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113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 627 

To provide for the issuance of coins to commemorate the 100th anniversary 

of the establishment of the National Park Service, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

FEBRUARY 13, 2013 

Mr. PAULSEN (for himself, Ms. KAPTUR, Mr. KIND, and Mr. REICHERT) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services 

A BILL 

To provide for the issuance of coins to commemorate the 

100th anniversary of the establishment of the National 

Park Service, 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 ‘‘National Park Service 

5 100th Anniversary Commemorative Coin Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

7 The Congress finds the following: 

8 (1) In 1916, Congress established the National 

9 Park Service as a bureau within the Department of 


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1 the Interior to administer America’s great national 

2 parks and monuments as a unified National Park 

3 System. 

4 (2) From 1916 to the present, the National 

5 Park System has grown from 37 park units with 

6 6,000,000 acres of land in the western United 

7 States to more than 395 units with 84,000,000 

8 acres of land in nearly all States and territories. 

9 (3) The responsibilities of the National Park 

10 Service have grown to include— 

11 (A) managing national historic trails and 

12 national scenic trails; 

13 (B) administering wild and scenic rivers; 

14 (C) recognizing America’s most significant 

15 historic resources through the National Register 

16 of Historic Places and the National Historic 

17 Landmark program; 

18 (D) providing historic preservation grants; 

19 and 

20 (E) assisting communities in meeting their 

21 preservation, conservation, and recreation 

22 needs. 

23 (4) The National Park Service Organic Act of 

24 1916, which established the National Park Service, 

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1 ment of parks and articulating the Service’s core 

2 mission, ‘‘to conserve the scenery and the natural 

3 and historic objects and the wild life therein and to 

4 provide for the enjoyment of the same in such man5 ner and by such means as will leave them 

6 unimpaired for the enjoyment of future genera7 tions’’. 

8 (5) The 100th anniversary of the National Park 

9 Service in 2016 will be an occasion to celebrate a 

10 century of American vision and achievement in iden11 tifying and preserving our Nation’s special places for 

12 the benefit of everyone and the culmination of 100 

13 years of accomplishment by the National Park Serv14 ice’s employees, partners, and volunteers. It will also 

15 mark the beginning of the organization’s second cen16 tury of service to the American people as environ17 mental leaders and vigilant stewards of the Nation’s 

18 treasured places and stories. 

19 (6) Coins commemorating the 100th anniver20 sary of the National Park Service will bring national 

21 and international attention to the National Park 

22 System and to the legacy Congress left in 1916 

23 when it established a Federal agency to ensure the 

24 protection of our Nation’s most treasured natural 

25 and cultural resources for all time. 


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1 (7) The proceeds from a surcharge on the sale 

2 of commemorative coins will assist the financing of 

3 the needs of the National Park Service’s parks and 

4 programs, helping to ensure that our Nation’s great 

5 natural and cultural resources will endure for gen6 erations to come. 

7 SEC. 3. COIN SPECIFICATIONS. 

8 (a) DENOMINATIONS.—The Secretary of the Treas9 ury (hereafter in this Act referred to as the ‘‘Secretary’’) 

10 shall mint and issue the following coins: 

11 (1) $5 GOLD COINS.—Not more than 100,000 

12 $5 coins, which shall— 

13 (A) weigh 8.359 grams; 

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

15 (C) contain 90 percent gold and 10 percent 

16 alloy. 

17 (2) $1 SILVER COINS.—Not more than 500,000 

18 $1 coins, which shall— 

19 (A) weigh 26.73 grams; 

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

21 (C) contain 90 percent silver and 10 per22 cent copper. 

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

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

25 (A) weigh 11.34 grams; 


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

2 (C) be minted to the specifications for half 

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

4 title 31, United States Code. 

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

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

7 title 31, United States Code. 

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

9 5134 and 5136 of title 31, United States Code, all coins 

10 minted under this Act shall be considered to be numis11 matic items. 

12 SEC. 4. DESIGN OF COINS. 

13 (a) DESIGN REQUIREMENTS.— 

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

15 minted under this Act shall be emblematic of the 

16 100th anniversary of the National Park Service. 

17 (2) DESIGNATION AND INSCRIPTIONS.—On 

18 each coin minted under this Act there shall be— 

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

20 coin; 

21 (B) an inscription of the year ‘‘2016’’; and 

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

23 ‘‘In God We Trust’’, ‘‘United States of Amer24 ica’’, and ‘‘E Pluribus Unum’’. 


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

2 under this Act shall be— 

3 (1) selected by the Secretary after consultation 

4 with— 

5 (A) the National Park Service; 

6 (B) the National Park Foundation; and 

7 (C) the Commission of Fine Arts; and 

8 (2) reviewed by the Citizens Coinage Advisory 

9 Committee. 

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 period 

15 beginning on January 1, 2016, and ending on December 

16 31, 2016. 

17 SEC. 6. SALE OF COINS. 

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

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

20 of— 

21 (1) the face value of the coins; 

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

23 respect to the coins; and 


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

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

3 overhead expenses, marketing, and shipping). 

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

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

6 discount. 

7 (c) PREPAID ORDERS.— 

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) IN GENERAL.—All sales of coins minted under 

16 this Act shall include a surcharge as follows: 

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

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

19 (3) A surcharge of $5 per coin for the half dol20 lar coin. 

21 (b) DISTRIBUTION.— 

22 (1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to section 5134(f) of 

23 title 31, United States Code, all surcharges which 

24 are received by the Secretary from the sale of coins 

25 issued under this Act shall be promptly paid by the 


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1 Secretary to the National Park Foundation for 

2 projects and programs that help preserve and pro3 tect resources under the stewardship of the National 

4 Park Service and promote public enjoyment and ap5 preciation of those resources. 

6 (2) PROHIBITION ON LAND ACQUISITION.—Sur7 charges paid to the National Park Foundation pur8 suant to paragraph (1) may not be used for land ac9 quisition. 

10 (c) AUDITS.—The National Park Foundation shall be 

11 subject to the audit requirements of section 5134(f)(2) of 

12 title 31, United States Code, with regard to the amounts 

13 received by the Foundation under subsection (b). 

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

15 no surcharge may be included with respect to the issuance 

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

17 of the time of such issuance, the issuance of such coin 

18 would result in the number of commemorative coin pro19 grams issued during such year to exceed the annual 2 

20 commemorative coin program issuance limitation under 

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

22 effect on the date of the enactment of this Act). The Sec23 retary of the Treasury may issue guidance to carry out 

24 this subsection. 

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