,i  #aacth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #chcf  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,january #i1         
#bjad,mr4 ,duncan of ,tennessee 7for    
himself1 ,ms4 ,speier1 ,mrs4 ,black1    
,mrs4 ,blackburn1 ,mr4 ,cohen1 ,mr4     
,cooper1 ,mr4 ,des,jarlais1 ,mr4        
,fincher1 ,mr4 ,fleischmann1 and ,mr4   
,roe of ,tennessee7 introduced the      
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,financial ,services  
,a ,,bill  ,to award a ,congressional   
,gold ,medal to ,pat ,summitt1 in       
recognition of her remarkable career as 
an unparalleled figure in women's team  
sports1 and for her courage in speaking 
out openly and courageously about her   
battle with ,alzheimer's4  #a4 ,short   
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,pat ,summitt ,congressional ,gold      
,medal ,act4  #b4 ,findings ,the        
,congress finds the following3 7#a7 ,pat
 ,summitt1 who has more wins than any   
basketball coach in ,,ncaa history1 men 
or women1 concluded her coaching career 

after #ch seasons at the ,university of 
,tennessee on ,april #ah1 #bjab4  7#b7  
,pat ,summitt won a record eight ,,ncaa 
championships1 and received ,national   
,coach of the ,year honors #g times over
 her career4  7#c7 ,pat ,summitt will   
remain head coach emeritus at the       
,university of ,tennessee1 mentoring and
 teaching life skills to players4  7#d7 
,coaching has been the great passion of 
,pat ,summitt's life1 and the job has   
always been an opportunity for her to   
work with student-athletes and help them
 discover their true potential4  7#e7   
,coach ,summitt's last team at the      
,university of ,tennessee finished with 
an overall record of #bg-i1 including an
 ,,sec ,tournament ,championship and a  
spot in the ,final ,four in ,denver4    
7#f7 ,pat ,summitt continued her work   
off the court1 including a graduation   
record of #ajj percent for all ,lady    
,vols who completed their eligibility at
 the ,university of ,tennessee4  7#g7   
,pat ,summitt announced on ,august #bc1 

#bjaa1 that she had been diagnosed with 
early onset dementia1 ,alzheimer's      
,type4  7#h7 ,later in ,november #bjaa1 
,coach ,summitt announced the ,pat      
,summitt ,foundation ,fund1 which helps 
to provide funding and research for     
,alzheimer's and dementia4  7#i7 ,on    
,may #bi1 #bjab1 ,president ,barack     
,obama awarded the ,presidential ,medal 
of ,freedom1 the country's highest      
civilian honor1 to ,pat ,summitt for her
 remarkable career as an unparalleled   
figure in women's team sports1 and for  
her courage in speaking out openly and  
courageously about her battle with      
,alzheimer's4  #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 ,pat ,summitt1 in 
recognition of her remarkable career as 

an unparalleled figure in women's team  
sports1 and for her courage in speaking 
out openly and courageously about her   
battle with ,alzheimer's4  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