,i #aafth ,,congress #ast ,session ,h4 ,r4 #acee ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of ,,representatives ,february #be1 #bjai,mr4 ,ryan 7for himself1 ,mr4 ,joyce of ,ohio1 ,mr4 ,espaillat1 ,mr4 ,lowenthal1 ,mr4 ,hastings1 ,mr4 ,johnson of ,ohio1 ,mr4 ,pascrell1 ,mrs4 ,beatty1 ,ms4 ,moore1 ,mr4 ,grijalva1 ,mr4 ,lawson of ,florida1 ,ms4 ,norton1 ,ms4 ,johnson of ,texas1 ,mr4 ,scott of ,virginia1 ,mr4 ,carson of ,indiana1 ,mr4 ,krishnamoorthi1 ,mr4 ,raskin1 ,mr4 ,meeks1 ,ms4 ,fudge1 ,ms4 ,jackson ,lee1 ,ms4 ,schakowsky1 ,ms4 ,sewell of ,alabama1 ,ms4 ,ocasio-,cortez1 ,mr4 ,cohen1 ,mr4 ,smith of ,washington1 ,mr4 ,thompson of ,mississippi1 and ,mr4 ,rush7 introduced the following bill2 which was referred to the ,committee on ,financial ,services1 and in addition to the ,committee on ,house ,administration1 for a period to be subsequently determined by the ,speaker1 in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned ,a ,,bill ,to posthumously award a ,congressional ,gold ,medal to ,simeon ,booker in recognition of his achievements in the field of journalism1 including his reporting during the ,civil ,rights movement and his social and political commentary4 #a4 ,findings ,congress finds the following3 7#a7 ,simeon ,saunders ,booker1 ,jr41 was born on ,august #bg1 #aiah1 in ,baltimore1 ,maryland1 to ,reberta ,waring and ,simeon ,saunders ,booker1 ,sr41 a ,,ymca director and minister4 7#b7 ,after his family moved to ,youngstown1 ,ohio1 ,booker became interested in journalism4 7#c7 ,booker promoted and wrote about ,negro ,league baseball teams in ,youngstown's local newspaper1 ,the ,vindicator4 7#d7 ,in #aide1 he moved back to ,ohio to work for the ,call and ,post1 where he became the first ,african-,american reporter to win a ,newspaper ,guild ,award for his series on ,cleveland1 ,ohio1 slum housing1 and a ,willkie ,award for reporting on racial inequities in the public schools4 7#e7 ,in #aiej1 ,booker was the recipient of the ,nieman ,fellowship from ,harvard ,university to study journalism and develop his talent as a reporter4 7#f7 ,after leaving ,harvard in #aiea1 ,booker became the first full-time ,african-,american reporter at ,the ,washington ,post4 7#g7 ,in #aiee1 he helped to advance the civil rights movement with his famous coverage of the ,emmett ,till murder and trial1 turning a common occurrence in the ,deep ,south into a national tragedy that united the ,black community4 7#h7 ,he remained at the forefront of the civil rights movement1 reporting on the #aieg integration of ,central ,high ,school in ,little ,rock1 ,arkansas4 7#i7 ,in #aifa1 he rode with the ,congress on ,racial ,equality 7,,core7 ,freedom ,riders through the ,deep ,south4 7#aj7 ,when the ,freedom ,riders were firebombed and beaten in ,anniston1 ,alabama1 in a ,ku ,klux ,klan ambush1 ,booker arranged for their rescue by calling ,u4,s4 ,attorney ,general ,robert ,f4 ,kennedy4 7#aa7 ,in two wartime tours of ,vietnam in the #aifjs1 he interviewed ,black troops on the front lines1 and took enemy fire in a helicopter with ,united ,states ,army ,general ,william ,westmoreland for reports for ,jet and ,ebony magazines4 7#ab7 ,he has chronicled the most tumultuous period in ,american history in two highly acclaimed books1 ,shocking the ,conscience3 ,a ,reporter's ,account of the ,civil ,rights ,movement 7,university ,press of ,mississippi1 #bjac71 and ,black ,man's ,america 7,prentice ,hall1 #aifd74 7#ac7 ,often called the dean of the black press1 as chief of ,ebony and ,jet magazines' ,washington bureau1 he interviewed presidents1 senators and representatives1 members of the judiciary1 cabinet officers1 foreign ambassadors1 and other important members of the ,washington community4 ,his column1 ,ticker ,tape ,u4,s4,a4 became a must-read for politicians and government officials4 7#ad7 ,he covered every ,presidential election since the ,eisenhower ,administration in his fifty-three years with ,johnson ,publishing until he retired in #bjjg4 7#ae7 ,in #aihb1 ,booker received one of the most prestigious awards in journalism1 the ,national ,press ,club's ,fourth ,estate ,award4 7#af7 ,his honors and awards include3 ,nieman ,fellowship1 ,harvard ,university #aiej2 elected president of the ,capitol ,press ,club1 #aief2 ,fourth ,estate ,award1 ,national ,press ,club1 #aihb2 inducted into ,hall of ,fame1 ,washington ,chapter of ,sigma ,delta ,chi1 and ,hall of ,fame of ,washington1 ,,dc1 #aihd2 ,master ,communicators ,award1 ,national ,black ,media ,coalition1 #aiih2 ,phoenix ,award1 ,congressional ,black ,caucus ,foundation1 #bjaj2 inducted into ,hall of ,fame1 ,national ,association of ,black ,journalists1 #bjac4 #b4 ,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 the ,congress1 of a gold medal of appropriate design1 in commemoration of ,simeon ,saunders ,booker1 ,jr41 in recognition of his achievements in the field of journalism1 including his reporting during the ,civil ,rights movement and his social and political commentary4 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 inscriptions to be determined by the ,secretary4 7c7 ,smithsonian ,institution 7#a7 ,in general ,following the award of the gold medal in honor of ,simeon ,saunders ,booker1 ,jr41 under subsection 7a71 the gold medal shall be given to the ,smithsonian ,institution1 where it 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 shall make the gold medal received under paragraph 7#a7 available for display elsewhere1 particularly at other appropriate locations associated with the life of ,simeon ,saunders ,booker1 ,jr4 #c4 ,duplicate medals ,the ,secretary may strike and sell duplicates in bronze of the gold medal struck pursuant to section #b 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 #d4 ,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 sections #eacd and #eacf of title #ca1 ,united ,states ,code1 all medals struck under this ,act shall be considered to be numismatic items4