IIB 

118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 807 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MAY 22, 2024 

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 

Urban Affairs 

AN ACT 

To require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins 

in commemoration of the invaluable service that working 

dogs provide to society. 

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


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Working Dog Com3 memorative Coin Act’’. 

4 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

5 The Congress finds the following: 

6 (1) Dogs going back thousands of years have 

7 been tied to humans whether for protection, compan8 ionship, or assisting in daily activities. 

9 (2) The United States had an unofficial canine 

10 military presence assisting soldiers in the Civil War 

11 and World War I, but military K–9s did not become 

12 officially recognized until March 13, 1942. During 

13 the height of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq it is 

14 estimated that the United States military employed 

15 near 2,500 K–9s. 

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

17 major United States combat since World War I and 

18 have been praised by military leadership as an indis19 pensable asset for military, police, government, and 

20 private security teams around the world. 

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

22 which allowed for the adoption of military K–9s by 

23 law enforcement agencies, former handlers, and 

24 other care groups. 

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

26 and gone onto work explosive detection for police 


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1 forces, and work as service dogs for veterans and 

2 families. 

3 (6) Beyond their military working capacity, 

4 working dogs provide enhanced mobility assist and 

5 renewed independence for the injured and disabled. 

6 Service dogs are able to support veterans struggling 

7 after war, hear for those who are deaf, see for those 

8 who are blind, and even sense changes in a person’s 

9 body before a seizure. Working dogs play a vital role 

10 in improving the lives of many. 

11 (7) The service dog programs of America’s 

12 VetDogs were created to provide enhanced mobility 

13 and renewed independence to United States vet14 erans, active-duty service members, and first re15 sponders with disabilities. 

16 (8) America’s VetDogs provides— 

17 (A) guide dogs for individuals who are 

18 blind or have low vision; 

19 (B) hearing dogs for those who have lost 

20 their hearing later in life by alerting to alarms, 

21 door bells, sirens, and more; 

22 (C) service dogs for those with other phys23 ical disabilities that are specially trained to pro24 vide balance, retrieve dropped items, open and 


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1 close doors, turn on and off lights, carry a 

2 backpack, and more; 

3 (D) facility dogs which are specially 

4 trained to spend time working with wounded 

5 veterans recovering at military hospitals and 

6 veterans medical centers; 

7 (E) dogs that work with physical and occu8 pational therapists as they treat soldiers and 

9 become an essential part of the healing process; 

10 and 

11 (F) PTSD service dogs that are trained to 

12 help mitigate the symptoms of PTSD by pro13 viding the emotional and physical support a vet14 eran may need. 

15 SEC. 3. COIN SPECIFICATIONS. 

16 (a) DENOMINATIONS.—The Secretary of the Treas17 ury (hereafter in this Act referred to as the ‘‘Secretary’’) 

18 shall mint and issue the following coins in commemoration 

19 of the invaluable service that working dogs provide to soci20 ety. 

21 (1) $5 GOLD COINS.—Not more than 50,000 $5 

22 coins, which shall— 

23 (A) weigh 8.359 grams; 

24 (B) have a diameter of 0.850 inches; and 

25 (C) contain 90 percent gold. 


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1 (2) $1 SILVER COINS.—Not more than 500,000 

2 $1 coins, which shall— 

3 (A) weigh 26.73 grams; 

4 (B) have a diameter of 1.500 inches; and 

5 (C) contain not less than 90 percent silver. 

6 (3) HALF-DOLLAR CLAD COINS.—Not more 

7 than 750,000 half-dollar coins which shall— 

8 (A) weigh 11.34 grams; 

9 (B) be struck on a planchet having a di10 ameter of 1.205 inches; and 

11 (C) be minted to the specifications for half12 dollar coins contained in section 5112(b) of title 

13 31, United States Code. 

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

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

16 title 31, United States Code. 

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

18 5134 and 5136 of title 31, United States Code, all coins 

19 minted under this Act shall be considered to be numis20 matic items. 

21 SEC. 4. DESIGNS OF COINS. 

22 (a) DESIGN REQUIREMENTS.— 

23 (1) IN GENERAL.—The designs of the coins 

24 minted under this Act shall be emblematic of the 

25 vast contributions that working dogs serve in society 


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1 to include the range of services that these dogs pro2 vide in detection, military service, therapy and as3 sistance. 

