Sec. 3. CONGRESSIONAL GOLD MEDALS

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## SEC. 3 CONGRESSIONAL GOLD MEDALS ###

(a)Presentation Authorized The Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President pro tempore of the Senate shall make appropriate arrangements for the presentation, on behalf of Congress, of five gold medals of appropriate design as follows: ####

(1)One gold medal to Katherine Johnson in recognition of her service to the United States as a mathematician. ####

(2)One gold medal to Dr. Christine Darden for her service to the United States as an aeronautical engineer. ####

(3)In recognition of their service to the United States during the Space Race— #####

(A)one gold medal commemorating the life of Dorothy Vaughan; and #####

(B)one gold medal commemorating the life of Mary Jackson. ####

(4)One gold medal in recognition of all women who served as computers, mathematicians, and engineers at the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration between the 1930s and the 1970s (referred to in this section as “recognized women”). ###

(b)Design and Striking For the purpose of the awards under subsection (a), the Secretary of the Treasury (referred to in this Act as the “Secretary”) shall strike each gold medal described in that subsection with suitable emblems, devices, and inscriptions, to be determined by the Secretary. ###

(c)Transfer of Certain Medals After Presentation ####

(1)Smithsonian institution #####

(A)In general After the award of the gold medal commemorating the life of Dorothy Vaughan under subsection (a)(3)(A) and the award of the gold medal in recognition of recognized women under subsection (a)(4), those medals shall be given to the Smithsonian Institution where the medals shall be— ######

(i)available for display, as appropriate; and ######

(ii)made available for research. #####

(B)Sense of congress It is the sense of Congress that the Smithsonian Institution should make the gold medals received under subparagraph

(A)available for— ######

(i)display, particularly at the National Museum of African American History and Culture; or ######

(ii)loan, as appropriate, so that the medals may be displayed elsewhere. ####

(2)Transfer to family After the award of the gold medal in honor of Mary Jackson under subsection (a)(3)(B), the medal shall be given to her granddaughter, Wanda Jackson. ####

(3)Transfer to katherine goble moore The gold medal awarded in honor of Katherine Johnson under subsection (a)(1) shall be given to her daughter, Katherine Goble Moore.