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Code · STATUTE-COMPILATIONS · Shirley Chisholm Congressional Gold Medal Act · Sec. 3

Sec. 3. CONGRESSIONAL GOLD MEDAL

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## SEC. 3 CONGRESSIONAL GOLD MEDAL ###
(a)Presentation Authorized The Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President pro tempore of the Senate shall make appropriate arrangements for the posthumous presentation, on behalf of the Congress, of a gold medal of appropriate design in commemoration of Shirley Chisholm. ###
(b)Design and Striking For purposes of the presentation 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. The design shall bear an image of, and an inscription of the name of, Shirley Chisholm. ###
(c)Smithsonian Institution ####
(1)In general After the award of the gold medal referred to in subsection (a), the gold medal shall be given to the Smithsonian Institution, where it will be displayed 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)for display elsewhere, particularly at other locations and events associated with Shirley Chisholm.
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