,,ii #aaeth ,,congress #b;d ,session ,s4 #ccba ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the ,,united ,,states ,august #a1 #bjah ,mr4 ,coons 7for himself1 ,ms4 ,murkowski1 ,ms4 ,harris1 ,mrs4 ,capito1 ,mr4 ,markey1 ,ms4 ,warren1 ,mr4 ,carper1 ,ms4 ,klobuchar1 ,ms4 ,hassan1 ,mr4 ,alexander1 ,mr4 ,peters1 ,mr4 ,whitehouse1 ,mr4 ,wyden1 ,mr4 ,durbin1 ,mr4 ,merkley1 ,ms4 ,smith1 ,mr4 ,isakson1 ,mr4 ,reed1 ,ms4 ,collins1 ,mr4 ,jones1 ,mr4 ,manchin1 ,mr4 ,kaine1 ,mrs4 ,murray1 ,mr4 ,van ,hollen1 ,ms4 ,heitkamp1 ,ms4 ,cortez ,masto1 ,mr4 ,casey1 ,mrs4 ,gillibrand1 ,mrs4 ,shaheen1 ,mrs4 ,mc,caskill1 ,mr4 ,blumenthal1 ,ms4 ,hirono1 ,mr4 ,king1 ,mr4 ,nelson1 ,mr4 ,blunt1 ,mr4 ,warner1 ,mr4 ,sanders1 ,ms4 ,baldwin1 ,mr4 ,rubio1 ,mrs4 ,feinstein1 ,mr4 ,kennedy1 ,mr4 ,scott1 ,mrs4 ,hyde-,smith1 ,mr4 ,menendez1 ,mr4 ,booker1 ,mr4 ,portman1 and ,mr4 ,burr7 introduced the following bill2 which was read twice and referred to the ,committee on ,banking1 ,housing1 and ,urban ,affairs ,a ,,bill ,to award ,congressional ,gold ,medals to ,katherine ,johnson and ,dr4 ,christine ,darden and to posthumously award ,congressional ,gold ,medals to ,dorothy ,vaughan and ,mary ,jackson in recognition of their contributions to the success of the ,national ,aeronautics and ,space ,administration during the ,space ,race4 #a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited as the ,hidden ,figures ,congressional ,gold ,medal ,act4 #b4 ,findings ,congress finds the following3 7#a7 ,katherine ,johnson was born on ,august #bf1 #aiah1 in ,white ,sulphur ,springs1 ,west ,virginia4 7#b7 ,in #aiec1 ,katherine ,johnson began her career in aeronautics as a computer in the segregated ,west ,area ,computing unit of the ,national ,advisory ,committee for ,aeronautics 7referred to in this section as ,,naca74 7#c7 ,as a member of the ,flight ,research ,division1 ,katherine ,johnson analyzed data from flight tests4 ,after ,,naca was reformulated into the ,national ,aeronautics and ,space ,administration 7referred to in this section as ,,nasa71 ,johnson-- 7,a7 calculated the trajectory for ,alan ,shepard's ,freedom #g mission in #aifa1 which was the first human spaceflight by an individual from the ,united ,states2 7,b7 coauthored a report that provided the equations for describing orbital spaceflight with a specified landing point1 which made her the first woman to be recognized as an author of a report from the ,flight ,research ,division2 7,c7 was asked to verify the calculations when electronic computers at ,,nasa were used to calculate the orbit for ,john ,glenn's ,friendship #g mission2 and 7,d7 provided calculations for ,,nasa throughout her career1 including for the ,apollo missions4 7#d7 ,katherine ,johnson retired from ,,nasa in #aihf4 7#e7 ,dr4 ,christine ,darden was born on ,september #aj1 #aidb1 in ,monroe1 ,north ,carolina4 7#f7 ,in #aifb1 ,dr4 ,christine ,darden graduated from ,hampton ,institute with a ,b4,s4 in ,mathematics and a teaching credential4 7#g7 ,dr4 ,christine ,darden attended ,virginia ,state ,university1 where she studied aerosol physics and earned an ,m4,s4 in ,applied ,mathematics4 7#h7 ,dr4 ,christine ,darden began her career in aeronautics in #aifg as a data analyst at ,,nasa's ,langley ,research ,center 7referred to in this section as ,langley7 before being promoted to aerospace engineer in #aigc4 ,her work in this position resulted in the production of low-boom sonic effects1 which revolutionized aerodynamics design4 7#i7 ,dr4 ,christine ,darden completed her education by earning a ,ph4,d4 in ,mechanical ,engineering from ,george ,washington ,university in #aihc4 7#aj7 ,while at ,,nasa1 ,dr4 ,christine ,darden-- 7,a7 was appointed to be the leader of the ,sonic ,boom ,team1 which worked on designs to minimize the effects of sonic booms by testing wing and nose designs for supersonic aircraft2 7,b7 wrote more than #ej articles on aeronautics design2 and 7,c7 became the first ,african-,american to be promoted to a position in the ,senior ,executive ,service at ,langley4 7#aa7 ,dorothy ,vaughan was born on ,september #bj1 #aiaj1 in ,kansas ,city1 ,missouri4 