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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 2042 

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

of the National Purple Heart Hall of Honor. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JUNE 27, 2019 

Mr. SCHUMER (for himself, Ms. DUCKWORTH, Mrs. GILLIBRAND, and Ms. 

KLOBUCHAR) 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 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 mission of the National Purple Heart 

9 Hall of Honor is— 


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1 (A) to commemorate the extraordinary sac2 rifice of servicemembers of the United States 

3 who were killed or wounded by enemy action; 

4 and 

5 (B) to collect and preserve the stories of 

6 Purple Heart recipients from all branches of 

7 service and across generations to ensure that all 

8 recipients are represented. 

9 (2) The National Purple Heart Hall of Honor 

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

11 New Windsor, New York. 

12 (3) The National Purple Heart Hall of Honor 

13 is colocated with the New Windsor Cantonment 

14 State Historic Site. 

15 (4) The National Purple Heart Hall of Honor 

16 is the first to recognize the estimated 1,800,000 

17 servicemembers of the United States wounded or 

18 killed in action representing recipients from the Civil 

19 War to the present day, serving as a living memorial 

20 to their sacrifice by sharing their stories through 

21 interviews, exhibits, and the Roll of Honor, an inter22 active computer database of each recipient enrolled. 


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1 SEC. 3. COIN SPECIFICATIONS. 

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

4 shall mint and issue the following coins: 

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

6 coins, which shall— 

7 (A) weigh 8.359 grams; 

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

9 (C) contain 90 percent gold and 10 percent 

10 alloy. 

11 (2) $1 SILVER COINS.—Not more than 400,000 

12 $1 coins, which shall— 

13 (A) weigh 26.73 grams; 

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

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

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

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

18 (A) weigh 11.34 grams; 

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

20 (C) be minted to the specifications for half21 dollar coins contained in section 5112(b) of title 

22 31, United States Code. 

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

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

25 title 31, United States Code. 


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

2 5134 of title 31, United States Code, all coins minted 

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

4 SEC. 4. DESIGN OF COINS. 

5 (a) DESIGN REQUIREMENTS.— 

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

7 minted under this Act shall be emblematic of the 

8 mission of the National Purple Heart Hall of Honor. 

9 (2) DESIGNATION AND INSCRIPTIONS.—On 

10 each coin minted under this Act there shall be— 

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

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

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

14 ‘‘In God We Trust’’, ‘‘United States of Amer15 ica’’, and ‘‘E Pluribus Unum’’. 

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

17 under this Act shall be— 

18 (1) selected by the Secretary after consultation 

19 with the Commission of Fine Arts and the National 

20 Purple Heart Hall of Honor, Inc.; and 

21 (2) reviewed by the Citizens Coinage Advisory 

22 Committee. 

23 SEC. 5. ISSUANCE OF COINS. 

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

25 Act shall be issued in uncirculated and proof qualities. 


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

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

3 under this Act. 

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

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

6 period beginning on January 1, 2021. 

7 SEC. 6. SALE OF COINS. 

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

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

10 of— 

11 (1) the face value of the coins; 

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

13 respect to such coins; and 

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

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

16 overhead expenses, marketing, and shipping). 

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

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

19 discount. 

20 (c) PREPAID ORDERS.— 

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

22 prepaid orders for the coins minted under this Act 

23 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 2 

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. 

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