Directs the President pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives to make appropriate arrangements for the award of a gold medal in honor of Dr. Shakeel Afridi in recognition of his activities to identify and provide intelligence regarding Osama Bin Laden's location.
[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4069 Introduced in House (IH)]
112th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 4069
To award a Congressional Gold Medal to Dr. Shakeel Afridi.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
February 16, 2012
Mr. Rohrabacher (for himself, Mr. Cohen, Mr. Bartlett, Mr. Stearns, Mr.
King of Iowa, Mr. Smith of New Jersey, Mr. Royce, Mr. Coble, Mr.
Farenthold, and Mr. Gohmert) 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 Dr. Shakeel Afridi.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. FINDINGS.
Congress makes the following findings:
(1) Dr. Shakeel Afridi bravely risked his life to identify
Osama Bin Laden so that the United States could bring him to
justice.
(2) Before the May 2, 2011, raid which resulted in Osama
Bin Laden's death, Dr. Afridi, acting courageously, used the
cover of conducting a vaccination program in Abbottabad in
order to gain access to Bin Laden's compound and identify who
was living there.
(3) Dr. Afridi did this at the greatest personal risk, as
the discovery of his true mission likely would have led him,
and possibly his family, to be killed.
(4) The Government of Pakistan subsequently arrested Dr.
Afridi at his home on May 22, 2011, and he has been unjustly
jailed since that time.
(5) In January 2011, Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta said
that Dr. Afridi is ``an individual who in fact helped provide
intelligence that was very helpful with regards to this
operation [to kill or capture Osama Bin Laden].''
(6) Dr. Afridi's acts to help the United States were
extremely valiant and daring, and his subsequent imprisonment
by and suffering on account of the Government of Pakistan for
the exemplary deeds he undertook for the United States is
shameful.
(7) Pakistan's Inquiry Commission on the Abbottabad
Operation, the United States mission which killed Osama Bin
Laden, has recommended that Dr. Afridi be tried for treason for
helping the United States.
(8) If convicted, Dr. Afridi could be executed, and so his
life continues to be in jeopardy on account of his work that
helped further the interests of the United States.
(9) Dr. Afridi played a pivotal and vital role in the final
operation to bring Osman Bin Laden to justice after nearly a
decade of unrelenting effort.
(10) The attacks of September 11, 2001, and the murder of
3,000 Americans, were avenged the day of the raid that resulted
in Osama Bin Laden's death, and the world is a safer place
because of Dr. Afridi's selflessness, courage, and willingness
to help the just cause.
(11) All Americans are grateful for Dr. Afridi's bold
actions.
SEC. 2. CONGRESSIONAL GOLD MEDAL.
(a) Award Authorized.--The President pro tempore of the Senate and
the Speaker of the House of Representatives shall make appropriate
arrangements for the award, on behalf of Congress, of a gold medal of
appropriate design in honor of Dr. Shakeel Afridi, in recognition of
his activities to identify and provide intelligence regarding the
location of Osama Bin Laden.
(b) Design and Striking.--For the purposes of the award referred to
in subsection (a), the Secretary of the Treasury shall strike the gold
medal with suitable emblems, devices, and inscriptions, to be
determined by the Secretary.
SEC. 3. DUPLICATE MEDALS.
Under such regulations as the Secretary of the Treasury may
prescribe, the Secretary may strike and sell duplicates in bronze of
the gold medal struck under this Act, at a price sufficient to cover
the costs of the medals, including labor, materials, dyes, use of
machinery, and overhead expenses.
SEC. 4. NATIONAL MEDALS.
The medals struck pursuant to this Act are national medals for
purposes of chapter 51 of title 31, United States Code.
SEC. 5. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS; PROCEEDS OF SALE.
(a) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be
charged against the United States Mint Public Enterprise Fund, an
amount not to exceed $30,000 to pay for the cost of the medals struck
pursuant to this Act.
(b) Proceeds of Sale.--Amounts received from the sale of duplicate
bronze medals under section 3 shall be deposited in the United States
Mint Public Enterprise Fund.
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Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Domestic Monetary Policy and Technology.
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