H.R.3156 
                        One Hundred Fifth Congress of the United States of America 

                        AT THE SECOND SESSION 

Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday, 
the twenty-seventh day of January, one thousand nine hundred and ninety-eight 
An Act 
To present a congressional gold medal to Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela. 

     Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America 
     in Congress assembled, 

SECTION 1. FINDINGS. 

     The Congress finds the following: 

         (1) Nelson Mandela has dedicated his entire life to the abolition of apartheid and the 
         creation of a true democracy in the Republic of South Africa and has sacrificed his own 
         personal freedom for the good of everyone. 

         (2) For nearly 30 years as a political prisoner, Nelson Mandela never compromised his 
         political principles, was a source of strength and education for other political prisoners, 
         and refused offers of freedom in exchange for a renunciation of his personal and political 
         beliefs. 

         (3) After his release from prison, Nelson Mandela continued to pursue his goal of a free 
         South Africa, and was elected and subsequently inaugurated as State President of the 
         Republic of South Africa on May 10, 1994, at the age of 75 years.

         (4) Nelson Mandela's dedication to freedom did not cease once the apartheid laws were 
         lifted, as he then focused his efforts toward reconciliation by creating the Truth and 
         Reconciliation Commission, chaired by the Archbishop Desmond Tutu. 

         (5) Nelson Mandela is the recipient of many awards and accolades, including the Nobel 
         Peace Prize (which he accepted with then-State President F.W. de Klerk in 1993), and 
         more than 50 honorary degrees from universities around the world. 

         (6) Millions of individuals of all races and backgrounds in the United States and around 
         the world followed Nelson Mandela's example and fought for the abolition of apartheid in 
         the Republic of South Africa and in this regard the Congress recognizes Amy Elizabeth
       Biehl, an American student who lost her life in the struggle to free South Africa from 
         racial oppression, and the spirit of forgiveness and reconciliation displayed by her parents, 
         Peter and Linda Biehl. 

         (7) Nelson Mandela is a prime example of how to work to heal the wounds of racism. 

SEC. 2. CONGRESSIONAL GOLD MEDAL. 

     (a) PRESENTATION AUTHORIZED- The President is authorized to present, on behalf
      of the Congress, a gold medal of appropriate design to Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela in
      recognition of his life-long dedication to the abolition of apartheid and the promotion of
      reconciliation among the people of the Republic of South Africa. 
    (b) DESIGN AND STRIKING- For the purpose of the presentation referred to in subsection 
     (a), the Secretary of the Treasury (hereafter 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. 

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 under section 2 at a price sufficient to cover the 
     costs of the medals, including labor, materials, dies, use of machinery, and overhead expenses. 

SEC. 4. NATIONAL MEDALS. 
     The medals struck under this Act are national medals for purposes of chapter 51 of title 31, 
     United States Code. 

SEC. 5. FUNDING AND PROCEEDS OF SALE. 
     (a) AUTHORIZATION- There is hereby authorized to be charged against the United States 
     Mint Public Enterprise Fund an amount not to exceed $30,000 to pay for the cost of the
     medals authorized by this Act. 
     (b) PROCEEDS OF SALE- Amounts received from the sale of duplicate bronze medals under 
     section 3 shall be deposited in the United States Mint Public Enterprise Fund. 

Speaker of the House of Representatives.

Vice President of the United States and 

President of the Senate. 

see "Nelson Mandela's Friends"

"How to be a good Communist." In that telling piece, Mandela asserted: "In our own country, the
struggles of the oppressed people are guided by the South African Communist Party
and inspired by its policies.... Under a Communist Party Government,
South Africa will be a land of milk and honey." Jan. 24, 1994 
 

if Nelson Mandela gets a US Congressional Medal of Honor it will be pissing on the graves  of all those Americans that died in Korea and Vietnam supposedly fighting Communism and degrade all other veterans that have ever received the Medal

 

Excerpts Memorial Day Address Nashville National Cemetery by Senator Fred Thompson (R-TN) May 27, 1996 "Not for fame or reward, not for place or rank, not lured by ambition or goaded by necessity, but in simple obedience to duty as they understood it, these men suffered all, sacrificed all, dared all--and died."       These simple truths are inscribed at Arlington National Cemetery outside Washington, DC.  They describe so well our debt to more than a million Americans who have died while serving our nation in war. In the last half century alone more than 400,000 American men and women died in the Second World War; 47,000 in Vietnam; and 33,000 in Korea. Others were killed in Operation Desert Storm and Somalia. ...

