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113TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 627 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

APRIL 30, 2014 

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 

Urban Affairs 

AN ACT 

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, 


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘National Park Service 

3 100th Anniversary Commemorative Coin Act’’. 

4 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

5 The Congress finds the following: 

6 (1) In 1916, Congress established the National 

7 Park Service as a bureau within the Department of 

8 the Interior to administer America’s great national 

9 parks and monuments as a unified National Park 

10 System. 

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

12 Park System has grown from 37 park units with 

13 6,000,000 acres of land in the western United 

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

15 acres of land in nearly all States and territories. 

16 (3) The responsibilities of the National Park 

17 Service have grown to include— 

18 (A) managing national historic trails and 

19 national scenic trails; 

20 (B) administering wild and scenic rivers; 

21 (C) recognizing America’s most significant 

22 historic resources through the National Register 

23 of Historic Places and the National Historic 

24 Landmark program; 

25 (D) providing historic preservation grants; 

26 and 


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1 (E) assisting communities in meeting their 

2 preservation, conservation, and recreation 

3 needs. 

4 (4) The National Park Service Organic Act of 

5 1916, which established the National Park Service, 

6 remains the preeminent law guiding the manage7 ment of parks and articulating the Service’s core 

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

9 and historic objects and the wild life therein and to 

10 provide for the enjoyment of the same in such man11 ner and by such means as will leave them 

12 unimpaired for the enjoyment of future genera13 tions’’. 

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

15 Service in 2016 will be an occasion to celebrate a 

16 century of American vision and achievement in iden17 tifying and preserving our Nation’s special places for 

18 the benefit of everyone and the culmination of 100 

19 years of accomplishment by the National Park Serv20 ice’s employees, partners, and volunteers. It will also 

21 mark the beginning of the organization’s second cen22 tury of service to the American people as environ23 mental leaders and vigilant stewards of the Nation’s 

24 treasured places and stories. 


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1 (6) Coins commemorating the 100th anniver2 sary of the National Park Service will bring national 

3 and international attention to the National Park 

4 System and to the legacy Congress left in 1916 

5 when it established a Federal agency to ensure the 

6 protection of our Nation’s most treasured natural 

7 and cultural resources for all time. 

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

9 of commemorative coins will assist the financing of 

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

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

12 natural and cultural resources will endure for gen13 erations to come. 

14 SEC. 3. COIN SPECIFICATIONS. 

15 (a) DENOMINATIONS.—The Secretary of the Treas16 ury (hereafter in this Act referred to as the ‘‘Secretary’’) 

17 shall mint and issue the following coins: 

18 (1) $5 GOLD COINS.—Not more than 100,000 

19 $5 coins, which shall— 

20 (A) weigh 8.359 grams; 

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

22 (C) contain 90 percent gold and 10 percent 

23 alloy. 

24 (2) $1 SILVER COINS.—Not more than 500,000 

25 $1 coins, which shall— 


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1 (A) weigh 26.73 grams; 

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

3 (C) contain 90 percent silver and 10 per4 cent copper. 

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

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

7 (A) weigh 11.34 grams; 

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

9 (C) be minted to the specifications for half 

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

11 title 31, United States Code. 

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

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

14 title 31, United States Code. 

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

16 5134 and 5136 of title 31, United States Code, all coins 

17 minted under this Act shall be considered to be numis18 matic items. 

19 SEC. 4. DESIGN OF COINS. 

20 (a) DESIGN REQUIREMENTS.— 

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

22 minted under this Act shall be emblematic of the 

23 100th anniversary of the National Park Service. 

24 (2) DESIGNATION AND INSCRIPTIONS.—On 

25 each coin minted under this Act there shall be— 


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

2 coin; 

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

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

5 ‘‘In God We Trust’’, ‘‘United States of Amer6 ica’’, and ‘‘E Pluribus Unum’’. 

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

8 under this Act shall be— 

9 (1) selected by the Secretary after consultation 

10 with— 

11 (A) the National Park Service; 

12 (B) the National Park Foundation; and 

13 (C) the Commission of Fine Arts; and 

14 (2) reviewed by the Citizens Coinage Advisory 

15 Committee. 

16 SEC. 5. ISSUANCE OF COINS. 

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

18 Act shall be issued in uncirculated and proof qualities. 

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

20 issue coins minted under this Act only during the period 

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

22 31, 2016. 


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1 SEC. 6. SALE OF COINS. 

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

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

4 of— 

5 (1) the face value of the coins; 

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

7 respect to the coins; and 

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

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

10 overhead expenses, marketing, and shipping). 

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

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

13 discount. 

14 (c) PREPAID ORDERS.— 

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

16 prepaid orders for the coins minted under this Act 

17 before the issuance of such coins. 

18 (2) DISCOUNT.—Sale prices with respect to pre19 paid orders under paragraph (1) shall be at a rea20 sonable discount. 

21 SEC. 7. SURCHARGES. 

22 (a) IN GENERAL.—All sales of coins minted under 

23 this Act shall include a surcharge as follows: 

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

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


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1 (3) A surcharge of $5 per coin for the half dol2 lar coin. 

3 (b) DISTRIBUTION.— 

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

5 title 31, United States Code, all surcharges which 

6 are received by the Secretary from the sale of coins 

7 issued under this Act shall be promptly paid by the 

8 Secretary to the National Park Foundation for 

9 projects and programs that help preserve and pro10 tect resources under the stewardship of the National 

11 Park Service and promote public enjoyment and ap12 preciation of those resources. 

13 (2) PROHIBITION ON LAND ACQUISITION.—Sur14 charges paid to the National Park Foundation pur15 suant to paragraph (1) may not be used for land ac16 quisition. 

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

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

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

20 received by the Foundation under subsection (b). 

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

22 no surcharge may be included with respect to the issuance 

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

24 of the time of such issuance, the issuance of such coin 

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1 grams issued during such year to exceed the annual 2 

2 commemorative coin program issuance limitation under 

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

4 effect on the date of the enactment of this Act). The Sec5 retary of the Treasury may issue guidance to carry out 

6 this subsection. 

7 SEC. 8. FINANCIAL ASSURANCES. 

8 The Secretary shall take such actions as may be nec9 essary to ensure that— 

10 (1) minting and issuing coins under this Act 

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

12 Government; and 

13 (2) no funds, including applicable surcharges, 

14 shall be disbursed to any recipient designated in sec15 tion 7 until the total cost of designing and issuing 

16 all of the coins authorized by this Act (including 

17 labor, materials, dies, use of machinery, overhead ex18 penses, marketing, and shipping) is recovered by the 

19 United States Treasury, consistent with sections 

20 5112(m) and 5134(f) of title 31, United States 

21 Code. 

22 SEC. 9. BUDGET COMPLIANCE. 

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

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

25 shall be determined by reference to the latest statement 


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

2 Act, submitted for printing in the Congressional Record 

3 by the Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the 

4 House of Representatives, provided that such statement 

5 has been submitted prior to the vote on passage. 

Passed the House of Representatives April 29, 2014. 

Attest: KAREN L. HAAS, 

Clerk. 


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