National Purple Heart Hall of Honor Commemorative Coin Act

116th Congress · Approved Dec 22, 2020 · 134 Stat. 1120 · Lineage

An Act

To require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in commemoration of the National Purple Heart Hall of Honor.

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

SECTION 1. Short Title.

This Act may be cited as the “National Purple Heart Hall of Honor Commemorative Coin Act”.

SEC. 2. Findings.

The Congress finds the following:

(1)

The National Purple Heart Hall of Honor’s mission is—

(A)

to commemorate the extraordinary sacrifice of America’s servicemen and servicewomen who were killed or wounded by enemy action; and

(B)

to collect and preserve the stories of Purple Heart recipients from all branches of service and across generations to ensure that all recipients are represented.

(2)

The National Purple Heart Hall of Honor first opened its doors on November 10, 2006, in New Windsor, NY.

(3)

The National Purple Heart Hall of Honor is co-located with the New Windsor Cantonment State Historic Site.

(4)

The National Purple Heart Hall of Honor is the first to recognize the estimated 1.8 million U.S. servicemembers wounded or killed in action representing recipients from the Civil War to the present day, serving as a living memorial to their sacrifice by sharing their stories through interviews, exhibits and the Roll of Honor, an interactive computer database of each recipient enrolled.

SEC. 3. Coin Specifications.

(a)

Denominations.— The Secretary of the Treasury (hereafter in this Act referred to as the “Secretary”) shall mint and issue the following coins:

(1)

$5 gold coins.— Not more than 50,000 $5 coins, which shall—

(A)

weigh 8.359 grams;

(B)

have a diameter of 0.850 inches; and

(C)

contain 90 percent gold and 10 percent alloy.

(2)

$1 silver coins.— Not more than 400,000 $1 coins, which shall—

(A)

weigh 26.73 grams;

(B)

have a diameter of 1.500 inches; and

(C)

contain not less than 90 percent silver.

(3)

Half-dollar clad coins.— Not more than 750,000 half-dollar coins which shall—

(A)

weigh 11.34 grams;

(B)

have a diameter of 1.205 inches; and

(C)

be minted to the specifications for half-dollar coins contained in section 5112(b) of title 31, United States Code.

(b)

Legal Tender.— The coins minted under this Act shall be legal tender, as provided in section 5103 of title 31, United States Code.

(c)

Numismatic Items.— For purposes of section 5134 of title 31, United States Code, all coins minted under this Act shall be considered to be numismatic items.

SEC. 4. Designs of Coins.

(a)

Designs Requirements.—

(1)

In general.— The designs of the coins minted under this Act shall be emblematic of the National Purple Heart Hall of Honor.

(2)

Designation and inscriptions.— On each coin minted under this Act there shall be—

(A)

a designation of the value of the coin;

(B)

an inscription of the year “2022”; and

(C)

inscriptions of the words “Liberty”, “In God We Trust”, “United States of America”, and “E Pluribus Unum”.

(b)

Selection.— The design for the coins minted under this Act shall be—

(1)

selected by the Secretary after consultation with the Commission of Fine Arts and the National Purple Heart Honor Mission, Inc.; and

(2)

reviewed by the Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee.

SEC. 5. Issuance of Coins.

(a)

Quality of Coins.— Coins minted under this Act shall be issued in uncirculated and proof qualities.

(b)

Mint Facility.—

(1)

In general.— Only 1 facility of the United States Mint may be used to strike any particular quality of the coins minted under this Act.

(2)

Use of the united states mint at west point, new york.— It is the sense of Congress that the coins minted under this Act should be struck at the United States Mint at West Point, New York, to the greatest extent possible.

(c)

Period for Issuance.— The Secretary may issue coins minted under this Act only during the 1-year period beginning on January 1, 2022.

SEC. 6. Sale of Coins.

(a)

Sale Price.— The coins issued under this Act shall be sold by the Secretary at a price equal to the sum of—

(1)

the face value of the coins;

(2)

the surcharge provided in section 7(a) with respect to such coins; and

(3)

the cost of designing and issuing the coins (including labor, materials, dies, use of machinery, overhead expenses, marketing, and shipping).

(b)

Bulk Sales.— The Secretary shall make bulk sales of the coins issued under this Act at a reasonable discount.

(c)

Prepaid Orders.—

(1)

In general.— The Secretary shall accept prepaid orders for the coins minted under this Act before the issuance of such coins.

(2)

Discount.— Sale prices with respect to prepaid orders under paragraph (1) shall be at a reasonable discount.

SEC. 7. Surcharges.

(a)

In General.— All sales of coins issued under this Act shall include a surcharge of—

(1)

$35 per coin for the $5 coin;

(2)

$10 per coin for the $1 coin; and

(3)

$5 per coin for the half-dollar coin.

(b)

Distribution.— Subject to section 5134(f)(1) of title 31, United States Code, all surcharges received by the Secretary from the sale of coins issued under this Act shall be promptly paid by the Secretary to the National Purple Heart Honor Mission, Inc., to support the mission of the National Purple Heart Honor Mission, Inc., including capital improvements to the National Purple Heart Hall of Honor facilities.

(c)

Audits.— The National Purple Heart Honor Mission, Inc., shall be subject to the audit requirements of section 5134(f)(2) of title 31, United States Code, with regard to the amounts received under subsection (b).

