,i #aahth ,,congress #ast ,session ,h4 ,r4 #abcg ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of ,,representatives ,february #bh1 #bjbc,mr4 ,davis of ,north ,carolina 7for himself1 ,ms4 ,ross1 ,mr4 ,nickel1 ,mr4 ,johnson of ,georgia1 ,mr4 ,payne1 ,mr4 ,lynch1 ,mr4 ,carson1 ,ms4 ,norton1 and ,ms4 ,tlaib7 introduced the following bill2 which was referred to the ,committee on ,financial ,services ,a ,,bill ,to award a ,congressional ,gold ,medal to ,sarah ,keys ,evans1 and for other purposes4 #a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited as the ,sarah ,keys ,evans ,congressional ,gold ,medal ,act4 #b4 ,findings ,congress finds the following3 7#a7 ,sarah ,keys ,evans was born on ,april #ah1 #aibi1 in ,washington1 ,north ,carolina1 in a town called ,keysville1 the second oldest of seven children4 7#b7 ,sarah ,keys1 an ,army veteran and civil rights pioneer1 is a living example that change is possible if we are willing to stand up and fight for what is right4 7#c7 ,before the #aiee arrest of ,rosa ,parks and the ,montgomery bus boycott that followed1 there was ,sarah ,keys ,evans4 ,her refusal to give up her seat on an interstate charter bus prompted the landmark court case1 ,sarah ,keys v4 ,carolina ,coach ,company1 in which the ,interstate ,commerce ,commission 7,,icc7 outlawed the segregation of ,black passengers in buses traveling across ,state lines4 7#d7 ,on ,august #a1 #aieb1 ,women's ,army ,corps1 ,private ,first ,class ,sarah ,keys1 boarded a bus in ,trenton1 ,new ,jersey1 for her first home visit to ,washington1 ,north ,carolina1 since joining the military4 ,the bus she boarded would take her directly to her ,north ,carolina destination without any required bus changes4 7#e7 ,once the bus reached ,roanoke ,rapids1 ,north ,carolina1 a new driver took over the bus and as was custom1 went through the bus and rechecked tickets4 ,when he came to ,ms4 ,keys1 he told her to give up her seat to a ,white ,marine who boarded the bus in ,roanoke ,rapids and move to the back of the bus4 ,tired from her long journey and understanding her rights1 ,sarah refused4 7#f7 ,six years prior1 in #aidf1 there was a ,supreme ,court decision 7,morgan v4 ,virginia7 that said it was illegal to practice passenger segregation on interstate buses1 but local jurisdictions found ways to circumvent ,federal laws4 7#g7 ,frustrated with her persistence1 the bus driver announced that all passengers would be moving to a different bus1 but that woman who refused to change her seat1 referring to ,ms4 ,keys1 would not be allowed to board the new bus and would not be allowed to continue the trip4 7#h7 ,shortly thereafter1 two police officers arrived at the bus terminal1 took ,sarah by the arms into a patrol car and drove her to the ,roanoke ,rapids police station4 ,because she refused to be subjected to unjust discrimination and prejudice1 she was forced to stay in jail overnight and was fined #be4jj before her release4 7#i7 ,once ,sarah arrived home and informed her family of the injustice she endured1 her father encouraged her to seek legal action4 7#aj7 ,the ,national ,association for the ,advancement of ,colored ,people 7,,naacp7 referred the family to attorney ,dovey ,johnson ,roundtree1 a ,captain in the ,women's ,army ,corps1 who brought her case before the ,,icc4 ,the ,,icc meeting in the ,district of ,columbia took place on ,may #ab1 #aied4 ,it was decided by only one member of the ,,icc4 7#aa7 ,new ,york ,congressman ,adam ,clayton ,powell1 ,jr41 agreed it was not fair that the other #aj members of the ,,icc were not involved in the decision4 ,congressman ,powell helped persuade the ,,icc to reconsider its decision4 7#ab7 ,after the ,supreme ,court decision on ,brown v4 ,board of ,education on ,may #ag1 #aied1 and with the support of ,department of ,justice ,attorney ,general ,herbert ,brownell1 the ,,icc reached a new decision4 ,a majority of the ,,icc members had decided that it was wrong for people on ,state-to-,state trips to be forced to sit in certain seats on a bus because of the color of their skin and that it was against the law4 7#ac7 ,the ,,icc decision on ,november #be1 #aiee1 went further than the ,supreme ,court's ruling in #aidf which had outlawed only unfair laws that a ,state might make1 not rules that a bus company might make4 7#ad7 ,in ,sarah ,keys v4 ,carolina ,coach ,company1 the ,,icc ruled in favor of ,keys ,evans4 ,in their decision1 the ,commission found the ,interstate ,commerce ,act forbids segregation as the practice subjects passengers to unjust discrimination1 and undue and unreasonable prejudice and disadvantage1 in violation of section #baf7;d7 of the ,interstate ,commerce ,act and is therefore unlawful4 #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 the ,congress1 of a gold medal of appropriate design to ,mrs4 ,sarah ,keys ,evans1 in recognition of her achievements4 7b7 ,design and striking ,for purposes of the presentation under 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 7a7 ,striking of duplicates ,under such regulations as the ,secretary may prescribe1 the ,secretary may strike duplicates in bronze of the gold medal struck under section #c4 7b7 ,selling of duplicates ,the ,secretary may sell such duplicates under subsection 7a7 at a price sufficient to cover the costs of such duplicates1 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