,,ii  #aadth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #ahfc  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,july #bg1     
#bjae,mr4 ,kirk introduced the following
 bill2 which was read twice and referred
 to the ,committee on ,banking1         
,housing1 and ,urban ,affairs  ,a ,,bill
  ,to award a ,congressional ,gold      
,medal to ,timothy ,nugent1 in          
recognition of his pioneering work on   
behalf of people with disabilities1     
including disabled veterans4  #a4 ,short
 title ,this ,act may be cited as the   
,timothy ,nugent ,congressional ,gold   
,medal ,act4  #b4 ,findings ,congress   
finds that--  7#a7 ,timothy ,nugent is  
considered the ,father of ,accessibility
 and the ,godfather of ,rehabilitation  
,education on college campuses and has  
been a relentless innovator and advocate
 for disabled people in the ,united     
,states2  7#b7 ,nugent fought for and   
secured the right to higher education   
and mainstream education integration for
 millions of people with disabilities in

 the ,united ,states2  7#c7 many of the 
architectural accessibility standards   
and laws of the ,united ,states trace   
back directly to innovations created by 
,nugent2  7#d7 while at the ,university 
of ,illinois1 ,nugent oversaw the       
development of adaptive sports programs 
accommodating athletes in wheelchairs2  
7#e7 ,nugent founded the first higher   
educational program for wounded and     
disabled soldiers in the world after    
,world ,war ,,ii2  7#f7 in the years    
after ,world ,war ,,ii1 ,nugent         
confronted the bias of the general      
public in his efforts to bring students 
with disabilities into the mainstream of
 college campuses and society2  7#g7    
,nugent disproved many people in the    
medical community who believed that     
rehabilitation and sporting activities  
were harmful to individuals with such   
severe disabilities or that education   
was not necessary because of their      
belief that the lifespan of persons with
 spinal cord injuries would be too short

 for them to benefit from college       
degrees2 and  7#h7 ,nugent would be the 
first person awarded a ,congressional   
,gold ,medal for work on behalf of      
persons with disabilities4  #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 ,timothy      
,nugent1 in recognition of his          
pioneering work on behalf of people with
 disabilities1 including disabled       
veterans4  7b7 ,design and striking ,for
 the purposes of the award 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 ,national medals       
,medals struck pursuant to this ,act are
 national medals for the purposes of    
chapter #ea of title #ca1 ,united       
,states ,code4