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111TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2123 

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

and to commemorate the 1863 invasion of Pennsylvania, the Battle 

of Gettysburg, and President Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

APRIL 27, 2009 

Mr. PLATTS (for himself and Mr. ISRAEL) 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 recognition of and to commemorate the 1863 invasion 

of Pennsylvania, the Battle of Gettysburg, and President 

Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address. 

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 ‘‘1863 Gettysburg Cam5 paign Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

7 The Congress finds the following: 

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1 (1) The 1863 invasion of Pennsylvania and the 

2 resulting Battle of Gettysburg proved decisive in the 

3 final outcome of the American Civil War. 

4 (2) President Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg 

5 Address put the Civil War in perspective as a test 

6 of the success of the American Revolution. 

7 (3) The Army Heritage Center Foundation 

8 works with the United States Army to establish, 

9 sponsor, support, promote, and maintain the United 

10 States Army Heritage and Education Center at Car11 lisle, Pennsylvania. 

12 (4) The Army Heritage and Education Center 

13 is the Army’s premier center for the study of the 

14 role of the individual soldier in support of the Na15 tion. 

16 (5) The Civil War photograph and manuscript 

17 collection at the Center is considered one of the fin18 est in the Nation. 

19 (6) The Center seeks to honor the service and 

20 sacrifice of soldiers and their families, preserve the 

21 memories of their service by gathering and pre22 serving artifact and manuscript collections, and to 

23 educate the public through a world class archives, 

24 museum displays, and engaging educational pro25 grams. 

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1 (7) The goal of the Center is promote an appre2 ciation of the sacrifices that generations of American 

3 soldiers and their families have made to safeguard 

4 the freedoms of this Nation. 

5 (8) The Army Heritage Center Foundation will, 

6 through donated support, fund and construct the 

7 public components of the Army Heritage and Edu8 cation Center—the Visitor and Education Center 

9 and the Army Heritage Museum—and, once con10 struction is complete, focus on providing ‘‘margin of 

11 excellence support’’ to meet the needs of educational 

12 programs and other activities at the Army Heritage 

13 and Education Center for which Federal funds are 

14 unavailable. 

15 (9) The Gettysburg Foundation is dedicated to 

16 supporting the Gettysburg National Military Park, a 

17 unit of the National Park Service, by— 

18 (A) operating the new Museum and Visitor 

19 Center for the Park; 

20 (B) funding the preservation and rehabili21 tation of the Park’s resources; 

22 (C) preserving and displaying the Cyclo23 rama painting; and 

24 (D) providing visitors with an under25 standing of the significance of the Battle of 

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1 Gettysburg within the context of the causes and 

2 consequences of the American Civil War. 

3 (10) The Army Heritage Center Foundation 

4 and the Gettysburg Foundation are each nongovern5 mental, member-based, and publicly supported non6 profit organizations that are dependent on funds 

7 from members, donations, and grants for support. 

8 (11) The Foundations use such support to help 

9 create and sustain the Gettysburg National Military 

10 Park and the Army Heritage and Education Center. 

11 (12) The Gettysburg Foundation is recognized 

12 as the official partner of Gettysburg National Mili13 tary Park and the Army Heritage Center Founda14 tion is recognized by the Secretary of the Army as 

15 the lead agency supporting the development of the 

16 Army Heritage and Education Center. 

17 SEC. 3. COIN SPECIFICATIONS. 

18 (a) DENOMINATIONS.—In recognition and commemo19 ration of the 1863 Invasion of Pennsylvania, the decisive 

20 Battle of Gettysburg, and President Lincoln’s Gettys21 burg’s Address, and notwithstanding any other provision 

22 of law, the Secretary of the Treasury (hereafter in this 

23 Act referred to as the ‘‘Secretary’’) shall mint and issue 

24 the following coins: 

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1 (1) $5 GOLD COINS.—Not more than 100,000 

2 $5 coins, which shall— 

3 (A) weigh 8.359 grams; 

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

5 (C) contain 90 percent gold and 10 percent 

6 alloy. 

