,i  #aaeth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #ifg  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of   
,,representatives  ,february #g1        
#bjag,mr4 ,mac,arthur 7for himself1     
,miss ,rice of ,new ,york1 ,mr4 ,lance1 
,mr4 ,pallone1 and ,mr4 ,pascrell7      
introduced the following bill2 which was
 referred to the ,committee on          
,financial ,services  ,a ,,bill  ,to    
posthumously award a ,congressional     
,gold ,medal to ,alice ,paul1 in        
recognition of her role in the women's  
suffrage movement and in advancing equal
 rights for women4  #a4 ,short title    
,this ,act may be cited as the ,alice   
,paul ,congressional ,gold ,medal ,act4 
#b4 ,findings ,the ,congress finds as   
follows3  7#a7 ,alice ,paul was born on 
,january #aa1 #ahhe1 in ,mount ,laurel1 
,new ,jersey1 and died on ,july #i1     
#aigg4  7#b7 ,alice ,paul dedicated her 
life to securing suffrage and equal     
rights for all women and1 as founder of 
the ,national ,woman's ,party1 she was  
instrumental in the passage of the #aith

 ,amendment to the ,united ,states      
,constitution4  7#c7 ,alice ,paul and   
the ,national ,woman's ,party were the  
first group ever to picket the ,white   
,house4  7#d7 ,while ,president ,woodrow
 ,wilson trumpeted ,america's values of 
democracy abroad during ,world ,war ,i1 
,alice ,paul was dedicated to reminding 
the ,president that not all ,americans  
enjoyed democracy at home4  7#e7 ,alice 
,paul used nonviolent civil disobedience
 to bring national attention to the     
women's suffrage movement1 such as the  
hunger strike she undertook when she was
 sentenced to jail in ,october #aiag1   
for her demonstrations4  7#f7 ,alice    
,paul's courage inspired thousands of   
women to join the women's suffrage      
movement4  7#g7 ,instead of patiently   
waiting for ,states to grant women      
suffrage1 ,alice ,paul mobilized an     
entire generation of women to pressure  
the ,united ,states ,congress and the   
,president to give all women in ,america
 the right to vote4  7#h7 ,alice ,paul  

lobbied ,congress to include gender in  
civil rights bills and was successful in
 including sex discrimination in title  
,,vii of the ,civil ,rights ,act of     
#aifd4  7#i7 ,alice ,paul sought equal  
rights for women all over the world1 not
 just ,americans and1 as a means of     
pursuing this goal1 founded the ,world  
,party for ,equal ,rights for ,women in 
the #aicjs4  7#aj7 ,alice ,paul was     
instrumental in the placement of a      
passage on gender equality in the       
preamble of the ,united ,nations        
,charter4  7#aa7 ,few people have played
 a greater role in shaping the history  
of the ,united ,states than ,alice      
,paul4  7#ab7 ,alice ,paul is an example
 to all ,americans of what one person   
can do to make a difference for millions
 of people4  #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 in commemoration of  
,alice ,paul1 in recognition of her role
 in the women's suffrage movement and in
 advancing equal rights for women4  7b7 
,presentation and display ,the medal    
referred to in subsection 7a7 shall be  
presented jointly to representatives of 
the ,alice ,paul ,institute and the     
,sewall-,belmont ,house1 to be shared   
equally and displayed as appropriate4   
7c7 ,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 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 medal  7a7 ,national medal ,the     
medal struck pursuant to this ,act is a 
national medal 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 medal struck under   
this ,act shall be considered to be     
numismatic items4