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110TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 3356 

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

of the legacy of the United States Army Infantry and the establishment 

of the National Infantry Museum and Soldier Center. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JULY 29 (legislative day, JULY 28), 2008 

Mr. CHAMBLISS (for himself, Mr. REED, and Mr. ISAKSON) 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 commemoration of the legacy of the United States 

Army Infantry and the establishment of the National 

Infantry Museum and Soldier Center. 

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 Infantry Mu5 seum and Soldier Center Commemorative Coin Act of 

6 2008’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. COIN SPECIFICATIONS. 

2 (a) $1 SILVER COINS.—The Secretary of the Treas3 ury (hereafter in this Act referred to as ‘‘the Secretary’’) 

4 shall mint and issue not more than 350,000 $1 coins in 

5 commemoration of the legacy of the United States Army 

6 Infantry and the establishment of the National Infantry 

7 Museum and Soldier Center, each of which shall— 

8 (1) weigh 26.73 grams; 

9 (2) have a diameter of 1.500 inches; and 

10 (3) contain 90 percent silver and 10 percent 

11 copper. 

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 SEC. 3. DESIGN OF COINS. 

20 (a) DESIGN REQUIREMENTS.— 

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

22 minted under this Act shall be emblematic of the 

23 courage, pride, sacrifice, sense of duty, and history 

24 of the United States Infantry. 

25 (2) DESIGNATION AND INSCRIPTIONS.—On 

26 each coin minted under this Act, there shall be— 


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

2 (B) an inscription of the year ‘‘2012’’; and 

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

4 ‘‘In God We Trust’’, ‘‘United States of Amer5 ica’’, and ‘‘E Plurbus Unum’’. 

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

7 under this Act shall be— 

8 (1) selected by the Secretary, after consultation 

9 with the National Infantry Foundation and the 

10 Commission of Fine Arts; and 

11 (2) reviewed by the Citizens Coinage Advisory 

12 Committee. 

13 SEC. 4. ISSUANCE OF COINS. 

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

15 Act shall be issued in uncirculated and proof qualities. 

16 (b) MINT FACILITY.— 

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

18 States Mint may be used to strike any particular 

19 quality of the coins minted under this Act. 

20 (2) USE OF THE UNITED STATES MINT AT

21 WEST POINT, NEW YORK.—It is the sense of Con22 gress that the coins minted under this Act should be 

23 struck at the United States Mint at West Point, 

24 New York, to the greatest extent possible. 


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1 (c) PERIOD OF ISSUANCE.—The Secretary may issue 

2 coins under this Act only during the calendar year begin3 ning on January 1, 2012. 

4 SEC. 5. 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 6 with re10 spect 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. 6. SURCHARGES. 

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

3 Act shall include a surcharge of $10 per coin. 

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

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

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

7 shall be paid to the National Infantry Foundation for the 

8 purpose of establishing an endowment to support the 

9 maintenance of the National Infantry Museum and Soldier 

10 Center following its completion. 

11 (c) AUDITS.—The Comptroller General of the United 

12 States shall have the right to examine such books, records, 

13 documents, and other data of the National Infantry Foun14 dation as may be related to the expenditures of amounts 

15 paid under subsection (b). 

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

17 no surcharge may be included with respect to the issuance 

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

19 of the time of such issuance, the issuance of such coin 

20 would result in the number of commemorative coin pro21 grams issued during such year to exceed the annual 2 

22 commemorative coin program issuance limitation under 

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

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1 retary of the Treasury may issue guidance to carry out 

2 this subsection. 

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