H. R. 807 

One Hundred Eighteenth Congress 

of the 

United States of America 

AT THE SECOND SESSION 

Begun and held at the City of Washington on Wednesday, 

the third day of January, two thousand and twenty-four 

An Act 

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

invaluable service that working dogs provide to society. 

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 ‘‘Working Dog Commemorative 

Coin Act’’. 

SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

The Congress finds the following: 

(1) Dogs going back thousands of years have been tied 

to humans whether for protection, companionship, or assisting 

in daily activities. 

(2) The United States had an unofficial canine military 

presence assisting soldiers in the Civil War and World War 

I, but military K–9s did not become officially recognized until 

March 13, 1942. During the height of the wars in Afghanistan 

and Iraq it is estimated that the United States military 

employed near 2,500 K–9s. 

(3) Military K–9s have seen service in every major United 

States combat since World War I and have been praised by 

military leadership as an indispensable asset for military, 

police, government, and private security teams around the 

world. 

(4) In 2000, Congress passed ‘‘Robby’s Law’’ which allowed 

for the adoption of military K–9s by law enforcement agencies, 

former handlers, and other care groups. 

(5) Since 2000, military K–9s have left service and gone 

onto work explosive detection for police forces, and work as 

service dogs for veterans and families. 

(6) Beyond their military working capacity, working dogs 

provide enhanced mobility assist and renewed independence 

for the injured and disabled. Service dogs are able to support 

veterans struggling after war, hear for those who are deaf, 

see for those who are blind, and even sense changes in a 

person’s body before a seizure. Working dogs play a vital role 

in improving the lives of many. 

(7) The service dog programs of America’s VetDogs were 

created to provide enhanced mobility and renewed independence to United States veterans, active-duty service members, 

and first responders with disabilities. 

(8) America’s VetDogs provides— 
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(A) guide dogs for individuals who are blind or have 

low vision; 

(B) hearing dogs for those who have lost their hearing 

later in life by alerting to alarms, door bells, sirens, and 

more; 

(C) service dogs for those with other physical disabilities that are specially trained to provide balance, retrieve 

dropped items, open and close doors, turn on and off lights, 

carry a backpack, and more; 

(D) facility dogs which are specially trained to spend 

time working with wounded veterans recovering at military 

hospitals and veterans medical centers; 

(E) dogs that work with physical and occupational 

therapists as they treat soldiers and become an essential 

part of the healing process; and 

(F) PTSD service dogs that are trained to help mitigate 

the symptoms of PTSD by providing the emotional and 

physical support a veteran may need. 

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 in commemoration of the invaluable service 

that working dogs provide to society. (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. (2) $1 SILVER COINS.—Not more than 500,000 $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 halfdollar coins which shall— 

(A) weigh 11.34 grams; 

(B) be struck on a planchet having 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 sections 5134 and 

5136 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) DESIGN REQUIREMENTS.— (1) IN GENERAL.—The designs of the coins minted under 

this Act shall be emblematic of the vast contributions that 

working dogs serve in society to include the range of services 

that these dogs provide in detection, military service, therapy 

and assistance. 

(2) DESIGNS AND INSCRIPTIONS.—On each coin minted under 

this Act, there shall be— 

(A) a designation of the value of the coin; 
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(B) an inscription of the year ‘‘2027’’; and 

(C) inscriptions of the words ‘‘Liberty’’, ‘‘In God We 

Trust’’, ‘‘United States of America’’, and ‘‘E Pluribus 

Unum’’. 

(b) SELECTION.—The designs for the coins minted under this 

Act shall be— 

(1) selected by the Secretary after consultation with— 

(A) America’s VetDogs; and 

(B) the Commission of Fine Arts; 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.—Only 1 facility of the United States Mint 

may be used to strike any particular quality of the coins minted 

under this Act. 

(c) PERIOD FOR ISSUANCE.—The Secretary may issue coins 

minted under this Act only during the 1-year period beginning 

on January 1, 2027. 

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 America’s VetDogs for application to general 

expenses associated with the fulfillment of the mission of America’s 

VetDogs, including for costs associated with— 

(1) personnel related to training, dog care, and consumer 

needs; 

(2) consultants to facilitate the training of America’s 

VetDogs Certified Service Dog Instructors; and 

(3) travel, room and board for clients served by America’s 

VetDogs. 
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(c) AUDITS.—The Comptroller General of the United States 

shall have the right to examine such books, records, documents, 

and other data of each of the organizations referred to in subsection 

(b) as may be related to the expenditures of amounts paid under 

that subsection. 

(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 will not result 

in any net cost to the United States Government; and 

(2) no funds, including applicable surcharges, are disbursed 

to any recipient designated in section 7 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. 

SEC. 9. BUDGETARY EFFECTS. 

(a) STATUTORY PAYGO SCORECARDS.—The budgetary effects 

of this section shall not be entered on either PAYGO scorecard 

maintained pursuant to section 4(d) of the Statutory Pay-As-YouGo Act of 2010 (2 U.S.C. 933(d)). 

(b) SENATE PAYGO SCORECARDS.—The budgetary effects of this 

section shall not be entered on any PAYGO scorecard maintained 

for purposes of section 4106 of H. Con. Res. 71 (115th Congress). 

Speaker of the House of Representatives. 

Vice President of the United States and

President of the Senate.