,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #bghb  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,july #bb1 #bjac ,mr4
 ,ruppersberger 7for himself1 ,mr4      
,harris1 ,mr4 ,sarbanes1 ,ms4 ,edwards1 
,mr4 ,hoyer1 ,mr4 ,van ,hollen1 ,mr4    
,cummings1 and ,mr4 ,delaney7 introduced
 the following bill2 which was referred 
to the ,committee on ,financial         
,services  ,a ,,bill  ,to award         
posthumously a ,congressional ,gold     
,medal to ,dr4 ,r4 ,adams ,cowley1 in   
recognition of his lifelong commitment  
to the advancement of trauma care4  #a4 
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,dr4 ,r4 ,adams ,cowley             
,congressional ,gold ,medal ,act4  #b4  
,findings ,the ,congress finds as       
follows3  7#a7 ,dr4 ,cowley was a       
pioneer in the practice of open-heart   
surgery1 trauma mitigation and emergency
 medical services4 ,his goal through    
vigorous research into the impacts of   
trauma was to reduce the instances of   
death due to shock and was awarded a    

#ajj1jjj contract from the ,army to     
study the effects of shock in soldiers4 
7#b7 ,dr4 ,cowley established the first 
clinical shock trauma unit in the       
,nation in #aifj4 ,dr4 ,cowley's        
realization of the importance of the    
first #fj minutes of treatment after    
critical injury led to an idea called   
the ,golden ,hour ,theory4  7#c7 ,dr4   
,cowley's advocacy of the ,golden ,hour 
theory led to the first medevac         
transport system in #aifi after the     
opening of the new #e-story1 #cb-;bed   
,center for the ,study of ,trauma in    
,baltimore1 ,maryland4  7#d7 ,dr4       
,cowley's work continued to produce new 
advances in shock trauma treatment4 ,in 
#aigi1 former ,maryland ,governor       
,marvin ,mandel issued an ,executive    
order establishing the ,center for the  
,study of ,trauma at the ,maryland      
,institute for ,emergency ,medicine and 
,dr4 ,cowley was appointed ,director of 
the ,division of ,emergency ,medical    
,services4  7#e7 ,dr4 ,cowley was a     

tireless advocate for the ,shock ,trauma
 ,center throughout his entire career   
testifying before ,maryland legislators 
and fighting for funding for equipment1 
helicopters and anything else he needed 
to build the ,,ems ,system in ,maryland4
  7#f7 ,dr4 ,cowley's hard work laid the
 foundation for emergency medicine to   
become a discipline of its own4         
,hundreds of medical personnel have     
trained at the ,shock ,trauma ,center   
including members of the ,united ,states
 ,military in preparation for deployment
 to ,afghanistan and ,iraq4  #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  
,dr4 ,r4 ,adams ,cowley1 in recognition 
of his lifelong commitment to the       

advancement of trauma care4  7b7 ,design
 and striking ,for purposes of the      
presentation referred to in subsection  
7a71 the ,secretary of the ,treasury    
7referred to in this ,act 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