Directs 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 to Jack Nicklaus in recognition of his service to the nation in promoting excellence and good sportsmanship.
Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to strike such gold medal and to strike and sell duplicate bronze medals at a price sufficient to cover the costs of the gold and bronze medals.
[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1040 Introduced in Senate (IS)]
113th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 1040
To provide for the award of a gold medal on behalf of Congress to Jack
Nicklaus, in recognition of his service to the Nation in promoting
excellence, good sportsmanship, and philanthropy.
_______________________________________________________________________
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
May 23, 2013
Mr. Portman (for himself, Mr. Isakson, Mr. Coburn, and Mr. Brown)
introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
_______________________________________________________________________
A BILL
To provide for the award of a gold medal on behalf of Congress to Jack
Nicklaus, in recognition of his service to the Nation in promoting
excellence, good sportsmanship, and philanthropy.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. FINDINGS.
Congress finds the following:
(1) Jack Nicklaus is a world-famous golf professional, a
highly successful business executive, a prominent advertising
spokesman, a passionate and dedicated philanthropist, a devoted
husband, father, and grandfather, and a man with a common touch
that has made him one of the most popular and accessible public
figures in history.
(2) Jack Nicklaus amassed 120 victories in professional
competition of national or international stature, 73 of which
came on the Professional Golf Association (in this Act referred
to as the ``PGA'') Tour. His record 18 professional major
championship titles, which began more than 50 years ago, with
his win at the 1962 U.S. Open as a 22-year-old rookie, remains
the standard by which all golfers are measured. He is the only
player in golf history to have won each major championship at
least 3 times, and is the only player to complete a career
``Grand Slam'' on both the regular and senior tours. He also
owns the record for most major championships as a senior, with
8.
(3) Jack Nicklaus' magnetic personality and unfailing sense
of kindness and thoughtfulness have endeared him to millions
throughout the world.
(4) Jack Nicklaus has been the recipient of countless
athletic honors, including being named Individual Male Athlete
of the Century by Sports Illustrated, one of the 10 Greatest
Athletes of the Century by ESPN, and Golfer of the Century or
Golfer of the Millennium by every major national and
international media outlet. He received the Muhammad Ali Sports
Legend Award and the first-ever ESPY Lifetime Achievement
Award. He became the first golfer and only the third athlete to
receive the Vince Lombardi Award of Excellence, and is also a
5-time winner of the PGA Player of the Year Award. He was
inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame at the age of 34.
(5) Jack Nicklaus has received numerous additional honors,
including several golf industry awards for his work and
contributions as a golf course designer, such as the Old Tom
Morris Award, which is the highest honor given by the Golf
Course Superintendents Association of America, and both the
Donald Ross Award given by the American Society of Golf Course
Architects and the Don A. Rossi Award given by the Golf Course
Builders Association of America. Golf Inc. Magazine named him
the Most Powerful Person in Golf for a record 6 consecutive
years, due to his impact on various aspects of the industry
through his course design work, marketing and licensing
business, his ambassadorial role in promoting and growing the
game of golf worldwide, and his involvement on a national and
global level with various charitable causes.
(6) Jack Nicklaus has been involved in the design of more
than 290 golf courses worldwide, and his business, Nicklaus
Design, has close to 380 courses open for play in 36 countries
and 39 States.
(7) Jack Nicklaus served as the Global Ambassador for a
campaign to include golf in the Olympic Games, which was
achieved and will begin in the 2016 Olympic program.
(8) Jack Nicklaus was honored by President George W. Bush
in 2005 by receiving the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the
highest honor given to any United States civilian.
(9) Jack Nicklaus has a long-standing commitment to
numerous charitable causes, such as his founding, along with
his wife Barbara, of the Nicklaus Children's Health Care
Foundation, which provides pediatric health care services
throughout South Florida and in other parts of the country. The
Foundation has raised close to $24,000,000 since it was formed
in 2004, and has provided free-of-charge health assistance and
services to more than 4,000 children and their families through
Child Life programs (supporting therapeutic interventions for
children with chronic and acute conditions during
hospitalization), Miami Children's Hospital Nicklaus Care
Centers (to offer a new option to Palm Beach County-area
families with children who require pediatric specialty care),
and Safe Kids Program (aimed at keeping children injury-free
and offering safety education in an effort to decrease
accidental injuries in children). In October 2012, the Miami
Children's Hospital Nicklaus Outpatient Center was opened to
provide pediatric urgent care, diagnostic services, and
rehabilitation services in Palm Beach County, Florida.
