,,ii  #aac? ,,congress  #a/ ,session    
,s4 #ahf  ,,9 ,,! ,,s5ate ,,( ,,!       
,,unit$ ,,/ates  ,janu>y #cj1 #bjac ,mr4
 ,%elby 7= himself & ,mr4 ,sessions7    
introduc$ ! foll[+ bill2 :i* 0 read     
twice & ref]r$ to ! ,committee on       
,bank+1 ,h\s+1 & ,urban ,affairs  ,a    
,,bill  ,to aw>d po/hum\sly a           
,congressional ,gold ,m$al to ,addie    
,mae ,coll9s1 ,d5ise ,mc,nair1 ,c>ole   
,rob]tson1 & ,cyn?ia ,wesley1 9         
recognition ( ! #ej? anniv]s>y ( ! bomb+
 ( ! ,sixte5? ,/reet ,bapti/ ,*ur*1 :]e 
! #d little ,black girls lo/ _! lives1  
:i* s]v$ z a cataly/ = ! ,civil ,rights 
,movem5t4  #a4 ,f9d+s ,congress f9ds !  
foll[+3  7#a7 ,septemb] #ae1 #bjac1 w   
m>k #ej ye>s s9ce ! lives ( ,addie ,mae 
,coll9s1 ,d5ise ,mc,nair1 ,c>ole        
,rob]tson1 & ,cyn?ia ,wesley1 kn[n z !  
#d little ,black girls1 7 sudd5ly tak5  
by a bomb plant$ 9 ! ,sixte5? ,/reet    
,bapti/ ,*ur* 9 ,birm+ham1 ,alabama4    
7#b7 ,! s5seless & premature dea? ( ! #d
 little ,black girls sp>k$ ,! ,movem5t t

 ,*ang$ ! ,_w4  7#c7 ,on t tragic       
,sunday 9 ,septemb] ( #aifc1 ! _w took  
notice ( ! viol5ce inflict$ 9 ! /ruggle 
= equal rights4  7#d7 ,! fact t #d      
innoc5t *ildr5 lo/ _! lives z !y prep>$ 
= ,sunday ,s*ool %ook ! _w's consci5ce4 
7#e7 ,?is trag$y galvaniz$ ! ,civil     
,rights ,movem5t & sp>k$ a surge (      
mom5tum t help$ secure ! passage ( !    
,civil ,rights ,act ( #aifd & lat] !    
,vot+ ,rights ,act ( #aife1 :i* 7 sign$ 
into law by ,presid5t ,lyndon ,b4       
,johnson4  7#f7 ,ju/ice 0 delay$ = ^! #d
 little ,black girls & _! families until
 #bjjb1 #ci ye>s aft] ! bomb+1 :5 ! la/ 
( ! ,klansm5 responsible = ! bomb+ 0    
convict$ ( ! crime4  7#g7 ,! #d little  
,black girls are emblematic ( s _m :o h 
lo/ _! lives = ! cause ( fre$om &       
equality1 includ+ ,virgil ,w>e & ,johnny
 ,rob9son1 :o 7 *ildr5 also kill$ )9    
h\rs ( ! #aifc *ur* bomb+4  7#h7 ,!     
legacy t ^! #d little ,black girls left 
w live on 9 ! m9ds & he>ts ( u all =    
g5]ations to come4  7#i7 ,_! extraord9>y

 sacrifice sp>k$ real & la/+ *ange z    
,congress began to aggressively pass    
legislation t ensur$ equality4  7#aj7   
,sixte5? ,/reet ,bapti/ ,*ur* rema9s a  
p[]ful symbol ( ! movem5t = civil &     
human rights & w ho/ ! #ej? anniv]s>y   
c]emony on ,sunday1 ,septemb] #ae1      
#bjac4  7#aa7 ,x is befitt+ t ,congress 
be/[ ! highe/ civilian honor1 !         
,congressional ,gold ,m$al1 9 #bjac to !
 #d little ,black girls1 ,addie ,mae    
,coll9s1 ,d5ise ,mc,nair1 ,c>ole        
,rob]tson1 & ,cyn?ia ,wesley1 po/hum\sly
 9 recognition ( ! #ej? anniv]s>y ( !   
hi/orical significance ( ! bomb+ ( !    
,sixte5? ,/reet ,bapti/ ,*ur*4  #b4     
,congressional gold m$al  7a7           
,pres5tation au?oriz$ ,! ,speak] ( !    
,h\se ( ,repres5tatives & ! ,presid5t   
,pro ,tempore ( ! ,s5ate %all make      
appropriate arrangem5ts = ! pres5tation1
 on behalf ( ,congress1 ( a gold m$al ( 
appropriate design to commemorate !     
lives ( ,addie ,mae ,coll9s1 ,d5ise     
,mc,nair1 ,c>ole ,rob]tson1 & ,cyn?ia   

,wesley4  7b7 ,design & /rik+ ,=        
purposes ( ! pres5tation ref]r$ to 9    
subsection 7a71 ! ,secret>y ( !         
,treasury 7ref]r$ to 9 ?is ,act z !     
,secret>y7 %all /rike a gold m$al )     
suitable emblems1 devices1 &            
inscriptions to be det]m9$ by !         
,secret>y4  #c4 ,duplicate m$als ,!     
,secret>y may /rike & sell duplicates 9 
bronze ( ! gold m$al /ruck pursuant to  
section #b "u su* regulations z !       
,secret>y may prescribe1 at a price     
suffici5t to cov] ! co/ !re(1 includ+   
labor1 mat]ials1 dies1 use ( ma*9]y1 &  
ov]head exp5ses1 & ! co/ ( ! gold m$al4 
#d4 ,/atus ( m$als  7a7 ,national m$als 
,! m$als /ruck "u ?is ,act are national 
m$als = purposes ( *apt] #ea ( title    
#ca1 ,unit$ ,/ates ,code4  7b7          
,numismatic items ,= purposes ( sections
 #eacd & #eacf ( title #ca1 ,unit$      
,/ates ,code1 all m$als /ruck "u ?is    
,act %all be consid]$ to be numismatic  
items4  #e4 ,au?ority to use fund       
am\nts2 proce$s ( sale  7a7 ,au?ority   

,to use fund am\nts ,!re is au?oriz$ to 
be *>g$ aga9/ ! ,unit$ ,/ates ,m9t      
,public ,ent]prise ,fund su* am\nts z   
may be necess>y to pay = ! co/s ( !     
m$als /ruck pursuant to ?is ,act4  7b7  
,proce$s ( sale ,am\nts receiv$ f ! sale
 ( duplicate bronze m$als au?oriz$ "u   
section #c %all be deposit$ into !      
,unit$ ,/ates ,m9t ,public ,ent]prise   
,fund4