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111TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 3712 

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

and to commemorate the 1863 invasion of Pennsylvania, the Battle 

of Gettysburg, and President Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

OCTOBER 1, 2009 

Mr. PLATTS (for himself, Mr. ARCURI, Mr. CAMPBELL, Mr. DOYLE, Mr. GERLACH, Mr. HINCHEY, Mr. ISRAEL, Mr. MURTHA, Ms. SCHWARTZ, Mr. 

SHUSTER, Mr. BRADY of Pennsylvania, Mr. COHEN, Mr. FORTENBERRY, 

Mr. GORDON of Tennessee, Mr. HOLDEN, Mr. MILLER of North Carolina, 

Mr. PITTS, Mr. SESTAK, and Mr. WOLF) 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 of and to commemorate the 1863 invasion 

of Pennsylvania, the Battle of Gettysburg, and President 

Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address. 

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 ‘‘1863 Gettysburg Cam5 paign Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

2 The Congress finds the following: 

3 (1) The 1863 invasion of Pennsylvania and the 

4 resulting Battle of Gettysburg proved decisive in the 

5 final outcome of the American Civil War. 

6 (2) President Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg 

7 Address put the Civil War in perspective as a test 

8 of the success of the American Revolution. 

9 (3) The Army Heritage Center Foundation 

10 works with the United States Army to establish, 

11 sponsor, support, promote, and maintain the United 

12 States Army Heritage and Education Center at Car13 lisle, Pennsylvania. 

14 (4) The Army Heritage and Education Center 

15 is the Army’s premier center for the study of the 

16 role of the individual soldier in support of the Na17 tion. 

18 (5) The Civil War photograph and manuscript 

19 collection at the Center is considered one of the fin20 est in the Nation. 

21 (6) The Center seeks to honor the service and 

22 sacrifice of soldiers and their families, preserve the 

23 memories of their service by gathering and pre24 serving artifact and manuscript collections, and to 

25 educate the public through a world class archives, 


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1 museum displays, and engaging educational pro2 grams. 

3 (7) The goal of the Center is promote an appre4 ciation of the sacrifices that generations of American 

5 soldiers and their families have made to safeguard 

6 the freedoms of this Nation. 

7 (8) The Army Heritage Center Foundation will, 

8 through donated support, fund and construct the 

9 public components of the Army Heritage and Edu10 cation Center—the Visitor and Education Center 

11 and the Army Heritage Museum—and, once con12 struction is complete, focus on providing ‘‘margin of 

13 excellence support’’ to meet the needs of educational 

14 programs and other activities at the Army Heritage 

15 and Education Center for which Federal funds are 

16 unavailable. 

17 (9) The Gettysburg Foundation is dedicated to 

18 supporting the Gettysburg National Military Park, a 

19 unit of the National Park Service, by— 

20 (A) operating the new Museum and Visitor 

21 Center for the Park; 

22 (B) funding the preservation and rehabili23 tation of the Park’s resources; 

24 (C) preserving and displaying the Cyclo25 rama painting; and 


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1 (D) providing visitors with an under2 standing of the significance of the Battle of 

3 Gettysburg within the context of the causes and 

4 consequences of the American Civil War. 

5 (10) The Army Heritage Center Foundation 

6 and the Gettysburg Foundation are each nongovern7 mental, member-based, and publicly supported non8 profit organizations that are dependent on funds 

9 from members, donations, and grants for support. 

10 (11) The Foundations use such support to help 

11 create and sustain the Gettysburg National Military 

12 Park and the Army Heritage and Education Center. 

13 (12) The Gettysburg Foundation is recognized 

14 as the official partner of Gettysburg National Mili15 tary Park and the Army Heritage Center Founda16 tion is recognized by the Secretary of the Army as 

17 the lead agency supporting the development of the 

18 Army Heritage and Education Center. 

19 SEC. 3. COIN SPECIFICATIONS. 

20 (a) DENOMINATIONS.—In recognition and commemo21 ration of the 1863 Invasion of Pennsylvania, the decisive 

22 Battle of Gettysburg, and President Lincoln’s Gettys23 burg’s Address, and notwithstanding any other provision 

24 of law, the Secretary of the Treasury (hereafter in this 


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

2 the following coins: 

3 (1) $5 GOLD COINS.—Not more than 100,000 

4 $5 coins, which shall— 

5 (A) weigh 8.359 grams; 

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

7 (C) contain 90 percent gold and 10 percent 

8 alloy. 

9 (2) $1 SILVER COINS.—Not more than 500,000 

10 $1 coins, which shall— 

11 (A) weigh 26.73 grams; 

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

13 (C) contain 90 percent silver and 10 per14 cent copper. 

15 (3) HALF DOLLAR CLAD COINS.—Not more 

16 than 750,000 half dollar coins, which shall— 

17 (A) weigh 11.34 grams; 

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

19 (C) be minted to the specifications for half 

20 dollar coins, contained in section 5112(b) of 

21 title 31, United States Code. 

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

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

24 title 31, United States Code. 


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

2 5134 and 5136 of title 31, United States Code, all coins 

3 minted under this Act shall be considered to be numis4 matic items. 

5 SEC. 4. DESIGN OF COINS. 

6 (a) DESIGN REQUIREMENTS.— 

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

8 minted under this Act shall be emblematic of the 

9 history and memory of the Gettysburg campaign and 

10 President Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address. 

11 (2) DESIGNATIONS AND INSCRIPTIONS.—On 

12 each coin minted under this Act, there shall be— 

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

14 (B) an inscription of the year ‘‘2013’’; and 

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

16 ‘‘In God We Trust’’, ‘‘United States of Amer17 ica’’, and ‘‘E Pluribus Unum’’. 

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

19 under this Act shall— 

20 (1) contain motifs that specifically commemo21 rate the 1863 invasion of Pennsylvania, the Battle 

22 at Gettysburg, and Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address; 

23 (2) be selected by the Secretary, after consulta24 tion with the Secretary of the Army, the Secretary 


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1 of the Interior, and the Commission of Fine Arts; 

2 and 

3 (3) be reviewed by the Citizens Coinage Advi4 sory Committee. 

5 SEC. 5. ISSUANCE OF COINS. 

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

7 Act shall be issued in uncirculated and proof qualities. 

8 (b) MINT FACILITIES.—For each of the 3 coins mint9 ed under this Act, at least 1 facility of the United States 

10 Mint shall be used to strike proof quality coins, while at 

11 least 1 other such facility shall be used to strike the uncir12 culated quality coins. 

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

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

15 period beginning on January 1, 2013. 

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 such 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 minted under 

13 this Act shall include a surcharge as follows: 

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

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

16 (3) A surcharge of $5 per coin for the half dol17 lar coin. 

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

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

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

21 shall be promptly paid by the Secretary as follows: 

(1) GETTYSBURG FOUNDATION.—2 22 ⁄3 to the Get23 tysburg Foundation. 

24 (2) ARMY HERITAGE CENTER FOUNDATION.— 

1 25 ⁄3 to the Army Heritage Center Foundation. 


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1 (c) AUDITS.—The Army Heritage Center Foundation 

2 and the Gettysburg Foundation shall each be subject to 

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

4 United States Code, with regard to the amounts received 

5 by each such Foundation under subsection (b). 

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

7 no surcharge may be included with respect to the issuance 

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

9 of the time of such issuance, the issuance of such coin 

10 would result in the number of commemorative coin pro11 grams issued during such year to exceed the annual 2 

12 commemorative coin program issuance limitation under 

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

14 effect on the date of the enactment of this Act). The Sec15 retary of the Treasury may issue guidance to carry out 

16 this subsection. 

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