimination. 20
(6) Guided by his moral values and deep reli-21
gious faith, Jimmy Carter’s presidency was charac-22
terized by a commitment to championing civil and 23
human rights around the world. His foreign policy 24
accomplishments include the Panama Canal treaties, 25
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the Camp David Accords, the normalization and 1
treaty of peace between Egypt and Israel following 2
the Fourth Arab-Israeli War, the SALT II nuclear 3
limitation treaty with the Soviet Union, and the es-4
tablishment of United States diplomatic relations 5
with the People’s Republic of China. 6
(7) President Jimmy Carter’s domestic legacy 7
includes the Alaska National Interest Lands Con-8
servation Act (16 U.S.C. 3101 et seq.), one of the 9
most significant pieces of environmental legislation 10
ever approved by Congress; the Nation’s first na-11
tional energy policy; and the creation of the Depart-12
ments of Education and Energy. 13
(8) After his presidency, he founded the Carter 14
Center along with his wife Rosalynn, which is dedi-15
cated to conflict resolution, supervising democratic 16
elections abroad, and combating neglected tropical 17
diseases. 18
(9) Through their work with the Carter Center, 19
Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter are credited with the 20
near eradication of the painful parasitic infection 21
known as Guinea worm disease, reducing cases from 22
an estimated total of 3,500,000 in 1986 to just 14 23
in 2023. 24
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(10) Through a partnership with Habitat for 1
Humanity known as the Carter Work Project, 2
Jimmy and his wife Rosalynn led and worked along-3
side over 100,000 volunteers across 14 countries to 4
build, improve, and repair over 4,400 homes. 5
(11) In 2002, Jimmy Carter became the third 6
American President to win the Nobel Peace Prize 7
for his ‘‘decades of untiring effort to find peaceful 8
solutions to international conflicts, to advance de-9
mocracy and human rights, and to promote eco-10
nomic and social development’’. 11
(12) President Carter exemplifies American vol-12
untarism through his countless service activities in 13
his home State of Georgia, throughout the United 14
States, and across the world. 15
SEC. 3. CONGRESSIONAL GOLD MEDAL. 16
(a) P
RESENTATIONAUTHORIZED.—The Speaker of 17
the House of Representatives and the President pro tem-18
pore of the Senate shall make appropriate arrangements 19
for the posthumous presentation, on behalf of Congress, 20
of a single gold medal of appropriate design to former 21
President Jimmy Carter in recognition of his service to 22
the Nation. 23
(b) D
ESIGN ANDSTRIKING.—For purposes of the 24
presentation referred to in subsection (a), the Secretary 25
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of the Treasury (referred to in this Act as the ‘‘Sec-1
retary’’) shall strike a gold medal with suitable emblems, 2
devices, and inscriptions, to be determined by the Sec-3
retary. The design shall bear an image of, and inscription 4
of the name of Jimmy Carter. 5
(c) D
ISPOSITION OFMEDAL.—Following the award 6
of the medal under subsection (a), the gold medal shall 7
be given to the Carter Center in Atlanta, Georgia. 8
SEC. 4. DUPLICATE MEDALS. 9
The Secretary may strike and sell duplicates in 10
bronze of the gold medal struck under section 3, at a price 11
sufficient to cover the costs thereof, including labor, mate-12
rials, dies, use of machinery, and overhead expenses. 13
SEC. 5. STATUS OF MEDALS. 14
(a) N
ATIONALMEDAL.—Medals struck pursuant to 15
this Act are national medals for purposes of chapter 51 16
of title 31, United States Code. 17
(b) N
UMISMATICITEMS.—For purposes of sections 18
5134 and 5136 of title 31, United States Code, all medals 19
struck under this Act shall be considered to be numismatic 20
items. 21
SEC. 6. AUTHORITY TO USE FUND AMOUNTS; PROCEEDS OF 22
SALE. 23
(a) A
UTHORITYTOUSEFUNDAMOUNTS.—There is 24
authorized to be charged against the United States Mint 25
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Public Enterprise Fund such amounts as may be nec-1
essary to pay for the costs of the medals struck under 2
this Act. 3
(b) P
ROCEEDS OFSALE.—Amounts received from the 4
sale of duplicate bronze medals authorized under section 5
4 shall be deposited into the United States Mint Public 6
Enterprise Fund. 7
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