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PUBLIC LAW 95-000—MMMM. DD, 1978

92 STAT. 2142

PUBLIC LAW 95-560—NOV. 1, 1978

Public Law 95-560 95th Congress An Act Nov. 1, 1978 [H.R. 8389]

Mrs. Robert F. Kennedy. Gold medal presentation, authorization.

Appropriation authorization.

Authorizing the President of the United States to present a gold medal to the widow of Robert F. Kennedy.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the President is authorized to present, in the name of Congress, an appropriate gold medal to Mrs. Robert F. Kennedy, in recognition of the distinguished and dedicated service which her late husband gave to the Government and to the people of the United States. For such purposes, the Secretary of the Treasury shall cause to be struck a gold medal with suitable emblems, devices, and inscriptions to be determined by the Secretary. There is authorized to be appropriated the sum of $3,000 to carry out the provisions of this section. SEC. 2. The Secretary of the Treasury is authorized to strike and make available for sale to the public— (1) full-sized duplicates in bronze, and (2) replicas in bronze, one and five-sixteenths inches in diameter, of the medal authorized by section 1. Approved November 1, 1978.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: HOUSE REPORT No. 95-1601 (Comm. on Banking, Finance, and Urban Affairs). SENATE REPORT No. 95-1316 (Comm. on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs). CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 124 (1978): Sept. 26, considered and passed House. Oct. 15, considered and passed Senate, amended; House disagreed to Senate amendment; Senate subsequently receded from amendment.