,i  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #ahag  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,march #c1 #bjbe,ms4 
,velzquez 7for herself1 ,mr4 ,soto1 ,mr4
 ,torres of ,new ,york1 ,mr4 ,carson1   
,ms4 ,ocasio-,cortez1 ,mr4 ,jackson of  
,illinois1 ,mrs4 ,mc,iver1 ,mr4 ,goldman
 of ,new ,york1 ,mr4 ,espaillat1 ,ms4   
,kelly of ,illinois1 ,mrs4              
,cherfilus-,mc,cormick1 ,ms4 ,wilson of 
,florida1 and ,ms4 ,lee of              
,pennsylvania7 introduced the following 
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,financial ,services1 and 
in addition to the ,committee on ,house 
,administration1 for a period to be     
subsequently determined by the ,speaker1
 in each case for consideration of such 
provisions as fall within the           
jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
,a ,,bill  ,to award a ,congressional   
,gold ,medal to ,arturo ,alfonso        
,schomburg1 in recognition of his       
pioneering work in collecting and       
preserving the history and culture of   

the ,african diaspora4  #a4 ,short title
 ,this ,act may be cited as the ,arturo 
,alfonso ,schomburg ,congressional ,gold
 ,medal ,act4  #b4 ,findings ,congress  
makes the following findings3 7#a7      
,arturo ,alfonso ,schomburg was born on 
,january #bd1 #ahgd1 in ,santurce1      
,puerto ,rico1 to a ,puerto ,rican      
father of ,german descent and an        
,afro-,caribbean mother from ,st4       
,croix4  7#b7 ,in his youth1 a teacher  
told ,schomburg that people of ,african 
descent had no history1 heroes1 or      
accomplishments1 which inspired him to  
dedicate his life to proving this notion
 wrong by collecting evidence of the    
contributions of ,africans and their    
descendants4  7#c7 ,at the age of #ag1  
,schomburg immigrated to ,new ,york     
,city1 where he became an active member 
of the intellectual community during the
 ,harlem ,renaissance1 contributing     
significantly to the promotion of       
,african and ,african ,american culture 
and history4  7#d7 ,schomburg amassed a 

personal collection of over #aj1jjj     
items related to ,black history and the 
,african diaspora1 which he made        
accessible to the public4  7#e7 ,his    
collection featured original newspapers 
published by ,frederick ,douglass1 poems
 by ,phillis ,wheatley1 letters from    
,toussaint ,louverture1 books and       
journals by ,paul ,cuffe1 and music     
composed by ,chevalier de               
,saint-,georges4  7#f7 ,during the      
#aibjs1 ,schomburg was an active member 
of the ,negro ,society for ,historical  
,research and the ,american ,negro      
,academy1 writing on the history of the 
global ,african diaspora and ,cuban     
poets of ,african descent4  7#g7 ,in    
#aibf1 the ,new ,york ,public ,library  
acquired ,schomburg's collection1 which 
became the foundation for the ,schomburg
 ,center for ,research in ,black        
,culture in ,harlem1 a world-renowned   
institution for the study of the global 
,black experience4  7#h7 ,schomburg's   
archive has grown to more than #aj      

million items4  7#i7 ,schomburg's       
efforts have inspired generations of    
scholars1 writers1 and artists to       
explore and celebrate the rich history  
and culture of the ,african diaspora4   
7#aj7 ,the ,congressional ,gold ,medal  
would be an appropriate way to honor    
,schomburg's legacy and his role in     
laying the foundation for future        
scholarship and global recognition of   
,black contributions to society4  #c4   
,congressional gold medal  7a7 ,award   
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 to ,arturo ,alfonso  
,schomburg1 in recognition of his       
pioneering work in collecting and       
preserving the history and culture of   
the ,african diaspora4  7b7 ,design and 
striking ,for the 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 ,smithsonian           
institution  7#a7 ,in general ,following
 the award of the gold medal under      
subsection 7a71 the gold medal shall be 
given to the ,national ,museum of       
,african ,american ,history and ,culture
 of the ,smithsonian ,institution1 where
 it shall 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 available 
for display elsewhere1 particularly at  
other locations and events associated   
with ,arturo ,alfonso ,schomburg4  #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 cost thereof1 including labor1
 materials1 dies1 use of machinery1 and 
overhead expenses4  #e4 ,status of      
medals  7a7 ,national medals ,the medals
 struck pursuant to this ,act are       
national medals for purposes of chapter 
#ea of title #ca1 ,united ,states ,code4
  7b7 ,numismatic items or 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