“Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That (a) the President of the United States is authorized to present, on behalf of the Congress, a gold medal of appropriate design to the family of the late Honorable Leo J. Ryan in recognition of his distinguished service as a Member of Congress and the fact of his untimely death by assassination while performing his responsibilities as a Member of the United States House of Representatives.”
Source : "Act Awarding Leo Ryan Congressional Gold Medal". United States Congress, H.R. 3348 Public Law 98 - 159, November 18, 1983.