,,ii  #aag? ,,congress  #b;d ,session   
,s4 #djca  ,,9 ,,! ,,s5ate ,,( ,,!      
,,unit$ ,,/ates  ,april #g1 #bjbb,mr4   
,van ,holl5 7= himself & ,mr4 ,c>d97    
introduc$ ! foll[+ bill2 :i* 0 read     
twice & ref]r$ to ! ,committee on       
,bank+1 ,h\s+1 & ,urban ,affairs  ,a    
,,bill  ,to aw>d po/hum\sly a           
,congressional ,gold ,m$al to ,h5rietta 
,lacks1 9 recognition ( h] immortal     
cells :i* h made invaluable             
contributions to global heal?1 sci5tific
 rese>*1 our quality ( life1 & pati5ts' 
rights4  #a4 ,%ort title ,?is ,act may  
be cit$ z ! ,h5rietta ,lacks            
,congressional ,gold ,m$al ,act4  #b4   
,f9d+s ,congress f9ds ! foll[+3 7#a7    
,h5rietta ,lacks1 an ,african-,am]ican  
woman born on ,augu/ #a1 #aibj1 9       
,roanoke1 ,virg9ia1 0 rais$ by h]       
gr&fa!r on a tobacco f>m 9 ,clov]1      
,virg9ia4  7#b7 ,h5rietta ,lacks1 h]    
husb&1 & family mov$ to ,baltimore1     
,m>yl& 9 #aida seek+ economic           
opportunity at ! ,be?lehem ,/eel ,plant4

  7#c7 ,9 #aiea1 ,h5rietta ,lacks s\ght 
treatm5t = h] cont9u\s vag9al ble$+ f ,!
 ,johns ,hopk9s ,hospital1 :i* 0 "o ( ! 
few hospitals will+ to treat ,african   
,am]icans at t "t4 ,gynecologi/s        
discov]$ a l>ge1 malignant tumor on h]  
c]vix4  7#d7 ,unbekn[n/ to ,h5rietta    
,lacks or h] family1 m$ical rese>*]s    
took samples ( ,h5rietta ,lacks' tumor  
dur+ h] treatm5t )\t h] cons5t4         
,h5rietta ,lacks' cells1 n[ kn[n z      
,he,la ,cells1 d\bl$ e #bj to #bd h\rs  
:]eas o!r human cells di$ 9 ! same "t   
p]iod4 ,! ,he,la ,cells are ! fir/ kn[n 
immortal l9e ( human cells 9 hi/ory4    
7#e7 ,on ,octob] #d1 #aiea1 #ca-ye>-old 
,h5rietta ,lacks di$ ( an aggressive    
c]vical canc] eight mon?s aft] h] canc] 
diagnosis1 leav+ beh9d h] husb& & #e    
*ildr54  7#f7 ,! ,he,la immortal cell   
l9e is ! olde/ & mo/ us$ human cell l9e 
us$ 9 sci5tific rese>*4 ,h5rietta       
,lacks' immortal cells h be5            
comm]cializ$ & di/ribut$ worldwide to   
rese>*]s1 result+ 9 gr\ndbreak+         

advancem5ts 9 mod]n sci5ce & te*nology4 
7#g7 ,h5rietta ,lacks' prolific cells   
cont9ue to replicate to ?is day &       
contribute to rem>kable advances 9      
m$ic9e1 includ+ ! developm5t ( ! polio  
vacc9e & drugs us$ to treat canc]1      
,,hiv_/,,aids1 hemophilia1 leukemia1 &  
,p>k9son's disease4 ,he,la cells h be5  
us$ 9 rese>* t has contribut$ to our    
und]/&+ ( ! effects ( radiation & z]o   
gravity on human cells1 & h in=m$ rese>*
 on *romosomal conditions1 canc]1 g5e   
mapp+1 & precision m$ic9e4  7#h7 ,! use 
( ,he,la cells z ! f\ndation = biom$ical
 rese>* has l$ to sev]al ,nobel ,prize  
w9n+ discov]ies4 ,! ,national ,in/itute 
( ,heal? locat$ ov] #aaj1jjj            
publications t cit$ ! use ( ,he,la cells
 betwe5 #aiec to #bjah4 ,^! advances 7  
made possible by ,h5rietta ,lacks'      
cells1 yet ! rev5ues !y g5]at$ 7 n kn[n 
to h] family = m ?an tw5ty ye>s4  7#i7  
,h5rietta ,lacks is a l9*p9 to mod]n    
bioe?ics policies & in=m$ cons5t laws t 
b5efit pati5ts nationwide by build+     

