,,ii  #aagth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #bcjc  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,june #bd1     
#bjba,mr4 ,sasse 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 ,lai ,chee ying 78,jimmy     
,lai071 ,law ,wai kwong 78,ryan ,law071 
,cheung ,kim hung1 ,chow ,tat kuen      
78,royston ,chow071 ,chan ,pui man1     
,cheung ,chi wai1 ,yeung ,ching kee     
78,li ,ping071 and all the men and women
 who worked for ,apple ,daily in        
recognition of their commitment to      
freedom and democracy in ,hong ,kong in 
the face of the tyranny of the ,chinese 
,communist ,party4  #a4 ,short title    
,this ,act may be cited as the          
,democracy in ,hong ,kong ,congressional
 ,gold ,medal ,act4  #b4 ,findings      
,congress finds the following3 7#a7 ,lai
 ,chee ying 7,jimmy ,lai7 is a ,hong    
,kong entrepreneur1 pro-democracy       

activist and founder of ,giordano1 an   
,asian clothing retainer1 ,next         
,digital1 a ,hong ,kong-listed media    
company1 and the popular newspaper      
,apple ,daily4  7#b7 ,lai is a prominent
 critic of the ,chinese ,communist      
,party and was a leader of ,hong ,kong's
 #bjad ,umbrella ,movement and has been 
accused and tried for his involvement in
 the #bjai-bjbj pro-democracy movement4 
,lai has been unjustly arrested on      
multiple occasions for his criticism of 
the ,chinese ,communist ,party4  7#c7   
,on ,august #aj1 #bjbj1 ,lai was        
arrested on suspicion of collaborating  
with foreign forces and the offices of  
,apple ,daily were raided by ,hong ,kong
 police officers4 ,the charges were     
brought forth under the ,law of the     
,people's ,republic of ,china on        
,safeguarding ,national ,security in the
 ,hong ,kong ,special ,administrative   
,region enacted by the ,chinese         
,communist ,party on ,june #cj1 #bjbj4  
7#d7 ,in ,december #bjbj1 ,lai was      

awarded the ,freedom of ,press ,award by
 ,reporters ,without ,borders for his   
role in founding ,apple ,daily4  7#e7   
,on ,april #af1 #bjba1 after a sham     
trial1 ,lai was sentenced to #ad months 
in prison for his support of democracy  
in ,hong ,kong4  7#f7 ,on ,june #ag1    
#bjba1 police again raided ,apple       
,daily's news room1 seized journalists' 
computers1 arrested top editors1 and    
froze #b1cjj1jjj of the paper's assets4 
,among the arrested were ,next's chief  
executive1 ,cheung ,kim hung1 and ,chow 
,tat kuen 7,royston ,chow71 its chief   
operating officer1 ,law ,wai kwong      
7,ryan ,law71 ,apple ,daily's chief     
editor1 ,cheung ,chi wai1 the chief     
executive editor1 and ,chan ,pui man1   
deputy chief editor4  7#g7 ,on ,june    
#bc1 #bjba1 ,apple ,daily announced its 
forced closure due to the current       
circumstances in ,hong ,kong4 ,apple    
,daily's lead opinion writer1 ,yeung    
,ching kee1 who publishes under the name
 ,li ,ping was also arrested4  7#h7     

,even amidst the raids and arrests1     
,apple ,daily heroically continued to   
report on the police operation with     
reporters writing on their phones after 
their computers were seized4  7#i7      
,apple ,daily has1 at great cost1       
demonstrated the importance of          
maintaining freedom of speech and of the
 press in spite of the vicious          
authoritarianism of the ,chinese        
,communist ,party4  7#aj7 ,the          
reporters1 journalists1 editors1 and    
employees at both ,apple ,daily and     
,next ,digital have exhibited courage   
and determination in the face of the    
,chinese ,communist ,party's tyranny and
 deserve to be commended by the people  
of the ,united ,states for their fight  
for freedom and truth4  #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 ,lai ,chee ying   
7,jimmy ,lai71 ,law ,wai kwong 7,ryan   
,law71 ,cheung ,kim hung1 ,chow ,tat    
kuen 7,royston ,chow71 ,chan ,pui man1  
,cheung ,chi wai1 ,yeung ,ching kee 7,li
 ,ping71 and all the men and women who  
worked for ,apple ,daily in recognition 
of their commitment to freedom and      
democracy in ,hong ,kong in the face of 
the tyranny of the ,chinese ,communist  
,party4  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  #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  
,national medals ,medals struck pursuant
 to this ,act are ,national medals for  
purposes of chapter #ea of title #ca1   
,united ,states ,code4  #f4 ,authority  
to use fund amounts2 proceeds of sale   
7a7 ,authority ,to use fund amounts     
,there is authorized to be charged      
against the ,united ,states ,mint       
,public ,enterprise ,fund such amounts  
as may be necessary to pay for the costs
 of the medals struck under this ,act4  
7b7 ,proceeds of sale ,amounts received 
from the sale of duplicate bronze medals
 authorized under section #d shall be   
deposited into the ,united ,states ,mint
 ,public ,enterprise ,fund4