,i  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #fdga  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,april #g1 #bjbj,mr4 
,roy 7for himself and ,mr4 ,crenshaw7   
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 ,dr4 ,li 
,wenliang1 in recognition of his efforts
 to save lives by drawing awareness to  
,,covid-#ai and his call for            
transparency in ,china4  #a4 ,short     
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,dr4 ,li ,wenliang ,congressional ,gold 
,medal ,act4  #b4 ,findings ,the        
,congress finds the following3 7#a7 ,dr4
 ,li ,wenliang was a #cd-year-old       
ophthalmologist in ,wuhan1 ,china1 who  

died from the #bjai novel coronavirus   
7,,covid-#ai7 after he sought to draw   
attention to the spread of the virus    
despite the ,chinese government's effort
 to suppress him4  7#b7 ,research       
indicates that the first patient        
infected with ,,covid-#ai exhibited     
symptoms in early ,december #bjai1 if   
not earlier4  7#c7 ,in ,december #bjai1 
,dr4 ,li ,wenliang notified his         
colleagues in the medical community in  
,china about the outbreak of            
,,covid-#ai4  7#d7 ,on ,january #c1     
#bjbj1 after raising concerns about the 
spread of ,,covid-#ai1 ,dr4 ,li         
,wenliang and seven other doctors were  
detained and questioned by ,chinese     
officials4 ,dr4 ,li ,wenliang was forced
 to sign a statement retracting his     
warnings about the virus and confessing 
that he had spread illegal rumors4  7#e7
 ,chinese government authorities played 
down dangers to the public for weeks as 
,,covid-#ai continued to spread1 with   
more than #db1jjj confirmed cases in    

,china alone and at least #a1jjj deaths 
reported as of ,february #aa1 #bjbj4    
7#f7 ,dr4 ,li ,wenliang continued to    
work at ,wuhan ,central ,hospital       
despite his knowledge of the outbreak1  
and appears to have been infected       
himself with ,,covid-#ai after coming in
 contact with a patient he was treating4
  7#g7 ,in ,february #bjbj1 in the      
hospital where he worked1 ,dr4 ,li      
,wenliang died after contracting        
,,covid-#ai4  7#h7 ,before his death1   
,dr4 ,li ,wenliang stated1 ,if the      
officials had disclosed information     
about the epidemic earlier1 ,i think it 
would have been a lot better4 ,there    
should be more openness and             
transparency44  7#i7 ,the people of     
,china expressed their grief and anger  
on social media after the death of ,dr4 
,li ,wenliang with the phrase ,i want   
freedom of speech1 which was quickly    
censored by the ,government of the      
,people's ,republic of ,china4  7#aj7   
,the ,chinese government inflicted      

incalculable damage on their own people 
and the rest of the world by trying to  
extinguish the news of the ,,covid-#ai  
rather than mobilize global efforts to  
battle it4  7#aa7 ,awarding ,dr4 ,li    
,wenliang the ,congressional ,gold      
,medal1 would not only recognize his    
bold actions to draw attention to the   
spread of ,,covid-#ai1 but call global  
attention to ,china's lack of           
transparency and censorship of speech4  
#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  
,dr4 ,li ,wenliang's efforts to save    
lives by drawing awareness to           
,,covid-#ai and his call for            
transparency in ,china4  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  
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  
appropriate locations dedicated to      
preserving the history of the ,chinese  
pro-democracy movement4  #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