A bill to authorize the President to award a gold medal on behalf of Congress to General Wesley K. Clark, United States Army, in recognition of his outstanding leadership and service during the military operations against the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro).

Authorizes the President, on behalf of Congress, to present a gold medal to General Wesley K. Clark, in recognition of his outstanding leadership and service as Supreme Allied Commander in Europe during the military operations against the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro). Authorizes appropriations.

[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2824 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







106th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2824

To authorize the President to award a gold medal on behalf of Congress 
 to General Wesley K. Clark, United States Army, in recognition of his 
   outstanding leadership and service during the military operations 
  against the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro).


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             June 29, 2000

  Mr. Cleland (for himself, Mr. Johnson, Mr. Warner, Mr. Kerrey, Mr. 
  Hagel, Mrs. Murray, Mr. McCain, Mr. Robb, Ms. Snowe, Mr. Biden, Mr. 
Burns, Mr. Graham, Mr. Helms, Mr. Edwards, Mr. Thurmond, Mr. Kohl, Mr. 
 Domenici, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Mack, Mr. Torricelli, Mr. Smith of Oregon, 
  Ms. Landrieu, Mr. Shelby, Mrs. Lincoln, Mr. Grassley, Mr. Reed, Mr. 
 Allard, Mr. Kerry, Mr. Inhofe, Mr. Lautenberg, Mr. Hatch, Mrs. Boxer, 
 Mr. Bennett, Mr. Levin, Mr. Jeffords, Mr. Baucus, Mr. L. Chafee, Mr. 
Reid, Mr. Smith of New Hampshire, Mr. Daschle, Mr. Coverdell, Mr. Byrd, 
 Mr. Craig, Mr. Wellstone, Mr. Abraham, Mr. Feingold, Mrs. Hutchison, 
  Mr. Schumer, Mr. Campbell, Mr. Dorgan, Mr. Cochran, Mr. Conrad, Ms. 
    Collins, Mr. Hollings, Mr. Kyl, Mr. Rockefeller, Mr. Frist, Ms. 
   Mikulski, Mr. Santorum, Mrs. Feinstein, Mr. Akaka, Mr. Bayh, Mr. 
     Lieberman, Mr. Bryan, Mr. Leahy, Mr. Bingaman, and Mr. Wyden) 
introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the 
            Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
To authorize the President to award a gold medal on behalf of Congress 
 to General Wesley K. Clark, United States Army, in recognition of his 
   outstanding leadership and service during the military operations 
  against the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro).

    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) While serving as Supreme Allied Commander in Europe, 
        General Wesley K. Clark demonstrated the highest degree of 
        professionalism in leading over 75,000 troops from 37 countries 
        in military operations against the Federal Republic of 
        Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro).
            (2) General Clark's 34 years of outstanding service as an 
        Army officer gave him the ability to effectively mobilize and 
        command multinational air and ground forces in the Balkans.
            (3) The forces led by General Clark succeeded in halting 
        the Serbian government's human rights abuses in Kosovo and 
        permitted a safe return of refugees to their homes.
            (4) Under the leadership of General Clark, NATO forces 
        launched successful air and ground attacks against Serbian 
        military forces with a minimum of losses.
            (5) As the Supreme Allied Commander in Europe, General 
        Clark continued the history of the American military of 
        defending the rights of all people to live their lives in peace 
        and freedom, and he should be recognized for his tremendous 
        achievements by the award of a Congressional Gold Medal.

SEC. 2. CONGRESSIONAL GOLD MEDAL.

    (a) Presentation Authorized.--The President is authorized to 
present, on behalf of the Congress, a gold medal of appropriate design 
to General Wesley K. Clark, in recognition of his outstanding 
leadership and service as Supreme Allied Commander in Europe during the 
military operations against the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia 
and Montenegro).
    (b) Design and Striking.--For the purpose 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. 3. DUPLICATE MEDALS.

    The Secretary may strike and sell duplicates in bronze of the gold 
medal struck pursuant to section 2 under such regulations as the 
Secretary may prescribe, and at a price sufficient to cover the costs 
thereof, including labor, materials, dies, use of machinery, overhead 
expenses, and the cost of the gold medal.

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 Numismatic Public Enterprise Fund an amount not to 
exceed $30,000 to pay for the cost of the medal authorized by this Act.
    (b) Proceeds of Sale.--Amounts received from the sales of duplicate 
bronze medals under section 3 shall be deposited in the Numismatic 
Public Enterprise Fund.
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