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113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1158 

To require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins commemorating 

the 100th anniversary of the establishment of the National Park Service, 

and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JUNE 13, 2013 

Mr. WARNER (for himself and Mr. ENZI) introduced the following bill; which 

was read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 

Urban Affairs 

A BILL 

To require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins 

commemorating the 100th anniversary of the establishment of the National Park Service, and for other purposes. 

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 Park Service 

5 100th Anniversary Commemorative Coin Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

7 Congress finds that— 

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1 (1) in 1916, Congress established the National 

2 Park Service as a bureau within the Department of 

3 the Interior to administer the great national parks 

4 and monuments in the United States as a unified 

5 National Park System; 

6 (2) from 1916 to the present, the National 

7 Park System has grown from 37 park units with 

8 6,000,000 acres of land in the western United 

9 States to more than 395 units with 84,000,000 

10 acres of land in nearly every State and territory; 

11 (3) the responsibilities of the National Park 

12 Service have expanded to include— 

13 (A) managing national historic trails and 

14 national scenic trails; 

15 (B) administering wild and scenic rivers; 

16 (C) recognizing the most significant his17 toric resources in the United States through the 

18 National Register of Historic Places and the 

19 National Historic Landmark program; 

20 (D) providing historic preservation grants; 

21 and 

22 (E) assisting communities in meeting their 

23 preservation, conservation, and recreation 

24 needs; 

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1 (4) the National Park Service Organic Act of 

2 1916 (Public Law 64–408, 39 Stat. 535), which es3 tablished the National Park Service, remains the 

4 preeminent law guiding the management of parks 

5 and articulating the core mission of the National 

6 Park Service, ‘‘to conserve the scenery and the nat7 ural and historic objects and the wild life therein 

8 and to provide for the enjoyment of the same in 

9 such manner and by such means as will leave them 

10 unimpaired for the enjoyment of future genera11 tions’’; 

12 (5) the 100th anniversary of the National Park 

13 Service in 2016 will be an occasion to celebrate a 

14 century of American vision and achievement in iden15 tifying and preserving the special places in the 

16 United States for the benefit of all, and the culmina17 tion of 100 years of accomplishments by the employ18 ees, partners, and volunteers of the National Park 

19 Service; 

20 (6) 2016 also will mark the beginning of the 2d 

21 century of service of the dedicated employees, part22 ners, and volunteers of the National Park Service to 

23 the people of the United States as environmental 

24 leaders and vigilant stewards of the treasured places 

25 and stories of the United States; 

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1 (7) coins commemorating the 100th anniversary 

2 of the National Park Service will bring national and 

3 international attention to the National Park System 

4 and to the legacy Congress left in 1916 when it es5 tablished a Federal agency to ensure the protection 

6 of the most treasured natural and cultural resources 

7 in the United States for all time; and 

8 (8) the proceeds from a surcharge on the sale 

9 of commemorative coins will assist the financing of 

10 the needs of the parks and programs of the National 

11 Park Service, helping to ensure that the great nat12 ural and cultural resources of the United States will 

13 endure for generations to come. 

14 SEC. 3. COIN SPECIFICATIONS. 

15 (a) DENOMINATIONS.— 

16 (1) $5 GOLD COINS.—The Secretary of the 

17 Treasury (referred to in this Act as the ‘‘Secretary’’) 

18 shall mint and issue not more than 100,000 $5 

19 coins, which shall— 

20 (A) weigh 8.359 grams; 

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

22 (C) contain 90 percent gold and 10 percent 

23 alloy. 

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1 (2) $1 SILVER COINS.—The Secretary shall 

2 mint and issue not more than 500,000 $1 coins, 

3 which shall— 

4 (A) weigh 26.73 grams; 

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

6 (C) contain 90 percent silver and 10 per7 cent copper. 

8 (3) HALF DOLLAR CLAD COINS.—The Secretary 

9 shall mint and issue not more than 750,000 half dol10 lar clad coins, which shall— 

11 (A) weigh 11.34 grams; 

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

13 (C) be minted to the specifications for half 

14 dollar clad coins in section 5112(b) of title 31, 

15 United States Code. 

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

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

18 title 31, United States Code. 

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

20 5134 and 5136 of title 31, United States Code, all coins 

21 minted under this Act shall be considered to be numis22 matic items. 

23 SEC. 4. DESIGN OF COINS. 

24 (a) DESIGN REQUIREMENTS.— 

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

2 minted under this Act shall be emblematic of the 

3 100th anniversary of the National Park Service. 

4 (2) DESIGNATION AND INSCRIPTIONS.—On 

5 each coin minted under this Act there shall be— 

6 (A) a designation of the face value of the 

7 coin; 

8 (B) an inscription of the year ‘‘2016’’; and 

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

10 ‘‘In God We Trust’’, ‘‘United States of Amer11 ica’’, and ‘‘E Pluribus Unum’’. 

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

13 under this Act shall be— 

14 (1) selected by the Secretary after consultation 

15 with— 

16 (A) the National Park Service; 

17 (B) the National Park Foundation; and 

18 (C) the Commission of Fine Arts; and 

19 (2) reviewed by the Citizens Coinage Advisory 

20 Committee. 

21 SEC. 5. ISSUANCE OF COINS. 

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

23 Act shall be issued in uncirculated and proof qualities. 

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

25 issue coins minted under this Act only during the period 

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1 beginning on January 1, 2016, and ending on December 

2 31, 2016. 

3 SEC. 6. SALE OF COINS. 

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

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

6 of— 

7 (1) the face value of the coins; 

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

9 respect to the coins; and 

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

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

12 overhead expenses, marketing, and shipping). 

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

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

15 discount. 

16 (c) PREPAID ORDERS.— 

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

18 prepaid orders for the coins minted under this Act 

19 before the issuance of such coins. 

20 (2) DISCOUNT.—Sale prices with respect to pre21 paid orders under paragraph (1) shall be at a rea22 sonable discount. 

23 SEC. 7. SURCHARGES. 

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

25 this Act shall include— 

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1 (1) a surcharge of $35 per coin for the $5 coin; 

2 (2) a surcharge of $10 per coin for the $1 coin; 

3 and 

4 (3) a surcharge of $5 per coin for the half dol5 lar coin. 

6 (b) DISTRIBUTION.— 

7 (1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to section 5134(f) of 

8 title 31, United States Code, all surcharges that are 

9 received by the Secretary from the sale of coins 

10 issued under this Act shall be promptly paid by the 

11 Secretary to the National Park Foundation for 

12 projects and programs that help preserve and pro13 tect resources under the stewardship of the National 

14 Park Service and promote public enjoyment and ap15 preciation of those resources. 

16 (2) PROHIBITION ON LAND ACQUISITION.—Sur17 charges paid to the National Park Foundation pur18 suant to paragraph (1) may not be used for land ac19 quisition. 

20 (c) AUDITS.—The National Park Foundation shall be 

21 subject to the audit requirements of section 5134(f)(2) of 

22 title 31, United States Code, with regard to the amounts 

23 received by the National Park Foundation under sub24 section (b). 

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1 (d) LIMITATIONS.—Notwithstanding subsection (a), 

2 no surcharge may be included with respect to the issuance 

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

4 of the time of such issuance, the issuance of such coin 

5 would result in the number of commemorative coin pro6 grams issued during such year to exceed the 2 commemo7 rative coin program issuance limitation under section 

8 5112(m)(1) of title 31, United States Code (as in effect 

9 on the date of enactment of this Act). The Secretary may 

10 issue guidance to carry out this subsection. 

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