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110TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2268 

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

of the centennial of the establishment of Mother’s Day. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 10, 2007 

Mrs. CAPITO (for herself, Mr. CAMP of Michigan, Mr. BRADY of Texas, Mr. 

KUHL of New York, Mrs. MUSGRAVE, Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN, Mr. BURGESS, Mr. BISHOP of Utah, Mr. HAYES, Mr. SAM JOHNSON of Texas, 

Mr. GINGREY, Mr. BOSWELL, Mr. BILIRAKIS, Mr. TURNER, Ms. PRYCE

of Ohio, Mrs. BACHMANN, Mr. WALDEN of Oregon, Mr. REICHERT, Mr. 

CRENSHAW, Mr. WOLF, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. BLUNT, Mr. MCHENRY, Mr. 

COBLE, Mr. FORBES, Mr. CANTOR, Mrs. MILLER of Michigan, Mr. SHUSTER, Mr. GARRETT of New Jersey, Mrs. BOYDA of Kansas, Mr. ROTHMAN, Mr. BARTON of Texas, Mr. FERGUSON, Mrs. MALONEY of New 

York, Mrs. MCCARTHY of New York, Mr. MCCOTTER, Ms. MATSUI, Mr. 

FOSSELLA, Mr. MCGOVERN, Ms. FALLIN, Ms. CARSON, Mr. MORAN of 

Virginia, Mr. CLEAVER, Mr. SESSIONS, Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas, Mr. 

GONZALEZ, Mrs. SCHMIDT, Mr. GARY G. MILLER of California, Mr. ROGERS of Michigan, Mr. BROWN of South Carolina, Mrs. JO ANN DAVIS

of Virginia, Mrs. DRAKE, Mr. TOM DAVIS of Virginia, Mr. LAHOOD, Mrs. 

WILSON of New Mexico, Mr. KINGSTON, Mr. WALBERG, Mrs. BIGGERT, 

Ms. GINNY BROWN-WAITE of Florida, Mr. UDALL of Colorado, Mr. 

PRICE of Georgia, Mr. GILLMOR, Mr. PETERSON of Pennsylvania, Mrs. 

BLACKBURN, Mr. THORNBERRY, Mr. COSTA, Mr. WAMP, Mr. ALEXANDER, Mr. JINDAL, Mr. GOODE, Mr. CARTER, Mrs. EMERSON, and Mr. 

RAHALL) 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 the establishment 

of Mother’s Day. 


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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 ‘‘Mother’s Day Centen5 nial Commemorative Coin Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

7 The Congress hereby finds as follows: 

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

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

10 Webster, West Virginia on May 1, 1864. 

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

12 Jarvis dedicated much of her adult life to honoring 

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

14 9, 1905. 

15 (3) In 1908, the Matthews Methodist Episcopal 

16 Church of Grafton, West Virginia, officially pro17 claimed the third anniversary of Anna Reeves Jarvis’ 

18 death to be Mother’s Day. 

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

20 Glasscock, issued the first Mother’s Day Proclama21 tion encouraging all West Virginians to attend 

22 church and wear white carnations. 

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

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

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


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1 encouraging all Americans to display the American 

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

3 and reverence for the mothers of our Nation. 

4 (6) On May 9, 1914, President Woodrow Wil5 son issued a Presidential Proclamation directing 

6 government officials to display the American flag on 

7 all government buildings and inviting the American 

8 people to display the flag at their homes on the sec9 ond Sunday of May as a public expression of the 

10 love and reverence for the mothers of our nation. 

11 SEC. 3. COIN SPECIFICATIONS. 

12 (a) DENOMINATIONS.—The Secretary of the Treas13 ury (hereinafter in this Act referred to as the ‘‘Secretary’’) 

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

15 of which shall— 

16 (1) weigh 26.73 grams; 

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

18 (3) contain 90 percent silver and 10 percent 

19 copper. 

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

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

22 title 31, United States Code. 

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

24 5136 of title 31, United States Code, all coins minted 

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


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1 SEC. 4. DESIGN OF COINS. 

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

3 coins minted under this Act shall be emblematic of the 

4 100th anniversary of President Wilson’s proclamation des5 ignating the second Sunday in May as Mother’s Day. 

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

7 minted under this Act there shall be— 

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

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

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

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

12 ‘‘E Pluribus Unum’’. 

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

14 under this Act shall be— 

15 (1) selected by the Secretary after consultation 

16 with the Commission of Fine Arts; and 

17 (2) reviewed by the Citizens Coinage Advisory 

18 Committee established under section 5135 of title 

19 31, United States Code. 

20 SEC. 5. ISSUANCE OF COINS. 

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

22 Act shall be issued in uncirculated and proof qualities. 

23 (b) COMMENCEMENT OF ISSUANCE.—The Secretary 

24 may issue coins minted under this Act beginning January 

25 1, 2014, except that the Secretary may initiate sales of 

26 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). 

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