,,ii  #aaeth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #befb  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,march #ae1    
#bjah,mr4 ,menendez 7for himself and    
,ms4 ,collins7 introduced the following 
bill2 which was read twice and referred 
to the ,committee on ,banking1 ,housing1
 and ,urban ,affairs  ,a ,,bill  ,to    
posthumously award a ,congressional     
,gold ,medal to ,alice ,paul 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      
that-- 7#a7 ,alice ,paul was born on    
,january #aa1 #ahhe1 in ,mount ,laurel1 
,new ,jersey and died on ,july #i1      
#aigg2  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 ,constitution of the 

,united ,states2  7#c7 ,alice ,paul and 
the ,national ,woman's ,party were the  
first group ever to picket the ,white   
,house2  7#d7 while ,president ,woodrow 
,wilson trumpeted democracy abroad      
during ,world ,war ,i1 ,alice ,paul was 
dedicated to reminding the ,president   
that not all people in the ,united      
,states enjoyed democracy2  7#e7 ,alice 
,paul used nonviolent civil disobedience
 to bring attention to the women's      
suffrage movement in the ,united ,states
 such as the hunger strike she undertook
 when she was sentenced to jail in      
,october #aiag1 for her demonstrations2 
7#f7 ,alice ,paul's courage inspired    
thousands of women to join the women's  
suffrage movement2  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 
the ,united ,states the right to vote2  
7#h7 ,alice ,paul did not stop her fight

 after the #aith ,amendment to the      
,constitution of the ,united ,states was
 ratified2  7#i7 ,alice ,paul drafted   
the ,equal ,rights ,amendment to the    
,constitution of the ,united ,states in 
#aibc and fought tirelessly for its     
passage until her death #ed years later2
  7#aj7 ,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 #aifd 7#db       
,u4,s4,c4 #bjjj;e et seq472  7#aa7      
,alice ,paul sought equal rights for    
women all over the world1 not just those
 in the ,united ,states and1 as a means 
of pursuing this goal1 founded the      
,world ,party for ,equal ,rights for    
,women in the #aicjs2  7#ab7 ,alice     
,paul was instrumental in the placement 
of a passage on gender equality in the  
preamble of the ,united ,nations        
,charter2  7#ac7 few people have played 
a greater role in shaping the history of
 the ,united ,states than ,alice ,paul2 

and  7#ad7 ,alice ,paul is an example to
 all people in the ,united ,states 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 posthumous         
presentation1 on behalf of ,congress1 of
 a gold medal of appropriate design in  
commemoration of ,alice ,paul1 in       
recognition of her role in the women's  
suffrage movement1 and in advancing     
equal rights for women4  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 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 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 medals struck under  
this ,act shall be considered to be     
numismatic items4  #f4 ,authority to use
 fund amounts2 proceeds of sale  7a7    
,authority ,to use fund amounts ,there  
is authorized to be charged against the 
,united ,states ,mint ,public           
,enterprise ,fund1 such amounts as may  
be necessary to pay for the costs of the
 medals struck pursuant to this ,act4   
7b7 ,proceeds of sale ,amounts received 

from the sale of duplicate bronze medals
 authorized under section #d shall be   
deposited into the ,united ,states ,mint
 ,public ,enterprise ,fund4