[113th Congress Public Law 118]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]



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Public Law 113-118
113th Congress

                                 An Act


 
To make technical corrections to two bills enabling the presentation of 
   congressional gold medals, and for other purposes. <<NOTE: June 9, 
                         2014 -  [H.R. 4488]>> 

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, <<NOTE: Gold Medal 
Technical Corrections Act of 2014. 31 USC 5101 note.>> 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Gold Medal Technical Corrections Act 
of 2014''.
SEC. 2. TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS TO AN ACT THAT AUTHORIZES 
                    PRESENTATION OF A CONGRESSIONAL GOLD MEDAL TO 
                    DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR., AND CORETTA SCOTT 
                    KING.

    Section 2 of Public Law 108-368 <<NOTE: 31 USC 5111 note.>>  is 
amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)--
                    (A) by striking all before ``to present'' and 
                inserting the following: ``(a) Presentation 
                Authorized.--The Speaker of the House of Representatives 
                and the President pro tempore of the Senate are 
                authorized''; and
                    (B) by striking ``(posthumously)''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:

    ``(c) Smithsonian Institution.--
            ``(1) In general.--Following the award of the gold medal in 
        honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and Coretta Scott King 
        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 display, particularly at the 
        National Museum of African American History and Culture, or for 
        loan as appropriate so that it may be displayed elsewhere, 
        particularly at other appropriate locations associated with the 
        lives of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and Coretta Scott King.''.
SEC. 3. TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS TO AN ACT THAT AUTHORIZES 
                    PRESENTATION OF A CONGRESSIONAL GOLD MEDAL 
                    COLLECTIVELY TO THE MONTFORD POINT MARINES, 
                    UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS.

    Section 2 of Public Law 112-59 <<NOTE: 31 USC 5111 note.>>  is 
amended by adding at the end the following:

    ``(c) Smithsonian Institution.--
            ``(1) In general.--Following the award of the gold medal in 
        honor of the Montford Point Marines, United States Marine Corps 
        under subsection (a), the gold medal shall be given

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        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 display, particularly at the 
        National Museum of African American History and Culture, or for 
        loan as appropriate so that it may be displayed elsewhere, 
        particularly at other appropriate locations associated with the 
        Montford Point Marines.''.

    Approved June 9, 2014.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY--H.R. 4488:
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CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 160 (2014):
            Apr. 29, considered and passed House.
            May 22, considered and passed Senate.

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