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116TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 8242 

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 

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020 

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

DELAURO, Ms. JUDY CHU of California, Ms. KAPTUR, Mr. BRINDISI, Mr. 

BEYER, Ms. VELA ́ZQUEZ, Mr. TONKO, Ms. LEE of California, Ms. NORTON, Miss RICE of New York, Mr. KATKO, Mr. ZELDIN, Mrs. CAROLYN

B. MALONEY of New York, Ms. BROWNLEY of California, Mr. NADLER, 

Mrs. DINGELL, Mr. ENGEL, Mr. ROSE of New York, Mr. SEAN PATRICK

MALONEY of New York, Mr. NEGUSE, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. SWALWELL

of California, Mr. CARTWRIGHT, Ms. GARCIA of Texas, Mr. GRIJALVA, 

Mr. MEEKS, Mr. ESPAILLAT, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Ms. DEAN, Mr. HARDER

of California, and Ms. KENDRA S. HORN of Oklahoma) 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. 

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 2020’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

2 The Congress finds the following: 

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

4 Fame was established in Seneca Falls, New York, 

5 the location of the first Women’s Rights Convention 

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

7 represented well by the first class that included Jane 

8 Addams, Marian Anderson, Susan B. Anthony, 

9 Clara Barton, Mary MacLeod Bethune, Elizabeth 

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

11 Cassatt, Emily Dickinson, Amelia Earhart, Alice 

12 Hamilton, Helen Hayes, Helen Keller, Eleanor Roo13 sevelt, Florence Sabin, Margaret Chase Smith, Eliz14 abeth Cady Stanton, Helen Brooke Taussig, and 

15 Harriet Tubman. 

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

17 Nation’s oldest membership organization dedicated 

18 to recognizing and celebrating the achievements of 

19 great American women. 

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

21 history is inadequately chronicled, commemorated, 

22 and celebrated as reflected in the following: 

23 (A) Fewer than 5 percent of the 2,596 na24 tional historic landmarks chronicle women’s 

25 achievements. 


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

2 Capitol’s Statuary Hall are of women. 

3 (C) The National Park Service notes that 

4 only three of the 130 national monuments in 

5 the United States are dedicated to historic fe6 male figures. 

7 (D) Of the 5,575 outdoor sculpture por8 traits of historical figures in the United States, 

9 559 portray women according to the Smithso10 nian American Art Museum’s online inventories 

11 catalog. 

12 (E) Six of the 89 National Historic Sites 

13 commemorate women. 

14 (F) Only 219 United States Postal Stamps 

15 were issued to commemorate women. 

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

17 complete rehabilitation of its new home at the 

18 former Seneca Falls Knitting Mill, which is a his19 toric building included in the National Historic Reg20 istry. The new building has over 20,000 square feet 

21 available for artifacts to ensure that women’s history 

22 and women’s contribution to American history will 

23 be preserved and recounted for future generations. 

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

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1 ference technology with students and teachers par2 ticipating in interactive lessons led by educators 

3 from the National Women’s Hall of Fame. This pro4 gram will provide important lessons on the impact 

5 that women have had on mathematics, geography, 

6 education, sciences, medicine, military, government, 

7 civil rights, economics, industrial technology, arts, 

8 and communication. 

9 SEC. 3. COIN SPECIFICATIONS. 

10 (a) DENOMINATIONS.—In recognition and celebration 

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

12 the Treasury (hereafter in this Act referred to as the ‘‘Sec13 retary’’) shall mint and issue the following coins: 

14 (1) $5 GOLD COINS.—Not more than 50,000 $5 

15 coins, which shall— 

16 (A) weigh 8.359 grams; 

17 (B) be struck on a planchet having diame18 ter of 0.850 inches; and 

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

20 (2) $1 SILVER COINS.—Not more than 400,000 

21 $1 coins, which shall— 

22 (A) weigh 26.73 grams; 

23 (B) be struck on a planchet having a di24 ameter of 1.500 inches; and 

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


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

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

3 (A) weigh 11.34 grams; 

4 (B) be struck on a planchet having a di5 ameter of 1.205 inches; and 

6 (C) be minted to the specifications for half7 dollar coins contained in section 5112(b) of title 

8 31, United States Code. 

