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Rep. Bishop, Sanford D. [D-GA-2] · D–GA
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Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
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Based on the full Introduced in House · 2025-02-14 text. This explanation has not received human editorial review. This overview describes the proposal’s major provisions; it does not establish what its real-world effects would be.
This bill would honor former President Jimmy Carter after his death with a single Congressional Gold Medal recognizing his service to the country. The medal would go to the Carter Center in Atlanta. The Treasury could also make and sell bronze copies, with prices set to cover their production costs.
The Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President pro tempore of the Senate shall make appropriate arrangements for the posthumous presentation, on behalf of Congress, of a single gold medal of appropriate design to former President Jimmy Carter in recognition of his service to the Nation.
Following the award of the medal under subsection (a), the gold medal shall be given to the Carter Center in Atlanta, Georgia.
The Secretary may strike and sell duplicates in bronze of the gold medal struck under section 3, at a price sufficient to cover the costs thereof, including labor, materials, dies, use of machinery, and overhead expenses.
The bill's findings give reasons for the honor, describing Carter's presidency and later humanitarian work. These are congressional statements in the proposal.
Congress finds the following: (1) President Jimmy Carter served as the 39th President of the United States from 1977 to 1981.
(8) After his presidency, he founded the Carter Center along with his wife Rosalynn, which is dedicated to conflict resolution, supervising democratic elections abroad, and combating neglected tropical diseases.
(10) Through a partnership with Habitat for Humanity known as the Carter Work Project, Jimmy and his wife Rosalynn led and worked alongside over 100,000 volunteers across 14 countries to build, improve, and repair over 4,400 homes.
The House Speaker and the Senate's president pro tempore would have to arrange the posthumous presentation on Congress's behalf. The Treasury Secretary would have to produce the gold medal and choose its design, which must include Carter's image and name.
The Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President pro tempore of the Senate shall make appropriate arrangements for the posthumous presentation, on behalf of Congress, of a single gold medal of appropriate design to former President Jimmy Carter in recognition of his service to the Nation.
For 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. The design shall bear an image of, and inscription of the name of Jimmy Carter.
After the award, the gold medal would have to be given to the Carter Center in Atlanta, Georgia.
Following the award of the medal under subsection (a), the gold medal shall be given to the Carter Center in Atlanta, Georgia.
The Treasury Secretary could choose to produce and sell bronze copies. Their price would have to cover costs, including labor, materials, production dies, machinery use, and overhead.
The Secretary may strike and sell duplicates in bronze of the gold medal struck under section 3, at a price sufficient to cover the costs thereof, including labor, materials, dies, use of machinery, and overhead expenses.
The medals would be classified as national medals and as numismatic items—items associated with collecting coins and medals—for the specified federal laws.
Medals struck pursuant to this Act are national medals for purposes of chapter 51 of title 31, United States Code.
For purposes of sections 5134 and 5136 of title 31, United States Code, all medals struck under this Act shall be considered to be numismatic items.
The bill would authorize charging the medals' costs to the United States Mint Public Enterprise Fund in whatever amounts are necessary. This provision authorizes funding without specifying a dollar amount.
There is authorized to be charged against the United States Mint Public Enterprise Fund such amounts as may be necessary to pay for the costs of the medals struck under this Act.
Money received from bronze-copy sales would have to be deposited into the United States Mint Public Enterprise Fund.
Amounts received from the sale of duplicate bronze medals authorized under section 4 shall be deposited into the United States Mint Public Enterprise Fund.
The supplied official-actions snapshot, updated July 1, 2026, records introduction in the House and referral to the House Committee on Financial Services on February 14, 2025.
Source snapshot updated 2026-07-01T08:09:04Z. 2025-02-14: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services. 2025-02-14: Introduced in House
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The Carter Center in Atlanta would receive the gold medal after its award. This is a narrow, named-recipient benefit directly connected to honoring Carter.
The Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President pro tempore of the Senate shall make appropriate arrangements for the posthumous presentation, on behalf of Congress, of a single gold medal of appropriate design to former President Jimmy Carter in recognition of his service to the Nation.
Following the award of the medal under subsection (a), the gold medal shall be given to the Carter Center in Atlanta, Georgia.
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