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(consideration: CR S3627-3628; text: CR S3627-3628)"}},"president":{"status":"signed","date":"2024-09-26"},"vice_president_tie_breaker":null,"latest_action":{"text":"Became Public Law No: 118-88.","date":"2024-09-26"},"nominees":null,"amendments":[],"other_votes":[],"crs_summary":{"date":"2024-09-26","stage":"Public Law","blocks":[{"k":"h","t":"Billie Jean King Congressional Gold Medal Act"},{"k":"p","t":"This act provides for the award of a Congressional Gold Medal to Billie Jean King in recognition of her courageous and groundbreaking leadership in advancing equal rights for women in athletics, education, and society."}],"words":41},"summary":{"main_subject":{"text":"Authorizes a Congressional Gold Medal to be presented on behalf of Congress to Billie Jean King and sets how the medal is struck, duplicated and paid for.","cites":[{"label":"Sec. 3","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/senate-bill/2861/text/enr#HC713AEEEDB2A4C93AA56F464688843F9:~:text=3.%20Congressional%20gold%20medal"},{"label":"Sec. 4","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/senate-bill/2861/text/enr#HD7925E7E918C4BFBAB038747B6605A89:~:text=4.%20Duplicate%20medals"},{"label":"Sec. 6","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/senate-bill/2861/text/enr#id256d11d57d9745d18ab30a1c40366290:~:text=6.%20Authority%20to%20use%20fund%20amounts"}]},"core_areas":["Congressional Gold Medal for Billie Jean King","Striking and sale of duplicate bronze medals","Payment for medals from the United States Mint Public Enterprise Fund"],"what_it_does":[{"text":"Directs the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President pro tempore of the Senate to make arrangements for presenting a gold medal, on behalf of Congress, to Billie Jean King.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 3","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/senate-bill/2861/text/enr#HC713AEEEDB2A4C93AA56F464688843F9:~:text=3.%20Congressional%20gold%20medal"}},{"text":"Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to strike the gold medal with emblems, devices and inscriptions the Secretary determines, and requires the design to bear an image and the name of Billie Jean King.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 3","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/senate-bill/2861/text/enr#HC713AEEEDB2A4C93AA56F464688843F9:~:text=3.%20Congressional%20gold%20medal"}},{"text":"Allows the Secretary to strike and sell bronze duplicates of the gold medal at a price sufficient to cover costs, including labor, materials, dies, use of machinery, and overhead expenses.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 4","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/senate-bill/2861/text/enr#HD7925E7E918C4BFBAB038747B6605A89:~:text=4.%20Duplicate%20medals"}},{"text":"Treats medals struck under the Act as national medals for purposes of chapter 51 of title 31, United States Code, and as numismatic items for purposes of sections 5134 and 5136 of that title.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 5","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/senate-bill/2861/text/enr#id5645283ba8f24381838868359ec933c1:~:text=5.%20Status%20of%20medals"}},{"text":"Authorizes the costs of the medals to be charged against the United States Mint Public Enterprise Fund in the amounts necessary.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 6","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/senate-bill/2861/text/enr#id256d11d57d9745d18ab30a1c40366290:~:text=6.%20Authority%20to%20use%20fund%20amounts"}},{"text":"Requires money received from selling the duplicate bronze medals to be deposited into the United States Mint Public Enterprise Fund.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 6","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/senate-bill/2861/text/enr#id256d11d57d9745d18ab30a1c40366290:~:text=6.%20Authority%20to%20use%20fund%20amounts"}}],"unexpected":[],"version":{"type":"Enrolled Bill","date":null,"rule":"enrolled","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/senate-bill/2861/text/enr"},"current":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","approved":"2026-10-01","approved_by":"checks"},"sources":{"congress_gov":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/senate-bill/2861","text":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/senate-bill/2861/text"},"card":{"image":"card/item/118-s-2861.png","v":"c9cf6036678e","alt":"Votes on Record. S. 2861, 118th Congress: Billie Jean King Congressional Gold Medal Act. House: 308 Yea, 87 Nay. Senate: unanimous consent. Outcome: Became law, 26 Sep 2024."}}