,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #fj  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of    
,,representatives  ,january #c1 #bjac   
,ms4 ,jackson ,lee introduced the       
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,financial ,services  
,a ,,bill  ,to award a ,congressional   
,gold ,medal to ,malala ,yousufzai1 in  
recognition of her devoted service to   
education1 justice1 and equality in     
,pakistan4  #a4 ,findings ,congress     
finds the following3  7#a7 ,malala      
,yousufzai1 a young fifteen-year-old    
girl1 took the initiative to stand      
against the abusive1 uncaring1 and      
cold-hearted members of the ,taliban in 
,pakistan4  7#b7 ,malala ,yousufzai     
understood the danger she faced when    
sacrificing to promote education for    
women4  7#c7 ,malala ,yousufzai did not 
let the fear of danger prevent her from 
being an activist for justice in        
,pakistan4  7#d7 ,the first step in     
fighting for justice for ,malala        
,yousufzai was blogging about life under

 ,taliban rule as the ,taliban militants
 seized the ,swat ,valley of ,pakistan4 
7#e7 ,malala ,yousufzai rose to         
prominence and the world was given the  
opportunity to see the real lives of    
many civilians in ,pakistan4  7#f7 ,on  
,october #i1 #bjab1 the life of ,malala 
,yousufzai was threatened merely because
 she was a young girl who advocated for 
access to education1 justice1 and       
equality4  7#g7 ,a ,taliban militant    
attempted to assassinate ,malala        
,yousufzai while she was riding on a    
school bus1 because of her desire for   
all ,pakistanis to have an opportunity  
to receive an education1 regardless of  
gender4  7#h7 ,following a cowardly     
attack on ,malala ,yousufzai1 her       
message gained international popularity 
for showing the accurate face of        
,pakistan4  7#i7 ,malala ,yousufzai is a
 symbol of hope in a country long beset 
by violence and despair4  7#aj7 ,malala 
,yousufzai represents the future of     
,pakistan1 a young ,muslim girl who is  

the new face of ,pakistan and an        
advocate for human rights for women in  
,pakistan4  #b4 ,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 ,congress1 of
 a gold medal of appropriate design1 to 
,malala ,yousufzai in recognition of her
 devoted service to education1 justice1 
and equality in ,pakistan4  7b7 ,design 
and striking ,for the purpose of the    
presentation referred to in subsection  
7a71 the ,secretary of the ,treasury    
7hereinafter in this ,act referred to as
 the ,secretary7 shall strike a gold    
medal with suitable emblems1 devices1   
and inscriptions to be determined by the
 ,secretary4  #c4 ,duplicate medals ,the
 ,secretary may strike and sell         
duplicates in bronze of the gold medal  
struck pursuant to section #b 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  #d4 ,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  #e4 ,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 #c shall be 
deposited in the ,united ,states ,mint  

,public ,enterprise ,fund4