,,ii #aafth ,,congress #b;d ,session ,s4 #deic ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the ,,united ,,states ,september #af1 #bjbj,mr4 ,burr 7for himself1 ,mr4 ,booker1 ,ms4 ,baldwin1 ,mr4 ,bennet1 ,mr4 ,blumenthal1 ,ms4 ,cantwell1 ,mr4 ,casey1 ,ms4 ,collins1 ,mr4 ,coons1 ,mr4 ,cornyn1 ,ms4 ,cortez ,masto1 ,ms4 ,duckworth1 ,mr4 ,durbin1 ,mrs4 ,feinstein1 ,ms4 ,harris1 ,mr4 ,heinrich1 ,ms4 ,hirono1 ,mrs4 ,hyde-,smith1 ,mr4 ,kaine1 ,ms4 ,klobuchar1 ,mr4 ,leahy1 ,mr4 ,markey1 ,mr4 ,menendez1 ,mr4 ,merkley1 ,mr4 ,murphy1 ,mrs4 ,murray1 ,mr4 ,portman1 ,mr4 ,reed1 ,ms4 ,rosen1 ,mr4 ,rubio1 ,mr4 ,sanders1 ,mr4 ,scott of ,south ,carolina1 ,mr4 ,tillis1 ,ms4 ,smith1 ,mr4 ,van ,hollen1 ,mr4 ,warner1 ,ms4 ,warren1 ,mr4 ,whitehouse1 ,mr4 ,wicker1 and ,mr4 ,wyden7 introduced the following bill2 which was read twice and referred to the ,committee on ,banking1 ,housing1 and ,urban ,affairs ,a ,,bill ,to award posthumously the ,congressional ,gold ,medal to ,emmett ,till and ,mamie ,till-,mobley4 #a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited as the ,emmett ,till and ,mamie ,till-,mobley ,congressional ,gold ,medal ,act of #bjbj4 #b4 ,findings ,congress finds the following3 7#a7 ,the brutal lynching of ,emmett ,till and the subsequent bravery and boldness of his mother1 ,mamie ,till-,mobley1 became a catalyst for the civil rights movement4 7#b7 ,on ,august #bh1 #aiee1 #ad-year-old ,emmett ,till was kidnapped1 beaten1 and shot in ,money1 ,mississippi1 where he had traveled from ,chicago to stay with his great uncle1 ,moses ,wright4 7#c7 ,the corpse of ,emmett ,till was discovered #c days later in the ,tallahatchie ,river and his murderers were acquitted despite ,moses ,wright providing an eyewitness testimony that the men on trial kidnapped ,emmett ,till4 7#d7 ,mamie ,till-,mobley1 the mother of ,emmett ,till1 demonstrated her love for her son and her courage and strength in suffering in the days that followed as she brought the body of ,emmett ,till back to ,chicago for burial and demanded an open casket funeral1 which drew more than #ej1jjj attendees4 7#e7 ,mamie ,till-,mobley further allowed a photograph to be taken of ,emmett ,till in his casket1 which was shown throughout the world4 7#f7 ,the original casket of ,emmett ,till stands on display at the ,national ,museum of ,african ,american ,history and ,culture as an enduring reminder of the racial violence that is a part of the history of the ,united ,states that the people of the ,united ,states must confront4 7#g7 ,the heroic actions of ,mamie ,till-,mobley in the midst of evil1 injustice1 and grief became a catalyst for the civil rights movement and continued in the years to come as she worked for justice and honored the legacy of ,emmett ,till4 7#h7 ,mamie ,till-,mobley went on to create the ,emmett ,till ,players1 which was a significant national cultural contribution as teenagers traveled throughout the country presenting ,martin ,luther ,king ,jr4 speeches in the name of ,emmett ,till4 7#i7 ,mamie ,till-,mobley also served as chair and co-founder of the ,emmett ,till ,justice ,campaign1 which had the dual mission of reopening the murder of ,emmett ,till for a reinvestigation and a passage into law of ,federal legislation to ensure that other racially motivated murders during the civil rights era were investigated and1 when possible1 prosecuted4 7#aj7 ,the efforts of the ,emmett ,till ,justice ,campaign led to the successful joint investigation by the ,state of ,mississippi1 the ,federal ,bureau of ,investigation1 and the ,department of ,justice in #bjjd1 the passage of the ,emmett ,till ,unsolved ,civil ,rights ,crime ,act of #bjjg 7,public ,law #aaj-cdd2 #abb ,stat4 #cicd71 signed into law by ,president ,george ,w4 ,bush1 and the ,emmett ,till ,unsolved ,civil ,rights ,crimes ,reauthorization ,act of #bjaf 7,public ,law #aad-cbe2 #acj ,stat4 #aife71 signed into law by ,president ,barack ,obama4 7#aa7 ,the people of the ,united ,states honor the legacy of ,emmett ,till and the incredible suffering and equally incredible courage1 resilience1 and efforts of ,mamie ,till-,mobley that led to the civil rights movement that began in the #aiejs4 #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 ,emmett ,till and ,mamie ,till-,mobley4 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 ,national ,museum of ,african ,american ,history and ,culture1 where it shall be displayed as appropriate4 7#b7 ,sense of ,congress ,it is the sense of ,congress that the ,national ,museum of ,african ,american ,history and ,culture should make the gold medal received under paragraph 7#a7 available for display elsewhere1 particularly at other locations and events associated with ,emmett ,till and ,mamie ,till-,mobley4 #d4 ,duplicate medals ,under such regulations as the ,secretary may prescribe1 the ,secretary may strike and sell duplicates in bronze of the gold medal struck under section #c1 at a price sufficient to cover the costs of the medals1 including labor1 materials1 dies1 use of machinery1 and overhead expenses4 #e4 ,status of medals 7a7 ,national medals ,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