(d)

Limitation.— Notwithstanding subsection (a), no surcharge may be included with respect to the issuance under this Act of any coin during a calendar year if, as of the time of such issuance, the issuance of such coin would result in the number of commemorative coin programs issued during such year to exceed the annual 2 commemorative coin program issuance limitation under section 5112(m)(1) of title 31, United States Code (as in effect on the date of the enactment of this Act). The Secretary of the Treasury may issue guidance to carry out this subsection.

SEC. 8. Financial Assurances.

The Secretary shall take such actions as may be necessary to ensure that—

(1)

minting and issuing coins under this Act result in no net cost to the Federal Government; and

(2)

no funds, including applicable surcharges, are disbursed to any recipient designated in section 7(b) until the total cost of designing and issuing all of the coins authorized by this Act, including labor, materials, dies, use of machinery, overhead expenses, marketing, and shipping, is recovered by the United States Treasury, consistent with sections 5112(m) and 5134(f) of title 31, United States Code.

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Dec 22, 2020reading now Pub. L. 116–247 Enacted
Dec 22, 2020 H.R. 1830 · Enrolled Bill Congress
Nov 16, 2020 H.R. 1830 · Engrossed Amendment Senate Senate
Sep 23, 2019 H.R. 1830 · Referred in Senate Senate Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
Sep 19, 2019 H.R. 1830 · Engrossed in House House
Mar 18, 2019 H.R. 1830 · Introduced in House House Mr. Sean Patrick Maloney of New York (for himself, Mr. Gallagher, Mr. Cook, Ms. Clarke of New York, Ms. Pingree, Ms. Norton, Mr. Connolly, Mr. Cicilline, Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. Serrano, Ms. Matsui, Mr. Sires, Mrs. Lowey, Ms. Judy Chu of California, Mr. Cole, Mr. Bishop of Georgia, Mr. Deutch, Mr. Sablan, Mr. Quigley, Mr. Garamendi, Ms. Brownley of California, Mr. Collins of New York, Mr. Ryan, Mr. Himes, Ms. Kelly of Illinois, Mr. Ruiz, Mr. Pocan, Ms. Lofgren, Mr. Cárdenas, Mr. Takano, Miss Rice of New York, Mr. Larson of Connecticut, Mr. Cooper, Mr. Loebsack, Ms. Kuster of New Hampshire, Mr. Thompson of California, Mr. Suozzi, Mr. Kildee, Ms. Stefanik, Mr. Pallone, Ms. Plaskett, Mr. Neal, Ms. Sánchez, Mr. Gallego, Mr. David Scott of Georgia, Ms. Jackson Lee, Ms. Kaptur, Mr. Yarmuth, Mr. Correa, Mr. Tonko, Mr. Butterfield, Mr. Scott of Virginia, Mr. Kilmer, Mr. Rush, Mr. McGovern, Mr. Espaillat, Mr. Raskin, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. O'Halleran, Mr. Peters, Mr. DeFazio, Mr. Lipinski, Mr. Higgins of New York, Ms. Eshoo, Mr. Fortenberry, Mr. Cartwright, Mr. Mullin, Mr. Yoho, Mr. Rutherford, Miss González-Colón of Puerto Rico, Mr. King of Iowa, Mr. Wittman, Mr. Bacon, Mr. Payne, Mr. Grijalva, Ms. Velázquez, Mr. Swalwell of California, Mr. Veasey, Mr. Gonzalez of Texas, Mr. Hudson, Mr. Graves of Missouri, Mr. Beyer, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Mr. Wilson of South Carolina, Mrs. Demings, Mrs. Carolyn B. Maloney of New York, Ms. Meng, Mrs. Bustos, Mr. Huffman, Mr. Engel, Mr. Meeks, Mr. Pascrell, Mr. Norcross, Mr. Kinzinger, Mr. Carson of Indiana, Mr. Moolenaar, Mr. Cuellar, Mr. Moulton, Mr. Marshall, Ms. Gabbard, Mr. King of New York, Mr. Price of North Carolina, Mr. Ruppersberger, Mr. Perlmutter, Mr. Kind, Mr. Vargas, Mr. Bera, Mrs. Dingell, Ms. Roybal-Allard, Mr. Heck, Ms. Castor of Florida, Ms. Adams, Mr. Fitzpatrick, Mr. Gaetz, Mr. Panetta, Mr. Khanna, Mr. Nadler, Mr. Tipton, Mr. Bergman, Ms. McCollum, Mr. Peterson, Ms. Sewell of Alabama, Mr. McEachin, Mr. Brooks of Alabama, Mr. Blumenauer, Ms. Clark of Massachusetts, Mr. Larsen of Washington, Mr. Zeldin, Mr. Krishnamoorthi, Mr. Posey, Mr. Cohen, Ms. DeLauro, Mr. Hunter, Ms. Barragán, Mrs. Watson Coleman, Mr. Katko, Mr. Gottheimer, Mr. Meadows, Mr. Norman, Ms. Fudge, Mr. Soto, Ms. Moore, Mr. LaMalfa, Mr. Hastings, Mr. Crist, Mr. Byrne, Mr. Costa, Mr. Cleaver, Mr. Shimkus, Mr. Rose of New York, Mr. Morelle, Mr. Rouda, Mr. Delgado, Ms. Wild, Mr. Kelly of Mississippi, Mr. Cisneros, Mr. Vela, Mr. Baird, Mr. Mast, Mr. Gibbs, Mr. Gonzalez of Ohio, Mr. Brindisi, Mr. McKinley, Mr. Weber of Texas, Mr. Babin, Mr. Lamborn, and Mr. Smucker) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services