(10) Jack Nicklaus also established an annual pro am golf
tournament called ``The Jake'' to honor his 17-month-old
grandson who passed away in 2005, and it serves as a primary
fundraiser for the Nicklaus Children's Health Care Foundation.
The event alone has raised well over $4,000,000 over the last
several years. He has been a tireless supporter of numerous
junior golf initiatives, working with the PGA of America Junior
Golf Foundation over the course of 4 decades, including the
establishment of the Barbara and Jack Nicklaus Junior Golf
Endowment Fund and the PGA-Nicklaus First Tee Teaching Grants.
He also is a spokesperson for several PGA of America and USGA
growth-of-the-game initiatives. In 2013, Jack Nicklaus, with
the support of the National Park and Recreation Association
(NRPA), launched the Jack Nicklaus Learning Leagues, taking
team-concept golf to our parks system for children, ages 5 to
12. A nonprofit foundation called Global Outreach for Learning
Foundation (GOLF) was created to underwrite the program. By the
end of 2013, they hope to have the program in more than 100
locations and reach close to 25,000 children. He continues to
support several scholarship foundations, other children's
hospitals, and other causes, including spinal-cord research,
pancreatic cancer issues, and Florida Everglades restoration.
(11) Jack Nicklaus continues to manage the Memorial
Tournament in his home State of Ohio, in which contributions
generated through the aid of over 2,600 volunteers are given to
support Nationwide Children's Hospital and close to 75 other
Central Ohio charities. This has garnered more than $5,700,000
for programs and services at Nationwide Children's Hospital
since 1976, so that Central Ohio will continue to have one of
the best children's hospitals in the United States.
(12) Jack Nicklaus serves as an honorary chair of the
American Lake Veterans Golf Course in Tacoma, Washington, which
neighbors a Veterans Administration hospital and is designed
for the rehabilitation of wounded and disabled veterans.
Nicklaus has donated his design services for the improvement of
the course, and raised contributions for the addition of 9 new
holes (the ``Nicklaus Nine''), the construction of the
Rehabilitation and Learning Center, and the upgrade of the
maintenance facilities. The course is considered the only one
in the United States designed solely for the use of disabled
veterans. It served over 30,000 veterans and their families in
2012 to use the healing powers of golf to help them
rehabilitate and recreate. The hope is that American Lake will
serve as a pilot program for the more than 150 Veterans
Administration hospitals nationwide.
(13) Jack Nicklaus serves as a spokesperson and Trustee for
The First Tee program, which brings golf to children who would
not otherwise be exposed to it, and teaches them valuable,
character-building life lessons through the game of golf, and
is a national co-chair of the organization's More Than a Game
campaign.
(14) Jack Nicklaus remains active in tournament golf,
although he retired from major championship competition in
2005, when he played his final British Open and his final
Masters Tournament, and led the United States to a thrilling
victory in The President's Cup. He consults often with the PGA
Tour, and no fewer than 95 Nicklaus courses have hosted a
combined total of almost 700 professional tournaments. In 2013
alone, Nicklaus courses will host 17 PGA Tour-sanctioned
events. His Muirfield Village Golf Club in Ohio will be hosting
The President's Cup in October 2013, making it the only club in
history to have hosted all 3 of the game's most prominent
international team competitions, the Ryder Cup, Solheim Cup,
and President's Cup. It is also expected that his course at the
Jack Nicklaus Golf Club Korea in New Songdo City, South Korea,
will be named the host venue for the 2015 President's Cup, the
first time that country has hosted an international team
competition of this stature.
SEC. 2. CONGRESSIONAL GOLD MEDAL.
(a) Authorization.--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 gold
medal of appropriate design to Jack Nicklaus, in recognition of his
service to the Nation in promoting excellence and good sportsmanship.
(b) Design and Striking.--For the purpose of the presentation
referred to in subsection (a), the Secretary of the Treasury (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. 3. DUPLICATE MEDALS.
Under such regulations as the Secretary may prescribe, the
Secretary may strike duplicate medals in bronze of the gold medal
struck pursuant to section 2 and sell such duplicate medals at a price
sufficient to cover the costs of the duplicate medals (including labor,
materials, dies, use of machinery, overhead expenses) and the cost of
the gold medal.
SEC. 4. NATIONAL MEDALS.
The medals struck under this Act are national medals for purposes
of chapter 51 of title 31, United States Code.
SEC. 5. FUNDING.
(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 authorized by
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 Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
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