4 (2) DESIGNS AND INSCRIPTIONS.—On each coin 

5 minted under this Act, there shall be— 

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

7 (B) an inscription of the year ‘‘2027’’; and 

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

9 ‘‘In God We Trust’’, ‘‘United States of Amer10 ica’’, and ‘‘E Pluribus Unum’’. 

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

12 under this Act shall be— 

13 (1) selected by the Secretary after consultation 

14 with— 

15 (A) America’s VetDogs; and 

16 (B) the Commission of Fine Arts; and 

17 (2) reviewed by the Citizens Coinage Advisory 

18 Committee. 

19 SEC. 5. ISSUANCE OF COINS. 

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

21 Act shall be issued in uncirculated and proof qualities. 

22 (b) MINT FACILITY.—Only 1 facility of the United 

23 States Mint may be used to strike any particular quality 

24 of the coins minted under this Act. 


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

2 issue coins minted under this Act only during the 1-year 

3 period beginning on January 1, 2027. 

4 SEC. 6. SALE OF COINS. 

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

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

7 of— 

8 (1) the face value of the coins; 

9 (2) the surcharge provided in section 7(a) with 

10 respect to such coins; and 

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

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

13 overhead expenses, marketing, and shipping). 

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

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

16 discount. 

17 (c) PREPAID ORDERS.— 

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

19 prepaid orders for the coins minted under this Act 

20 before the issuance of such coins. 

21 (2) DISCOUNT.—Sale prices with respect to pre22 paid orders under paragraph (1) shall be at a rea23 sonable discount. 


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1 SEC. 7. SURCHARGES. 

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

3 Act shall include a surcharge of— 

4 (1) $35 per coin for the $5 coin; 

5 (2) $10 per coin for the $1 coin; and 

6 (3) $5 per coin for the half-dollar coin. 

7 (b) DISTRIBUTION.—Subject to section 5134(f)(1) of 

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

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

10 shall be promptly paid by the Secretary to America’s 

11 VetDogs for application to general expenses associated 

12 with the fulfillment of the mission of America’s VetDogs, 

13 including for costs associated with— 

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

15 consumer needs; 

16 (2) consultants to facilitate the training of 

17 America’s VetDogs Certified Service Dog Instruc18 tors; and 

19 (3) travel, room and board for clients served by 

20 America’s VetDogs. 

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

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

23 documents, and other data of each of the organizations 

24 referred to in subsection (b) as may be related to the ex25 penditures of amounts paid under that subsection. 


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1 (d) LIMITATION.—Notwithstanding subsection (a), 

2 no surcharge may be included with respect to the issuance 

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

4 of the time of such issuance, the issuance of such coin 

5 would result in the number of commemorative coin pro6 grams issued during such year to exceed the annual 2 

7 commemorative coin program issuance limitation under 

8 section 5112(m)(1) of title 31, United States Code (as in 

9 effect on the date of the enactment of this Act). The Sec10 retary of the Treasury may issue guidance to carry out 

11 this subsection. 

12 SEC. 8. FINANCIAL ASSURANCES. 

13 The Secretary shall take such actions as may be nec14 essary to ensure that— 

15 (1) minting and issuing coins under this Act 

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

17 Government; and 

18 (2) no funds, including applicable surcharges, 

19 are disbursed to any recipient designated in section 

20 7 until the total cost of designing and issuing all of 

21 the coins authorized by this Act (including labor, 

22 materials, dies, use of machinery, overhead expenses, 

23 marketing, and shipping) is recovered by the United 

24 States Treasury, consistent with sections 5112(m) 

25 and 5134(f) of title 31, United States Code. 


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1 SEC. 9. BUDGETARY EFFECTS. 

2 (a) STATUTORY PAYGO SCORECARDS.—The budg3 etary effects of this section shall not be entered on either 

4 PAYGO scorecard maintained pursuant to section 4(d) of 

5 the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 (2 U.S.C. 

6 933(d)). 

7 (b) SENATE PAYGO SCORECARDS.—The budgetary 

8 effects of this section shall not be entered on any PAYGO 

9 scorecard maintained for purposes of section 4106 of H. 

10 Con. Res. 71 (115th Congress). 

Passed the House of Representatives May 21, 2024. 

Attest: KEVIN F. MCCUMBER, 

Clerk. 


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