§274i–2 Design and Production of Medal

Summary

The Secretary of the Treasury must make the Stephanie Tubbs Jones Gift of Life Medals. Each medal must weigh 250 grams, be 3 inches across, and be bronze. The design must honor organ donors and their families and include fitting symbols and words. The Secretary of the Treasury will choose the design with input from the Secretary of Health and Human Services, the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network, interested members of Stephanie Tubbs Jones’s family, Dr. William H. Frist, and the Commission of Fine Arts, and the Citizens Coin Advisory Committee will review it. The medals are treated as national medals under chapter 51 of title 31. When the Secretary of Health and Human Services orders medals, the Treasury must strike and deliver at least 100 at a time. HHS will buy the medals at a price that covers all design and production costs, including labor, materials, dies, machinery use, and overhead. The Treasury cannot make or ship medals until HHS certifies it has enough money to pay. However, after October 14, 2008, the Treasury may start designing the medal and prepare dies or test pieces before that certification.