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111TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2421 

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 14, 2009 

Mrs. CAPITO (for herself, Mr. ADERHOLT, Mr. AUSTRIA, Mrs. BACHMANN, 

Ms. BEAN, Mr. BERMAN, Mrs. BIGGERT, Mr. BILBRAY, Mr. BISHOP of 

Georgia, Mr. BISHOP of New York, Mrs. BLACKBURN, Mr. BLUNT, Mrs. 

BONO MACK, Ms. BORDALLO, Mr. BOSWELL, Mr. BRADY of Texas, Mr. 

BROUN of Georgia, Ms. CORRINE BROWN of Florida, Mr. BURGESS, Mr. 

BURTON of Indiana, Mr. CARTER, Mr. CASTLE, Ms. CASTOR of Florida, 

Mrs. CHRISTENSEN, Mr. CLEAVER, Mr. COBLE, Mr. CONNOLLY of Virginia, Mr. COSTA, Mr. LINCOLN DIAZ-BALART of Florida, Mr. DREIER, 

Mr. DUNCAN, Mr. ETHERIDGE, Ms. FALLIN, Mr. FILNER, Mr. FOSTER, 

Mr. FRELINGHUYSEN, Mr. GERLACH, Mr. GINGREY of Georgia, Mr. 

GRIJALVA, Mr. HALL of New York, Mr. HALL of Texas, Mr. 

HENSARLING, Mr. HINCHEY, Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas, Ms. JENKINS, 

Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas, Mr. SAM JOHNSON of Texas, 

Ms. KAPTUR, Mr. KENNEDY, Ms. KILPATRICK of Michigan, Mr. KIRK, 

Mr. LATTA, Mr. LEWIS of California, Mr. LEWIS of Georgia, Mr. 

LUETKEMEYER, Mrs. MALONEY, Mr. MANZULLO, Mr. MARCHANT, Mr. 

MASSA, Mr. MCCAUL, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. MCINTYRE, Mr. MCMAHON, 

Mrs. MCMORRIS RODGERS, Mr. MEEKS of New York, Mrs. MILLER of 

Michigan, Mr. MINNICK, Mr. MORAN of Virginia, Mr. MORAN of Kansas, 

Mr. MURTHA, Mrs. MYRICK, Ms. NORTON, Mr. NUNES, Mr. PALLONE, 

Mr. PUTNAM, Mr. ROGERS of Alabama, Mr. ROGERS of Michigan, Mr. 

ROTHMAN of New Jersey, Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mrs. 

SCHMIDT, Ms. SCHWARTZ, Mr. SESTAK, Ms. SHEA-PORTER, Mr. 

SHULER, Mr. SHUSTER, Mr. SMITH of New Jersey, Ms. SPEIER, Ms. 

SUTTON, Mrs. TAUSCHER, Mr. TERRY, Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania, 

Mr. TOWNS, Mr. TURNER, Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, Mr. WESTMORELAND, Mr. WHITFIELD, Mr. WOLF, Mr. YOUNG of Florida, Mr. YOUNG

of Alaska, Mr. BARTLETT, Mr. CALVERT, Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN, Mr. RAHALL, Mr. ROHRABACHER, Ms. SLAUGHTER, and Ms. BALDWIN) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services 


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A BILL 

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, 

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 Andrews 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 

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1 tion encouraging all West Virginians to attend 

2 church and wear white carnations. 

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

4 approved H.J. Res. 263 designating the second Sun5 day in May to be observed as Mother’s Day and en6 couraging all Americans to display the American 

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

8 and reverence for the mothers of our Nation. 

9 (6) On May 9, 1914, President Woodrow Wil10 son issued a Presidential Proclamation directing 

11 government officials to display the American flag on 

12 all government buildings and inviting the American 

13 people to display the flag at their homes on the sec14 ond Sunday of May as a public expression of the 

15 love and reverence for the mothers of our nation. 

16 SEC. 3. COIN SPECIFICATIONS. 

17 (a) DENOMINATIONS.—The Secretary of the Treas18 ury (hereinafter in this Act referred to as the ‘‘Secretary’’) 

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

20 of which shall— 

21 (1) weigh 26.73 grams; 

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

23 (3) contain 90 percent silver and 10 percent 

24 copper. 


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

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

3 title 31, United States Code. 

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

5 5136 of title 31, United States Code, all coins minted 

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

7 SEC. 4. DESIGN OF COINS. 

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

9 coins minted under this Act shall be emblematic of the 

10 100th anniversary of President Wilson’s proclamation des11 ignating the second Sunday in May as Mother’s Day. 

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

13 minted under this Act there shall be— 

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

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

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

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

18 ‘‘E Pluribus Unum’’. 

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

20 under this Act shall be— 

21 (1) selected by the Secretary after consultation 

22 with the Commission of Fine Arts; and 

23 (2) reviewed by the Citizens Coinage Advisory 

24 Committee established under section 5135 of title 

25 31, United States Code. 


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1 SEC. 5. ISSUANCE OF COINS. 

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

3 Act shall be issued in uncirculated and proof qualities. 

4 (b) COMMENCEMENT OF ISSUANCE.—The Secretary 

5 may issue coins minted under this Act beginning January 

6 1, 2014, except that the Secretary may initiate sales of 

7 such coins, without issuance, before such date. 

8 (c) TERMINATION OF MINTING AUTHORITY.—No 

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

10 2014. 

11 SEC. 6. SALE OF COINS. 

12 (a) SALE PRICE.—Notwithstanding any other provi13 sion of law, the coins issued under this Act shall be sold 

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

15 value of the coins, the surcharge required under section 

16 7(a) for the coins, and the cost of designing and issuing 

17 such coins (including labor, materials, dies, use of machin18 ery, overhead expenses, and marketing). 

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

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

21 discount. 

22 (c) PREPAID ORDERS AT A DISCOUNT.— 

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

24 prepaid orders for the coins minted under this Act 

25 before the issuance of such coins. 


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1 (2) DISCOUNT.—Sale prices with respect to pre2 paid orders under paragraph (1) shall be at a rea3 sonable discount. 

4 SEC. 7. SURCHARGES. 

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

6 a surcharge of $10 per coin. 

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

8 title 31, United States Code, all surcharges which are re9 ceived by the Secretary from the sale of coins issued under 

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

(1) 1 11 ⁄2 to the Susan G. Komen for the Cure for 

12 the purpose of furthering research funded by the or13 ganization. 

(2) 1 14 ⁄2 to the National Osteoporosis Foundation 

15 for the purpose of furthering research funded by the 

16 Foundation. 

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

18 the National Osteoporosis Foundation shall be subject to 

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

20 United States Code, with regard to the amounts received 

21 by the respective organizations under subsection (b). 

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

23 no surcharge may be included with respect to the issuance 

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

25 of the time of such issuance, the issuance of such coin 


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1 would result in the number of commemorative coin pro2 grams issued during such year to exceed the annual 2 

3 commemorative coin program issuance limitation under 

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

5 effect on the date of the enactment of this Act). The Sec6 retary of the Treasury may issue guidance to carry out 

7 this subsection. 

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