PUBLIC LAW 110–357—OCT. 8, 2008 

NATIONAL INFANTRY MUSEUM AND SOLDIER 

CENTER COMMEMORATIVE COIN ACT 


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122 STAT. 3998 PUBLIC LAW 110–357—OCT. 8, 2008 

Public Law 110–357 

110th Congress 

An Act 

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

legacy of the United States Army Infantry and the establishment of the National 

Infantry Museum and Soldier Center. 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 

the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

This Act may be cited as the ‘‘National Infantry Museum and 

Soldier Center Commemorative Coin Act’’. 

SEC. 2. COIN SPECIFICATIONS. 

(a) $1 SILVER COINS.—The Secretary of the Treasury (hereafter 

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

not more than 350,000 $1 coins in commemoration of the legacy 

of the United State Army Infantry and the establishment of the 

National Infantry Museum and Soldier Center, each of which 

shall— 

(1) weigh 26.73 grams; 

(2) have a diameter of 1.500 inches; and 

(3) contain 90 percent silver and 10 percent copper. 

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

be legal tender, as provided in section 5103 of title 31, United 

States Code. 

(c) NUMISMATIC ITEMS.—For purposes of sections 5134 and 

5136 of title 31, United States Code, all coins minted under this 

Act shall be considered to be numismatic items. 

SEC. 3. DESIGN OF COINS. 

(a) DESIGN REQUIREMENTS.— 

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

this Act shall be emblematic of the courage, pride, sacrifice, 

sense of duty, and history of the United States Infantry. 

(2) DESIGNATION AND INSCRIPTIONS.—On each coin minted 

under this Act, there shall be— 

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

(B) an inscription of the year ‘‘2012’’; and 

(C) inscriptions of the words ‘‘Liberty’’, ‘‘In God We 

Trust’’, ‘‘United States of America’’, and ‘‘E Pluribus 

Unum’’. 

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

Act shall be— 

(1) selected by the Secretary, after consultation with the 

National Infantry Foundation and the Commission of Fine Arts; 

and 

National Infantry 

Museum and 

Soldier Center 

Commemorative 

Coin Act. 

31 USC 5112 

note. 

Oct. 8, 2008 

[H.R. 3229] 


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PUBLIC LAW 110–357—OCT. 8, 2008 122 STAT. 3999 

(2) reviewed by the Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee. 

SEC. 4. ISSUANCE OF COINS. 

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

be issued in uncirculated and proof qualities. 

(b) MINT FACILITY.— 

(1) IN GENERAL.—Only 1 facility of the United States Mint 

may be used to strike any particular quality of the coins minted 

under this Act. 

(2) USE OF THE UNITED STATES MINT AT WEST POINT, NEW

YORK.—It is the sense of the Congress that the coins minted 

under this Act should be struck at the United States Mint 

at West Point, New York, to the greatest extent possible. 

(c) PERIOD FOR ISSUANCE.—The Secretary may issue coins under 

this Act only during the calendar year beginning on January 1, 

2012. 

SEC. 5. SALE OF COINS. 

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

sold by the Secretary at a price equal to the sum of— 

(1) the face value of the coins; 

(2) the surcharge provided in section 6 with respect to 

such coins; and 

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

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

marketing, and shipping). 

(b) BULK SALES.—The Secretary shall make bulk sales of the 

coins issued under this Act at a reasonable discount. 

(c) PREPAID ORDERS.— 

(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall accept prepaid orders 

for the coins minted under this Act before the issuance of 

such coins. 

(2) DISCOUNT.—Sale prices with respect to prepaid orders 

under paragraph (1) shall be at a reasonable discount. 

SEC. 6. SURCHARGES. 

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

include a surcharge of $10 per coin. 

(b) DISTRIBUTION.—Subject to section 5134(f) of title 31, United 

States Code, all surcharges received by the Secretary from the 

sale of coins issued under this Act shall be paid to the National 

Infantry Foundation for the purpose of establishing an endowment 

to support the maintenance of the National Infantry Museum and 

Soldier Center following its completion. 

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

shall have the right to examine such books, records, documents, 

and other data of the National Infantry Foundation as may be 

related to the expenditures of amounts paid under subsection (b). 

(d) LIMITATION.—Notwithstanding subsection (a), no surcharge 

may be included with respect to the issuance under this Act of 

any coin during a calendar year if, as of the time of such issuance, 

the issuance of such coin would result in the number of commemorative coin programs issued during such year to exceed the annual 

2 commemorative coin program issuance limitation under section 

5112(m)(1) of title 31, United States Code (as in effect on the 


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122 STAT. 4000 PUBLIC LAW 110–357—OCT. 8, 2008 

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.R. 3229: 

CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 154 (2008): 

June 10, considered and passed House. 

Sept. 27, considered and passed Senate. 

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date of the enactment of this Act). The Secretary of the Treasury 

may issue guidance to carry out this subsection. 

Approved October 8, 2008. 


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