7 (2) $1 SILVER COINS.—Not more than 500,000 

8 $1 coins, which shall— 

9 (A) weigh 26.73 grams; 

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

11 (C) contain 90 percent silver and 10 per12 cent copper. 

13 (3) HALF DOLLAR CLAD COINS.—Not more 

14 than 750,000 half dollar coins, which shall— 

15 (A) weigh 11.34 grams; 

16 (B) have a diameter of 1.205 inches; and 

17 (C) be minted to the specifications for half 

18 dollar coins, contained in section 5112(b) of 

19 title 31, United States Code. 

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 sections 

24 5134 and 5136 of title 31, United States Code, all coins 

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1 minted under this Act shall be considered to be numis2 matic items. 

3 SEC. 4. DESIGN OF COINS. 

4 (a) DESIGN REQUIREMENTS.— 

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

6 minted under this Act shall be emblematic of the 

7 history and memory of the Gettysburg campaign and 

8 President Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address. 

9 (2) DESIGNATIONS AND INSCRIPTIONS.—On 

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

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

12 (B) an inscription of the year ‘‘2013’’; and 

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

14 ‘‘In God We Trust’’, ‘‘United States of Amer15 ica’’, and ‘‘E Pluribus Unum’’. 

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

17 under this Act shall— 

18 (1) contain motifs that specifically commemo19 rate the 1863 invasion of Pennsylvania, the Battle 

20 at Gettysburg, and Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address; 

21 (2) be selected by the Secretary, after consulta22 tion with the Secretary of the Army, the Secretary 

23 of the Interior, and the Commission of Fine Arts; 

24 and 

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1 (3) be reviewed by the Citizens Coinage Advi2 sory Committee. 

3 SEC. 5. ISSUANCE OF COINS. 

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

5 Act shall be issued in uncirculated and proof qualities. 

6 (b) MINT FACILITIES.—For each of the 3 coins mint7 ed under this Act, at least 1 facility of the United States 

8 Mint shall be used to strike proof quality coins, while at 

9 least 1 other such facility shall be used to strike the uncir10 culated quality coins. 

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

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

13 period beginning on January 1, 2013. 

14 SEC. 6. SALE OF COINS. 

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

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

17 of— 

18 (1) the face value of the coins; 

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

20 respect to such coins; and 

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

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

23 overhead expenses, marketing, and shipping). 

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

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

3 discount. 

4 (c) PREPAID ORDERS.— 

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

6 prepaid orders for the coins minted under this Act 

7 before the issuance of such coins. 

8 (2) DISCOUNT.—Sale prices with respect to pre9 paid orders under paragraph (1) shall be at a rea10 sonable discount. 

11 SEC. 7. SURCHARGES. 

12 (a) IN GENERAL.—All sales of coins minted under 

13 this Act shall include a surcharge as follows: 

14 (1) A surcharge of $35 per coin for the $5 coin. 

15 (2) A surcharge of $10 per coin for the $1 coin. 

16 (3) A surcharge of $5 per coin for the half dol17 lar coin. 

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

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

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

21 shall be promptly paid by the Secretary as follows: 

22 (1) ARMY HERITAGE CENTER FOUNDATION.— 

1 23 ⁄2 to the Army Heritage Center Foundation. 

(2) GETTYSBURG FOUNDATION.—1 24 ⁄2 to the Get25 tysburg Foundation. 

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1 (c) AUDITS.—The Army Heritage Center Foundation 

2 and the Gettysburg Foundation shall each be subject to 

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

4 United States Code, with regard to the amounts received 

5 by each such Foundation under subsection (b). 

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

7 no surcharge may be included with respect to the issuance 

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

9 of the time of such issuance, the issuance of such coin 

10 would result in the number of commemorative coin pro11 grams issued during such year to exceed the annual 2 

12 commemorative coin program issuance limitation under 

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

14 effect on the date of the enactment of this Act). The Sec15 retary of the Treasury may issue guidance to carry out 

16 this subsection. 

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