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114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2722 

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

the fight against breast cancer. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JUNE 10, 2015 

Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New York (for herself, Mr. SESSIONS, Mr. 

KINZINGER of Illinois, Mr. SMITH of Washington, Mr. GRAYSON, Mr. 

LOWENTHAL, Mr. HASTINGS, Mr. MOONEY of West Virginia, Ms. ADAMS, 

Mr. BERA, Mr. CRENSHAW, Mr. CARSON of Indiana, Mr. BARR, Mr. 

HARRIS, Ms. KUSTER, Ms. ESHOO, Mr. AUSTIN SCOTT of Georgia, Mrs. 

COMSTOCK, Ms. LEE, Mr. BEN RAY LUJA ́N of New Mexico, Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi, Ms. MCCOLLUM, Mr. FLORES, Mr. FOSTER, Mr. PASCRELL, Mr. POSEY, Mr. SHUSTER, Mr. LUETKEMEYER, Mr. 

FARENTHOLD, Mr. GIBBS, Mr. LATTA, Mr. RUSH, Mr. SCOTT of Virginia, Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN, Mr. ASHFORD, Mr. SHERMAN, Mr. 

BYRNE, Mrs. LAWRENCE, Mr. BRENDAN F. BOYLE of Pennsylvania, Mr. 

BABIN, Mr. HIGGINS, Mr. RUPPERSBERGER, Mr. CURBELO of Florida, 

Mrs. MCMORRIS RODGERS, Mr. RICHMOND, Mr. FATTAH, Mr. RANGEL, 

Mr. DENT, Mr. COLLINS of New York, Mr. GIBSON, Mr. FLEISCHMANN, 

Mr. PETERSON, Ms. BROWN of Florida, Mr. HARDY, Mr. CLAWSON of 

Florida, Mrs. LUMMIS, Mr. BENISHEK, Mr. KILDEE, Mr. LIPINSKI, Mr. 

WEBSTER of Florida, Mr. DANNY K. DAVIS of Illinois, Mr. ISSA, Mr. 

LOEBSACK, Mr. REICHERT, Mr. CICILLINE, Mr. PRICE of North Carolina, Mr. ROUZER, Mr. SCHWEIKERT, Mr. DAVID SCOTT of Georgia, Mr. 

TROTT, Mrs. DINGELL, Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, Mr. HECK of Washington, Ms. DEGETTE, Mrs. BLACK, Ms. TITUS, Mr. YOUNG of Alaska, 

Mr. BEYER, Mr. NORCROSS, Mr. PAYNE, Ms. EDWARDS, Ms. MATSUI, 

Mr. LAMALFA, Mr. HUNTER, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Mr. PERLMUTTER, Mr. 

ROYCE, Mr. WHITFIELD, Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas, Ms. 

NORTON, Mr. CUMMINGS, Mr. ENGEL, Ms. ESTY, Mr. CLEAVER, Mr. 

SWALWELL of California, Mr. JENKINS of West Virginia, Mr. GUINTA, 

Mr. LOBIONDO, Mr. LUCAS, Mr. PALLONE, Ms. WILSON of Florida, Mr. 

HILL, Mr. BUTTERFIELD, Mr. GRAVES of Louisiana, Mr. PALMER, Mr. 

GENE GREEN of Texas, Mr. HOLDING, Mr. CONNOLLY, Mr. THOMPSON

of Pennsylvania, Ms. MENG, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Mr. WALDEN, Mr. HARPER, Mr. MEEKS, Mr. BILIRAKIS, Ms. GRAHAM, Ms. MOORE, Mr. 

JEFFRIES, Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia, Mr. CUELLAR, Mrs. WALORSKI, Mr. 

CLYBURN, Mr. LANGEVIN, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Ms. HAHN, Mr. HUFFMAN, 


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Mr. POLIS, Mr. SMITH of Missouri, Mr. DENHAM, Mr. DUNCAN of South 

Carolina, Mr. MILLER of Florida, Mr. NADLER, Mr. MCNERNEY, Mr. 

