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113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2366 

To require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in commemoration 

of the centennial of World War I. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JUNE 13, 2013 

Mr. LAMBORN (for himself and Mr. CLEAVER) introduced the following bill; 

which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services 

A BILL 

To require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins 

in commemoration of the centennial of World War I. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘World War I American 

5 Veterans Centennial Commemorative Coin Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. FINDINGS; PURPOSE. 

7 (a) FINDINGS.—The Congress finds the following: 

8 (1) The year 2018 is the 100th anniversary of 

9 the signing of the armistice with Germany ending 

10 World War I battlefield hostilities. 


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1 (2) On the 6th of April 1917, the United States 

2 of America entered World War I by declaring war 

3 against Germany. 

4 (3) Two million American soldiers served over5 seas during World War I. 

6 (4) More than four million men and women 

7 from the United States served in uniform during 

8 World War I. 

9 (5) The events of 1914 through 1918 shaped 

10 the world and the lives of millions of people for dec11 ades. 

12 (6) Over 9 million soldiers worldwide lost their 

13 lives between 1914 and 1918. 

14 (7) The centennial of America’s involvement in 

15 World War I offers an opportunity for people in the 

16 United States to commemorate the commitment of 

17 their predecessors. 

18 (8) Frank Buckles, the last American veteran 

19 from World War I died on February 27, 2011. 

20 (9) He was our last direct American link to the 

21 ‘‘war to end all wars’’. 

22 (10) While other great conflicts, including the 

23 Civil War, World War II, the Korean War, and the 

24 Vietnam War, have all been memorialized on United 

25 States commemorative coins, there currently exists 


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1 no coin to honor the brave veterans of World War 

2 I. 

3 (11) The 112th Congress established the World 

4 War I Centennial Commission to plan, develop, and 

5 execute programs, projects, and activities to com6 memorate the centennial of World War I. 

7 (b) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this Act is to— 

8 (1) commemorate the centennial of America’s 

9 involvement in World War I; and 

10 (2) honor the over 4 million men and women 

11 from the United States who served during World 

12 War I. 

13 SEC. 3. COIN SPECIFICATIONS. 

14 (a) $1 SILVER COINS.—The Secretary of the Treas15 ury (hereafter in this Act referred to as the ‘‘Secretary’’) 

16 shall mint and issue not more than 350,000 $1 coins in 

17 commemoration of the centennial of America’s involve18 ment in World War I, each of which shall— 

19 (1) weigh 26.73 grams; 

20 (2) have a diameter of 1.500 inches (38.1 milli21 meters); and 

22 (3) contain 90 percent silver and 10 percent 

23 copper. 


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1 (b) LEGAL TENDER.—The coins minted under this 

2 Act shall be legal tender, as provided in section 5103 of 

3 title 31, United States Code. 

4 (c) NUMISMATIC ITEMS.—For purposes of sections 

5 5134 and 5136 of title 31, United States Code, all coins 

6 minted under this Act shall be considered to be numis7 matic items. 

8 SEC. 4. DESIGN OF COINS. 

9 (a) DESIGN REQUIREMENTS.— 

10 (1) IN GENERAL.—The design of the coins 

11 minted under this Act shall be emblematic of the 

12 centennial of America’s involvement in World War I. 

13 (2) DESIGNATION AND INSCRIPTIONS.—On 

14 each coin minted under this Act, there shall be— 

15 (A) a designation of the value of the coin; 

16 (B) an inscription of the year ‘‘2018’’; and 

17 (C) inscriptions of the words ‘‘Liberty’’, 

18 ‘‘In God We Trust’’, ‘‘United States of Amer19 ica’’, and ‘‘E Pluribus Unum’’. 

20 (b) SELECTION.—The design for the coins minted 

21 under this Act shall be selected by the Secretary based 

22 on the winning design from a juried, compensated design 

23 competition described under subsection (c). 

