,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #bdbb  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,june #ah1 #bjac ,mr4
 ,peters of ,california 7for himself1   
,ms4 ,eddie ,bernice ,johnson of ,texas1
 ,ms4 ,wilson of ,florida1 ,ms4         
,mc,collum1 ,mrs4 ,davis of ,california1
 ,mr4 ,markey1 ,mr4 ,bera of            
,california1 ,ms4 ,chu1 ,mr4 ,vargas1   
,mr4 ,hall1 ,ms4 ,jackson ,lee1 ,ms4    
,bonamici1 ,mr4 ,nadler1 ,ms4 ,brownley 
of ,california1 ,ms4 ,edwards1 ,mr4     
,swalwell of ,california1 ,mr4          
,cartwright1 ,ms4 ,hahn1 ,ms4 ,bordallo1
 ,mr4 ,pascrell1 and ,mr4 ,hastings of  
,florida7 introduced the following bill2
 which was referred to the ,committee on
 ,financial ,services  ,a ,,bill  ,to   
award a ,congressional ,gold ,medal to  
,sally ,k4 ,ride in recognition of her  
exemplary service as an astronaut1      
physicist1 and science education        
advocate4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,sally ,k4 ,ride    
,congressional ,gold ,medal ,act of     

#bjac4  #b4 ,findings ,congress finds   
the following3  7#a7 ,on ,june #ah1     
#aihc1 as a crew member of the ,space   
,shuttle ,challenger ,,sts-#g mission1  
,dr4 ,sally ,k4 ,ride became the first  
,american woman to travel into space4   
7#b7 ,dr4 ,ride traveled to space on    
,october #e1 #aihd1 as a crew member of 
,,sts #da-;,g4  7#c7 ,following the     
,space ,shuttle ,challenger disaster in 
#aihf1 ,dr4 ,ride served as a member of 
the ,presidential commission            
investigating the accident4  7#d7 ,dr4  
,ride also served on the ,space ,shuttle
 ,columbia ,accident ,investigation     
,board in #bjjc1 and was the only person
 to have served on both the ,space      
,shuttle ,challenger and the ,space     
,shuttle ,columbia accident             
investigation boards4  7#e7 ,in addition
 to her service as a ,national          
,aeronautics and ,space ,administration 
7,,nasa7 astronaut1 ,dr4 ,ride was a    
,ph4,d4 physicist and served as a       
professor of physics and the ,director  

of the ,california ,space ,institute at 
the ,university of ,california1 ,san    
,diego4  7#f7 ,in #bjja1 to further her 
long-time passion of motivating girls   
and young women to pursue careers in    
science1 technology1 engineering1 and   
mathematics1 ,dr4 ,ride founded ,sally  
,ride ,science1 a company that creates  
entertaining science programs and       
publications for elementary and middle  
school students4  7#g7 ,dr4 ,ride served
 as a member of the ,president's        
,council of ,advisors on ,science and   
,technology and the ,space ,studies     
,board of the ,national ,research       
,council4  7#h7 ,the exemplary service  
of ,dr4 ,ride as a ,,nasa astronaut1    
physicist1 and science education        
advocate inspired a generation of       
,americans4  #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        

posthumous presentation1 on behalf of   
the ,congress1 of a gold medal of       
appropriate design in commemoration of  
,sally ,k4 ,ride in recognition of her  
exemplary service as an astronaut1      
physicist1 and science education        
advocate4  7b7 ,design and striking ,for
 the purpose of the presentation        
referred to in subsection 7a71 the      
,secretary of the ,treasury shall strike
 a gold medal with suitable emblems1    
devices1 and inscriptions to be         
determined by the ,secretary4  #d4      
,duplicate medals ,the ,secretary of the
 ,treasury 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    
under this ,act are national medals for 

purposes of chapter #ea of title #ca1   
,united ,states ,code4  7b7 ,numismatic 
,items ,for purposes of sections #eacd  
and #eacf 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          
,authorization ,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 cost 
of the medals struck pursuant to this   
,act4  7b7 ,proceeds of sale ,amounts   
received from the sale of duplicate     
bronze medals under section #d shall be 
deposited in the ,united ,states ,mint  
,public ,enterprise ,fund4