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117TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1648 

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

celebration of the National Women’s Hall of Fame. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 8, 2021 

Mr. MORELLE (for himself, Ms. MENG, Ms. MOORE of Wisconsin, Mr. REED, 

Ms. BARRAGA ́N, Mr. BEYER, Ms. BROWNLEY, Mr. CARSON, Mr. CARTWRIGHT, Mr. CASTEN, Ms. CHU, Mr. COSTA, Mr. DANNY K. DAVIS of 

Illinois, Mrs. DEMINGS, Mrs. DINGELL, Ms. ESHOO, Mr. ESPAILLAT, Ms. 

LOIS FRANKEL of Florida, Mr. GARCI ́A of Illinois, Ms. GARCIA of Texas, 

Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. HARDER of California, Mr. HIGGINS of New York, 

Ms. JOHNSON of Texas, Ms. KAPTUR, Mr. KRISHNAMOORTHI, Mr. LEVIN

of California, Mr. LOWENTHAL, Mrs. LURIA, Mr. LYNCH, Ms. 

MALLIOTAKIS, Mr. SEAN PATRICK MALONEY of New York, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. NADLER, Ms. NORTON, Mr. O’HALLERAN, Miss RICE of New 

York, Mr. SAN NICOLAS, Ms. SCANLON, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. SUOZZI, 

Mr. SWALWELL, Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi, Ms. TLAIB, Mr. TONKO, 

Mr. TORRES of New York, Ms. VELA ́ZQUEZ, Mr. ZELDIN, Ms. ROYBALALLARD, Mr. MICHAEL F. DOYLE of Pennsylvania, Mrs. CAROLYN B. 

MALONEY of New York, Ms. OCASIO-CORTEZ, Mr. BOWMAN, Ms. CASTOR

of Florida, Mr. NEGUSE, Ms. DAVIDS of Kansas, Mr. DAVID SCOTT of 

Georgia, Mr. FITZPATRICK, Mr. GARBARINO, Mr. RASKIN, Mr. 

CICILLINE, Ms. LEE of California, Mr. JACOBS of New York, Mr. RUSH, 

Mr. LAWSON of Florida, Mr. JONES, Ms. CLARKE of New York, Mr. 

SOTO, Ms. TENNEY, Mr. JEFFRIES, Mr. MEEKS, Mr. DELGADO, Mr. 

COOPER, and Ms. STEFANIK) 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 and celebration of the National Women’s 

Hall of Fame. 


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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 ‘‘National Women’s Hall 

5 of Fame Commemorative Coin Act of 2021’’. 

6 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

7 The Congress finds the following: 

8 (1) In 1969, the National Women’s Hall of 

9 Fame was established in Seneca Falls, New York, 

10 the location of the first Women’s Rights Convention 

11 in 1848. A total of 276 women have been inducted 

12 represented well by the first class that included Jane 

13 Addams, Marian Anderson, Susan B. Anthony, 

14 Clara Barton, Mary MacLeod Bethune, Elizabeth 

15 Blackwell, Pearl S. Buck, Rachel Carson, Mary 

16 Cassatt, Emily Dickinson, Amelia Earhart, Alice 

17 Hamilton, Helen Hayes, Helen Keller, Eleanor Roo18 sevelt, Florence Sabin, Margaret Chase Smith, Eliz19 abeth Cady Stanton, Helen Brooke Taussig, and 

20 Harriet Tubman. 

21 (2) The National Women’s Hall of Fame is the 

22 Nation’s oldest membership organization dedicated 

23 to recognizing and celebrating the achievements of 

24 great American women. 


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1 (3) The involvement of women in the Nation’s 

2 history is inadequately chronicled, commemorated, 

3 and celebrated as reflected in the following: 

4 (A) Fewer than 5 percent of the 2,596 na5 tional historic landmarks chronicle women’s 

6 achievements. 

7 (B) Only nine of the 112 statues in the 

8 Capitol’s Statuary Hall are of women. 

9 (C) The National Park Service notes that 

10 only three of the 130 national monuments in 

11 the United States are dedicated to historic fe12 male figures. 

13 (D) Of the 5,575 outdoor sculpture por14 traits of historical figures in the United States, 

15 559 portray women according to the Smithso16 nian American Art Museum’s online inventories 

17 catalog. 

18 (E) Six of the 89 National Historic Sites 

19 commemorate women. 

20 (F) Only 219 United States Postal Stamps 

21 were issued to commemorate women. 

22 (4) The National Women’s Hall of Fame will 

23 complete rehabilitation of its new home at the 

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1 istry. The new building has over 20,000 square feet 

2 available for artifacts to ensure that women’s history 

3 and women’s contribution to American history will 

4 be preserved and recounted for future generations. 

5 (5) The National Women’s Hall of Fame plans 

6 to design an educational program utilizing video con7 ference technology with students and teachers par8 ticipating in interactive lessons led by educators 

9 from the National Women’s Hall of Fame. This pro10 gram will provide important lessons on the impact 

11 that women have had on mathematics, geography, 

12 education, sciences, medicine, military, government, 

13 civil rights, economics, industrial technology, arts, 

14 and communication. 