7#ab7 ,dorothy ,vaughan began working for ,,naca in #aidc4 ,vaughan-- 7,a7 started as a member of the ,west ,area ,computing unit2 7,b7 was promoted to be the head of the ,west ,area ,computing unit1 becoming ,,naca's first ,african-,american supervisor1 a position that she held for #i years2 and 7,c7 became an expert programmer in ,,fortran as a member of ,,nasa's ,analysis and ,computation ,division4 7#ac7 ,dorothy ,vaughan retired from ,,nasa in #aiga and died on ,november #aj1 #bjjh4 7#ad7 ,mary ,jackson was born on ,april #i1 #aiba1 in ,hampton1 ,virginia4 7#ae7 ,jackson started her career at ,,naca in #aiea1 working as a computer as a member of the ,west ,area ,computing unit4 7#af7 ,after petitioning the ,city of ,hampton to allow her to take graduate-level courses in math and physics at night at the all-,white ,hampton ,high ,school1 ,jackson was able to complete the required training to become an engineer1 making her ,,nasa's first female ,african-,american engineer4 7#ag7 ,jackson-- 7,a7 at ,,naca and ,,nasa-- 7i7 worked in the ,theoretical ,aerodynamics ,branch of the ,subsonic-,transonic ,aerodynamics ,division at ,langley1 where she analyzed wind tunnel and aircraft flight data2 and 7ii7 published a dozen technical papers throughout her career1 focused on the boundary layer of air around airplanes2 and 7,b7 after #ba years working as an engineer at ,,nasa1 transitioned to a new job as ,langley's ,federal ,women's ,program ,manager1 where she worked to improve the prospects of ,,nasa's female mathematicians1 engineers1 and scientists4 7#ah7 ,mary ,jackson retired from ,,nasa in #aihe and died in #bjje4 7#ai7 ,these #d women1 along with the other ,african-,american women in ,,nasa's ,west ,area ,computing unit1 were integral to the success of the early space program4 #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 ,congress1 of #d gold medals of appropriate design as follows3 7#a7 ,one gold medal to ,katherine ,johnson1 in recognition of her service to the ,united ,states as a mathematician4 7#b7 ,one gold medal to ,dr4 ,christine ,darden1 for her service to the ,united ,states as an aeronautical engineer4 7#c7 ,in recognition of their service to the ,united ,states during the ,space ,race1 #b gold medals to commemorate the lives of-- 7,a7 ,dorothy ,vaughan2 and 7,b7 ,mary ,jackson4 7b7 ,design and striking ,for the purpose of the awards referred to in subsection 7a71 the ,secretary of the ,treasury 7referred to in this ,act as the ,secretary7 shall strike each gold medal described in that subsection with suitable emblems1 devices1 and inscriptions to be determined by the ,secretary4 7c7 ,transfer of certain medals after presentation 7#a7 ,smithsonian ,institution 7,a7 ,in general ,following the award of the gold medal in honor of ,dorothy ,vaughan under subsection 7a77#c77;,a71 the medal shall be given to the ,smithsonian ,institution1 where the medal shall be available for display as appropriate and made available for research4 7,b7 ,sense of ,congress ,it is the sense of ,congress that the ,smithsonian ,institution should make the gold medal received under subparagraph 7,a7 available for-- 7i7 display1 particularly at the ,national ,museum of ,african ,american ,history and ,culture2 or 7ii7 loan1 as appropriate1 so that the medal may be displayed elsewhere4 7#b7 ,transfer to family ,following the award of the gold medal in honor of ,mary ,jackson under subsection 7a77#c77;,b71 the medal shall be given to her family4 #d4 ,duplicate medals ,under regulations that the ,secretary may promulgate1 the ,secretary may strike and sell duplicates in bronze of the gold medals struck under this ,act1 at a price sufficient to cover the cost of the medals1 including labor1 materials1 dies1 use of machinery1 and overhead expenses4 #e4 ,status of medals 7a7 ,national medals ,the medals struck under 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 #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 ,fund such amounts as may be necessary to pay for the costs of the medals struck under 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