,i #aadth ,,congress #b;d ,session ,h4 ,r4 #fbee ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of ,,representatives ,september #bh1 #bjaf,mr4 ,honda 7for himself1 ,mr4 ,bera1 ,mr4 ,brady of ,pennsylvania1 ,mr4 ,calvert1 ,mr4 ,carter of ,georgia1 ,mr4 ,castro of ,texas1 ,mr4 ,chabot1 ,ms4 ,judy ,chu of ,california1 ,mr4 ,costa1 ,mr4 ,dent1 ,mr4 ,de,saulnier1 ,ms4 ,eshoo1 ,mr4 ,farr1 ,mr4 ,fleischmann1 ,mr4 ,garamendi1 ,mr4 ,al ,green of ,texas1 ,mr4 ,hanna1 ,mr4 ,harper1 ,mr4 ,heck of ,nevada1 ,mr4 ,hill1 ,mr4 ,la,malfa1 ,ms4 ,lee1 ,mr4 ,ted ,lieu of ,california1 ,ms4 ,lofgren1 ,mr4 ,lowenthal1 ,mrs4 ,lummis1 ,mr4 ,marino1 ,ms4 ,matsui1 ,mr4 ,mc,kinley1 ,ms4 ,meng1 ,mrs4 ,napolitano1 ,mr4 ,nunes1 ,mr4 ,rohrabacher1 ,mr4 ,salmon1 ,mr4 ,shuster1 ,mr4 ,smith of ,missouri1 ,mr4 ,swalwell of ,california1 ,mr4 ,takano1 ,mr4 ,thompson of ,california1 ,mr4 ,valadao1 ,mr4 ,vargas1 ,mrs4 ,mimi ,walters of ,california1 ,mr4 ,young of ,alaska1 ,mr4 ,becerra1 and ,mr4 ,farenthold7 introduced the following bill2 which was referred to the ,committee on ,financial ,services ,a ,,bill ,to award a ,congressional ,gold ,medal to ,norman ,yoshio ,mineta in recognition of his courageous1 principled dedication to public service1 civic engagement1 and civil rights4 #a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited as the ,norman ,yoshio ,mineta ,congressional ,gold ,medal ,act4 #b4 ,findings ,congress finds the following3 7#a7 ,norman ,yoshio ,mineta was born ,november #ab1 #aica1 in ,san ,jose1 ,california1 to immigrant parents1 ,kunisaku and ,kane ,mineta1 from ,shizouka prefecture in ,japan4 7#b7 ,in #aidb1 ,mineta and his family were forcibly relocated to the ,heart ,mountain ,relocation ,center in ,wyoming4 ,they were among #abj1jjj people of ,japanese ancestry1 two-thirds of whom were natural-born ,united ,states citizens1 sent to internment camps by the ,united ,states ,government during the ,second ,world ,war4 7#c7 ,after graduating from the ,university of ,california at ,berkeley1 ,mineta served as an intelligence officer for the ,united ,states ,army in ,korea and ,japan from #aiec to #aief4 ,mineta then joined his father's insurance business located in ,san ,jose's ,japantown4 7#d7 ,in #aiff1 ,mineta accepted an appointment to the ,san ,jose ,housing ,authority1 believing community involvement to be essential to civic life and the full integration of ,japanese ,americans into his hometown4 ,he became a city councilmember one year later4 7#e7 ,mineta was elected mayor of ,san ,jose in #aiga1 becoming the first ,asian ,american mayor of a major ,american city in the continental ,united ,states4 ,as mayor1 he worked to economically develop ,san ,jose as ,silicon ,valley was forming1 and also strengthened community relations by engaging racial and ethnic minorities through ,san ,jose city departments and agencies1 including the ,san ,jose ,police ,department4 7#f7 ,from #aige to #aiie1 ,mineta served as a ,member of the ,u4,s4 ,house of ,representatives1 representing the heart of ,santa ,clara ,county and ,silicon ,valley4 ,he served on numerous committees1 including the ,budget1 ,intelligence1 and ,science committees4 ,he served longest on the ,house ,public ,works and ,transportation ,committee1 now known as the ,transportation and ,infrastructure ,committee1 including as ,committee ,chairman4 7#g7 ,in #aigh1 ,mineta1 along with ,representative ,frank ,horton 7,r-,,ny71 introduced a bipartisan joint resolution authorizing and requesting the ,president to proclaim the #g-;day period beginning on ,may #d1 #aigi1 as ,asian_/,pacific ,american ,heritage ,week4 ,may is the month when the first ,japanese immigrants arrived in the ,united ,states in #ahdc1 and also when ,chinese laborers completed the transcontinental railroad in #ahfi4 ,the resolution became ,public ,law that year1 and was later expanded to recognize the month of ,may as ,asian ,pacific ,american ,heritage ,month4 7#h7 ,in #aihg1 ,mineta had the honor of signing the ,civil ,liberties ,act which offered an official apology and redress for the grave injustices committed against ,americans of ,japanese ancestry during ,world ,war ,,ii1 on behalf of the ,house of ,representatives when acting as ,speaker pro tempore4 ,in a culmination of a #aj-year bipartisan effort1 ,president ,ronald ,reagan signed the bill into law as ,public ,law #ajj-chc on ,august #aj1 #aihh4 7#i7 ,throughout his tenure in the ,house of ,representatives1 ,mineta was a strong advocate for transportation laws which made air travel safer and aviation and transit systems more accessible to ,americans with disabilities4 ,he also authored the ,intermodal ,surface ,transportation ,efficiency ,act of #aiia1 which gave ,state1 local1 and regional governments greater control over the use of ,federal dollars in their communities4 7#aj7 ,mineta co-founded the ,congressional ,asian ,pacific ,american ,caucus and the ,asian ,pacific ,american ,institute for ,congressional ,studies in #aiid1 which today continue to promote the well-being and full participation of these communities in ,american civic life4 7#aa7 ,in #bjjj1 ,mineta became the first ,asian ,american to serve in a ,presidential ,cabinet as the ,secretary of ,commerce under ,president ,william ,j4 ,clinton4 7#ab7 ,in #bjja1 ,mineta continued his dedication to public service and bipartisanship by serving as ,secretary of ,transportation under ,president ,george ,w4 ,bush4 7#ac7 ,mineta was at the helm of the ,department of ,transportation on the day of the ,september #aa1 #bjja1 terrorist attacks4 ,in the aftermath of the attacks and through the end of his tenure as ,secretary of ,transportation1 he ushered in critical reforms to the ,nation's transportation and security screening networks4 7#ad7 ,in #bjja1 the ,san ,jose ,city ,council announced that the city's airport was to be renamed the ,norman ,y4 ,mineta ,san ,jose ,international ,airport4 7#ae7 ,mineta received the ,presidential ,medal of ,freedom1 the highest civilian award in the ,united ,states1 in #bjjf from ,president ,george ,w4 ,bush1 and the ,grand ,cordon1 ,order of the ,rising ,sun1 from the ,government of ,japan1 which is the highest honor bestowed upon an individual outside of ,japan4 7#af7 ,having personally experienced the wrongful indignity of internment as a child by his own government1 ,norman ,yoshio ,mineta has dedicated his life to public service1 to his community1 and to his country1 and has done so with exemplary dignity and integrity4 #c4 ,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 design to ,norman ,yoshio ,mineta1 in recognition of his courageous1 principled dedication to public service1 civic engagement1 and civil rights4 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 inscriptions1 to be determined by the ,secretary4 #d4 ,duplicate medals ,the ,secretary may strike and sell duplicates in bronze of the gold medal struck pursuant to section #c 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 #e4 ,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 section #eacd of title #ca1 ,united ,states ,code1 all medals struck under this ,act shall be considered to be numismatic items4