COOPER, Mr. COSTA, Mr. HIMES, Mr. MCDERMOTT, Mr. MCGOVERN, 

Mr. RENACCI, Mr. SENSENBRENNER, Mr. CASTRO of Texas, Mr. BARTON, Mr. COURTNEY, Mr. HECK of Nevada, Mr. PITTS, Mr. WILSON of 

South Carolina, Mr. CARNEY, Mr. CONYERS, Mr. DELANEY, Mr. FLEMING, Mr. GARAMENDI, Mr. KATKO, Mr. LARSON of Connecticut, Mr. 

LEWIS, Mr. MICA, Mr. MOOLENAAR, Mr. SARBANES, Mr. SHIMKUS, Mr. 

YARMUTH, Mr. CROWLEY, Mr. KENNEDY, Mrs. BEATTY, Mr. VARGAS, 

Ms. BROWNLEY of California, Ms. BASS, Ms. CLARK of Massachusetts, 

Miss RICE of New York, Ms. CASTOR of Florida, Mr. ELLISON, Mr. 

BUCK, Mr. CRAMER, Mr. YODER, Mrs. NOEM, Mr. SCHRADER, Ms. 

SINEMA, Mr. SMITH of Texas, Mr. BUCSHON, Mr. ZELDIN, Ms. LINDA

T. SA ́NCHEZ of California, Mrs. CAPPS, Ms. FRANKEL of Florida, Ms. 

LORETTA SANCHEZ of California, Mr. BARLETTA, Ms. SLAUGHTER, Ms. 

ROYBAL-ALLARD, Mr. GUTIE ́RREZ, Ms. JENKINS of Kansas, Ms. 

BORDALLO, Mr. VEASEY, Ms. FUDGE, Ms. KAPTUR, Mr. AMODEI, Mr. 

DESAULNIER, Mr. MEADOWS, Mr. POCAN, Mr. SANFORD, Mr. TAKAI, 

Mr. TAKANO, Mrs. BLACKBURN, Ms. MCSALLY, Mrs. ROBY, Mr. SALMON, Mr. CARTWRIGHT, Ms. MAXINE WATERS of California, Mr. BURGESS, Mr. CAPUANO, Mr. MCCAUL, Mr. TURNER, Ms. MICHELLE LUJAN

GRISHAM of New Mexico, Mr. COFFMAN, Mr. CONAWAY, Mr. MICHAEL

F. DOYLE of Pennsylvania, Mr. FITZPATRICK, Mr. HONDA, Mr. KELLY

of Pennsylvania, Mr. POMPEO, Mr. QUIGLEY, Mr. SIMPSON, Mr. THOMPSON of California, Mr. GRIFFITH, Mrs. LOWEY, Ms. VELA ́ZQUEZ, Mr. 

TIBERI, Mr. MEEHAN, Mr. MURPHY of Florida, Mr. COOK, Mr. GOSAR, 

Mr. TONKO, Mr. AGUILAR, Mr. KING of New York, Mr. OLSON, Mr. 

DEFAZIO, Mr. ROSKAM, Mr. VISCLOSKY, Mr. WELCH, Mr. FORBES, Mr. 

WEBER of Texas, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. RUIZ, Mr. RIBBLE, Mrs. ELLMERS

of North Carolina, Mr. HANNA, Mr. HUDSON, Mr. NOLAN, Mr. NUGENT, 

Mr. CRAWFORD, Mr. LARSEN of Washington, Mr. BISHOP of Utah, Mr. 

WITTMAN, Mr. WOODALL, Mr. ADERHOLT, Mr. BRADY of Pennsylvania, 

Mr. DOLD, Ms. KELLY of Illinois, Mr. BLUM, Mr. RODNEY DAVIS of Illinois, Mr. FRELINGHUYSEN, Mr. WILLIAMS, Mr. DESANTIS, Ms. 

DELAURO, Mr. HINOJOSA, Mr. ZINKE, Mr. FARR, Mr. LEVIN, Mr. 

BISHOP of Georgia, Mr. PERRY, Mr. PETERS, Mr. RIGELL, Mr. SEAN

PATRICK MALONEY of New York, Ms. JACKSON LEE, Ms. PLASKETT, 

Mr. FINCHER, Mr. LYNCH, Mr. CHABOT, Mr. ISRAEL, Mr. KING of Iowa, 

Mr. PEARCE, Mr. STIVERS, Mrs. DAVIS of California, Ms. DELBENE, Ms. 

