CONGRESSIONAL GOLD MEDAL
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(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 Congress, of a single gold medal of appropriate design collectively in commemoration of James J. Andrews and William H. Campbell, in recognition of their extraordinary bravery and steadfast devotion to the Nation during the Civil War as the only civilian members of Andrews’ Raiders, who launched a daring military raid that became known as the Great Locomotive Chase. (b) Design and Striking For the purposes of the presentation referred to in subsection (a), the Secretary of the Treasury (referred to in this Act as the Secretary) shall strike a gold medal with suitable emblems, devices, and inscriptions to be determined by the Secretary. (c) Smithsonian Institution (1) In General Following the award of the gold medal under subsection (a), the gold medal shall be given to the Smithsonian Institution, 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 Smithsonian Institution shall make the gold medal received under paragraph (1) available for— (A) display, particularly at the Charles H. Coolidge National Medal of Honor Museum; and (B) loan, as appropriate, so that the medal may be displayed elsewhere.