A bill to authorize the President to present on behalf of the Congress specially struck gold medals to certain former hostages and the survivors of certain deceased United States servicemen.

openUnited States· United States Congress· EN

Introduced

27 January 1981

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Status

Committee on Banking received executive comment from Treasury Department. Unfavorable.

Summary

Authorizes the President to present a gold medal, on behalf of the Congress, to each of the sixty-six United States nationals held hostage in Iran and to one appropriate survivor of each of the eight U.S. servicemen killed during the attempted hostage rescue. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to strike a gold medal with suitable inscriptions and to coin and sell bronze duplicates of such medals. Authorizes appropriations.

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Introduced in Senate
summary · EN · 27 January 1981
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Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/97th-congress/senate-bill/258
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