IIB 

110TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 2268 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JUNE 11, 2008 

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 centennial of the establishment 

of Mother’s Day. 

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 ‘‘Mother’s Day Centen3 nial Commemorative Coin Act’’. 

4 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

5 The Congress hereby finds as follows: 

6 (1) Anna Jarvis, who is considered to be the 

7 founder of the modern Mother’s Day, was born in 

8 Webster, West Virginia on May 1, 1864. 

9 (2) A resident of Grafton, West Virginia, Anna 

10 Jarvis dedicated much of her adult life to honoring 

11 her mother, Anna Reeves Jarvis, who passed on May 

12 9, 1905. 

13 (3) In 1908, the Andrews Methodist Episcopal 

14 Church of Grafton, West Virginia, officially pro15 claimed the third anniversary of Anna Reeves Jarvis’ 

16 death to be Mother’s Day. 

17 (4) In 1910, West Virginia Governor, William 

18 Glasscock, issued the first Mother’s Day Proclama19 tion encouraging all West Virginians to attend 

20 church and wear white carnations. 

21 (5) On May 8, 1914, the Sixty-Third Congress 

22 approved H. J. Res. 263 designating the second 

23 Sunday in May to be observed as Mother’s Day and 

24 encouraging all Americans to display the American 

25 flag at their homes as a public expression of the love 

26 and reverence for the mothers of our Nation. 


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1 (6) On May 9, 1914, President Woodrow Wil2 son issued a Presidential Proclamation directing 

3 government officials to display the American flag on 

4 all government buildings and inviting the American 

5 people to display the flag at their homes on the sec6 ond Sunday of May as a public expression of the 

7 love and reverence for the mothers of our nation. 

8 SEC. 3. COIN SPECIFICATIONS. 

9 (a) DENOMINATIONS.—The Secretary of the Treas10 ury (hereinafter in this Act referred to as the ‘‘Secretary’’) 

11 shall mint and issue not more than 400,000 $1 coins each 

12 of which shall— 

13 (1) weigh 26.73 grams; 

14 (2) have a diameter of 1.500 inches; and 

15 (3) contain 90 percent silver and 10 percent 

16 copper. 

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

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

19 title 31, United States Code. 

20 (c) NUMISMATIC ITEMS.—For purposes of section 

21 5136 of title 31, United States Code, all coins minted 

22 under this Act shall be considered to be numismatic items. 

23 SEC. 4. DESIGN OF COINS. 

24 (a) DESIGN REQUIREMENTS.—The design of the 

25 coins minted under this Act shall be emblematic of the 


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1 100th anniversary of President Wilson’s proclamation des2 ignating the second Sunday in May as Mother’s Day. 

3 (b) DESIGNATION AND INSCRIPTIONS.—On each coin 

4 minted under this Act there shall be— 

5 (1) a designation of the value of the coin; 

6 (2) an inscription of the year ‘‘2014’’; and 

7 (3) inscriptions of the words ‘‘Liberty’’, ‘‘In 

8 God We Trust’’, ‘‘United States of America’’, and 

9 ‘‘E Pluribus Unum’’. 

10 (c) SELECTION.—The design for the coins minted 

11 under this Act shall be— 

12 (1) selected by the Secretary after consultation 

13 with the Commission of Fine Arts; and 

14 (2) reviewed by the Citizens Coinage Advisory 

15 Committee established under section 5135 of title 

16 31, United States Code. 

17 SEC. 5. ISSUANCE OF COINS. 

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

19 Act shall be issued in uncirculated and proof qualities. 

20 (b) COMMENCEMENT OF ISSUANCE.—The Secretary 

21 may issue coins minted under this Act beginning January 

22 1, 2014, except that the Secretary may initiate sales of 

23 such coins, without issuance, before such date. 


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1 (c) TERMINATION OF MINTING AUTHORITY.—No 

2 coins shall be minted under this Act after December 31, 

3 2014. 

4 SEC. 6. SALE OF COINS. 

5 (a) SALE PRICE.—Notwithstanding any other provi6 sion of law, the coins issued under this Act shall be sold 

7 by the Secretary at a price equal to the sum of the face 

8 value of the coins, the surcharge required under section 

9 7(a) for the coins, and the cost of designing and issuing 

10 such coins (including labor, materials, dies, use of machin11 ery, overhead expenses, and marketing). 

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

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

14 discount. 

15 (c) PREPAID ORDERS AT A DISCOUNT.— 

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

17 prepaid orders for the coins minted under this Act 

18 before the issuance of such coins. 

19 (2) DISCOUNT.—Sale prices with respect to pre20 paid orders under paragraph (1) shall be at a rea21 sonable discount. 

22 SEC. 7. SURCHARGES. 

23 (a) SURCHARGE REQUIRED.—All sales shall include 

24 a surcharge of $10 per coin. 


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

2 title 31, United States Code, all surcharges which are re3 ceived by the Secretary from the sale of coins issued under 

4 this Act shall be promptly paid by the Secretary as follows: 

(1) 1 5 ⁄2 to the Susan G. Komen for the Cure for 

6 the purpose of furthering research funded by the or7 ganization. 

(2) 1 8 ⁄2 to the National Osteoporosis Foundation 

9 for the purpose of furthering research funded by the 

10 Foundation. 

11 (c) AUDITS.—The Susan G. Komen for the Cure and 

12 the National Osteoporosis Foundation shall be subject to 

13 the audit requirements of section 5134(f)(2) of title 31, 

14 United States Code, with regard to the amounts received 

15 by the respective organizations under subsection (b). 

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

17 no surcharge may be included with respect to the issuance 

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

19 of the time of such issuance, the issuance of such coin 

20 would result in the number of commemorative coin pro21 grams issued during such year to exceed the annual 2 

22 commemorative coin program issuance limitation under 

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

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1 retary of the Treasury may issue guidance to carry out 

2 this subsection. 

Passed the House of Representatives June 10, 2008. 

Attest: LORRAINE C. MILLER, 

Clerk. 


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