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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1830 

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

of the National Purple Heart Hall of Honor. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 18, 2019 

Mr. SEAN PATRICK MALONEY of New York (for himself, Mr. GALLAGHER, 

Mr. COOK, Ms. CLARKE of New York, Ms. PINGREE, Ms. NORTON, Mr. 

CONNOLLY, Mr. CICILLINE, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. SERRANO, Ms. MATSUI, Mr. SIRES, Mrs. LOWEY, Ms. JUDY CHU of California, Mr. COLE, 

Mr. BISHOP of Georgia, Mr. DEUTCH, Mr. SABLAN, Mr. QUIGLEY, Mr. 

GARAMENDI, Ms. BROWNLEY of California, Mr. COLLINS of New York, 

Mr. RYAN, Mr. HIMES, Ms. KELLY of Illinois, Mr. RUIZ, Mr. POCAN, Ms. 

LOFGREN, Mr. CA ́RDENAS, Mr. TAKANO, Miss RICE of New York, Mr. 

LARSON of Connecticut, Mr. COOPER, Mr. LOEBSACK, Ms. KUSTER of 

New Hampshire, Mr. THOMPSON of California, Mr. SUOZZI, Mr. KILDEE, 

Ms. STEFANIK, Mr. PALLONE, Ms. PLASKETT, Mr. NEAL, Ms. SA ́NCHEZ, 

Mr. GALLEGO, Mr. DAVID SCOTT of Georgia, Ms. JACKSON LEE, Ms. 

KAPTUR, Mr. YARMUTH, Mr. CORREA, Mr. TONKO, Mr. BUTTERFIELD, 

Mr. SCOTT of Virginia, Mr. KILMER, Mr. RUSH, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. 

ESPAILLAT, Mr. RASKIN, Mr. KENNEDY, Mr. O’HALLERAN, Mr. PETERS, 

Mr. DEFAZIO, Mr. LIPINSKI, Mr. HIGGINS of New York, Ms. ESHOO, 

Mr. FORTENBERRY, Mr. CARTWRIGHT, Mr. MULLIN, Mr. YOHO, Mr. 

RUTHERFORD, Miss GONZA ́LEZ-COLO ́N of Puerto Rico, Mr. KING of 

Iowa, Mr. WITTMAN, Mr. BACON, Mr. PAYNE, Mr. GRIJALVA, Ms. 

VELA ́ZQUEZ, Mr. SWALWELL of California, Mr. VEASEY, Mr. GONZALEZ

of Texas, Mr. HUDSON, Mr. GRAVES of Missouri, Mr. BEYER, Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia, Mr. WILSON of South Carolina, Mrs. DEMINGS, Mrs. 

CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New York, Ms. MENG, Mrs. BUSTOS, Mr. 

HUFFMAN, Mr. ENGEL, Mr. MEEKS, Mr. PASCRELL, Mr. NORCROSS, Mr. 

KINZINGER, Mr. CARSON of Indiana, Mr. MOOLENAAR, Mr. CUELLAR, 

Mr. MOULTON, Mr. MARSHALL, Ms. GABBARD, Mr. KING of New York, 

Mr. PRICE of North Carolina, Mr. RUPPERSBERGER, Mr. PERLMUTTER, 

Mr. KIND, Mr. VARGAS, Mr. BERA, Mrs. DINGELL, Ms. ROYBALALLARD, Mr. HECK, Ms. CASTOR of Florida, Ms. ADAMS, Mr. 

FITZPATRICK, Mr. GAETZ, Mr. PANETTA, Mr. KHANNA, Mr. NADLER, 

Mr. TIPTON, Mr. BERGMAN, Ms. MCCOLLUM, Mr. PETERSON, Ms. SEWELL of Alabama, Mr. MCEACHIN, Mr. BROOKS of Alabama, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Ms. CLARK of Massachusetts, Mr. LARSEN of Washington, 


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Mr. ZELDIN, Mr. KRISHNAMOORTHI, Mr. POSEY, Mr. COHEN, Ms. 

DELAURO, Mr. HUNTER, Ms. BARRAGA ́N, Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN, Mr. 

KATKO, Mr. GOTTHEIMER, Mr. MEADOWS, Mr. NORMAN, Ms. FUDGE, 

Mr. SOTO, Ms. MOORE, Mr. LAMALFA, Mr. HASTINGS, Mr. CRIST, Mr. 

BYRNE, Mr. COSTA, Mr. CLEAVER, Mr. SHIMKUS, Mr. ROSE of New 

York, Mr. MORELLE, Mr. ROUDA, Mr. DELGADO, Ms. WILD, Mr. KELLY

of Mississippi, Mr. CISNEROS, Mr. VELA, Mr. BAIRD, Mr. MAST, Mr. 

GIBBS, Mr. GONZALEZ of Ohio, Mr. BRINDISI, Mr. MCKINLEY, Mr. 

WEBER of Texas, Mr. BABIN, Mr. LAMBORN, and Mr. SMUCKER) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services 

A BILL 

To require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins 

in commemoration of the National Purple Heart Hall 

of Honor. 