BONAMICI, Ms. DUCKWORTH, Mr. TED LIEU of California, Mr. POE of 

Texas, Ms. SEWELL of Alabama, Mr. DEUTCH, Mr. EMMER of Minnesota, Mr. MACARTHUR, Mr. RYAN of Ohio, Mr. WALZ, Mr. ROKITA, 

Mr. GRAVES of Georgia, Mr. MARINO, Mr. MCCLINTOCK, Mr. TOM PRICE

of Georgia, Mr. RICE of South Carolina, Mr. ROONEY of Florida, Mr. 

FRANKS of Arizona, Mr. GOWDY, Ms. GABBARD, Mr. BUCHANAN, Mrs. 

HARTZLER, Mr. HURD of Texas, Mr. KEATING, Mr. BECERRA, Ms. 

CLARKE of New York, and Ms. LOFGREN) introduced the following bill; 

which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions 

as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 


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A BILL 

To require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins 

in recognition of the fight against breast cancer. 

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 ‘‘Breast Cancer Aware5 ness Commemorative Coin Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

7 The Congress finds the following: 

8 (1) Breast cancer is the most common cancer 

9 among American women, except for skin cancers. 

10 Today, about 1 in 8, or 12 percent of, women in the 

11 United States will develop invasive breast cancer 

12 during their lifetime. This is an increase from 1 in 

13 11, or 9 percent of, women in 1975. 

14 (2) Breast cancer is the second leading cause of 

15 cancer death in women. The chance of dying from 

16 breast cancer is about 1 in 36. Thanks to earlier de17 tection, increased awareness, and improved treat18 ment, death rates from breast cancer have decreased 

19 since about 1989. 

20 (3) There is a strong interest among the Amer21 ican public to do more to tackle this disease. The 

22 National Cancer Institute estimates $16.5 billion is 


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1 spent in the United States each year on breast can2 cer treatment. Assuming that incidence and survival 

3 rates follow recent trends, it is estimated that $17.2 

4 billion will be spent on breast cancer care in the 

5 United States in 2014. 

6 (4) Finding a cure for breast cancer is a goal 

7 of the United States Government. 

8 (5) The National Institutes of Health dedicated 

9 an estimated $674 million for breast cancer research 

10 in Fiscal Year 2014. In Fiscal Year 2014, the De11 partment of Defense’s Breast Cancer Research Pro12 gram received $120 million. 

13 (6) While the National Institutes of Health and 

14 the Department of Defense program on Breast Can15 cer research remain the largest funders of breast 

16 cancer research in the United States, in 2013, the 

17 National Cancer Institute funding was reduced by 

18 nearly $66 million since 2011. The funding level for 

19 the Department of Defense Breast Cancer Research 

20 Program has remained consistent since 2012, how21 ever this amount represents a 20-percent decrease 

22 from 2011 funding levels. 

23 (7) Additional private sector support for breast 

24 cancer research will help us find cures for breast 

25 cancer even faster. 


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1 (8) It is estimated that in the United States 

2 231,840 women will be diagnosed with and 40,290 

3 women will die of cancer of the breast in 2015. This 

4 means that every 13 minutes a woman dies of breast 

5 cancer in the United States. 

6 (9) However, due to disease type and lack of 

7 adequate care, African-American women have the 

8 highest death rates of all racial and ethnic groups 

9 overall and are at least 44 percent more likely to die 

10 of breast cancer as compared to other racial and 

11 ethnic groups. 

12 (10) Breast cancer used to be considered a dis13 ease of aging but recent trends show that more ag14 gressive forms of the disease have been increasingly 

15 diagnosed in younger women. 

16 (11) Breast cancer is the most frequently diag17 nosed cancer among nearly every racial and ethnic 

18 group, including African-American, American In19 dian/Alaska Native, Asian/Pacific Islander and His20 panic/Latina women. 

21 (12) Clinical advances, resulting from research, 

22 have led to increased survival from breast cancer. 

23 Since 1990, death rates from breast cancer have 

24 dropped over 34 percent. 


