text: SECTION 1. FINDINGS.
  
      Congress finds the following:
              (1) Born Cassius Marcellus Clay, Jr., on January 17, 1942, 
          in Louisville, Kentucky, Muhammad Ali was the first child of 
          Cassius, Sr., and Odessa Clay.
              (2) Muhammad Ali was one of the most celebrated athletes of 
          the 20th century. He produced some of America's greatest sports 
          memories, from winning a gold medal at the 1960 Summer Olympics 
          to lighting the Olympic torch at the 1996 Summer Olympics.
              (3) After an impressive amateur career, during which he 
          recorded 131 wins and only 7 losses and won 2 National AAU 
          light heavyweight titles, Muhammad Ali became the first 
          professional boxer in history to capture the heavyweight title 
          3 separate times.
              (4) Muhammad Ali defeated every challenger he faced in the 
          ring. But, on April 28, 1967, he was stripped of his boxing 
          title and barred from competing for being a conscientious 
          objector to the war in Vietnam on religious and moral grounds. 
          However, following a unanimous United States Supreme Court 
          decision in 1971, Muhammad Ali's conscientious objector status 
          was confirmed, his boxing license was reinstated, and he was 
          cleared of any wrongdoing.
              (5) As an African-American and a Muslim who lived in an era 
          that continued to question his civil rights, Muhammad Ali 
          battled issues of race and religion, and received recognition 
          as one of the champions of the Civil Rights Movement in the 
          United States.
              (6) Muhammad Ali was the recipient of many awards for his 
          sporting prowess and his support of racial harmony, including 
          the Dr. Martin Luther King Memorial Award, the Spirit of 
          America Award, the Amnesty International Lifetime Achievement 
          Award, the Arthur Ashe Award for Courage, the Essence Living 
          Legend Award, the Rainbow Coalition Lifetime Achievement Award, 
          the XNBA Human Spirit Award, the Presidential Citizens Medal, 
          and the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
              (7) Muhammad Ali was acknowledged by many organizations for 
          his achievements both inside and outside the boxing ring, 
          including being crowned ``Sportsman of the Century'' by Sports 
          Illustrated, being named ``Athlete of the Century'' by GQ 
          magazine, being named ``Sports Personality of the Century'' by 
          the British Broadcasting Corporation, being named ``Kentucky 
          Athlete of the Century'' by the Kentucky Athletic Hall of Fame, 
          being named ``Kentuckian of the Century'' by the State of 
          Kentucky, being named ``Louisvillian of the Century'' by the 
          Advertising Club of Louisville, being named ``Boxer of the 
          Century'' by the World Sports Awards of the Century, being 
          recognized by the International Boxing Hall of Fame, and 
          receiving honorary doctorate degrees from Muhlenberg College 
          and Western Kentucky University, as well as an honorary 
          doctorate of humanities at Princeton University's 260th 
          graduation ceremony.
              (8) Muhammad Ali received the prestigious ``Otto Hahn Peace 
          Medal in Gold'' from the United Nations Association of Germany 
          for his work with the United Nations and the Civil Rights 
          Movement in the United States.
              (9) Muhammad Ali was selected by the California 
          Bicentennial Foundation for the U.S. Constitution for 
          personifying the vitality of the Bill of Rights in various 
          high-profile activities.
              (10) Despite having been diagnosed with Parkinson's 
          Syndrome in the early 1980s, Muhammad Ali dedicated his life to 
          the cause of universal human rights and freedom. His commitment 
          to equal justice and peace touched the lives of hundreds of 
          thousands of people worldwide.
              (11) President Jimmy Carter asked Muhammad Ali to meet with 
          African leaders in Tanzania, Kenya, Nigeria, Liberia, and 
          Senegal as part of President Carter's diplomatic efforts on 
          behalf of human rights in the 1980s.
              (12) In 1990, Muhammad Ali traveled to the Middle East to 
          seek the release of American and British hostages that were 
          being held as human shields in the first Gulf War. As a result 
          of his intervention, 15 United States hostages were freed on 
          December 2nd of that year.
              (13) In 1998, Muhammad Ali was chosen as the ``U.N. 
          Messenger of Peace''.
              (14) Several Presidents of the United States recognized 
          Muhammad Ali, including President George W. Bush who, on 
          November 17, 2002, called him ``a man of peace'' and stated 
          that ``across the world, billions of people know Muhammad Ali 
          as a brave, compassionate, and charming man, and the American 
          people are proud to call Muhammad Ali one of our own'', 
          President Bill Clinton who stated that Muhammad Ali ``captured 
          the world's imagination and its heart. Outside the ring, 
          Muhammad Ali has dedicated his life to working for children, 
