In the Senate of the United States, 

November 16, 2020. 

Resolved, That the bill from the House of Representatives (H.R. 1830) entitled ‘‘An Act to require the Secretary 

of the Treasury to mint coins in commemoration of the National Purple Heart Hall of Honor.’’, do pass with the following 

AMENDMENT: 

Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the 

following: 

1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

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

3 Hall of Honor Commemorative Coin Act’’. 

4 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

5 The Congress finds the following: 

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

7 mission is— 

8 (A) to commemorate the extraordinary sac9 rifice of America’s servicemen and servicewomen 
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1 who were killed or wounded by enemy action; 

2 and 

3 (B) to collect and preserve the stories of 

4 Purple Heart recipients from all branches of 

5 service and across generations to ensure that all 

6 recipients are represented. 

7 (2) The National Purple Heart Hall of Honor 

8 first opened its doors on November 10, 2006, in New 

9 Windsor, NY. 

10 (3) The National Purple Heart Hall of Honor is 

11 co-located with the New Windsor Cantonment State 

12 Historic Site. 

13 (4) The National Purple Heart Hall of Honor is 

14 the first to recognize the estimated 1.8 million U.S. 

15 servicemembers wounded or killed in action rep16 resenting recipients from the Civil War to the present 

17 day, serving as a living memorial to their sacrifice by 

18 sharing their stories through interviews, exhibits and 

19 the Roll of Honor, an interactive computer database 

20 of each recipient enrolled. 

21 SEC. 3. COIN SPECIFICATIONS. 

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

23 (hereafter in this Act referred to as the ‘‘Secretary’’) shall 

24 mint and issue the following coins: 
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1 (1) $5 GOLD COINS.—Not more than 50,000 $5 

2 coins, which shall— 

3 (A) weigh 8.359 grams; 

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

5 (C) contain 90 percent gold and 10 percent 

6 alloy. 

7 (2) $1 SILVER COINS.—Not more than 400,000 

8 $1 coins, which shall— 

9 (A) weigh 26.73 grams; 

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

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

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

13 750,000 half-dollar coins which shall— 

14 (A) weigh 11.34 grams; 

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

16 (C) be minted to the specifications for half17 dollar coins contained in section 5112(b) of title 

18 31, United States Code. 

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

20 shall be legal tender, as provided in section 5103 of title 

21 31, United States Code. 

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

23 of title 31, United States Code, all coins minted under this 

24 Act shall be considered to be numismatic items. 
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1 SEC. 4. DESIGNS OF COINS. 

2 (a) DESIGNS REQUIREMENTS.— 

3 (1) IN GENERAL.—The designs of the coins mint4 ed under this Act shall be emblematic of the National 

5 Purple Heart Hall of Honor. 

6 (2) DESIGNATION AND INSCRIPTIONS.—On each 

7 coin minted under this Act there shall be— 

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

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

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

11 God We Trust’’, ‘‘United States of America’’, 

12 and ‘‘E Pluribus Unum’’. 

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

14 under this Act shall be— 

15 (1) selected by the Secretary after consultation 

16 with the Commission of Fine Arts and the National 

17 Purple Heart Hall of Honor, Inc.; and 

18 (2) reviewed by the Citizens Coinage Advisory 

19 Committee. 

20 SEC. 5. ISSUANCE OF COINS. 

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

22 shall be issued in uncirculated and proof qualities. 

23 (b) MINT FACILITY.— 

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

25 States Mint may be used to strike any particular 

26 quality of the coins minted under this Act. 
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1 (2) USE OF THE UNITED STATES MINT AT WEST

2 POINT, NEW YORK.—It is the sense of Congress that 

3 the coins minted under this Act should be struck at 

4 the United States Mint at West Point, New York, to 

5 the greatest extent possible. 

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

7 coins minted under this Act only during the 1-year period 

8 beginning on January 1, 2022. 

9 SEC. 6. SALE OF COINS. 

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

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

12 of— 

13 (1) the face value of the coins; 

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

15 respect to such coins; and 

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

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

18 overhead expenses, marketing, and shipping). 

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

20 of the coins issued under this Act at a reasonable discount. 

21 (c) PREPAID ORDERS.— 

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

23 prepaid orders for the coins minted under this Act be24 fore 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 reason3 able discount. 

4 SEC. 7. SURCHARGES. 

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

6 Act shall include a surcharge of— 

7 (1) $35 per coin for the $5 coin; 

8 (2) $10 per coin for the $1 coin; and 

9 (3) $5 per coin for the half-dollar coin. 

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

11 title 31, United States Code, all surcharges received by the 

12 Secretary from the sale of coins issued under this Act shall 

13 be promptly paid by the Secretary to the National Purple 

14 Heart Hall of Honor, Inc., to support the mission of the 

15 National Purple Heart Hall of Honor, Inc., including cap16 ital improvements to the National Purple Heart Hall of 

17 Honor facilities. 

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

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

20 section 5134(f)(2) of title 31, United States Code, with re21 gard to the amounts received under subsection (b). 

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

23 surcharge may be included with respect to the issuance 

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

25 of the time of such issuance, the issuance of such coin would 
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1 result in the number of commemorative coin programs 

2 issued during such year to exceed the annual 2 commemora3 tive coin program issuance limitation under section 

4 5112(m)(1) of title 31, United States Code (as in effect on 

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

6 Treasury may issue guidance to carry out 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 re11 sult in no net cost to the Federal Government; and 

12 (2) no funds, including applicable surcharges, 

13 are disbursed to any recipient designated in section 

14 7(b) until the total cost of designing and issuing all 

15 of the coins authorized by this Act, including labor, 

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

17 marketing, and shipping, is recovered by the United 

18 States Treasury, consistent with sections 5112(m) and 

19 5134(f) of title 31, United States Code. 

Attest: 

Secretary. 
116TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H.R. 1830 

AMENDMENT