,i  #aadth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #aibe  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,april #ba1 #bjae    
,ms4 ,speier 7for herself1 ,mr4 ,barton1
 ,ms4 ,brown of ,florida1 ,mr4 ,burgess1
 ,ms4 ,judy ,chu of ,california1 ,mr4   
,cohen1 ,mrs4 ,comstock1 ,mr4 ,connolly1
 ,mr4 ,rodney ,davis of ,illinois1 ,mr4 
,dold1 ,ms4 ,eshoo1 ,mr4 ,farr1 ,mr4    
,hanna1 ,mr4 ,hastings1 ,ms4 ,lofgren1  
,ms4 ,matsui1 ,ms4 ,moore1 ,ms4 ,norton1
 ,mr4 ,payne1 ,mr4 ,sherman1 ,mr4       
,stivers1 ,mr4 ,takano1 ,ms4 ,wilson of 
,florida1 ,mr4 ,yoder1 ,ms4 ,lee1 ,mr4  
,honda1 and ,mrs4 ,bustos7 introduced   
the following bill2 which was referred  
to the ,committee on ,financial         
,services  ,a ,,bill  ,to award a       
,congressional ,gold ,medal to ,dr4     
,balazs ,ernie ,bodai in recognition of 
his many outstanding contributions to   
the ,nation1 including a tireless       
commitment to breast cancer research4   
#a4 ,findings ,the ,congress finds as   
follows3 7#a7 ,dr4 ,balazs ,ernie ,bodai

 was born in ,budapest1 ,hungary1 in    
#aiea4  7#b7 ,as a child1 ,dr4 ,bodai   
and his family lived in a bomb shelter  
for over a year during the ,hungarian   
,revolution of #aief before managing to 
escape and immigrate to the ,united     
,states4  7#c7 ,dr4 ,bodai received his 
,b4,a4 and ,m4,s4 degrees from the      
,university of ,california1 ,los        
,angeles1 and subsequently received his 
,m4,d4 degree from the ,university of   
,california1 ,davis1 at the young age of
 #bf4  7#d7 ,dr4 ,bodai has authored    
over #bej medical articles and published
 #e books1 #d of which focus on cancer4 
7#e7 ,after working as a breast cancer  
surgeon for over #cj years and treating 
more than #ae1jjj patients1 ,dr4 ,bodai 
remains frustrated with the pace of     
breast cancer research funding4  7#f7   
,in #aiif1 ,dr4 ,bodai launched a       
campaign to create a postal stamp to    
benefit breast cancer research4  7#g7   
,after several trips to ,washington1    
,,dc1 and countless visits with ,united 

,states ,senators and ,members of       
,congress1 the ,stamp ,out ,breast      
,cancer ,act1 which allowed a breast    
cancer stamp to be sold at up to #h     
cents above the normal first-class rate1
 was passed and signed into law in      
,august #aiig4  7#h7 ,as a direct result
 of ,dr4 ,bodai's tireless commitment to
 breast cancer research1 as of ,february
 #bjae1 more than #ihe1jjj1jjj breast   
cancer stamps have been sold in the     
,united ,states--providing over         
#hj1jjj1jjj for crucial1 life-saving    
research4  7#i7 ,the ,breast ,cancer    
,research ,stamp recently surpassed the 
,elvis ,presley ,stamp to become the    
all-time best seller for the ,united    
,states ,postal ,service4  7#aj7 ,in an 
effort to expand breast cancer research 
internationally1 in #bjje1 ,dr4 ,bodai  
introduced the first ever global stamp  
to raise awareness and funding to       
conquer the disease worldwide4  7#aa7   
,as of #bjad1 as a direct result of ,dr4
 ,bodai's tireless commitment1 over #gj 

countries have either created their own 
stamp or are in the process of doing    
so--making breast cancer research1 early
 detection1 and eradication a global    
health priority4  #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 the          
,congress1 of a gold medal of           
appropriate design1 to ,dr4 ,balazs     
,ernie ,bodai in recognition of his many
 outstanding contributions to the       
,nation1 including a tireless commitment
 to breast cancer research4  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     
pursuant to 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