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113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 3680 

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

the fight against breast cancer. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

DECEMBER 9, 2013 

Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New York (for herself and Mr. SCHOCK) 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 recognition of the fight against breast cancer. 

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 ‘‘Breast Cancer Aware5 ness Commemorative Coin Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

7 The Congress finds the following: 

8 (1) Breast cancer is the most common cancer 

9 among American women, except for skin cancers. 

10 Today, about 1 in 8, or 12 percent of, women in the 


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1 United States will develop invasive breast cancer 

2 during their lifetime. This is an increase from 1 in 

3 11, or 9 percent of, women in 1975. 

4 (2) Breast cancer is the second leading cause of 

5 cancer death in women. The chance of dying from 

6 breast cancer is about 1 in 36. Thanks to earlier de7 tection, increased awareness, and improved treat8 ment, death rates from breast cancer have decreased 

9 since about 1989. 

10 (3) There is a strong interest among the Amer11 ican public to do more to tackle this disease. The 

12 National Cancer Institute estimates $16.5 billion is 

13 spent in the United States each year on breast can14 cer treatment. 

15 (4) Finding a cure for breast cancer is a goal 

16 of the United States Government. 

17 (5) The National Institutes of Health dedicated 

18 $800 million for breast cancer research in Fiscal 

19 Year 2012. In Fiscal Year 2012, the Department of 

20 Defense’s Breast Cancer Research Program received 

21 $120 million. In total, the U.S. is projected to spend 

22 $925 million on breast cancer research in Fiscal 

23 Year 2013. 

24 (6) While the Federal Government remains the 

25 largest funder of breast cancer research in the 


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1 United States, in 2012, the National Cancer Insti2 tute reduced funding by almost $30 million and the 

3 Department of Defense Breast Cancer Research 

4 Program grants decreased more than 22 percent 

5 from 2010 funding levels. 

6 (7) Additional private sector support for breast 

7 cancer research will help us find a cure for breast 

8 cancer even faster. 

9 (8) It is estimated that in the United States 

10 232,340 women will be diagnosed with and 39,620 

11 women will die of cancer of the breast in 2013. This 

12 means that every 13 minutes a woman dies of breast 

13 cancer in the United States. 

14 (9) However, due to disease type and lack of 

15 adequate care, Black women have the highest death 

16 rates of all racial and ethnic groups and are 40 per17 cent more likely to die of breast cancer than White 

18 women. 

19 (10) Breast cancer used to be considered a dis20 ease of aging but recent trends show that more ag21 gressive forms of the disease have been increasingly 

22 diagnosed in younger women. 

23 (11) Breast cancer is the most frequently diag24 nosed cancer among nearly every racial and ethnic 

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1 dian/Alaska Native, Asian/Pacific Islander and His2 panic/Latina women. 

3 (12) Clinical advances, resulting from research, 

4 have led to increased survival from breast cancer. 

5 Since 1990, death rates from breast cancer have 

6 dropped over 30 percent. 

7 (13) Among men in the United States it is esti8 mated that there will be 2,240 new cases of invasive 

9 breast cancer and 410 breast cancer deaths in 2013. 

10 (14) At this time there are more than 2.9 mil11 lion breast cancer survivors in the United States. 

12 (15) It is estimated that breast cancer costs 

13 $12.5 billion in lost productivity. Such productivity 

14 losses will increase with projected growth rate and 

15 aging of the U.S. population if cancer mortality 

16 rates stay constant in the future. 

17 (16) There is a better chance of survival and 

18 there are more treatment options with early stage 

19 detection through mammograms and clinical breast 

20 exams. 

21 (17) Breast cancer is the most common cancer 

22 in women worldwide, with an estimated 1.6 million 

23 new cases of breast cancer among women worldwide 

24 in 2010. 


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1 (18) Breast Cancer Research Foundation 

2 (BCRF) is considered one of the most efficient re3 search charities. 

4 (19) Of every dollar donated to BCRF, $0.91 

5 goes to research and awareness programs—88 cents 

6 towards research and 3 cents towards awareness. 

7 (20) Founded in 1993, the BCRF has raised 

8 more than $450 million to fund research aimed at 

9 achieving prevention of breast cancer and curing 

10 those with the disease. For 2013–2014, BCRF 

11 awarded $45 million in grants to support the work 

12 of more than 200 researchers at major medical insti13 tutions across six continents and 12 countries. 

14 (21) Susan G. Komen for the Cure includes 

15 funded research in 48 of the 50 States and commu16 nity services in 49 of the 50 States. The organiza17 tion has also supported programming in more than 

18 30 countries. 

19 (22) Over the past 5 years, more than 80 cents 

20 of every dollar spent by Susan G. Komen has gone 

21 directly to its mission to save lives and end breast 

22 cancer by empowering people, ensuring quality care 

23 for all and energizing science to find the cures. 

24 (23) Since its inception in 1982, Susan G. 

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1 sion of saving lives and ending breast cancer by em2 powering people, ensuring quality care for all and 

3 energizing science to find the cures, including more 

4 than $790 million in research funding. 

5 (24) Today, the BCRF and Susan G. Komen 

6 continue their work to advance research and support 

7 programs for patients and their families. 

