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One Hundred Sixteenth Congress 

of the 

United States of America 

AT THE SECOND SESSION 

Begun and held at the City of Washington on Friday, 

the third day of January, two thousand and twenty 

An Act 

To require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in commemoration of the 

National Purple Heart Hall of Honor. 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 

the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

This Act may be cited as the ‘‘National Purple Heart Hall 

of Honor Commemorative Coin Act’’. 

SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

The Congress finds the following: 

(1) The National Purple Heart Hall of Honor’s mission 

is— 

(A) to commemorate the extraordinary sacrifice of 

America’s servicemen and servicewomen who were killed 

or wounded by enemy action; and 

(B) to collect and preserve the stories of Purple Heart 

recipients from all branches of service and across generations to ensure that all recipients are represented. 

(2) The National Purple Heart Hall of Honor first opened 

its doors on November 10, 2006, in New Windsor, NY. 

(3) The National Purple Heart Hall of Honor is co-located 

with the New Windsor Cantonment State Historic Site. 

(4) The National Purple Heart Hall of Honor is the first 

to recognize the estimated 1.8 million U.S. servicemembers 

wounded or killed in action representing recipients from the 

Civil War to the present day, serving as a living memorial 

to their sacrifice by sharing their stories through interviews, 

exhibits and the Roll of Honor, an interactive computer database of each recipient enrolled. 

SEC. 3. COIN SPECIFICATIONS. 

(a) DENOMINATIONS.—The Secretary of the Treasury (hereafter 

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

the following coins: (1) $5 GOLD COINS.—Not more than 50,000 $5 coins, which 

shall— 

(A) weigh 8.359 grams; 

(B) have a diameter of 0.850 inches; and 

(C) contain 90 percent gold and 10 percent alloy. 

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

which shall— 

(A) weigh 26.73 grams; 

(B) have a diameter of 1.500 inches; and 
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(C) contain not less than 90 percent silver. 

(3) HALF-DOLLAR CLAD COINS.—Not more than 750,000 halfdollar coins which shall— 

(A) weigh 11.34 grams; 

(B) have a diameter of 1.205 inches; and 

(C) be minted to the specifications for half-dollar coins 

contained in section 5112(b) of title 31, United States Code. 

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

be legal tender, as provided in section 5103 of title 31, United 

States Code. 

(c) NUMISMATIC ITEMS.—For purposes of section 5134 of title 

31, United States Code, all coins minted under this Act shall 

be considered to be numismatic items. 

SEC. 4. DESIGNS OF COINS. 

(a) DESIGNS REQUIREMENTS.— 

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

this Act shall be emblematic of the National Purple Heart 

Hall of Honor. 

(2) DESIGNATION AND INSCRIPTIONS.—On each coin minted 

under this Act there shall be— 

(A) a designation of the value of the coin; 

(B) an inscription of the year ‘‘2022’’; and 

(C) inscriptions of the words ‘‘Liberty’’, ‘‘In God We 

Trust’’, ‘‘United States of America’’, and ‘‘E Pluribus 

Unum’’. 

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

Act shall be— 

(1) selected by the Secretary after consultation with the 

Commission of Fine Arts and the National Purple Heart Honor 

Mission, Inc.; and 

(2) reviewed by the Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee. 

SEC. 5. ISSUANCE OF COINS. 

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

be issued in uncirculated and proof qualities. 

(b) MINT FACILITY.— 

(1) IN GENERAL.—Only 1 facility of the United States Mint 

may be used to strike any particular quality of the coins minted 

under this Act. 

(2) USE OF THE UNITED STATES MINT AT WEST POINT, NEW

YORK.—It is the sense of Congress that the coins minted under 

this Act should be struck at the United States Mint at West 

Point, New York, to the greatest extent possible. 

(c) PERIOD FOR ISSUANCE.—The Secretary may issue coins 

minted under this Act only during the 1-year period beginning 

on January 1, 2022. 

SEC. 6. SALE OF COINS. 

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

sold by the Secretary at a price equal to the sum of— 

(1) the face value of the coins; 

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

to such coins; and 

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

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

marketing, and shipping). 
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(b) BULK SALES.—The Secretary shall make bulk sales of the 

coins issued under this Act at a reasonable discount. 

(c) PREPAID ORDERS.— 

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

for the coins minted under this Act before the issuance of 

such coins. 

(2) DISCOUNT.—Sale prices with respect to prepaid orders 

under paragraph (1) shall be at a reasonable discount. 

SEC. 7. SURCHARGES. 

(a) IN GENERAL.—All sales of coins issued under this Act shall 

include a surcharge of— 

(1) $35 per coin for the $5 coin; 

(2) $10 per coin for the $1 coin; and 

(3) $5 per coin for the half-dollar coin. 

(b) DISTRIBUTION.—Subject to section 5134(f)(1) of title 31, 

United States Code, all surcharges received by the Secretary from 

the sale of coins issued under this Act shall be promptly paid 

by the Secretary to the National Purple Heart Honor Mission, 

Inc., to support the mission of the National Purple Heart Honor 

Mission, Inc., including capital improvements to the National Purple 

Heart Hall of Honor facilities. 

(c) AUDITS.—The National Purple Heart Honor Mission, Inc., 

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

of title 31, United States Code, with regard to the amounts received 

under subsection (b). 

(d) LIMITATION.—Notwithstanding subsection (a), no surcharge 

may be included with respect to the issuance under this Act of 

any coin during a calendar year if, as of the time of such issuance, 

the issuance of such coin would result in the number of commemorative coin programs issued during such year to exceed the annual 

2 commemorative coin program issuance limitation under section 

5112(m)(1) of title 31, United States Code (as in effect on the 

date of the enactment of this Act). The Secretary of the Treasury 

may issue guidance to carry out this subsection. 

SEC. 8. FINANCIAL ASSURANCES. 

The Secretary shall take such actions as may be necessary 

to ensure that— 

(1) minting and issuing coins under this Act result in 

no net cost to the Federal Government; and 

(2) no funds, including applicable surcharges, are disbursed 

to any recipient designated in section 7(b) until the total cost 

of designing and issuing all of the coins authorized by this 

Act, including labor, materials, dies, use of machinery, overhead 

expenses, marketing, and shipping, is recovered by the United 
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States Treasury, consistent with sections 5112(m) and 5134(f) 

of title 31, United States Code. 

Speaker of the House of Representatives. 

Vice President of the United States and

President of the Senate.