,,ii  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #ahf  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the
 ,,united ,,states  ,january #cj1 #bjac 
,mr4 ,shelby 7for himself and ,mr4      
,sessions7 introduced the following     
bill2 which was read twice and referred 
to the ,committee on ,banking1 ,housing1
 and ,urban ,affairs  ,a ,,bill  ,to    
award posthumously a ,congressional     
,gold ,medal to ,addie ,mae ,collins1   
,denise ,mc,nair1 ,carole ,robertson1   
and ,cynthia ,wesley1 in recognition of 
the #ejth anniversary of the bombing of 
the ,sixteenth ,street ,baptist ,church1
 where the #d little ,black girls lost  
their lives1 which served as a catalyst 
for the ,civil ,rights ,movement4  #a4  
,findings ,congress finds the following3
  7#a7 ,september #ae1 #bjac1 will mark 
#ej years since the lives of ,addie ,mae
 ,collins1 ,denise ,mc,nair1 ,carole    
,robertson1 and ,cynthia ,wesley1 known 
as the #d little ,black girls1 were     
suddenly taken by a bomb planted in the 
,sixteenth ,street ,baptist ,church in  

,birmingham1 ,alabama4  7#b7 ,the       
senseless and premature death of the #d 
little ,black girls sparked ,the        
,movement that ,changed the ,world4     
7#c7 ,on that tragic ,sunday in         
,september of #aifc1 the world took     
notice of the violence inflicted in the 
struggle for equal rights4  7#d7 ,the   
fact that #d innocent children lost     
their lives as they prepared for ,sunday
 ,school shook the world's conscience4  
7#e7 ,this tragedy galvanized the ,civil
 ,rights ,movement and sparked a surge  
of momentum that helped secure the      
passage of the ,civil ,rights ,act of   
#aifd and later the ,voting ,rights ,act
 of #aife1 which were signed into law by
 ,president ,lyndon ,b4 ,johnson4  7#f7 
,justice was delayed for these #d little
 ,black girls and their families until  
#bjjb1 #ci years after the bombing1 when
 the last of the ,klansmen responsible  
for the bombing was convicted of the    
crime4  7#g7 ,the #d little ,black girls
 are emblematic of so many who have lost

 their lives for the cause of freedom   
and equality1 including ,virgil ,ware   
and ,johnny ,robinson1 who were children
 also killed within hours of the #aifc  
church bombing4  7#h7 ,the legacy that  
these #d little ,black girls left will  
live on in the minds and hearts of us   
all for generations to come4  7#i7      
,their extraordinary sacrifice sparked  
real and lasting change as ,congress    
began to aggressively pass legislation  
that ensured equality4  7#aj7 ,sixteenth
 ,street ,baptist ,church remains a     
powerful symbol of the movement for     
civil and human rights and will host the
 #ejth anniversary ceremony on ,sunday1 
,september #ae1 #bjac4  7#aa7 ,it is    
befitting that ,congress bestow the     
highest civilian honor1 the             
,congressional ,gold ,medal1 in #bjac to
 the #d little ,black girls1 ,addie ,mae
 ,collins1 ,denise ,mc,nair1 ,carole    
,robertson1 and ,cynthia ,wesley1       
posthumously in recognition of the #ejth
 anniversary of the historical          

significance of the bombing of the      
,sixteenth ,street ,baptist ,church4    
#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 design to commemorate the   
lives of ,addie ,mae ,collins1 ,denise  
,mc,nair1 ,carole ,robertson1 and       
,cynthia ,wesley4  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     
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          
,authority ,to use fund amounts ,there  
is authorized to be charged against the 
,united ,states ,mint ,public           
,enterprise ,fund such amounts as may be
 necessary to pay for the costs of the  
medals struck pursuant to this ,act4    
7b7 ,proceeds of sale ,amounts received 
from the sale of duplicate bronze medals
 authorized under section #c shall be   
deposited into the ,united ,states ,mint

 ,public ,enterprise ,fund4