24 (c) DESIGN COMPETITION.—The Secretary shall hold 

25 a competition and provide compensation for its winner to 


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1 design the obverse and reverse of the coins minted under 

2 this Act. The competition shall be held in the following 

3 manner: 

4 (1) The competition shall be judged by an ex5 pert jury chaired by the Secretary and consisting of 

6 3 members from the Citizens Coinage Advisory Com7 mittee who shall be elected by such Committee and 

8 3 members from the Commission of Fine Arts who 

9 shall be elected by such Commission. 

10 (2) The Secretary shall determine compensation 

11 for the winning design, which shall be not less than 

12 $5,000. 

13 (3) The Secretary may not accept a design for 

14 the competition unless a plaster model accompanies 

15 the design. 

16 SEC. 5. ISSUANCE OF COINS. 

17 (a) QUALITY OF COINS.—Coins minted under this 

18 Act shall be issued in uncirculated and proof qualities. 

19 (b) MINT FACILITY.—Only one facility of the United 

20 States Mint may be used to strike any particular quality 

21 of the coins minted under this Act. 

22 (c) PERIOD FOR ISSUANCE.—The Secretary may 

23 issue coins under this Act only during the calendar year 

24 beginning on January 1, 2018. 


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1 SEC. 6. SALE OF COINS. 

2 (a) SALE PRICE.—The coins issued under this Act 

3 shall be sold by the Secretary at a price equal to the sum 

4 of— 

5 (1) the face value of the coins; 

6 (2) the surcharge provided in section 7 with re7 spect to such coins; and 

8 (3) the cost of designing and issuing the coins 

9 (including labor, materials, dies, use of machinery, 

10 overhead expenses, marketing, and shipping). 

11 (b) BULK SALES.—The Secretary shall make bulk 

12 sales of the coins issued under this Act at a reasonable 

13 discount. 

14 (c) PREPAID ORDERS.— 

15 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall accept 

16 prepaid orders for the coins minted under this Act 

17 before the issuance of such coins. 

18 (2) DISCOUNT.—Sale prices with respect to pre19 paid orders under paragraph (1) shall be at a rea20 sonable discount. 

21 SEC. 7. SURCHARGES. 

22 (a) IN GENERAL.—All sales of coins issued under this 

23 Act shall include a surcharge of $10 per coin. 

24 (b) DISTRIBUTION.—Subject to section 5134(f) of 

25 title 31, United States Code, all surcharges received by 

26 the Secretary from the sale of coins issued under this Act 


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1 shall be paid by the Secretary to the World War I Centen2 nial Commission, consistent with section 8. 

3 (c) UNUSED FUNDS UPON TERMINATION.—If, upon 

4 the termination of the World War I Centennial Commis5 sion, there remains a balance of funds from surcharges 

6 received from the Secretary pursuant to this section, the 

7 Commission shall transfer such funds to the general fund 

8 of the Treasury. 

9 (d) AUDITS.—The Comptroller General of the United 

10 States shall have the right to examine such books, records, 

11 documents, and other data of the World War I Commis12 sion as may be related to the expenditures of amounts paid 

13 under subsection (b). 

14 (e) LIMITATION.—Notwithstanding subsection (a), no 

15 surcharge may be included with respect to the issuance 

16 under this Act of any coin during a calendar year if, as 

17 of the time of such issuance, the issuance of such coin 

18 would result in the number of commemorative coin pro19 grams issued during such year to exceed the annual 2 

20 commemorative coin program issuance limitation under 

21 section 5112(m)(1) of title 31, United States Code. The 

22 Secretary may issue guidance to carry out this subsection. 

23 SEC. 8. FINANCIAL ASSURANCES. 

24 The Secretary shall take such actions as may be nec25 essary to ensure that— 


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1 (1) minting and issuing coins under this Act 

2 will not result in any net cost to the United States 

3 Government; and 

4 (2) no funds, including applicable surcharges, 

5 shall be disbursed to any recipient designated in sec6 tion 7 until the total cost of designing and issuing 

7 all of the coins authorized by this Act (including 

8 labor, materials, dies, use of machinery, overhead ex9 penses, marketing, and shipping) is recovered by the 

10 United States Treasury, consistent with sections 

11 5112(m) and 5134(f) of title 31, United States 

12 Code. 

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