          feeding the hungry, supporting his faith, and standing up for 
          racial equality. He always fought for a just and more humane 
          world, breaking down barriers here in America and around the 
          world. There is no telling how many tens of millions of people 
          had their hearts swell with pride and their eyes swell with 
          tears in 1996 when Muhammad Ali lit the Olympic torch, because 
          we know, now and forever, he is the greatest'', President Jimmy 
          Carter who cited Muhammad Ali as ``Mr. International 
          Friendship'', and President Barack Obama who, as a Senator, had 
          a framed picture of Muhammad Ali hanging in his office, and 
          before announcing his intentions to run for President, Obama 
          visited with Muhammad Ali at the Ali Center in Louisville, 
          Kentucky.
              (15) Muhammad Ali encouraged humanity through his 
          perseverance and the support of thousands of people. He helped 
          such organizations as the Chicago-based adoption agency, The 
          Cradle; the Make-A-Wish Foundation; the Special Olympics' 
          organization, Best Buddies; and Herbert E. Birch Services, an 
          organization that runs a school for handicapped children and 
          young adults, in addition to a summer camp for children with 
          AIDS.
              (16) Muhammad Ali and his wife Lonnie were the founding 
          directors of the Muhammad Ali Parkinson Center in Phoenix, 
          Arizona, and helped raise over $50,000,000 for Parkinson's 
          research. The Center's mission is to provide excellence in 
          treatment, research, and education for patients and families 
          affected by Parkinson's disease and other movement disorders, 
          regardless of their ability to pay.
              (17) Muhammad Ali was an inspiration to countless 
          individuals with Parkinson's disease, including members of the 
          Rock Steady Boxing Foundation in Indianapolis, Indiana, which 
          was founded to give people with Parkinson's disease hope by 
          improving their quality of life using boxing for fitness.
              (18) Muhammad Ali was one of the founding members of 
          Athletes for Hope, an organization created by a few very 
          successful athletes of exemplary character who have a deep 
          commitment to charitable and community causes.
              (19) Muhammad Ali also established the Muhammad Ali Center 
          in his hometown of Louisville, Kentucky, which promotes 
          respect, hope, and understanding, and inspires people 
          everywhere to be as great as they can be. A visitor of the 
          Muhammad Ali Center experiences the ``hows'' of Ali's life: How 
          he found the courage, the dedication, and the discipline to 
          become a world champion; how he found the conviction to stand 
          up for what he believed; and how he turned his passion for 
          excellence in the ring to a passion for peace on the world 
          stage.
              (20) Like Muhammad Ali himself, the Muhammad Ali Center 
          focuses on what brings individuals together, not what sets them 
          apart, and is a ``global gathering place'' to which people can 
          come, both online and in person, to learn, share, and celebrate 
          our commonalities as human beings and to formulate ways of 
          advancing humanity.
              (21) Muhammad Ali helped to provide more than 22,000,000 
          aid packets to assist people in need, and until the last years 
          of his life, he traveled, on average, more than 200 days per 
          year for humanitarian causes.
              (22) Muhammad Ali, known simply as ``the greatest,'' 
          transcended the glamour and glory of being a sports champion to 
          become not only one of the greatest sports figures, but one of 
          the greatest role models of our time.
              (23) On June 3, 2016, Muhammad Ali died at the age of 74.
  
  SEC. 2. 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 Congress, 
  of a gold medal of appropriate design, to Muhammad Ali, in recognition 
  of his contributions to the Nation.
      (b) Design and Striking.--For the purpose of the presentation 
  referred to in subsection (a), the Secretary of the Treasury 
  (hereinafter 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) Transfer of Medal After Presentation.--Following the 
  presentation of the gold medal in honor of Muhammad Ali under 
  subsection (a), the gold medal shall be given to his wife, Lonnie Ali.
  
  SEC. 3. DUPLICATE MEDALS.
  
      Under such regulations as the Secretary may prescribe, the 
  Secretary may strike and sell duplicates in bronze of the gold medal 
  struck pursuant to section 2 at a price sufficient to cover the cost of 
  the bronze medals (including labor, materials, dies, use of machinery, 
  and overhead expenses) and the cost of the gold medal.
  
  SEC. 4. NATIONAL MEDALS.
  
      The medals struck under this Act are national medals for purposes 
  of chapter 51 of title 31, United States Code.
target: This bill directs the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President pro tempore of the Senate to arrange for the posthumous award of a Congressional Gold Medal to Muhammad Ali.
feat_title: To posthumously award a Congressional gold medal to Muhammad Ali, in recognition of his contributions to the Nation.