,,ii  #aacth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #bhhf  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,september #ah1
 #bjad ,mr4 ,wicker 7for himself1 ,mrs4 
,gillibrand1 and ,mr4 ,cochran7         
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     
,medal1 collectively1 to ,james ,chaney1
 ,andrew ,goodman1 and ,michael         
,schwerner to commemorate the lives they
 lost #ej years ago in an effort to     
bring justice and equality to ,americans
 in ,mississippi during ,freedom        
,summer4  #a4  ,findings  ,congress     
finds the following3  7#a7 ,june #ba1   
#bjad1 marks #ej years since the lives  
of ,james ,chaney1 ,andrew ,goodman1 and
 ,michael ,schwerner were brutally taken
 on the basis of racism and hatred4     
7#b7 ,chaney1 ,goodman1 and ,schwerner  
were assisting ,congress of ,racial     
,equality in ,mississippi during the    

,freedom ,summer of #aifd1 wherein they 
risked their lives leading voting       
registration efforts for people who were
 denied the right to vote4  7#c7        
,chaney1 ,goodman1 and ,schwerner were  
imprisoned in ,neshoba ,county1         
,mississippi1 without due process and   
released into the dead of the night into
 the hands of ,klansmen4  7#d7 ,the     
disappearance of these devoted civil    
rights activists captured national      
attention and led to an investigation by
 the ,federal ,bureau of ,investigation4
  7#e7 ,following a #dd-;day search by  
,federal agents1 the grim remains of    
,james ,chaney1 ,andrew ,goodman1 and   
,michael ,schwerner were discovered in  
an earthen dam4  7#f7 ,this tragedy     
galvanized momentum for the ,civil      
,rights ,movement and helped to secure  
the passage of the ,civil ,rights ,act  
of #aifd and later the ,voting ,rights  
,act of #aife and led to the first      
permanent ,federal ,bureau of           
,investigation field office in the      

,state of ,mississippi4  7#g7 ,justice  
was delayed #da years1 to the day1 for  
these three brave men and their families
 until a ,neshoba ,county jury found #a 
of the #ah men originally charged in the
 case guilty on three counts of murder4 
7#h7 ,these three valiant activists are 
representative of countless individuals 
who lost their lives on a quest for     
justice and equality1 including ,henry  
,hezekiah ,dee and ,charles ,eddie ,more
 whose bodies were also found during the
 massive search for ,chaney1 ,goodman1  
and ,schwerner4  7#i7 ,chaney1 ,goodman1
 and ,schwerner's legacy of advocacy and
 unyielding resolve for justice in the  
face of peril is one that continues to  
be embodied in young adults across this 
great country4  7#aj7 ,it is befitting  
that ,congress bestow the highest       
civilian honor1 the ,congressional ,gold
 ,medal1 in #bjad to ,james ,chaney1    
,andrew ,goodman1 and ,michael          
,schwerner1 posthumously in recognition 
of the #ejth commemoration of their     

kidnapping and subsequent murders4  #b4 
,congressional ,gold ,medal  7a7  ,award
 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    
collectively1 to ,james ,chaney1 ,andrew
 ,goodman1 and ,michael ,schwerner to   
commemorate the lives they lost #ej     
years ago in an effort to bring justice 
and equality to ,americans in           
,mississippi during ,freedom ,summer4   
7b7  ,design and striking  ,for purposes
 of the presentation referred to in     
subsection 7a71 the ,secretary of the   
,treasury 7hereafter 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  7c7     
,award of medal  ,following the award of
 the gold medal described in subsection 
7a71 the medal shall be given to        

,tougaloo ,college in ,tougaloo1        
,mississippi1 where it shall be         
available for display or temporary loan 
to be displayed elsewhere1 as           
appropriate4  #c4  ,duplicate medals    
7a7  ,in general  ,the ,secretary may   
strike and sell duplicates in bronze of 
the gold medal struck under section #b1 
at a price sufficient to cover the costs
 of the medal1 including labor1         
materials1 dies1 use of machinery1 and  
overhead expenses4  7b7  ,national      
,medals  ,the medals struck under this  
,act are national medals for purposes of
 chapter #ea of title #ca1 ,united      
,states ,code4  7c7  ,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