#aahth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  ,s4   
#dbdc  ,,an ,,act  ,to award            
posthumously the ,congressional ,gold   
,medal to ,shirley ,chisholm4  #a4      
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,shirley ,chisholm ,congressional   
,gold ,medal ,act4  #b4 ,findings ,the  
,congress finds the following3 7#a7 ,in 
#aifh1 ,shirley ,chisholm became the    
first ,african-,american woman elected  
to ,congress where she served until     
#aihb4  7#b7 ,shirley ,chisholm inspired
 and led the march of political         
achievement by ,african ,americans and  
women in the #c decades since she ran   
for the ,presidency of the ,united      
,states4  7#c7 ,her election to         
,congress and her candidacy for the     
,presidency raised the profile and      
aspirations of all ,african ,americans  
and women in the field of politics4     
7#d7 ,shirley ,chisholm was recognized  
for her activism1 independence1 and     
groundbreaking achievements in politics 
during and after the civil rights era4  

7#e7 ,shirley ,chisholm was born in     
,brooklyn1 ,new ,york1 on ,november #cj1
 #aibd1 attended ,brooklyn ,college1 and
 earned a master's degree from ,columbia
 ,university4  7#f7 ,shirley ,chisholm  
worked in education and social services 
before being elected to the ,new ,york  
,state ,assembly in #aifd4  7#g7        
,shirley ,chisholm established the      
,unity ,democratic ,club in #aifj1 which
 played a significant role in rallying  
,black and ,hispanic voters in ,new     
,york ,city4  7#h7 ,in #aifi1 ,shirley  
,chisholm began her service in the #iast
 ,congress1 representing ,new ,york's   
#abth ,congressional ,district in the   
,house of ,representatives4  7#i7       
,during her service in the ,house of    
,representatives1 ,shirley ,chisholm    
promoted the employment of women in     
,congress and was vocal in her support  
of civil rights1 women's rights1 and the
 poor1 while fervently opposing the     
,vietnam ,war4  7#aj7 ,in #aigb1        
,shirley ,chisholm was the first        

,african ,american to seek the          
nomination of a major party for         
,president of the ,united ,states4      
7#aa7 ,a historic figure in ,american   
political history1 ,shirley ,chisholm   
died at the age of #hj in ,ormond       
,beach1 ,florida1 on ,new ,year's ,day  
#bjje4  #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   
the ,congress1 of a gold medal of       
appropriate design in commemoration of  
,shirley ,chisholm4  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 ,the design shall bear an   

image of1 and an inscription of the name
 of1 ,shirley ,chisholm4  7c7           
,smithsonian institution  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 will
 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 for display        
elsewhere1 particularly at other        
locations and events associated with    
,shirley ,chisholm4  #d4 ,duplicate     
medals ,the ,secretary may strike and   
sell duplicates in bronze of the gold   
medal struck pursuant to 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 sections #eacd   
and #eacf of title #ca1 ,united ,states 
,code1 all medals struck under this ,act
 shall be considered to be numismatic   
items4  #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  ,passed the
 ,senate ,december #c1 #bjbd4,secretary