,,ii  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #bfdc  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,october #ag1  
#bjai ,mr4 ,peters introduced the       
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on ,banking1
 ,housing1 and ,urban ,affairs  ,a      
,,bill  ,to posthumously award a        
,congressional ,gold ,medal to ,judge   
,damon ,jerome ,keith4  #a4 ,short title
  ,this ,act may be cited as the ,judge 
,damon ,keith ,congressional ,gold      
,medal ,act of #bjai4  #b4 ,findings    
,congress finds the following3 7#a7     
,judge ,damon ,keith was born on ,july  
#d1 #aibb1 in ,detroit1 ,michigan1 and  
died at his home in ,detroit1 ,michigan1
 surrounded by family and loved ones1 on
 ,april #bh1 #bjai4  7#b7 ,judge ,damon 
,keith received a bachelor of arts from 
,west ,virginia ,state ,university1 a   
juris doctor from ,howard ,university   
,school of ,law1 and a master of laws   
from ,wayne ,state ,university ,law     
,school4  7#c7 ,judge ,damon ,keith     

served in the ,united ,states ,army from
 #aidc to #aidf when he was discharged  
as a sergeant4  7#d7 ,judge ,damon      
,keith devoted his life to public       
service and served more than #ej years  
on the ,federal bench where he was a    
champion for civil rights and individual
 liberties for all4  7#e7 ,judge ,damon 
,keith served as one of the first       
cochairman of the ,michigan ,civil      
,rights ,commission at its inception in 
#aifd where he worked to oppose         
discrimination and enforce equal        
protection under the law4  7#f7 ,judge  
,damon ,keith was first nominated to the
 ,united ,states ,district ,court for   
the ,eastern ,district of ,michigan in  
#aifg by ,president ,lyndon ,johnson    
where he served as the first            
,african-,american chief judge of the   
court from #aige to #aigg4  7#g7 ,judge 
,damon ,keith became the sixth ,african 
,american to serve on the ,united       
,states ,court of ,appeals for the      
,sixth ,circuit when he was nominated by

 ,president ,jimmy ,carter in #aigg1    
where he served as senior judge on the  
court from ,may #a1 #aiie1 until his    
passing4  7#h7 ,judge ,damon ,keith in a
 #aigj decision upheld the civil rights 
of ,pontiac1 ,michigan1 students when he
 ordered a bus policy and new boundaries
 in ,pontiac1 ,michigan1 schools in     
order to end racial segregation4  7#i7  
,judge ,damon ,keith defended the       
protections guaranteed under the ,fourth
 ,amendment to the ,constitution of the 
,united ,states when he held in ,united 
,states v4 ,sinclair1 #cba ,f4 ,supp4   
#ajgd 7,e4,d4 ,mich4 #aiga71 a landmark 
decision upheld by the ,supreme ,court  
of the ,united ,states1 that the ,united
 ,states ,government must obtain a      
warrant before beginning domestic       
electronic surveillance4  7#aj7 ,judge  
,damon ,keith ruled against housing     
discrimination in ,garrett v4 ,city of  
,hamtramck1 #cid ,f4 ,supp4 #aaea       
7,e4,d4 ,mich4 #aige71 where he ordered 
the city of ,hamtramck1 ,michigan1 to   

relocate #ejj ,african ,americans who   
had been displaced by federally         
supported urban renewal projects4  7#aa7
 ,judge ,damon ,keith worked throughout 
his career to safeguard the civil       
liberties1 civil rights1 and voting     
rights of all people of the ,united     
,states while opposing housing1 job1 and
 racial discrimination4  7#ab7 ,judge   
,damon ,keith has received more than #dj
 honorary degrees as well as the        
,spingarn ,medal from the ,national     
,association for the ,advancement of    
,colored ,people1 the highest honor of  
the organization for distinguished      
achievement1 and the ,edward ,j4 ,devitt
 ,distinguished ,service to ,justice    
,award1 the highest award that can be   
bestowed on a member of the ,federal    
judiciary4  7#ac7 ,judge ,damon ,keith  
inspired generations of lawyers that    
served under him as clerks and          
influenced the ,state of ,michigan for  
decades4  7#ad7 ,judge ,damon ,keith1   
who coined the phrase democracies die   

behind closed doors1 will be remembered 
for his dedication to upholding the     
,constitution of the ,united ,states and
 commitment to justice4  #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 ,judge ,damon ,keith4  
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 ,award of medal    
7#a7 ,in general ,after the award of the
 gold medal referred to in subsection   
7a71 the gold medal shall be given to   
the ,smithsonian ,institution1 where it 

shall be displayed as appropriate and   
made available for research4  7#b7      
,sense of ,congress ,it is the sense of 
,congress that the ,smithsonian         
,institution should make the gold medal 
received under paragraph 7#a7 available 
for display elsewhere1 particularly at  
other locations and events associated   
with ,judge ,damon ,keith4  #d4         
,duplicate medals ,the ,secretary may   
strike and sell duplicates in bronze of 
the gold medal struck under section #c  
under such regulations as the ,secretary
 may prescribe1 at a price sufficient to
 cover the cost1 including labor1       
materials1 dies1 use of machinery1 and  
overhead expenses1 of the gold medal and
 any such duplicates4  #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      
section #eacd of title #ca1 ,united     
,states ,code1 all medals struck under  

this ,act shall be considered to be     
numismatic items4