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

10 100,000 proof $1 silver coins which shall— 

11 (A) weigh 5 ounces; 

12 (B) be struck on a planchet having a di13 ameter of 3 inches; and 

14 (C) contain .999 fine silver. 

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

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

17 title 31, United States Code. 

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

19 5134 and 5136 of title 31, United States Code, all coins 

20 minted under this Act shall be considered to be numis21 matic items. 

22 (d) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con23 gress that, to the extent possible without significantly add24 ing to the purchase price of the coins, the coins minted 


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1 under this Act should be produced in a fashion that pro2 vides a more dramatic display of the obverse design. 

3 SEC. 4. DESIGNS OF COINS. 

4 (a) DESIGNS REQUIREMENTS.— 

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

6 minted under this section shall be emblematic of the 

7 impact that women have had on mathematics, geog8 raphy, education, sciences, medicine, military, gov9 ernment, civil rights, economics, industrial tech10 nology, arts, and communication. 

11 (2) DESIGNATION AND INSCRIPTIONS.—On 

12 each coin minted under this Act there shall be— 

13 (A) a designation of the denomination of 

14 the coin; 

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

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

17 ‘‘In God We Trust’’, ‘‘United States of Amer18 ica’’, and ‘‘E Pluribus Unum’’. 

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

20 under this Act shall be— 

21 (1) selected by the Secretary after consultation 

22 with— 

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

24 and 

25 (B) the Commission of Fine Arts; and 


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1 (2) reviewed by the Citizens Coinage Advisory 

2 Committee. 

3 SEC. 5. ISSUANCE OF COINS. 

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

5 Act shall be issued in uncirculated and proof qualities. 

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

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

8 period beginning on January 1, 2023. 

9 SEC. 6. SALE OF COINS. 

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

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

12 of— 

13 (1) the face value of the coins; 

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

15 respect to such coins; and 

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

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

18 winning design compensation, overhead expenses, 

19 marketing, and shipping). 

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

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

22 discount. 

23 (c) PREPAID ORDERS.— 


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

2 prepaid orders for the coins minted under this Act 

3 before the issuance of such coins. 

4 (2) DISCOUNT.—Sale prices with respect to pre5 paid orders under paragraph (1) shall be at a rea6 sonable discount. 

7 (d) MARKETING AND EDUCATIONAL CAMPAIGN.— 

8 The Secretary shall develop and execute a marketing, pro9 motion, and educational program to promote the collecting 

10 of the coins authorized under this Act. 

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 described under section 3(a)(2). 

17 (3) A surcharge of $5 per coin for the half-dol18 lar coin. 

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

20 described under section 3(a)(4) 

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

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

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

24 shall be promptly paid by the Secretary to the National 

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1 ment fund that will provide long-term financing for the 

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

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

4 Foundation shall be subject to the audit requirements of 

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

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

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

8 no surcharge may be included with respect to the issuance 

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

10 of the time of such issuance, the issuance of such coin 

11 would result in the number of commemorative coin pro12 grams issued during such year to exceed the annual com13 memorative coin program issuance limitation under sec14 tion 5112(m)(1) of title 31, United States Code (as in ef15 fect on the date of the enactment of this Act). The Sec16 retary of the Treasury may issue guidance to carry out 

17 this subsection. 

18 SEC. 8. FINANCIAL ASSURANCES. 

19 The Secretary shall take such actions as may be nec20 essary to ensure that— 

21 (1) minting and issuing coins under this Act 

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

23 Government; and 

24 (2) no funds, including applicable surcharges, 

25 are disbursed to any recipient designated in section 


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1 7 until the total cost of designing and issuing all of 

2 the coins authorized by this Act (including labor, 

3 materials, dies, use of machinery, winning design 

4 compensation, overhead expenses, marketing, and 

5 shipping) is recovered by the United States Treas6 ury, consistent with sections 5112(m) and 5134(f) of 

7 title 31, United States Code. 

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