,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #cjcb  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,may #bh1 #bjai,mrs4 
,beatty 7for herself1 ,ms4 ,bass1 ,ms4  
,clarke of ,new ,york1 ,mr4 ,clay1 ,mr4 
,cleaver1 ,mr4 ,cohen1 ,mr4 ,espaillat1 
,ms4 ,fudge1 ,mr4 ,grijalva1 ,mr4       
,hastings1 ,ms4 ,kelly of ,illinois1    
,ms4 ,lee of ,california1 ,ms4 ,norton1 
,ms4 ,omar1 ,mr4 ,rush1 ,mr4 ,stivers1  
,ms4 ,jackson ,lee1 ,mr4 ,khanna1 ,mr4  
,meeks1 and ,mr4 ,lowenthal7 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 ,maya ,angelou in recognition 
of her achievements and contributions to
 ,american culture and the civil rights 

movement4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,maya ,angelou      
,congressional ,gold ,medal ,act4  #b4  
,findings ,the ,congress finds that3    
7#a7 ,dr4 ,maya ,angelou1 born          
,marguerite ,ann ,johnson in ,st4       
,louis1 ,missouri1 on ,april #d1 #aibh1 
and raised in ,arkansas1 was a prominent
 and celebrated author1 poet1 educator1 
producer1 actress1 filmmaker1 and civil 
rights activist4  7#b7 ,dr4 ,maya       
,angelou published a myriad of literary 
works enshrining in history her storied 
life as an icon of the civil rights     
movement4  7#c7 ,hailed for her talents 
as a performing artist at an early age1 
,dr4 ,maya ,angelou toured ,europe with 
a production of the ,gershwin opera     
,porgy ,and ,bess in #aiee and released 
her first album in #aieg4  7#d7         
,committed to furthering the work of    
,dr4 ,martin ,luther ,king1 ,dr4 ,maya  
,angelou served as a leader of the      
,southern ,christian ,leadership        
,conference during the ,civil ,rights   

,movement4  7#e7 ,in #aifi1 ,dr4 ,maya  
,angelou penned the autobiography ,i    
,know ,why the ,caged ,bird ,sings1     
which catapulted her to international   
acclaim for its vivid and honest        
depiction of the experience of ,black   
women in the ,jim ,crow era4  7#f7 ,dr4 
,maya ,angelou wrote the screenplay and 
composed the score for the #aigb film   
,georgia1 ,georgia2 her script was the  
first by an ,african-,american woman to 
be filmed4  7#g7 ,dr4 ,maya ,angelou was
 the first ,african-,american to serve  
as an ,inaugural ,poet1 authoring and   
reciting the poem ,pulse of ,morning in 
#aiic4  7#h7 ,a trailblazer in          
literature and poetry1 ,dr4 ,maya       
,angelou bravely explored the ways in   
which socially marginalizing forces     
affected ,african-,american women4  7#i7
 ,dr4 ,maya ,angelou was honored with   
the ,presidential ,medal of ,freedom in 
#bjaa1 the ,lincoln ,medal in #bjjh1 and
 the ,national ,medal of ,arts in #bjjj 
for her exceptional contributions to    

,american culture as an author and poet4
  7#aj7 ,as a distinguished educator1   
,dr4 ,maya ,angelou received over #cj   
honorary degrees and served as the      
,reynolds ,professor of ,american       
,studies at ,wake ,forest ,university   
from #aihb to #bjad4  7#aa7 ,dr4 ,maya  
,angelou passed away on ,may #bh1 #bjad1
 in her ,north ,carolina home at age    
#hf1 leaving behind a legacy of literary
 achievement and an indelible mark on   
the movement for civil rights4  #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 ,dr4 ,maya ,angelou in 
recognition of her achievements and     
contributions to ,american culture and  
the civil rights movement4  7b7 ,design 
and striking ,for the purpose of the    

presentation referred to in subsection  
7a71 the ,secretary of the ,treasury    
7hereinafter in this ,act referred to 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 ,dr4 ,maya ,angelou 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 display1 particularly
 at the ,national ,museum of ,african   
,american ,history and ,culture1 or for 
loan as appropriate so that it may be   
displayed elsewhere1 particularly at    
other appropriate locations associated  
with the life of ,dr4 ,maya ,angelou4   

#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 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