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        H.R.2751

                      One Hundred Seventh Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America


                          AT THE FIRST SESSION

         Begun and held at the City of Washington on Wednesday,
             the third day of January, two thousand and one


                                 An Act


 
   To authorize the President to award a gold medal on behalf of the 
 Congress to General Henry H. Shelton and to provide for the production 
       of bronze duplicates of such medal for sale to the public.

    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 ``General Shelton Congressional Gold 
Medal Act''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    The Congress finds the following:
        (1) General Henry H. Shelton, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of 
    Staff, the principal military adviser to the President, the 
    National Security Council, and the Secretary of Defense, has 
    displayed strong leadership, competence, and professionalism in 
    fulfilling his statutory responsibilities throughout Operation 
    Allied Force.
        (2) General Shelton and his subordinates brilliantly planned 
    and coordinated at the national level the successful air campaign 
    in support of Operation Allied Force.
        (3) General Shelton's leadership, foresight, and determination 
    were directly responsible for ensuring a decisive military victory 
    without a single allied combat casualty in Kosovo in 1999.
        (4) As the principal military adviser to the President of the 
    United States, the National Security Council, and the Secretary of 
    Defense, General Shelton's assessments, judgments, recommendations, 
    and determination were invaluable and instrumental in the 
    unprecedented military victory against the forces of Slobodan 
    Milosevic.
        (5) General Shelton's distinction as a ``soldier's soldier'', 
    as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and throughout his 
    military service, including command of the Special Operations 
    Command, the 18th Airborne Corps at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, 
    helicopter forces in Operation Desert Storm, and special forces 
    Green Berets in Vietnam, serves as an inspiration to the Congress 
    and the people of the United States, a grateful Nation.

SEC. 3. CONGRESSIONAL GOLD MEDAL.

    (a) Presentation Authorized.--The President is authorized to 
present, on behalf of the Congress, to General Henry H. Shelton a gold 
medal of appropriate design in recognition of his performance as a 
military leader in coordinating the planning, strategy, and execution 
of the United States and NATO combat action and his invaluable 
contributions to the United States and to the successful return to 
peace in the Balkans as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
    (b) Design and Striking.--For purposes of the presentation referred 
to in subsection (a), the Secretary of the Treasury (hereafter referred 
to in this Act 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 bronze duplicates of the gold medal struck 
pursuant to section 3, under such regulations as the Secretary may 
prescribe, and may sell such bronze duplicates 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. NATIONAL MEDALS.

    Medals struck pursuant to this Act are national medals for purposes 
of chapter 51 of title 31, United States Code.

SEC. 6. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS; PROCEEDS OF SALE.

    (a) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be 
appropriated not to exceed $30,000 to carry out section 3.
    (b) Proceeds of Sales.--Amounts received from sales of duplicate 
bronze medals under section 4 shall be credited to the appropriation 
made pursuant to the authorization provided in subsection (a).

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

                            Vice President of the United States and    
                                               President of the Senate.

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