Alice Paul Women's Suffrage Congressional Gold Medal Act - Requires the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President pro tempore of the Senate to make arrangements for the presentation of a congressional gold medal in commemoration of Alice Paul, to recognize her role in the women's suffrage movement and in advancing equal rights for women.
Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to strike and sell duplicates in bronze of such medal. Requires proceeds from the sale of such medals to be deposited into the U.S. Mint Public Enterprise Fund.
[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 874 Introduced in House (IH)]
113th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 874
To award a Congressional Gold Medal in recognition of Alice Paul's role
in the women's suffrage movement and in advancing equal rights for
women.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
February 27, 2013
Mr. Runyan 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 in recognition of Alice Paul's role
in the women's suffrage movement and in advancing equal rights for
women.
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 ``Alice Paul Women's Suffrage
Congressional Gold Medal Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds as follows:
(1) Alice Paul was born on January, 11, 1885, in Mount
Laurel, New Jersey, and died on July 9, 1977.
(2) Alice Paul dedicated her life to securing suffrage and
equal rights for all women and, as founder of the World Woman's
Party, she was instrumental in the passage of the 19th
Amendment to the United States Constitution.
(3) Alice Paul and the National Woman's Party were the
first group ever to picket the White House.
(4) While President Woodrow Wilson trumpeted America's
values of democracy abroad during World War I, Alice Paul was
dedicated to reminding the President that not all Americans
enjoyed democracy at home.
(5) Alice Paul used nonviolent civil disobedience to bring
national attention to the women's suffrage movement, such as
the 3-week hunger strike she undertook when she was sentenced
to jail in October, 1917, for her demonstrations.
(6) Alice Paul's courage inspired thousands of women to
join the women's suffrage movement.
(7) Instead of patiently waiting for States to grant women
suffrage, Alice Paul mobilized an entire generation of women to
pressure the United States Congress and the President to give
all women in America the right to vote.
(8) Alice Paul did not stop her fight after the 19th
Amendment was ratified; she drafted the Equal Rights Amendment
to the United States Constitution in 1923 and fought tirelessly
for its passage until her death 54 years later.
(9) Alice Paul lobbied Congress to include gender in civil
rights bills and was successful in including sex discrimination
in Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
(10) Alice Paul sought equal rights for women all over the
world, not just Americans and, as a means of pursuing this
goal, founded the World Party for Equal Rights for Women in the
1930s.
(11) Alice Paul was instrumental in the placement of a
passage on gender equality in the preamble of the United
Nations Charter.
(12) Few people have played a greater role in shaping the
history of the United States than Alice Paul.
(13) Alice Paul is an example to all Americans of what one
person can do to make a difference for millions of people.
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 the
Congress, of a gold medal of appropriate design in commemoration of
Alice Paul, in recognition of her role in the women's suffrage movement
and in advancing equal rights for women.
(b) Presentation and Display.--The medal referred to in subsection
(a) shall be presented jointly to representatives of the Alice Paul
Institute and the Sewall-Belmont House, to be shared equally and
displayed as appropriate.
(c) Design and Striking.--For purposes of the presentation referred
to in subsection (a), the Secretary of the Treasury (hereafter in this
Act referred to 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 pursuant to section 3 under such regulations as the
Secretary may prescribe, at a price sufficient to cover the cost
thereof, including labor, materials, dies, use of machinery, and
overhead expenses, and the cost of the gold medal.
SEC. 5. STATUS OF MEDALS.
(a) National Medals.--The 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 section 5134 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
pursuant to 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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Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
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