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 Purple Heart 

5 Hall of Honor Commemorative Coin Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

7 The Congress finds the following: 

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

9 mission is— 

10 (A) to commemorate the extraordinary sac11 rifice of America’s servicemen and service12 women who were killed or wounded by enemy 

13 action; and 


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1 (B) to collect and preserve the stories of 

2 Purple Heart recipients from all branches of 

3 service and across generations to ensure that all 

4 recipients are represented. 

5 (2) The National Purple Heart Hall of Honor 

6 first opened its doors on November 10, 2006, in 

7 New Windsor, NY. 

8 (3) The National Purple Heart Hall of Honor 

9 is co-located with the New Windsor Cantonment 

10 State Historic Site. 

11 (4) The National Purple Heart Hall of Honor 

12 is the first to recognize the estimated 1.8 million 

13 U.S. servicemembers wounded or killed in action 

14 representing recipients from the Civil War to the 

15 present day, serving as a living memorial to their 

16 sacrifice by sharing their stories through interviews, 

17 exhibits and the Roll of Honor, an interactive com18 puter database of each recipient enrolled. 

19 SEC. 3. COIN SPECIFICATIONS. 

20 (a) DENOMINATIONS.—The Secretary of the Treas21 ury (hereafter in this Act referred to as the ‘‘Secretary’’) 

22 shall mint and issue the following coins: 

23 (1) $5 GOLD COINS.—Not more than 50,000 $5 

24 coins, which shall— 

25 (A) weigh 8.359 grams; 


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

2 (C) contain 90 percent gold and 10 percent 

3 alloy. 

4 (2) $1 SILVER COINS.—Not more than 400,000 

5 $1 coins, which shall— 

6 (A) weigh 26.73 grams; 

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

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

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

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

11 (A) weigh 11.34 grams; 

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

13 (C) be minted to the specifications for half14 dollar coins contained in section 5112(b) of title 

15 31, United States Code. 

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

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

18 title 31, United States Code. 

19 (c) NUMISMATIC ITEMS.—For purposes of section 

20 5134 of title 31, United States Code, all coins minted 

21 under this Act shall be considered to be numismatic items. 

22 SEC. 4. DESIGN OF COINS. 

23 (a) DESIGN REQUIREMENTS.— 


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

2 minted under this Act shall be emblematic of the 

3 National Purple Heart Hall of Honor. 

4 (2) DESIGNATION AND INSCRIPTIONS.—On 

5 each coin minted under this Act there shall be— 

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

7 (B) an inscription of the year ‘‘2021’’; and 

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

9 ‘‘In God We Trust’’, ‘‘United States of Amer10 ica’’, and ‘‘E Pluribus Unum’’. 

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

12 under this Act shall be— 

13 (1) selected by the Secretary after consultation 

14 with the Commission of Fine Arts and the National 

15 Purple Heart Hall of Honor, Inc.; and 

16 (2) reviewed by the Citizens Coinage Advisory 

17 Committee. 

18 SEC. 5. ISSUANCE OF COINS. 

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

20 Act shall be issued in uncirculated and proof qualities. 

21 (b) MINT FACILITY.—Only the West Point Mint may 

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

23 under this Act. 


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

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

3 period beginning on January 1, 2021. 

4 SEC. 6. SALE OF COINS. 

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

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

7 of— 

8 (1) the face value of the coins; 

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

10 respect to such coins; and 

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

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

13 overhead expenses, marketing, and shipping). 

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

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

16 discount. 

17 (c) PREPAID ORDERS.— 

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

19 prepaid orders for the coins minted under this Act 

20 before the issuance of such coins. 

21 (2) DISCOUNT.—Sale prices with respect to pre22 paid orders under paragraph (1) shall be at a rea23 sonable discount. 


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1 SEC. 7. SURCHARGES. 

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

3 Act shall include a surcharge of— 

4 (1) $35 per coin for the $5 coin; 

5 (2) $10 per coin for the $1 coin; and 

6 (3) $5 per coin for the half-dollar coin. 

7 (b) DISTRIBUTION.—Subject to section 5134(f)(1) of 

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

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

10 shall be promptly paid by the Secretary to the National 

11 Purple Heart Hall of Honor, Inc., to support the mission 

12 of the National Purple Heart Hall of Honor, Inc., includ13 ing capital improvements to the National Purple Heart 

14 Hall of Honor facilities. 

15 (c) AUDITS.—The National Purple Heart Hall of 

16 Honor, Inc., shall be subject to the audit requirements of 

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

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

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

20 no surcharge may be included with respect to the issuance 

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

22 of the time of such issuance, the issuance of such coin 

23 would result in the number of commemorative coin pro24 grams issued during such year to exceed the annual 2 

25 commemorative coin program issuance limitation under 

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


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1 effect on the date of the enactment of this Act). The Sec2 retary of the Treasury may issue guidance to carry out 

3 this subsection. 

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