,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #bchg  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,june #ad1 #bjac     
,mrs4 ,carolyn ,b4 ,maloney of ,new     
,york 7for herself1 ,mr4 ,nadler1 ,mrs4 
,lowey1 ,mr4 ,higgins1 ,mr4 ,engel1 ,mr4
 ,rangel1 and ,mr4 ,grimm7 introduced   
the following bill2 which was referred  
to the ,committee on ,financial         
,services  ,a ,,bill  ,to award a       
,congressional ,gold ,medal to ,rabbi   
,arthur ,schneier in recognition of his 
pioneering role in promoting religious  
freedom and human rights throughout the 
world1 for close to half a century4  #a4
 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited as
 the ,rabbi ,arthur ,schneier           
,congressional ,gold ,medal ,act4  #b4  
,findings ,the ,congress finds as       
follows3  7#a7 ,rabbi ,arthur ,schneier1
 ,spiritual ,leader of ,park ,east      
,synagogue and ,founder and ,president1 
,appeal of ,conscience ,foundation1 has 
played a pioneering role in promoting   
religious freedom and human rights      

throughout the world1 for close to half 
a century4  7#b7 ,the ,president of the 
,united ,states awarded him the         
,presidential ,citizens ,medal for his  
service as an international envoy for   
four administrations and as a ,holocaust
 survivor1 devoting a lifetime to       
overcoming forces of hatred and         
intolerance4  7#c7 ,he received the     
,united ,states ,department of ,state   
,special ,recognition ,award from       
,secretary ,colin ,powell for ''' his   
ecumenical work in favor of mutual      
understanding1 tolerance and peace '''4 
7#d7 ,in ,china in #bjjd1 he headed an  
interfaith ,appeal of ,conscience       
,foundation delegation which met with   
government officials on behalf of       
religious freedom and strengthened      
exchanges between religious communities 
in ,china and the ,united ,states4  7#e7
 ,he has regularly led delegations of   
religious leaders to ,china since the   
early #aihjs4  7#f7 ,in the ,former     
,soviet ,union1 ,rabbi ,schneier was1 in

 #bjjd1 the keynote speaker at the      
,interreligious ,conference on ,peace   
hosted by ,patriarch ,aleksey ,,ii4     
7#g7 ,in ,armenia in #bjjb1 he held     
meetings with the ,catholicos of all    
,armenians and government leaders to    
help ease tensions between ,armenia and 
,turkey4  7#h7 ,he convened the         
,religious ,summit on the ,former       
,yugoslavia in ,switzerland and the     
,conflict ,resolution ,conference in    
,vienna1 mobilizing ,catholic1 ,muslim1 
and ,orthodox ,christian religious      
leaders to halt the bloodshed in former 
,yugoslavia 7#aiib1 #aiie74  7#i7 ,in   
the ,balkans1 ,caucasus1 and ,central   
,asia1 he initiated the ,peace and      
,tolerance ,conference in ,istanbul1    
,turkey1 in cooperation with the        
,turkish ,government and the ,ecumenical
 ,patriarch ,bartholomew ,i 7#aiid74    
7#aj7 ,in ,bosnia-,herzegovina1 he met  
with top government and religious       
leaders in ,sarajevo to promote healing 
and conciliation between the ,serbian   

,orthodox1 ,muslim1 ,catholic1 and      
,jewish communities 7#aiig74  7#aa7     
,rabbi ,schneier initiated the          
interfaith appeal to the ,united        
,nations for the worldwide protection of
 holy sites1 which was adopted by the   
,united ,nations ,general ,assembly in  
,may #bjja as the resolution for the    
,protection of ,religious ,sites4  7#ab7
 ,in #aihj1 he initiated the ,annual    
,seminar on ,religious ,life to educate 
,foreign ,service officers in the       
religious traditions of the countries of
 their assignment4  7#ac7 ,the ,foreign 
,service ,institute honored him in #bjja
 for #bj years of excellent cooperation 
in furthering the objective of religious
 freedom4  7#ad7 ,he was awarded the    
,department of ,state ,special          
,recognition ,award from ,secretary of  
,state ,hillary ,clinton for his #cj    
years of partnership in helping ,foreign
 ,affairs professionals to better       
understand the right to religious       
freedom in the countries in which they  

serve4  7#ae7 ,he has been very active  
in humanitarian missions1 such as       
mobilizing the ,american religious      
community in support for the victims of 
the ,armenian and ,turkish earthquakes  
and ,romanian floods4  7#af7 ,a ,united 
,states ,alternate ,representative to   
the ,united ,nations ,general ,assembly 
and ,chairman of the ,united ,states    
,commission for the ,preservation of    
,america's ,heritage ,abroad1 he was one
 of #c ,american religious leaders      
appointed by the ,president of the      
,united ,states to start the first      
dialogue on religious freedom with      
,president ,jiang ,zemin and other top  
,chinese leaders 7#aiih74  7#ag7 ,he was
 a ,united ,states delegate to the      
,stockholm ,international ,forum for the
 ,prevention of ,genocide 7#bjjd74      
7#ah7 ,born in ,vienna1 ,austria1 in    
#aicj1 ,rabbi ,schneier lived under     
,nazi occupation in ,budapest during    
,world ,war ,,ii and arrived in the     
,united ,states in #aidg4  7#ai7 ,he    

