,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #cehi  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,june #bg1 #bjai,mr4 
,thompson of ,california 7for himself1  
,mr4 ,blumenauer1 and ,mr4 ,graves of   
,georgia7 introduced the following bill2
 which was referred to the ,committee on
 ,financial ,services  ,a ,,bill  ,to   
award a ,congressional ,gold ,medal to  
,greg ,le,mond1 in recognition of his   
service to the ,nation as an athlete1   
activist1 role model1 and community     
leader4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act may
 be cited as the ,greg ,le,mond         
,congressional ,gold ,medal ,act4  #b4  
,findings ,the ,congress finds the      
following3  7#a7 ,gregory ,james 8,greg0
 ,le,mond was born in ,lakewood1        
,california1 on ,june #bf1 #aifa4  7#b7 
,greg began cycling at the age of #ad1  
winning an astonishing #aa straight     
races to begin his career4  7#c7 ,greg  
took home a full suite of medals at the 
#aigi ,junior ,world ,championships1    
including gold1 silver1 and bronze1     

emerging victorious in the road race and
 placing in both team and track pursuit 
events4  7#d7 ,at age #ah1 ,greg became 
the youngest cyclist in the history of  
the sport to be selected for the ,united
 ,states ,men's ,olympic team4  7#e7    
,greg emerged victorious in the #aihj   
,circuit de la ,sarthe1 becoming the    
first ,american in history and the      
youngest rider ever to win a major      
pro-am cycling event on the ,european   
continent4  7#f7 ,at age #ai1 ,greg     
signed his first professional contract4 
7#g7 ,in #aihb1 ,greg made the first of 
several remarkable recoveries1 returning
 from a broken collarbone to win the    
silver medal at the world championships 
in ,great ,britain4  7#h7 ,the ,tour de 
,france1 the world's preeminent cycling 
competition1 was first held over a      
century ago1 in #aijc4  7#i7 ,the ,tour 
de ,france takes place over #bc days1   
covering an extraordinary #b1bjj miles1 
winding through multiple mountain       
ranges1 spanning multiple nations1 and  

is viewed as comparable to running a    
marathon every day for three consecutive
 weeks4  7#aj7 ,greg first competed in  
the ,tour de ,france in #aihd1 finishing
 third1 and finishing second the        
following year1 in both years deputizing
 himself to his teammates1 sacrificing a
 chance to win himself to boost his     
teammates toward victory4  7#aa7 ,greg  
emerged victorious in the #aihf ,tour de
 ,france1 ascending the fabled ,alpe    
,d',huez1 defeating the field by more   
than three full minutes1 becoming the   
first ,american and the first           
non-,european to win cycling's most     
prestigious race4  7#ab7 ,in #aihg1     
while recovering from a broken wrist and
 collarbone1 ,greg was tragically shot  
during a turkey hunting accident1       
leaving him in intensive care1 requiring
 the removal of over #dj shotgun pellets
 from his abdomen1 was deemed unlikely  
to ever ride a bicycle again1 and likely
 survived only due to the abnormal      
strength of his cardiovascular system4  

7#ac7 ,greg mounted the greatest        
comeback in the history of ,american    
sports1 taking home an astonishing      
victory at the #aihi ,tour de ,france1  
following multiple surgeries1           
life-threatening gunshot wounds1 tendon 
repair1 and an appendectomy1 winning by 
eight seconds in the closest finish in  
the history of the ,tour de ,france4    
7#ad7 ,greg would win a third ,tour de  
,france victory in #aiij4  7#ae7 ,greg  
is the only ,american to win the ,tour  
de ,france4  7#af7 ,greg has vocally    
spoken out to champion healthy sport    
amongst athletes of all ages and        
competition levels4  7#ag7 ,greg and his
 wife1 ,kathy1 are active in numerous   
nonprofit causes1 including healthy     
sport1 assisting victims of sexual abuse
 and various childhood illnesses4  7#ah7
 ,cycling offers young people a healthy1
 active1 outdoor hobby4  7#ai7 ,greg    
completed his professional career having
 won two ,world ,championships1 three   
,tour de ,france championships1 and     

twenty-two titles overall4  7#bj7 ,more 
than any other cyclist1 ,greg           
personified the breakaway culture of    
,american cycling in the #aigjs and     
#hjs1 viewed universally as the epitome 
of a young person on a bicycle1         
attempting to accomplish feats no other 
,american had achieved4  7#ba7 ,greg has
 not only reached the pinnacle of       
international sport1 but has devoted his
 time and resources to assisting his    
fellow athletes4  7#bb7 ,greg has       
demonstrated the commitment to          
excellence1 generosity1 community1 and  
tenacity that makes him an example for  
all to follow4  #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 the          
,congress1 of a gold medal of           
appropriate design to ,greg ,le,mond1 in
 recognition of his contributions to the

 ,nation as an athlete1 activist1 role  
model1 and community leader4  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  #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