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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 3155 

To authorize the minting of a coin in honor of the 75th anniversary of 

the end of World War II, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JUNE 6, 2019 

Mr. SCALISE (for himself, Mr. RICHMOND, Mr. GRAVES of Louisiana, Mr. 

TAKANO, Mr. HIGGINS of Louisiana, Mr. VELA, Mr. ABRAHAM, Mr. 

LIPINSKI, Mr. JOHNSON of Louisiana, Mr. KINZINGER, Mr. WESTERMAN, 

Mr. WALDEN, Mr. DUNN, Ms. HERRERA BEUTLER, Ms. CHENEY, Mr. 

CARSON of Indiana, Mr. EVANS, and Mr. COSTA) introduced the following 

bill; which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services 

A BILL 

To authorize the minting of a coin in honor of the 75th 

anniversary of the end of World War II, 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 ‘‘75th Anniversary of 

5 the End of World War II Commemorative Coin Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

7 Congress finds that— 


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1 (1) the United States entered World War II as 

2 a result of the surprise Japanese attack against our 

3 fleet at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, on December 7, 

4 1941, which killed 2,403 people of the United 

5 States; 

6 (2) the United States joined the wartime Allied 

7 cause against the militarist, fascist, and racist dicta8 torships of Germany, Japan, and Italy (the Axis), 

9 fighting for President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s ‘‘Four 

10 Freedoms’’ (freedom of speech, of worship, from 

11 want, and from fear); 

12 (3) the United States placed no more than 

13 16,000,000 of its citizens into uniform in the course 

14 of the struggle, enduring a string of early defeats, 

15 recovering to conduct a total war on land, sea, and 

16 air, and eventually establishing total dominance over 

17 its enemies; 

18 (4) the war took the lives of 405,399 United 

19 States military personnel, fellow citizens who made 

20 the supreme sacrifice in a perilous moment in the 

21 history of the United States, giving their lives for 

22 the cause of democracy and peace; 

23 (5) the conflict led to a comprehensive trans24 formation of the home front from a civilian economy 

25 dedicated to peacetime production into the mightiest 


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1 engine of military might in human history (labeled 

2 the ‘‘Arsenal of Democracy’’), demanding the par3 ticipation of the entire citizenry and thus leading to 

4 increased opportunities for racial minorities and 

5 women; 

6 (6) the war ended on September 2, 1945, after 

7 the unconditional surrender of Nazi Germany, Fas8 cist Italy, and Imperial Japan, and a total victory 

9 for the United States and the Allies; 

10 (7) Allied victory in World War II transformed 

11 the United States into the leader of the ‘‘free 

12 world,’’ a community of countries dedicated to demo13 cratic principles and to resisting all forms of tyr14 anny, including authoritarian, militarist, or com15 munist, and an international order founded on open 

16 societies, liberal economies, and the peaceful resolu17 tion of disputes; 

18 (8) participation in the wartime struggle 

19 emboldened women, African Americans and other 

20 previously marginalized groups to seek equal rights, 

21 encouraged the growth of the civil rights movement, 

22 and thus contributed to the development of ‘‘a more 

23 perfect union,’’ guaranteeing freedom, justice, and 

24 equality for all; 


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1 (9) the generation of United States citizens who 

2 fought World War II is passing away with the 

3 march of time, and that therefore the urgent need 

4 to give honor to those who served is all the more 

5 critical; and 

6 (10) the period from May 8, 2020, to Sep7 tember 2, 2020, will mark the 75th anniversary of 

8 the end of the involvement of the United States in 

9 World War II and the surrender of Nazi Germany 

10 and Imperial Japan, respectively. 

