,,ii  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #begj  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,september #bf1
 #bjai,ms4 ,sinema 7for herself and ,mr4
 ,alexander7 introduced the following   
bill2 which was read twice and referred 
to the ,committee on ,banking1 ,housing1
 and ,urban ,affairs  ,a ,,bill  ,to    
award a ,congressional ,gold ,medal to  
,greg ,le,mond in recognition of his    
service to the ,united ,states 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 ,congress finds the
 following3  7#a7 ,gregory ,james       
,le,mond 7referred to in this section as
 ,greg7 was born in ,lakewood1          
,california1 on ,june #bf1 #aifa4  7#b7 
,greg began cycling at #ad years of age1
 winning an astonishing #aa straight    
races to begin his career4  7#c7 ,at the
 #aigi ,junior ,world ,championships1   
,greg took home a full suite of medals1 

including gold1 silver1 and bronze1     
emerged victorious in the road race1 and
 placed in both team and track pursuit  
events4  7#d7 ,at #ah years of age1     
,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 individual from the  
,united ,states1 and the youngest rider 
ever1 to win a major pro-am cycling     
event on the ,european continent4  7#f7 
,at #ai years of age1 ,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 more than a 
century ago1 in #aijc4  7#i7 ,the ,tour 
de ,france takes place over #bc days1   
covers an extraordinary #b1bjj miles1   

winds through multiple mountain ranges1 
spans multiple nations1 and is viewed as
 comparable to running a marathon every 
day for #c consecutive weeks4  7#aj7    
,greg first competed in the ,tour de    
,france in #aihd1 when he finished      
third1 and finished second the following
 year1 but1 in both years1 he deputized 
himself to his teammates by sacrificing 
a chance to win himself to boost those  
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 #c full minutes1 and becoming the  
first individual from the ,united       
,states1 and the first non-,european1 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 
accident4 ,after the accident1 ,greg was
 in intensive care1 required the removal
 of more than #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 ,after the accident described in  
paragraph 7#ab71 ,greg mounted the      
greatest comeback in the history of     
,american sports1 taking home an        
astonishing victory at the #aihi ,tour  
de ,france and winning by #h seconds in 
the closest finish in the history of    
that race1 even though1 after surviving 
life-threatening gunshot wounds1 he had 
endured multiple surgeries1 including   
tendon repair and an appendectomy4      
7#ad7 ,greg won a third ,tour de ,france
 victory in #aiij4  7#ae7 ,greg is the  
only individual from the ,united ,states
 to win the ,tour de ,france4  7#af7    
,greg has vocally spoken out to champion
 healthy sport among athletes of all    
ages and competition levels4  7#ag7     
,greg and his wife1 ,kathy1 are active  
in numerous nonprofit causes1 including 
promoting healthy sport and 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 #b   
,world ,championships1 #c ,tour de      
,france championships1 and #bb titles   
overall4  7#bj7 ,more than any other    
cyclist1 ,greg personified the breakaway
 culture of cycling in the ,united      
,states in the #aigjs and #aihjs1 was   
viewed universally as the epitome of a  
young person on a bicycle1 and attempted
 to accomplish feats no other individual
 from the ,united ,states 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 ,congress1 of
 a gold medal of appropriate design to  
,greg ,le,mond1 in recognition of his   
contributions to the ,united ,states 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