,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #aifh  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,march #bh1 #bjai,mr4
 ,jeffries 7for himself1 ,mr4 ,clyburn1 
,ms4 ,waters1 ,ms4 ,clarke of ,new      
,york1 ,ms4 ,adams1 ,mr4 ,allred1 ,ms4  
,bass1 ,mrs4 ,beatty1 ,mr4 ,bishop of   
,georgia1 ,ms4 ,blunt ,rochester1 ,mr4  
,brindisi1 ,mr4 ,brown of ,maryland1    
,ms4 ,brownley of ,california1 ,mr4     
,butterfield1 ,mr4 ,carson of ,indiana1 
,mr4 ,casten of ,illinois1 ,ms4 ,castor 
of ,florida1 ,ms4 ,clark of             
,massachusetts1 ,mr4 ,clay1 ,mr4        
,cisneros1 ,mr4 ,cohen1 ,mr4 ,cox of    
,california1 ,mr4 ,cummings1 ,ms4       
,davids of ,kansas1 ,ms4 ,dean1 ,mr4    
,delgado1 ,ms4 ,de,lauro1 ,mrs4         
,demings1 ,mr4 ,engel1 ,mr4 ,espaillat1 
,ms4 ,fudge1 ,miss ,gonzlez-,coln of    
,puerto ,rico1 ,mr4 ,green of ,texas1   
,mr4 ,grijalva1 ,ms4 ,haaland1 ,mr4     
,higgins of ,new ,york1 ,ms4 ,hill of   
,california1 ,ms4 ,norton1 ,ms4 ,kendra 
,s4 ,horn of ,oklahoma1 ,mr4 ,horsford1 

,ms4 ,jackson ,lee1 ,ms4 ,jayapal1 ,ms4 
,johnson of ,texas1 ,mr4 ,johnson of    
,georgia1 ,mr4 ,king of ,new ,york1     
,mrs4 ,lawrence1 ,mr4 ,lawson of        
,florida1 ,ms4 ,lee of ,california1     
,mrs4 ,lee of ,nevada1 ,mr4 ,levin of   
,michigan1 ,mr4 ,lowenthal1 ,mrs4       
,lowey1 ,mrs4 ,carolyn ,b4 ,maloney of  
,new ,york1 ,mr4 ,sean ,patrick ,maloney
 of ,new ,york1 ,mrs4 ,mc,bath1 ,mr4    
,meeks1 ,ms4 ,moore1 ,mr4 ,moulton1 ,mr4
 ,morelle1 ,mrs4 ,murphy1 ,mr4 ,nadler1 
,mr4 ,neguse1 ,ms4 ,ocasio-,cortez1 ,mr4
 ,payne1 ,ms4 ,plaskett1 ,ms4 ,pressley1
 ,miss ,rice of ,new ,york1 ,mr4        
,richmond1 ,mr4 ,rose of ,new ,york1    
,mr4 ,rush1 ,mr4 ,san ,nicolas1 ,ms4    
,schakowsky1 ,mr4 ,scott of ,virginia1  
,mr4 ,david ,scott of ,georgia1 ,mr4    
,serrano1 ,ms4 ,sewell of ,alabama1 ,mr4
 ,stanton1 ,mr4 ,suozzi1 ,ms4 ,titus1   
,mrs4 ,trahan1 ,mr4 ,trone1 ,mr4        
,thompson of ,mississippi1 ,mr4 ,tonko1 
,ms4 ,underwood1 ,mr4 ,van ,drew1 ,mr4  
,veasey1 ,ms4 ,velzquez1 ,mrs4 ,watson  

,coleman1 ,ms4 ,wilson of ,florida1 ,mr4
 ,zeldin1 ,mr4 ,cleaver1 ,mrs4 ,davis of
 ,california1 ,ms4 ,speier1 ,mrs4       
,napolitano1 ,ms4 ,roybal-,allard1 ,ms4 
,gabbard1 ,ms4 ,wasserman ,schultz1 ,mr4
 ,malinowski1 ,mr4 ,michael ,f4 ,doyle  
of ,pennsylvania1 ,ms4 ,kaptur1 ,ms4    
,meng1 ,mr4 ,yarmuth1 ,mr4 ,gonzalez of 
,texas1 ,ms4 ,kuster of ,new ,hampshire1
 and ,mrs4 ,hayes7 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 ,shirley   
,chisholm4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act 
may be cited as the ,shirley ,chisholm  
,congressional ,gold ,medal ,act4  #b4  
,findings ,the ,congress finds as       
follows3  7#a7 ,in #aifh1 ,shirley      

,chisholm became the first              
,african-,american woman elected to     
,congress where she served until #aihb4 
7#b7 ,shirley ,chisholm inspired and led
 the march of political achievement by  
,african-,americans and women in the    
three decades since she ran for the     
,presidency of the ,united ,states4     
7#c7 ,her election to ,congress and her 
candidacy for the ,presidency raised the
 profile and aspirations of all         
,african-,americans and women in the    
field of politics4  7#d7 ,shirley       
,chisholm was recognized for her        
activism1 independence1 and             
groundbreaking achievements in politics 
during and after the civil rights era4  
7#e7 ,shirley ,chisholm was born in     
,brooklyn1 ,new ,york1 on ,november #cj1
 #aibd1 attended ,brooklyn ,college1 and
 earned a ,master's degree from         
,columbia ,university4  7#f7 ,shirley   
,chisholm worked in education and social
 services before being elected to the   
,new ,york ,state ,assembly in #aifd4   

7#g7 ,shirley ,chisholm established the 
,unity ,democratic ,club in #aifj1 which
 played a significant role in rallying  
,black and ,hispanic voters in ,new     
,york ,city4  7#h7 ,in #aifi1 ,shirley  
,chisholm began her service in the #iast
 ,congress1 representing ,brooklyn's    
#abth ,congressional ,district in the   
,united ,states ,house of               
,representatives4  7#i7 ,during her     
service in the ,house of                
,representatives1 ,shirley ,chisholm    
promoted the employment of women in     
,congress and was vocal in her support  
of civil rights1 women's rights1 and the
 poor1 while fervently opposing the     
,vietnam ,war4  7#aj7 ,in #aigb1        
,shirley ,chisholm was the first        
,african-,american to seek the          
nomination of a major party for         
,president of the ,united ,states4      
7#aa7 ,shirley ,chisholm was a          
co-founder of the ,national             
,organization for ,women4  7#ab7 ,an    
historic figure in ,american political  

history1 ,shirley ,chisholm died at the 
age of #hj in ,ormond ,beach1 ,florida1 
on ,new ,year's ,day #bjje4  #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 the          
,congress1 of a gold medal of           
appropriate design in commemoration of  
,shirley ,chisholm1 in recognition of   
her activism1 independence1 and         
groundbreaking achievements in politics1
 her election as the first              
,african-,american woman in the         
,congress1 and her campaign to be the   
first ,african-,american to gain the    
nomination of a major political party   
for ,president of the ,united ,states4  
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 inscriptions1 to be determined by   
the ,secretary4  7c7 ,smithsonian       
institution  7#a7 ,in general ,following
 the award of the gold medal referred to
 in subsection 7a71 the gold medal shall
 be given to the ,smithsonian           
,institution1 where it will be displayed
 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 this ,act 
available for display elsewhere1        
particularly at other locations and     
events associated with ,shirley         
,chisholm4  #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 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      
section #eacd of title #ca1 ,united     
,states ,code1 all medals struck under  
this ,act shall be considered to be     
numismatic items4