pati5t tru/ & protect+ rese>*           
p>ticipants4  7#aj7 ,h5rietta ,lacks'   
legacy has be5 recogniz$ ar\nd ! _w     
?r\gh memorials1 conf]5ces1 museum      
exhibitions1 libr>ies1 & pr9t & visual  
m$ia = *ang+ ! face ( m$ical sci5ce4    
#c4 ,congressional gold m$al  7a7       
,pres5tation au?oriz$ ,! ,speak] ( !    
,h\se ( ,repres5tatives & ! ,presid5t   
pro tempore ( ! ,s5ate %all make        
appropriate arrangem5ts = ! po/hum\s    
pres5tation1 on behalf ( ,congress1 ( a 
gold m$al ( appropriate design 9        
commemoration ( ,h5rietta ,lacks1 9     
recognition ( h] immortal cells :i* h   
made invaluable contributions to global 
heal?1 sci5tific rese>*1 our quality (  
life1 & pati5ts' rights4  7b7 ,design & 
/rik+ ,= ! purposes ( ! pres5tation     
ref]r$ to 9 subsection 7a71 ! ,secret>y 
( ! ,treasury 7h]eaft] 9 ?is ,act ref]r$
 to z ! ,secret>y7 %all /rike a gold    
m$al ) suitable emblems1 devices1 &     
inscriptions1 to be det]m9$ by !        
,secret>y4  7c7 ,smi?sonian ,in/itution 

7#a7 ,9 g5]al ,foll[+ ! aw>d ( ! gold   
m$al "u subsection 7a71 ! gold m$al %all
 be giv5 to ! ,smi?sonian ,in/itution1  
:]e x %all be available = display z     
appropriate & made available = rese>*4  
7#b7 ,s5se ( ,congress ,x is ! s5se (   
,congress t ! ,smi?sonian ,in/itution   
%\ld make ! gold m$al receiv$ "u        
p>agraph 7#a7 available = display       
else:]e1 p>ticul>ly at o!r appropriate  
locations associat$ ) ,h5rietta ,lacks4 
#d4 ,duplicate m$als ,! ,secret>y may   
/rike & sell duplicates 9 bronze ( !    
gold m$al /ruck pursuant to section #c1 
at a price suffici5t to cov] ! co/ !re(1
 includ+ labor1 mat]ials1 dies1 use (   
ma*9]y1 & ov]head exp5ses4  #e4 ,/atus (
 m$als  7a7 ,national m$als ,! m$als    
/ruck pursuant to ?is ,act are national 
m$als = purposes ( *apt] #ea ( title    
#ca1 ,unit$ ,/ates ,code4  7b7          
,numismatic items ,= purposes ( section 
#eacd ( title #ca1 ,unit$ ,/ates ,code1 
all m$als /ruck "u ?is ,act %all be     
consid]$ to be numismatic items4  #f4   

,au?ority ,to use fund am\nts2 proce$s (
 sale  7a7 ,au?ority ,to use fund am\nts
 ,!re is au?oriz$ to be *>g$ aga9/ !    
,unit$ ,/ates ,m9t ,public ,ent]prise   
,fund su* am\nts z may be necess>y to   
pay = ! co/s ( ! m$als /ruck "u ?is     
,act4  7b7 ,proce$s ( sale ,am\nts      
receiv$ f ! sale ( duplicate bronze     
m$als au?oriz$ "u section #d %all be    
deposit$ into ! ,unit$ ,/ates ,m9t      
,public ,ent]prise ,fund4