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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1830 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

SEPTEMBER 23, 2019 

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

Urban Affairs 

AN ACT 

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, 


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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 service10 women who were killed or wounded by enemy 

11 action; and 

12 (B) to collect and preserve the stories of 

13 Purple Heart recipients from all branches of 

14 service and across generations to ensure that all 

15 recipients are represented. 

16 (2) The National Purple Heart Hall of Honor 

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

18 New Windsor, NY. 

19 (3) The National Purple Heart Hall of Honor 

20 is co-located with the New Windsor Cantonment 

21 State Historic Site. 

22 (4) The National Purple Heart Hall of Honor 

23 is the first to recognize the estimated 1.8 million 

24 United States servicemembers wounded or killed in 

25 action representing recipients from the Civil War to 

26 the present day, serving as a living memorial to their 


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1 sacrifice by sharing their stories through interviews, 

2 exhibits and the Roll of Honor, an interactive com3 puter database of each recipient enrolled. 

4 SEC. 3. COIN SPECIFICATIONS. 

5 (a) DENOMINATIONS.—The Secretary of the Treas6 ury (hereafter in this Act referred to as the ‘‘Secretary’’) 

7 shall mint and issue the following coins: 

8 (1) $5 GOLD COINS.—Not more than 50,000 $5 

9 coins, which shall— 

10 (A) weigh 8.359 grams; 

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

12 (C) contain 90 percent gold and 10 percent 

13 alloy. 

14 (2) $1 SILVER COINS.—Not more than 400,000 

15 $1 coins, which shall— 

16 (A) weigh 26.73 grams; 

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

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

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

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

21 (A) weigh 11.34 grams; 

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

23 (C) be minted to the specifications for half24 dollar coins contained in section 5112(b) of title 

25 31, United States Code. 


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

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

3 title 31, United States Code. 

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

5 5134 of title 31, United States Code, all coins minted 

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

7 SEC. 4. DESIGN OF COINS. 

8 (a) DESIGN REQUIREMENTS.— 

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

10 minted under this Act shall be emblematic of the 

11 National Purple Heart Hall of Honor. 

12 (2) DESIGNATION AND INSCRIPTIONS.—On 

13 each coin minted under this Act there shall be— 

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

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

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

17 ‘‘In God We Trust’’, ‘‘United States of Amer18 ica’’, and ‘‘E Pluribus Unum’’. 

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

20 under this Act shall be— 

21 (1) selected by the Secretary after consultation 

22 with the Commission of Fine Arts and the National 

23 Purple Heart Hall of Honor, Inc.; and 

24 (2) reviewed by the Citizens Coinage Advisory 

25 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) MINT FACILITY.—Only the West Point Mint may 

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

6 under this Act. 

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

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

9 period beginning on January 1, 2021. 

10 SEC. 6. SALE OF COINS. 

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

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

13 of— 

14 (1) the face value of the coins; 

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

16 respect to such coins; and 

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

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

19 overhead expenses, marketing, and shipping). 

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

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

22 discount. 

23 (c) PREPAID ORDERS.— 

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

25 prepaid orders for the coins minted under this Act 

26 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 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 

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

13 shall be promptly paid by the Secretary to the National 

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

15 of the National Purple Heart Hall of Honor, Inc., includ16 ing capital improvements to the National Purple Heart 

17 Hall of 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 

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

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

23 no 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 


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1 would result in the number of commemorative coin pro2 grams issued during such year to exceed the annual two 

3 commemorative coin program issuance limitation under 

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

5 effect on the date of the enactment of this Act). The Sec6 retary of the Treasury may issue guidance to carry out 

7 this subsection. 

8 SEC. 8. DETERMINATION OF BUDGETARY EFFECTS. 

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

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

11 shall be determined by reference to the latest statement 

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

13 Act, submitted for printing in the Congressional Record 

14 by the Chairman of the House Budget Committee, pro15 vided that such statement has been submitted prior to the 

16 vote on passage. 

Passed the House of Representatives September 19, 

2019. 

Attest: CHERYL L. JOHNSON, 

Clerk. 


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