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1 (13) Among men in the United States it is esti2 mated that there will be 2,350 new cases of invasive 

3 breast cancer and 440 breast cancer deaths in 2015. 

4 (14) At this time there are more than 3.1 mil5 lion breast cancer survivors in the United States. 

6 (15) It is estimated that breast cancer costs 

7 $12.5 billion in lost productivity. Such productivity 

8 losses will increase with projected growth rate and 

9 aging of the U.S. population if cancer mortality 

10 rates stay constant in the future. 

11 (16) There is a better chance of survival and 

12 there are more treatment options with early stage 

13 detection through mammograms and clinical breast 

14 exams. 

15 (17) Breast cancer is the most common cancer 

16 in women worldwide, with an estimated 1.7 million 

17 new cases of breast cancer among women worldwide 

18 in 2012. 

19 (18) Breast Cancer Research Foundation 

20 (BCRF) is considered one of the most efficient can21 cer research charities. 

22 (19) Of every dollar donated to BCRF, $0.91 

23 goes to research and awareness programs—88 cents 

24 towards research and 3 cents towards awareness. 


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1 (20) Founded in 1993, the BCRF has raised 

2 more than $500 million to fuel discoveries in tumor 

3 biology, genetics, prevention, treatment, survivorship 

4 and metastasis, making BCRF one of the largest 

5 private funders of breast cancer research in the 

6 world. For 2014–2015, BCRF committed $58.6 mil7 lion in research, including $11.6 million to the inter8 national Evelyn H. Lauder Founder’s Fund focused 

9 on metastasis, to support the work of more than 220 

10 researchers at leading medical institutions across six 

11 continents (25 states and 14 countries). 

12 (21) Susan G. Komen (Komen) is the largest 

13 non-government funder of breast cancer research, 

14 funding research that spans the breast cancer con15 tinuum from basic biology to treatment to survivor16 ship. 

17 (22) Over the past 5 years, more than 80 cents 

18 of every dollar spent by Komen has gone directly to 

19 its mission to save lives and end breast cancer by 

20 empowering people, ensuring quality care for all and 

21 energizing science to find the cures. 

22 (23) Since its inception in 1982, Komen has in23 vested more than $2.6 billion towards its mission, 

24 including more than $847 million in over 2400 re25 search grants and 450 clinical trials in 48 states and 


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1 21 different countries. Recent funding has focused 

2 on research to stem metastatic and aggressive dis3 ease, find scientifically sound preventive strategies, 

4 and investigate environmental links to breast cancer 

5 development. 

6 (24) Today, BCRF and Susan G. Komen con7 tinue their work to advance research and support 

8 programs for patients and their families. 

9 SEC. 3. COIN SPECIFICATIONS. 

10 (a) DENOMINATIONS.—The Secretary of the Treas11 ury (hereafter in this Act referred to as the ‘‘Secretary’’) 

12 shall mint and issue the following coins: 

13 (1) $5 GOLD COINS.—Not more than 50,000 $5 

14 gold coins, which shall— 

15 (A) weigh 8.359 grams; 

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

17 (C) contain 90 percent gold and 10 percent 

18 alloy. 

19 (2) $1 SILVER COINS.—Not more than 400,000 

20 $1 coins, which shall— 

21 (A) weigh 26.73 grams; 

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

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

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

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


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1 (A) weigh 11.34 grams; 

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

3 (C) be minted to the specifications for half4 dollar coins contained in section 5112(b) of title 

5 31, United States Code. 

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

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

8 title 31, United States Code. 

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

10 5134 and 5136 of title 31, United States Code, all coins 

11 minted under this Act shall be considered to be numis12 matic items. 

13 SEC. 4. DESIGN OF COINS. 

14 (a) DESIGN REQUIREMENTS.— 

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

16 minted under this Act shall be emblematic of the 

17 fight against breast cancer. 

18 (2) DESIGNATION AND INSCRIPTIONS.—On 

19 each coin minted under this Act there shall be— 

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

21 coin; 

22 (B) an inscription of the year ‘‘2018’’; and 

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

24 ‘‘In God We Trust’’, ‘‘United States of Amer25 ica’’, and ‘‘E Pluribus Unum’’. 