11 SEC. 3. COIN SPECIFICATIONS. 

12 (a) $5 GOLD COINS.—The Secretary of the Treasury 

13 (in this Act referred to as the ‘‘Secretary’’) shall mint and 

14 issue not more than 50,000 $5 coins in commemoration 

15 of the 75th anniversary of the end of World War II, each 

16 of which shall— 

17 (1) weigh 8.359 grams; 

18 (2) have a diameter of 0.850 inches; and 

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

20 (b) $1 SILVER COINS.—The Secretary shall mint and 

21 issue not more than 500,000 $1 coins in commemoration 

22 of the 75th Anniversary of the end of World War II, each 

23 of which shall— 

24 (1) weigh 26.73 grams; 

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


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1 (3) contain not less than 90 percent silver. 

2 (c) HALF DOLLAR CLAD COINS.—The Secretary 

3 shall mint and issue not more than 750,000 half dollar 

4 clad coins in commemoration of the 75th Anniversary of 

5 the end of World War II, each of which shall— 

6 (1) weigh 11.34 grams; 

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

8 (3) be minted to the specifications for half dol9 lar coins contained in section 5112 (b) of title 31, 

10 United States Code. 

11 (d) LEGAL TENDER.—The coins minted under this 

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

13 title 31, United States Code. 

14 (e) NUMISMATIC ITEMS.—For purposes of sections 

15 5134 and 5136 of title 31, United States Code, all coins 

16 minted under this Act shall be considered to be numis17 matic items. 

18 SEC. 4. DESIGN OF COINS. 

19 (a) IN GENERAL.—The design of the coins minted 

20 under this Act shall be emblematic of the great sacrifices 

21 made by millions of people of the United States 75 years 

22 ago to bring a victorious end to World War II. 

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

24 minted under this Act, there shall be— 

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


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1 (2) an inscription of the year ‘‘2020’’; and 

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

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

4 ‘‘E Pluribus Unum’’. 

5 (c) DESIGN.—On each coin minted under this Act, 

6 there shall be a representation of the World War II Vic7 tory Medal, awarded to all 16 million United States mili8 tary personnel who served from December 7, 1941, to De9 cember 31, 1946. 

10 (d) SELECTION.—The design for the coins minted 

11 under this Act shall be— 

12 (1) selected by the Secretary, after consultation 

13 with The National WWII Museum and the Commis14 sion of Fine Arts; and 

15 (2) reviewed by the Citizens of Coinage Advi16 sory Committee. 

17 SEC. 5. ISSUANCE OF COINS. 

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

19 Act shall be issued in uncirculated and proof qualities. 

20 (b) MINT FACILITY.—Only 1 facility of the United 

21 States Mint may be used to strike any particular quality 

22 of the coins minted under this Act. 

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

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1 ning on January 1, 2020, and ending on December 31, 

2 2020. 

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 with re9 spect to such 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 issued under this 

25 Act shall include a surcharge as follows: 


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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 (3) A surcharge of $5 per coin for the half dol4 lar coin. 

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

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

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

8 shall be paid to the congressionally designated The Na9 tional WWII Museum Inc. to fund its educational mission 

10 of telling the story of the United States experience in 

11 World War II. 

12 (c) LIMITATION.—Notwithstanding subsection (a), no 

13 surcharge may be included with respect to the issuance 

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

15 of the time of such issuance, the issuance of such coin 

16 would result in the number of commemorative coin pro17 grams issued during such year to exceed the annual 2 

18 commemorative coin programs issuance limitation under 

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

20 effect on the date of enactment of this Act). The Secretary 

21 may issue guidance to carry out this subsection. 

22 SEC. 8. FINANCIAL ASSURANCES. 

23 The Secretary shall take such actions as may be nec24 essary to ensure that— 


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1 (1) minting and issuing coins under this Act 

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

3 Government; and 

4 (2) no funds, including applicable surcharges, 

5 are disbursed to any recipient designated in section 

6 7 until the total cost of designing and issuing all of 

7 the coins authorized by this Act (including labor, 

8 materials, dies, use of machinery, overhead expenses, 

9 marketing, and shipping) is recovered by the United 

10 States Treasury, consistent with sections 5112(m) 

11 and 5134(f) of title 31, United States Code. 

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