JESSE R. DROWLEY 
1919 - 1996

The Americal Division Veterans Association has lost its Number one Soldier 
--Jesse R. Drowley passed away on May 20, 1996. 

Jesse was the first Americal soldier to be awarded the 
Congressional Medal of Honor and the only Americal soldier to 
  be awarded this great honor during World War II. 

View his Medal of Honor Citation

Medal of Honor Recipients Page

The Medal of Honor

The Medal of Honor is the highest medal awarded by the United States. It has only been awarded
3,428 times in the nation's history. Below is an excerpt of the Army regulation that describes the
eligibility criteria for award of the Medal of Honor...

Bill Clinton and the Congress of the United States of America
are going to give this communist-terrorist ex-convict
the HIGHEST MEDAL AWARDED BY THE UNITED STATES?

(Awarded the Time Magazine 'Alfred E. Neuman' Prize) 

June 12, 1964 Nelson Mandela, an ANC leader, 
is convicted of sabotage and trying to overthrow the government. 
He is sentenced to life in prison. 

Saturday, March 28, 1998 
     We need each other, Clinton declares
          President Bill Clinton has called for a new equal partnership
between the United States and South Africa. 
     In a historic speech to a joint session of Parliament in Cape Town, Mr Clinton said he was 
     honoured to be the first US president to visit South Africa 
and stressed the two countries'  bond in trying to forge multiracial societies.

* 
Bill Clinton has degraded the White House 
by running it as a 'Motel 6' for his contributors. 
Bill Clinton has dishonored the dead in Arlington Cemetery 
by selling grave sites to campaign donors that lied about service. 
Bill Clinton has literally fouled the White House with his promiscuity. 
Bill Clinton has shamed and dishonored the Nation 
by tearfully apologizing to every third-rate African dictator 
for slavery and the conditions of modern Africa 
as if he and the US Marines had personally 
kidnapped, whipped, chained and sold them
into modern american welfare plantations. 
Bill Clinton has done his best to destroy 
the morale and integrity of the armed services. 
Is there anything else he can come up with 
to further degrade himself,  the Office, or the Nation 
besides making a mockery of the Medal of Honor? 

*
 

A White House staff official, speaking on the condition of anonymity, said that the Senate and House members paid no attention to the administration's request for a specific morning time to hold the ceremony.
           [hmmmm, maybe Clinton will be out by Mandela's visit
             and GORE will get to do the 'honors']
*
Philadelphia Inquirer uses "Medal of Honor"...
Republican members of Congress balked at the President's request on
scheduling a ceremony for South African President Nelson Mandela,
who later this month is to receive a Medal of Honor.
*
[meanwhile, back on the farm]
FARM KILLINGS HIGHLIGHT GOVT FAILURE TO PROTECT CITIZENS: NP JOHANNESBURG September 9 1998 Sapa

     "South African governance has deteriorated so drastically under the ANC's (African National Congress) leadership that the primary function of government, the protection of the safety and security of its citizens, has ground to a precipitous halt," he said. 

     Addressing farmers in Clocolan and Koppies, he said the government must admit direct responsibility for the deaths caused by its "criminal apathy". 

     "Their constant refusal to act, even to immediately condemn the atrocious violence that has been visited on our farmers, their families, and labourers, is indicative of the inability and unwillingness of the ANC to accept the responsibilities of power." 

     He criticised the government for repeated talkshops that failed to deliver results. 

     Van Schalkwyk accused President Nelson Mandela of giving higher priority to his international agenda, such as the situation in the Democratic Republic of Congo, than his citizens' needs. 

     "The message from the Office of the President is clear: his international commitments mean more to him than the desparate cries of his own people." 

     On the proposed summit on farm killings, he said the NP would lobby for a rebate for all security costs incurred by farmers for their self-protection. 

     "Citizens should not be forced to pay with either their money or their lives for the ANC government's ineptitude," he said. 

     The NP would also continue to call for a return to the farm commando system, he said. 

     "The summit in October cannot be allowed to be just another talkshop. The government has the power to stop these horrific deeds and it must be made to act."