holds the ,ordination and ,doctor of    
,divinity ,degree from ,yeshiva         
,university4  7#bj7 ,in #bjjd1 ,yeshiva 
,university honored him by establishing 
the ,rabbi ,arthur ,schneier ,center for
 ,international ,affairs4  7#ba7 ,he    
hosted ,pope ,benedict ,,xvi at ,park   
,east ,synagogue1 the first visit of a  
,pope to a synagogue in the ,united     
,states 7#bjjh71 and the ,ecumenical    
,patriarch ,bartholomew 7#bjji74  7#bb7 
,he was invited by ,king ,abdullah of   
,saudi ,arabia as a keynote to the      
,interfaith ,conference 7,madrid7       
7#bjjh74  7#bc7 ,he was appointed by the
 ,,un ,secretary ,general to the ,high  
,level ,group ,alliance of              
,civilizations 7#bjje7 and he was       
appointed ,ambassador of the ,,un       
,alliance of ,civilizations 7#bjji74    
7#bd7 ,he was honored with the ,knight  
,commander of the ,order of ,civil      
,merit by the ,kingdom of ,spain1       
,officer of the ,order of the ,lgion    
d'honneur of ,france1 ,officer's ,cross 

of the ,order of ,merit of ,germany1    
,grand ,decoration of ,honor in ,gold   
with ,star for ,service to the ,republic
 of ,austria1 ,order of the ,republic of
 ,hungary1 ,officer's ,cross of the     
,order of ,merit of the ,republic of    
,poland1 the ,order of the ,star of     
,italian ,solidarity1 ,grand ,decoration
 of ,honor in ,gold for ,special        
,services to the ,province of ,vienna4  
7#be7 ,he received the ,order of ,st4   
,daniel of ,moscow1 for his leadership  
in inter-religious cooperation and the  
strengthening of ties between ,american 
religious communities and the ,russian  
,orthodox ,church 7#bjjd74  7#bf7 ,he   
was selected ,friend of the ,armenians  
for his solidarity with ,armenians in   
the cause of human rights4  7#bg7 ,he   
received the ,order of ,st4 ,andrew the 
,apostle ,athenagoras ,human ,rights    
,award for his contributions to the     
improvement of tolerance and peace among
 all religions throughout the world     
7#bjjh74  7#bh7 ,he received the ,guru  

,nanac ,interfaith ,prize1 ,hofstra     
,university for fostering religious     
tolerance and cooperation 7#bjaj74      
7#bi7 ,he was the recipient of eleven   
honorary doctorates from ,united ,states
 and foreign universities4  #c4         
,congressional ,gold ,medal  7a7        
,presentation authorized ,the ,speaker  
of the ,house of ,representatives and   
the ,president pro tempore of the       
,senate shall make appropriate          
arrangements for the presentation1 on   
behalf of the ,congress1 of a gold medal
 of appropriate design to ,rabbi ,arthur
 ,schneier in recognition of his        
pioneering role in promoting religious  
freedom and human rights throughout the 
world1 for close to half a century4  7b7
 ,design and striking ,for purposes of  
the presentation referred to in         
subsection 7a71 the ,secretary of the   
,treasury 7hereafter in this ,act       
referred to as the ,secretary7 shall    
strike a gold medal with suitable       
emblems1 devices1 and inscriptions1 to  

be determined by the ,secretary4  #d4   
,duplicate medals ,the ,secretary may   
strike and sell duplicates in bronze of 
the gold medal struck pursuant to       
section #c under such regulations as the
 ,secretary may prescribe1 at a price   
sufficient to cover the cost thereof1   
including labor1 materials1 dies1 use of
 machinery1 and overhead expenses1 and  
the cost of the gold medal4  #e4 ,status
 of medals  7a7 ,national medals ,the   
medals struck pursuant to this ,act are 
national medals for purposes of chapter 
#ea of title #ca1 ,united ,states ,code4
  7b7 ,numismatic items ,for purposes of
 section #eacd of title #ca1 ,united    
,states ,code1 all medals struck under  
this ,act shall be considered to be     
numismatic items4  #f4 ,authority to use
 fund amounts2 proceeds of sale  7a7    
,authority ,to use fund amounts ,there  
is authorized to be charged against the 
,united ,states ,mint ,public           
,enterprise ,fund1 such amounts as may  
be necessary to pay for the costs of the

 medal struck pursuant to this ,act4    
7b7 ,proceeds of sale ,amounts received 
from the sale of duplicate bronze medals
 authorized under section #d shall be   
deposited into the ,united ,states ,mint
 ,public ,enterprise ,fund4