110 STAT. 772 PUBLIC LAW 104-111—FEB. 13, 1996 Feb. 13, 1996 (H.R. 2657] Public Law 104-111 104th Congress An Act To award a congressional gold medal to Ruth and Billy Graham. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 31 USC 5111 SECTION 1. FINDINGS. The Congress hereby finds the following: (1) Ruth and Billy Graham have made outstanding and lasting contributions to morality, racial equality, family, philanthropy, and religion. (2) America's most respected and admired evangelical leader for the past half century, Billy Graham's crusades have reached 100,000,000 people in person and reached over 2,000,000,000 people worldwide on television. (3) Billy Graham, throughout his 76 years of life and his 52-year marriage to Ruth Graham, has exemplified the highest ideals of teaching, counseling, ethics, charity, faith, and family. (4) Billy Graham's daily newspaper column and 14 books have provided spiritual counseling and personal enrichment to millions of people. (5) Ruth and Billy Graham have been the driving force to create the Ruth and Billy Graham Children's Health Center at Memorial Mission Hospital in Asheville, North Carolina, whose vision it is to improve the health and well-being of children and to become a new resource for ending the pain and suffering of children. 31 USC 5111 SEC. 2. CONGRESSIONAL GOLD MEDAL. (a) PRESENTATION AUTHORIZED.—The Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President pro tempore of the Senate are authorized to present, on behalf of the Congress, to Billy and Ruth Graham a gold medal of appropriate design, in recognition of their outstanding and enduring contributions toward faith, morality, and charity. (b) DESIGN AND STRIKING.— For purposes of the presentation referred to in subsection (a), the Secretary of the Treasury shall strike a gold medal with suitable emblems, devices, and inscriptions to be determined by the Secretary. (c) GIFTS AND DONATIONS.— (1) IN GENERAL.— The Secretary of the Treasury may accept, use, and disburse gifts or donations of property or money to carry out this section. (2) No APPROPRIATION AUTHORIZED. —No amount is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section.
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