15 SEC. 3. COIN SPECIFICATIONS. 

16 (a) DENOMINATIONS.—In recognition and celebration 

17 of the National Women’s Hall of Fame, the Secretary of 

18 the Treasury (hereafter in this Act referred to as the ‘‘Sec19 retary’’) shall mint and issue the following coins: 

20 (1) $5 GOLD COINS.—Not more than 50,000 $5 

21 coins, which shall— 

22 (A) weigh 8.359 grams; 

23 (B) be struck on a planchet having diame24 ter of 0.850 inches; and 

25 (C) contain not less than 90 percent gold. 


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1 (2) $1 SILVER COINS.—Not more than 400,000 

2 $1 coins, which shall— 

3 (A) weigh 26.73 grams; 

4 (B) be struck on a planchet having a di5 ameter of 1.500 inches; and 

6 (C) contain not less than 90 percent silver. 

7 (3) HALF-DOLLAR CLAD COINS.—Not more 

8 than 750,000 half-dollar coins which shall— 

9 (A) weigh 11.34 grams; 

10 (B) be struck on a planchet having a di11 ameter of 1.205 inches; and 

12 (C) be minted to the specifications for half13 dollar coins contained in section 5112(b) of title 

14 31, United States Code. 

15 (4) PROOF SILVER $1 COINS.—Not more than 

16 100,000 proof $1 silver coins which shall— 

17 (A) weigh 5 ounces; 

18 (B) be struck on a planchet having a di19 ameter of 3 inches; and 

20 (C) contain .999 fine silver. 

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

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

23 title 31, United States Code. 

24 (c) NUMISMATIC ITEMS.—For purposes of sections 

25 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 (d) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con4 gress that, to the extent possible without significantly add5 ing to the purchase price of the coins, the coins minted 

6 under this Act should be produced in a fashion that pro7 vides a more dramatic display of the obverse design. 

8 SEC. 4. DESIGNS OF COINS. 

9 (a) DESIGNS REQUIREMENTS.— 

10 (1) IN GENERAL.—The designs of the coins 

11 minted under this section shall be emblematic of the 

12 impact that women have had on mathematics, geog13 raphy, education, sciences, medicine, military, gov14 ernment, civil rights, economics, industrial tech15 nology, arts, and communication. 

16 (2) DESIGNATION AND INSCRIPTIONS.—On 

17 each coin minted under this Act there shall be— 

18 (A) a designation of the denomination of 

19 the coin; 

20 (B) an inscription of the year ‘‘2023’’; and 

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

22 ‘‘In God We Trust’’, ‘‘United States of Amer23 ica’’, and ‘‘E Pluribus Unum’’. 

24 (b) SELECTION.—The designs of the coins minted 

25 under this Act shall be— 


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1 (1) selected by the Secretary after consultation 

2 with— 

3 (A) the National Women’s Hall of Fame; 

4 and 

5 (B) the Commission of Fine Arts; and 

6 (2) reviewed by the Citizens Coinage Advisory 

7 Committee. 

8 SEC. 5. ISSUANCE OF COINS. 

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

10 Act shall be issued in uncirculated and proof qualities. 

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

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

13 period beginning on January 1, 2023. 

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 winning design compensation, overhead expenses, 

24 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 (d) MARKETING AND EDUCATIONAL CAMPAIGN.— 

12 The Secretary shall develop and execute a marketing, pro13 motion, and educational program to promote the collecting 

14 of the coins authorized under this Act. 

15 SEC. 7. SURCHARGES. 

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

17 this Act shall include a surcharge as follows: 

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

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

20 described under section 3(a)(2). 

21 (3) A surcharge of $5 per coin for the half-dol22 lar coin. 

23 (4) A surcharge of $50 per coin for the $1 coin 

24 described under section 3(a)(4). 


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

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

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

4 shall be promptly paid by the Secretary to the National 

5 Women’s Hall of Fame Foundation to establish an endow6 ment fund that will provide long-term financing for the 

7 National Women’s Hall of Fame’s operations. 

8 (c) AUDITS.—The National Women’s Hall of Fame 

9 Foundation shall be subject to the audit requirements of 

10 section 5134(f)(2) of title 31, United States Code, with 

11 regard to the amounts received under subsection (b). 

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

13 no surcharge may be included with respect to the issuance 

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

15 of the time of such issuance, the issuance of such coin 

16 would result in the number of commemorative coin pro17 grams issued during such year to exceed the annual com18 memorative coin program issuance limitation under sec19 tion 5112(m)(1) of title 31, United States Code (as in ef20 fect on the date of the enactment of this Act). The Sec21 retary of the Treasury may issue guidance to carry out 

22 this subsection. 

23 SEC. 8. FINANCIAL ASSURANCES. 

24 The Secretary shall take such actions as may be nec25 essary to ensure that— 


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1 (1) minting and issuing coins under this Act 

2 will not result in any net cost to the United States 

3 Government; and 

4 (2) no funds, including applicable surcharges, 

5 are disbursed to any recipient designated in section 

6 7 until the total cost of designing and issuing all of 

7 the coins authorized by this Act (including labor, 

8 materials, dies, use of machinery, winning design 

9 compensation, overhead expenses, marketing, and 

10 shipping) is recovered by the United States Treas11 ury, consistent with sections 5112(m) and 5134(f) of 

12 title 31, United States Code. 

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