8 SEC. 3. COIN SPECIFICATIONS. 

9 (a) $1 SILVER COINS.—The Secretary of the Treas10 ury (hereafter in this Act referred to as the ‘‘Secretary’’) 

11 shall mint and issue not more than 500,000 $1 coins, 

12 which shall— 

13 (1) weigh 26.73 grams; 

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

15 (3) contain 90 percent silver and 10 percent 

16 copper. 

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

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

19 title 31, United States Code. 

20 (c) NUMISMATIC ITEMS.—For purposes of sections 

21 5134 and 5136 of title 31, United States Code, all coins 

22 minted under this Act shall be considered to be numis23 matic items. 

24 SEC. 4. DESIGN OF COINS. 

25 (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 fight against breast cancer. 

4 (2) DESIGNATION AND INSCRIPTIONS.—On 

5 each coin minted under this Act there shall be— 

6 (A) a designation of the face value of the 

7 coin; 

8 (B) an inscription of the year ‘‘2018’’; and 

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

10 ‘‘In God We Trust’’, ‘‘United States of Amer11 ica’’, and ‘‘E Pluribus Unum’’. 

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

13 under this Act shall be selected by the Secretary based 

14 on the winning design from a juried, compensated design 

15 competition described under subsection (c). 

16 (c) DESIGN COMPETITION.— 

17 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall hold a 

18 competition and provide compensation for its winner 

19 to design the obverse and reverse of the coins minted 

20 under this Act. The competition shall be judged by 

21 an expert jury chaired by the Secretary and con22 sisting of 3 members from the Citizens Coinage Ad23 visory Committee who shall be elected by such Com24 mittee and 3 members from the Commission of Fine 

25 Arts who shall be elected by such Commission. 


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1 (2) PROPOSALS.—As part of the competition 

2 described in this subsection, the Secretary may ac3 cept proposals from artists, engravers of the United 

4 States Mint, and members of the general public. 

5 (3) ACCOMPANYING DESIGNS; PREFERENCE

6 FOR PHYSICAL DESIGNS.—The Secretary shall en7 courage 3-dimensional designs to be submitted as 

8 part of the proposals, and the jury shall give a pref9 erence for proposals that are accompanied by a 3- 

10 dimensional physical design instead of, or in addition 

11 to, an electronic design. 

12 (4) COMPENSATION.—The Secretary shall de13 termine compensation for the winning design under 

14 this subsection, which shall be not less than $5,000. 

15 The Secretary shall take into account this compensa16 tion amount when determining the sale price de17 scribed in section 6(a). 

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) PERIOD FOR ISSUANCE.—The Secretary may 

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

23 period beginning on January 1, 2018. 


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1 SEC. 6. SALE OF COINS. 

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

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

4 of— 

5 (1) the face value of the coins; 

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

7 respect to the coins; and 

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

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

10 overhead expenses, marketing, and shipping). 

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

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

13 discount. 

14 (c) PREPAID ORDERS.— 

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

16 prepaid orders for the coins minted under this Act 

17 before the issuance of such coins. 

18 (2) DISCOUNT.—Sale prices with respect to pre19 paid orders under paragraph (1) shall be at a rea20 sonable discount. 

21 SEC. 7. SURCHARGES. 

22 (a) IN GENERAL.—All sales of coins minted under 

23 this Act shall include a surcharge of $10 per coin. 

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

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1 ceived by the Secretary from the sale of coins issued under 

2 this Act shall be promptly paid by the Secretary as follows: 

(1) 1 3 ⁄2 to the Susan G. Komen for the Cure, 

4 Dallas, Texas, for the purpose of furthering research 

5 funded by the organization. 

(2) 1 6 ⁄2 to the Breast Cancer Research Founda7 tion, New York, New York, for the purpose of fur8 thering research funded by the Foundation. 

9 (c) AUDITS.—The surcharge recipients under sub10 section (b) shall be subject to the audit requirements of 

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

12 regard to the amounts received under that subsection. 

13 (d) LIMITATIONS.—Notwithstanding subsection (a), 

14 no surcharge may be included with respect to the issuance 

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

16 of the time of such issuance, the issuance of such coin 

17 would result in the number of commemorative coin pro18 grams issued during such year to exceed the annual 2 

19 commemorative coin program issuance limitation under 

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

21 effect on the date of the enactment of this Act). The Sec22 retary of the Treasury may issue guidance to carry out 

23 this subsection. 


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1 SEC. 8. FINANCIAL ASSURANCES. 

2 The Secretary shall take such actions as may be nec3 essary to ensure that— 

4 (1) minting and issuing coins under this Act 

5 will not result in any net cost to the United States 

6 Government; and 

7 (2) no funds, including applicable surcharges, 

8 shall be disbursed to any recipient designated in sec9 tion 7 until the total cost of designing and issuing 

10 all of the coins authorized by this Act (including 

11 labor, materials, dies, use of machinery, overhead ex12 penses, marketing, and shipping) is recovered by the 

13 United States Treasury, consistent with sections 

14 5112(m) and 5134(f) of title 31, United States 

15 Code. 

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