Sec. 4. CONGRESSIONAL GOLD MEDAL

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## SEC. 4 CONGRESSIONAL GOLD MEDAL ###

(a)Award Authorized The Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President pro tempore of the Senate shall make appropriate arrangements for the award, on behalf of Congress, of a single gold medal of appropriate design to the 53 hostages of the Iran Hostage Crisis, in recognition of their bravery and endurance throughout their captivity, which started on November 4, 1979, and lasted until January 21, 1981. ###

(b)Design and Striking For the purposes of the award referred to in subsection (a), the Secretary of the Treasury (referred to in this Act as the “Secretary”) shall strike a gold medal with suitable emblems, devices, and inscriptions, to be determined by the Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of State. ###

(c)Smithsonian Institution ####

(1)In general Following the award of the gold medal under subsection (a), the gold medal shall be given to the National Museum of American History of the Smithsonian Institution, where it shall be available for display as appropriate and made available for research. ####

(2)Sense of congress It is the sense of Congress that the Smithsonian Institution should make the gold medal received under paragraph

(1)available for loan, as appropriate, so that the medal may be displayed elsewhere.