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4	4	STSESSION H. R. 1369
5	5	To award posthumously a Congressional Gold Medal to former President
6	6	Jimmy Carter in recognition of his service to the Nation.
7	7	IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
8	8	FEBRUARY14, 2025
9	9	Mr. B
10	10	ISHOP(for himself, Mr. AUSTINSCOTTof Georgia, Mr. NORCROSS, Mrs.
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12	12	CBATH, Ms. WILLIAMSof Georgia, Mr. CARTERof Georgia, Mr. JACK,
13	13	Mr. J
14	14	OHNSONof Georgia, Mr. DOGGETT, Ms. NORTON, Ms. WILSONof
15	15	Florida, Ms. K
16	16	ELLYof Illinois, Mr. KHANNA, and Mr. CLEAVER) intro-
17	17	duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Finan-
18	18	cial Services
19	19	A BILL
20	20	To award posthumously a Congressional Gold Medal to
21	21	former President Jimmy Carter in recognition of his
22	22	service to the Nation.
23	23	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
24	24	tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
25	25	SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
26	26	This Act may be cited as the ‘‘President Jimmy Car-4
27	27	ter Congressional Gold Medal Act’’. 5
28	28	SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 6
29	29	Congress finds the following: 7
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33	33	(1) President Jimmy Carter served as the 39th 1
34	34	President of the United States from 1977 to 1981. 2
35	35	(2) President Jimmy Carter, whose full name is 3
36	36	James Earl Carter, Jr., was born on October 1, 4
37	37	1924, in Plains, Georgia, a small farming town. 5
38	38	(3) President Carter graduated from the United 6
39	39	States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland in 7
40	40	1946 and actively served as a submarine officer for 8
41	41	7 years. He served in the Navy Reserve for another 9
42	42	8 years, separating from the Navy with the rank of 10
43	43	Lieutenant in 1961. 11
44	44	(4) President Carter married his wife and life 12
45	45	partner of 77 years, Rosalynn Smith, on July 7th, 13
46	46	1946, in Plains, Georgia. 14
47	47	(5) President Carter entered state politics in 15
48	48	1962 and was elected to the Georgia State Senate 16
49	49	from the 14th District in 1963. He was sworn in as 17
50	50	the 76th governor of Georgia in 1971. During his 18
51	51	tenure, he emphasized government efficiency and re-19
52	52	moving racial discrimination. 20
53	53	(6) Guided by his moral values and deep reli-21
54	54	gious faith, Jimmy Carter’s presidency was charac-22
55	55	terized by a commitment to championing civil and 23
56	56	human rights around the world. His foreign policy 24
57	57	accomplishments include the Panama Canal treaties, 25
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61	61	the Camp David Accords, the normalization and 1
62	62	treaty of peace between Egypt and Israel following 2
63	63	the Fourth Arab-Israeli War, the SALT II nuclear 3
64	64	limitation treaty with the Soviet Union, and the es-4
65	65	tablishment of United States diplomatic relations 5
66	66	with the People’s Republic of China. 6
67	67	(7) President Jimmy Carter’s domestic legacy 7
68	68	includes the Alaska National Interest Lands Con-8
69	69	servation Act (16 U.S.C. 3101 et seq.), one of the 9
70	70	most significant pieces of environmental legislation 10
71	71	ever approved by Congress; the Nation’s first na-11
72	72	tional energy policy; and the creation of the Depart-12
73	73	ments of Education and Energy. 13
74	74	(8) After his presidency, he founded the Carter 14
75	75	Center along with his wife Rosalynn, which is dedi-15
76	76	cated to conflict resolution, supervising democratic 16
77	77	elections abroad, and combating neglected tropical 17
78	78	diseases. 18
79	79	(9) Through their work with the Carter Center, 19
80	80	Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter are credited with the 20
81	81	near eradication of the painful parasitic infection 21
82	82	known as Guinea worm disease, reducing cases from 22
83	83	an estimated total of 3,500,000 in 1986 to just 14 23
84	84	in 2023. 24
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88	88	(10) Through a partnership with Habitat for 1
89	89	Humanity known as the Carter Work Project, 2
90	90	Jimmy and his wife Rosalynn led and worked along-3
91	91	side over 100,000 volunteers across 14 countries to 4
92	92	build, improve, and repair over 4,400 homes. 5
93	93	(11) In 2002, Jimmy Carter became the third 6
94	94	American President to win the Nobel Peace Prize 7
95	95	for his ‘‘decades of untiring effort to find peaceful 8
96	96	solutions to international conflicts, to advance de-9
97	97	mocracy and human rights, and to promote eco-10
98	98	nomic and social development’’. 11
99	99	(12) President Carter exemplifies American vol-12
100	100	untarism through his countless service activities in 13
101	101	his home State of Georgia, throughout the United 14
102	102	States, and across the world. 15
103	103	SEC. 3. CONGRESSIONAL GOLD MEDAL. 16
104	104	(a) P
105	105	RESENTATIONAUTHORIZED.—The Speaker of 17
106	106	the House of Representatives and the President pro tem-18
107	107	pore of the Senate shall make appropriate arrangements 19
108	108	for the posthumous presentation, on behalf of Congress, 20
109	109	of a single gold medal of appropriate design to former 21
110	110	President Jimmy Carter in recognition of his service to 22
111	111	the Nation. 23
112	112	(b) D
113	113	ESIGN ANDSTRIKING.—For purposes of the 24
114	114	presentation referred to in subsection (a), the Secretary 25
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118	118	of the Treasury (referred to in this Act as the ‘‘Sec-1
119	119	retary’’) shall strike a gold medal with suitable emblems, 2
120	120	devices, and inscriptions, to be determined by the Sec-3
121	121	retary. The design shall bear an image of, and inscription 4
122	122	of the name of Jimmy Carter. 5
123	123	(c) D
124	124	ISPOSITION OFMEDAL.—Following the award 6
125	125	of the medal under subsection (a), the gold medal shall 7
126	126	be given to the Carter Center in Atlanta, Georgia. 8
127	127	SEC. 4. DUPLICATE MEDALS. 9
128	128	The Secretary may strike and sell duplicates in 10
129	129	bronze of the gold medal struck under section 3, at a price 11
130	130	sufficient to cover the costs thereof, including labor, mate-12
131	131	rials, dies, use of machinery, and overhead expenses. 13
132	132	SEC. 5. STATUS OF MEDALS. 14
133	133	(a) N
134	134	ATIONALMEDAL.—Medals struck pursuant to 15
135	135	this Act are national medals for purposes of chapter 51 16
136	136	of title 31, United States Code. 17
137	137	(b) N
138	138	UMISMATICITEMS.—For purposes of sections 18
139	139	5134 and 5136 of title 31, United States Code, all medals 19
140	140	struck under this Act shall be considered to be numismatic 20
141	141	items. 21
142	142	SEC. 6. AUTHORITY TO USE FUND AMOUNTS; PROCEEDS OF 22
143	143	SALE. 23
144	144	(a) A
145	145	UTHORITYTOUSEFUNDAMOUNTS.—There is 24
146	146	authorized to be charged against the United States Mint 25
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150	150	Public Enterprise Fund such amounts as may be nec-1
151	151	essary to pay for the costs of the medals struck under 2
152	152	this Act. 3
153	153	(b) P
154	154	ROCEEDS OFSALE.—Amounts received from the 4
155	155	sale of duplicate bronze medals authorized under section 5
156	156	4 shall be deposited into the United States Mint Public 6
157	157	Enterprise Fund. 7
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