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112TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1736 

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 5, 2011 

Mr. MCKINLEY (for himself, Mrs. CAPITO, and Mr. RAHALL) 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 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. 


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1 (2) A resident of Grafton, West Virginia, Anna 

2 Jarvis dedicated much of her adult life to honoring 

3 her mother, Anna Maria Reeves Jarvis, who passed 

4 on May 9, 1905. 

5 (3) In 1908, the Andrews Methodist Episcopal 

6 Church of Grafton, West Virginia, officially pro7 claimed the third anniversary of Anna Maria Reeves 

8 Jarvis’s death to be Mother’s Day. 

9 (4) In 1910, West Virginia Governor, William 

10 Glasscock, issued the first Mother’s Day Proclama11 tion encouraging all West Virginians to attend 

12 church and wear white carnations. 

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

14 approved H.J. Res. 263, designating the second 

15 Sunday in May to be observed as Mother’s Day, and 

16 encouraging all Americans to display the American 

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

18 and reverence for the mothers of our Nation. 

19 (6) On May 9, 1914, President Woodrow Wil20 son issued a Presidential Proclamation directing 

21 government officials to display the American flag on 

22 all government buildings and inviting the American 

23 people to display the flag at their homes on the sec24 ond Sunday of May as a public expression of the 

25 love and reverence for the mothers of our Nation. 


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1 SEC. 3. COIN SPECIFICATIONS. 

2 (a) DENOMINATIONS.—The Secretary of the Treas3 ury (hereinafter in this Act referred to as the ‘‘Secretary’’) 

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

5 of which shall— 

6 (1) weigh 26.73 grams; 

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

8 (3) contain 90 percent silver and 10 percent 

9 copper. 

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

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

12 title 31, United States Code. 

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

14 5136 of title 31, United States Code, all coins minted 

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

16 SEC. 4. DESIGN OF COINS. 

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

18 coins minted under this Act shall be emblematic of the 

19 100th anniversary of President Wilson’s proclamation des20 ignating the second Sunday in May as Mother’s Day. 

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

22 minted under this Act, there shall be— 

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

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


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

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

3 ‘‘E Pluribus Unum’’. 

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

5 under this Act shall be— 

6 (1) selected by the Secretary after consultation 

7 with the Commission of Fine Arts; and 

8 (2) reviewed by the Citizens Coinage Advisory 

9 Committee established under section 5135 of title 

10 31, United States Code. 

11 SEC. 5. ISSUANCE OF COINS. 

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

13 Act shall be issued in uncirculated and proof qualities. 

14 (b) COMMENCEMENT OF ISSUANCE.—The Secretary 

15 may issue coins minted under this Act beginning on Janu16 ary 1, 2014, except that the Secretary may initiate sales 

17 of such coins before such date. 

18 (c) TERMINATION OF MINTING AUTHORITY.—No 

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

20 2014. 

21 SEC. 6. SALE OF COINS. 

22 (a) SALE PRICE.—Notwithstanding any other provi23 sion of law, the coins minted under this Act shall be sold 

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

25 value of the coins, the surcharge required under section 


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1 7(a) for the coins, and the cost of designing and issuing 

2 such coins (including labor, materials, dies, use of machin3 ery, overhead expenses, and marketing). 

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

5 sales of the coins minted under this Act at a reasonable 

6 discount. 

7 (c) PREPAID ORDERS AT A DISCOUNT.— 

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

9 prepaid orders for the coins minted under this Act 

10 before the issuance of such coins. 

11 (2) DISCOUNT.—Sale prices with respect to pre12 paid orders under paragraph (1) shall be at a rea13 sonable discount. 

14 SEC. 7. SURCHARGES. 

15 (a) SURCHARGE REQUIRED.—All sales of coins mint16 ed under this Act shall include a surcharge of $10 per 

17 coin. 

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

19 title 31, United States Code, all surcharges which are re20 ceived by the Secretary from the sale of coins minted 

21 under this Act shall be promptly paid by the Secretary 

22 as follows: 

(1) 1 23 ⁄2 to the Susan G. Komen for the Cure, for 

24 the purpose of furthering research funded by the or25 ganization. 


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(2) 1 1 ⁄2 to the National Osteoporosis Founda2 tion, for the purpose of furthering research funded 

3 by the Foundation. 

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

5 the National Osteoporosis Foundation shall be subject to 

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

7 United States Code, with regard to the amounts received 

8 by the respective organizations under subsection (b). 

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