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 98 STAT. 174

Appropriation authorization.

Appropriation authorization.

PUBLIC LAW 98-278—MAY 8, 1984 Interior Conservation Service Award, and the Presidential Medal of Freedom. (b) The President is authorized to present, on behalf of the Congress, to Lady Bird Johnson a gold medal of appropriate design, in recognition of her humanitarian efforts and outstanding contributions to the improvement and beautification of America. (c) For purposes of the presentation referred to in subsection (b), 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 of the Treasury. (d) There are authorized to be appropriated not to exceed $25,000 for fiscal year 1985 to carry out the provisions of this section. (e)(1) The Secretary of the Treasury may cause duplicates in bronze of the medal provided for in this section to be coined and sold under such regulations as the Secretary may prescribe, at a price sufficient to cover the cost thereof, including labor, materials, dies, use of machinery, overhead expenses, and the gold medal. (2) The appropriation used to carry out the provisions of this section may be reimbursed out of the proceeds of such sales. SEC. 3. (a) The Congress finds and declares that— (1) Elie Wiesel is internationaly esteemed for his accomplishments as novelist, teacher, philosopher, critic, historian, humanitarian, and distinguished citizen of the United States and the world; (2) the twenty-five published works of Elie Wiesel include novels, testimonies, short stories, and essays which fuse the richness of centuries-old religious traditions with the insights of modern philosophy; (3) the life and writings of Elie Wiesel have been the subject of at least eleven books and his work is taught in high schools, colleges, and universities throughout the United States; (4) Elie Wiesel in his role of "spiritual archivist of the Holocaust" encourages an understanding of the horrors of the past in order to offer humanity hope for a better and more secure future; (5) Elie Wiesel served with distinction as Chairman of the President's Commission on the Holocaust and as Chairman of the United States Holocaust Memorial Council; (6) Elie Wiesel has traveled, written, and worked for the cause of human rights in Biafra, Lebanon, Cambodia, the Soviet Union, and Central America; and (7) Elie Wiesel has received the International Literary Prize for Peace and the Prix Medicis, two of the most prestigious literary awards of Europe, and honorary degrees from twentyfive universities of the United States and Israel. (b) The President is authorized to present, on behalf of the Congress, to Elie Wiesel a gold medal of appropriate design, in recognition of his humanitarian efforts and outstanding contributions to world literature and human rights. (c) For purposes of the presentation referred to in subsection (b), 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 of the Treasury. (d) There are authorized to be appropriated not to exceed $25,000 for fiscal year 1985 to carry out the provisions of this section. (e)(1) The Secretary of the Treasury may cause duplicates in bronze of the medal provided for in this section to be coined and sold

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