,i  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #eidj  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,february #ba1       
#bjbj,ms4 ,jackson ,lee introduced the  
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,financial ,services  
,a ,,bill  ,to award a ,congressional   
,gold ,medal to ,lyndon ,baines         
,johnson1 the #cfth ,president of the   
,united ,states whose visionary         
leadership secured passage of the       
landmark ,voting ,rights ,act of #aife1 
,social ,security ,amendments ,act      
7,medicare7 of #aife1 ,civil ,rights    
,act of #aifd1 ,higher ,education ,act  
of #aife1 and ,immigration and          
,naturalization ,act of #aife4  #a4     
,findings ,the ,congress finds the      
following3 7#a7 ,as a ,member of        
,congress from the ,tenth ,congressional
 ,district of ,texas1 as majority leader
 of the ,u4,s4 ,senate1 ,vice ,president
 and ,president of the ,united ,states1 
,lyndon ,baines ,johnson's              
accomplishments in the fields of civil  

rights1 education1 and economic         
opportunity rank among the greatest     
achievements of the past half century4  
7#b7 ,as ,president1 ,lyndon ,johnson   
proposed1 championed1 led to passage1   
and signed into law on ,august #f1      
#aife1 the ,voting ,rights ,act of      
#aife1 which swept away barriers        
impeding millions of ,americans from    
meaningful participation in ,american   
political life4  7#c7 ,on ,july #cj1    
#aife1 ,president ,johnson signed into  
law the ,social ,security ,amendments   
,act of #aife1 popularly known as       
,medicare1 which has transformed the    
delivery of health care in the ,united  
,states and which1 along with ,social   
,security1 reduced the rate of poverty  
among the elderly from #bh4e percent in 
#aiff to #i4a percent in #bjab4  7#d7   
,on ,july #b1 #aifd1 ,president ,johnson
 secured passage and signed into law the
 most sweeping civil rights legislation 
since ,reconstruction1 the ,civil       
,rights ,act of #aifd1 which prohibits  

discrimination in employment1 education1
 and public accommodations based on     
race1 color1 religion1 or national      
origin4  7#e7 ,on ,november #h1 #aife1  
,president ,johnson signed into law the 
,higher ,education ,act1 which provided 
need-based financial aid to students in 
the form of scholarships1 work-study    
grants1 and loans1 and thus made higher 
education more accessible to populations
 of persons who were previously unable  
to attend college because of economic   
circumstances4  7#f7 ,on ,october #c1   
#aife1 ,president ,johnson signed into  
law the ,immigration and ,naturalization
 ,act of #aife1 which transformed the   
,nation's immigration system by         
abolishing the racially based quota     
system that had defined ,american       
immigration policy for four decades and 
replaced it with a policy whose central 
purpose was family reunification1 with a
 preference for immigrants with specific
 skill sets4  7#g7 ,according to ,robert
 ,a4 ,caro1 the preeminent biographer of

 ,lyndon ,baines ,johnson1 with the     
single exception of ,lincoln1 ,president
 ,johnson was the greatest champion of  
the poor and underprivileged in the     
history of the ,republic and was the    
,president who wrote mercy and justice  
into the statute books by which ,america
 was governed4  #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 award1 on behalf of          
,congress1 of a gold medal of           
appropriate design to ,lyndon ,baines   
,johnson in recognition of his          
contributions to the ,nation1 including 
passage of the landmark ,voting ,rights 
,act of #aife1 the ,social ,security    
,amendments ,act 7,medicare7 of #aife1  
the ,civil ,rights ,act of #aifd1 the   
,higher ,education ,act of #aife1 and   
the ,immigration and ,naturalization    
,act of #aife4  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 ,lyndon ,baines        
,johnson ,library and ,museum  7#a7 ,in 
general ,following the award of the gold
 medal under subsection 7a71 the gold   
medal shall be given to the ,lyndon     
,baines ,johnson ,library and ,museum1  
where it will be available for display  
as appropriate and available for        
research4  7#b7 ,sense of ,congress ,it 
is the sense of the ,congress that the  
,lyndon ,baines ,johnson ,library and   
,museum should make the gold medal      
awarded pursuant to this ,act available 
for display elsewhere1 particularly at  
appropriate locations associated with   
,lyndon ,baines ,johnson4  #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