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117TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 867 

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

celebration of the National Women’s Hall of Fame. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MARCH 18, 2021 

Mrs. GILLIBRAND introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 

referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs 

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 2021’’. 

6 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

7 The Congress finds the following: 

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

9 Fame was established in Seneca Falls, New York, 

10 the location of the first Women’s Rights Convention 


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

2 represented well by the first class that included Jane 

3 Addams, Marian Anderson, Susan B. Anthony, 

4 Clara Barton, Mary MacLeod Bethune, Elizabeth 

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

6 Cassatt, Emily Dickinson, Amelia Earhart, Alice 

7 Hamilton, Helen Hayes, Helen Keller, Eleanor Roo8 sevelt, Florence Sabin, Margaret Chase Smith, Eliz9 abeth Cady Stanton, Helen Brooke Taussig, and 

10 Harriet Tubman. 

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

12 Nation’s oldest membership organization dedicated 

13 to recognizing and celebrating the achievements of 

14 great American women. 

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

16 history is inadequately chronicled, commemorated, 

17 and celebrated as reflected in the following: 

18 (A) Fewer than 5 percent of the 2,596 na19 tional historic landmarks chronicle women’s 

20 achievements. 

21 (B) Only 9 of the 112 statues in the Cap22 itol’s Statuary Hall are of women. 

23 (C) The National Park Service notes that 

24 only 3 of the 130 national monuments in the 


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1 United States are dedicated to historic female 

2 figures. 

3 (D) Of the 5,575 outdoor sculpture por4 traits of historical figures in the United States, 

5 559 portray women according to the Smithso6 nian American Art Museum’s online inventories 

7 catalog. 

8 (E) 6 of the 89 National Historic Sites 

9 commemorate women. 

10 (F) Only 219 United States Postal Stamps 

11 were issued to commemorate women. 

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

13 complete rehabilitation of its new home at the 

14 former Seneca Falls Knitting Mill, which is a his15 toric building included in the National Historic Reg16 istry. The new building has over 20,000 square feet 

17 available for artifacts to ensure that women’s history 

18 and women’s contribution to American history will 

19 be preserved and recounted for future generations. 

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

21 to design an educational program utilizing video con22 ference technology with students and teachers par23 ticipating in interactive lessons led by educators 

24 from the National Women’s Hall of Fame. This pro25 gram will provide important lessons on the impact 


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1 that women have had on mathematics, geography, 

2 education, sciences, medicine, military, government, 

3 civil rights, economics, industrial technology, arts, 

4 and communication. 

5 SEC. 3. COIN SPECIFICATIONS. 

6 (a) DENOMINATIONS.—In recognition and celebration 

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

8 the Treasury (hereafter in this Act referred to as the ‘‘Sec9 retary’’) shall mint and issue the following coins: 

10 (1) $5 GOLD COINS.—Not more than 50,000 $5 

11 coins, which shall— 

12 (A) weigh 8.359 grams; 

13 (B) be struck on a planchet having diame14 ter of 0.850 inches; and 

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

16 (2) $1 SILVER COINS.—Not more than 400,000 

17 $1 coins, which shall— 

18 (A) weigh 26.73 grams; 

19 (B) be struck on a planchet having a di20 ameter of 1.500 inches; and 

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

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

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

24 (A) weigh 11.34 grams; 


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1 (B) be struck on a planchet having a di2 ameter of 1.205 inches; and 

3 (C) be minted to the specifications for half4 dollar coins contained in section 5112(b) of title 

5 31, United States Code. 

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

7 100,000 proof $1 silver coins which shall— 

8 (A) weigh 5 ounces; 

9 (B) be struck on a planchet having a di10 ameter of 3 inches; and 

11 (C) contain .999 fine silver. 

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 (d) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con20 gress that, to the extent possible without significantly add21 ing to the purchase price of the coins, the coins minted 

22 under this Act should be produced in a fashion that pro23 vides a more dramatic display of the obverse design. 

24 SEC. 4. DESIGNS OF COINS. 

25 (a) DESIGNS REQUIREMENTS.— 


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

2 minted under this section shall be emblematic of the 

3 impact that women have had on mathematics, geog4 raphy, education, sciences, medicine, military, gov5 ernment, civil rights, economics, industrial tech6 nology, arts, and communication. 

7 (2) DESIGNATION AND INSCRIPTIONS.—On 

8 each coin minted under this Act there shall be— 

9 (A) a designation of the denomination of 

10 the coin; 

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

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

13 ‘‘In God We Trust’’, ‘‘United States of Amer14 ica’’, and ‘‘E Pluribus Unum’’. 

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

16 under this Act shall be— 

17 (1) selected by the Secretary after consultation 

18 with— 

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

20 and 

21 (B) the Commission of Fine Arts; and 

22 (2) reviewed by the Citizens Coinage Advisory 

23 Committee. 


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1 SEC. 5. ISSUANCE OF COINS. 

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

3 Act shall be issued in uncirculated and proof qualities. 

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

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

6 period beginning on January 1, 2023. 

7 SEC. 6. SALE OF COINS. 

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

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

10 of— 

11 (1) the face value of the coins; 

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

13 respect to such coins; and 

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

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

16 winning design compensation, overhead expenses, 

17 marketing, and shipping). 

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

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

20 discount. 

21 (c) PREPAID ORDERS.— 

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

23 prepaid orders for the coins minted under this Act 

24 before the issuance of such coins. 


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1 (2) DISCOUNT.—Sale prices with respect to pre2 paid orders under paragraph (1) shall be at a rea3 sonable discount. 

4 (d) MARKETING AND EDUCATIONAL CAMPAIGN.— 

5 The Secretary shall develop and execute a marketing, pro6 motion, and educational program to promote the collecting 

7 of the coins authorized under this Act. 

8 SEC. 7. SURCHARGES. 

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

10 this Act shall include a surcharge as follows: 

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

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

13 described under section 3(a)(2). 

14 (3) A surcharge of $5 per coin for the half-dol15 lar coin. 

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

17 described under section 3(a)(4) 

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 to the National 

22 Women’s Hall of Fame Foundation to establish an endow23 ment fund that will provide long-term financing for the 

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


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

2 Foundation shall be subject to the audit requirements of 

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

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

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

6 no surcharge may be included with respect to the issuance 

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

8 of the time of such issuance, the issuance of such coin 

9 would result in the number of commemorative coin pro10 grams issued during such year to exceed the annual com11 memorative coin program issuance limitation under sec12 tion 5112(m)(1) of title 31, United States Code (as in ef13 fect on the date of the enactment of this Act). The Sec14 retary of the Treasury may issue guidance to carry out 

15 this subsection. 

16 SEC. 8. FINANCIAL ASSURANCES. 

17 The Secretary shall take such actions as may be nec18 essary to ensure that— 

19 (1) minting and issuing coins under this Act 

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

21 Government; and 

22 (2) no funds, including applicable surcharges, 

23 are disbursed to any recipient designated in section 

24 7 until the total cost of designing and issuing all of 

25 the coins authorized by this Act (including labor, 


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1 materials, dies, use of machinery, winning design 

2 compensation, overhead expenses, marketing, and 

3 shipping) is recovered by the United States Treas4 ury, consistent with sections 5112(m) and 5134(f) of 

5 title 31, United States Code. 

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