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 presentation, on behalf of the Congress, of a single gold medal of appropriate design in commemoration to the Director of the Peace Corps in the District of Columbia, in recognition of the Peace Corps volunteers and their dedicated and distinguished service to our Nation and promotion of world peace and friendship. (b) Design and Striking For purposes of the presentation described in subsection (a), the Secretary of the Treasury (in this Act referred to as the Secretary) shall strike a gold medal with suitable emblems, devices, and inscriptions, to be determined by the Secretary. (c) The Peace Corps (1) In General Following the award of the gold medal under subsection (a), the gold medal shall be given to the Peace Corps headquarters, where it shall be available for display as appropriate and made available for research. (2) Sense Of Congress It is the sense of Congress that the Director of the Peace Corps should make the gold medal, awarded pursuant to this Act, available for display elsewhere, particularly at appropriate locations associated with Peace Corps volunteers and that preference should be given to locations affiliated with the Peace Corps.