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

2 under this Act shall be selected by the Secretary based 

3 on the winning design from a juried, compensated design 

4 competition described under subsection (c). 

5 (c) DESIGN COMPETITION.— 

6 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall hold a 

7 competition and provide compensation for its winner 

8 to design the obverse and reverse of the coins minted 

9 under this Act. The competition shall be judged by 

10 an expert jury chaired by the Secretary and con11 sisting of 3 members from the Citizens Coinage Ad12 visory Committee who shall be elected by such Com13 mittee and 3 members from the Commission of Fine 

14 Arts who shall be elected by such Commission. 

15 (2) PROPOSALS.—As part of the competition 

16 described in this subsection, the Secretary may ac17 cept proposals from artists, engravers of the United 

18 States Mint, and members of the general public, and 

19 any designs submitted for the design review process 

20 described herein shall be anonymized until a final se21 lection is made. 

22 (3) ACCOMPANYING DESIGNS; PREFERENCE

23 FOR PHYSICAL DESIGNS.—The Secretary shall en24 courage 3-dimensional designs to be submitted as 

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1 erence for proposals that are accompanied by a 3- 

2 dimensional physical design instead of, or in addition 

3 to, an electronic design. 

4 (4) COMPENSATION.—The Secretary shall de5 termine compensation for the winning design under 

6 this subsection, which shall be not less than $5,000. 

7 The Secretary shall take into account this compensa8 tion amount when determining the sale price de9 scribed in section 6(a). 

10 SEC. 5. ISSUANCE OF COINS. 

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

12 Act shall be issued in uncirculated and proof qualities. 

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

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

15 period beginning on January 1, 2018. 

16 SEC. 6. SALE OF COINS. 

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

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

19 of— 

20 (1) the face value of the coins; 

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

22 respect to the coins; and 

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

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

25 overhead expenses, 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 SEC. 7. SURCHARGES. 

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

13 Act shall include a surcharge of— 

14 (1) $35 per coin for the $5 coin; 

15 (2) $10 per coin for the $1 coin; and 

16 (3) $5 per coin for the half-dollar coin. 

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

18 title 31, United States Code, all surcharges which are re19 ceived by the Secretary from the sale of coins issued under 

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

(1) 1 21 ⁄2 to the Susan G. Komen for the Cure, 

22 Dallas, Texas, for the purpose of furthering research 

23 funded by the organization. 


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(2) 1 1 ⁄2 to the Breast Cancer Research Founda2 tion, New York, New York, for the purpose of fur3 thering research funded by the Foundation. 

4 (c) AUDITS.—The surcharge recipients under sub5 section (b) shall be subject to the audit requirements of 

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

7 regard to the amounts received under that subsection. 

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

9 no surcharge may be included with respect to the issuance 

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

11 of the time of such issuance, the issuance of such coin 

12 would result in the number of commemorative coin pro13 grams issued during such year to exceed the annual 2 

14 commemorative coin program issuance limitation under 

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

16 effect on the date of the enactment of this Act). The Sec17 retary of the Treasury may issue guidance to carry out 

18 this subsection. 

19 SEC. 8. FINANCIAL ASSURANCES. 

20 The Secretary shall take such actions as may be nec21 essary to ensure that— 

22 (1) minting and issuing coins under this Act 

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

24 Government; and 


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1 (2) no funds, including applicable surcharges, 

2 shall be disbursed to any recipient designated in sec3 tion 7 until the total cost of designing and issuing 

4 all of the coins authorized by this Act (including 

5 labor, materials, dies, use of machinery, overhead ex6 penses, marketing, and shipping) is recovered by the 

7 United States Treasury, consistent with sections 

8 5112(m) and 5134(f) of title 31, United States 

9 Code. 

10 SEC. 9. BUDGET COMPLIANCE. 

11 The budgetary effects of this Act, for the purpose of 

12 complying with the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010, 

13 shall be determined by reference to the latest statement 

14 titled ‘‘Budgetary Effects of PAYGO Legislation’’ for this 

15 Act, submitted for printing in the Congressional Record 

16 by the Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the 

17 House of Representatives, provided that such statement 

18 has been submitted prior to the vote on passage. 

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