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117TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 6681 

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

recognition of the 100th anniversary of the Lincoln Memorial. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

FEBRUARY 9, 2022 

Mr. LAHOOD (for himself and Mr. KRISHNAMOORTHI) introduced the 

following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services 

A BILL 

To require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint commemorative coins in recognition of the 100th anniversary of 

the Lincoln Memorial. 

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 ‘‘100th anniversary of 

5 the Lincoln Memorial Commemorative Coin Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

7 The Congress finds the following: 

8 (1) The year 2022 marks the 100th anniversary 

9 of the Lincoln Memorial on the National Mall, dedi10 cated on May 30, 1922. 


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1 (2) The iconic Lincoln Memorial is a U.S. na2 tional memorial built in the style of a neoclassical 

3 temple in honor of the 16th President of the United 

4 States. Designed by Henry Bacon and sited on the 

5 western end of the National Mall across from the 

6 Washington Monument, the memorial contains a 

7 grand seated sculpture of Abraham Lincoln and in8 cludes inscriptions of passages from the Gettysburg 

9 Address and Lincoln’s second inaugural address. 

10 (3) The most visited monument on the National 

11 Mall, the Lincoln Memorial provides visitors with a 

12 grand view of the Mall and meaningful and inspiring 

13 way to experience President Lincoln and his legacy. 

14 It has been the site of many important historical 

15 events, including Martin Luther King Jr.’s ‘‘I Have 

16 a Dream’’ speech, delivered on August 28, 1963, 

17 during the March on Washington for Jobs and Free18 dom. 

19 (4) Congress has invested significant funding to 

20 repair and restore the Lincoln Memorial over the 

21 years. The purpose of this Act is to build a long22 term maintenance fund for future repairs and main23 tenance to augment the National Park Service budg24 et and further protect and build upon Congress’s ini25 tial investment in the memorial. 


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1 (5) Since 2007, the Trust for the National Mall 

2 has been the leading nonprofit nonpartisan philan3 thropic partner of the National Mall and Memorial 

4 Parks division of the National Park Service dedi5 cated to bringing private and public resources and 

6 public awareness to support the preservation, res7 toration, and enrichment of the National Mall. The 

8 Trust will provide management of the maintenance 

9 fund in collaboration with the National Park Serv10 ice. 

11 (6) The Trust for the National Mall wants to 

12 honor the contributions of Abraham Lincoln to our 

13 great Nation. The Trust will promote and encourage 

14 support for this commemorative coin as a way to in15 crease public awareness and appreciation for Lin16 coln’s legacy and to inspire Americans to share in 

17 this important effort to preserve the memorial for 

18 generations to come. 

19 SEC. 3. COIN SPECIFICATIONS. 

20 (a) $1 SILVER COINS.—The Secretary of the Treas21 ury (hereafter in this Act referred to as the ‘‘Secretary’’) 

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

23 commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the Lincoln 

24 Memorial, each of which shall— 

25 (1) weigh 26.73 grams; 


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

2 (3) contain at least 90 percent silver. 

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

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

5 title 31, United States Code. 

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

7 5134 and 5136 of title 31, United States Code, all coins 

8 minted under this Act shall be considered to be numis9 matic items. 

10 SEC. 4. DESIGN OF COINS. 

11 (a) DESIGN REQUIREMENTS.— 

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

13 minted under this Act shall be emblematic of the 

14 100th anniversary of the Lincoln Memorial. 

15 (2) DESIGNATION AND INSCRIPTIONS.—On 

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

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

18 (B) an inscription of the year ‘‘2023’’; and 

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

20 ‘‘In God We Trust’’, ‘‘United States of Amer21 ica’’, and ‘‘E Pluribus Unum’’. 

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

23 under this Act shall be— 

24 (1) selected by the Secretary, after consultation 

25 with the Trust of the National Mall; and 


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1 (2) reviewed by the Citizens Coinage Advisory 

2 Committee. 

3 SEC. 5. ISSUANCE OF COINS. 

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

5 Act shall be issued in uncirculated and proof qualities. 

6 (b) PERIOD FOR ISSUANCE.—The Secretary may 

7 issue coins under this Act only during the calendar year 

8 beginning on January 1, 2023. 

9 SEC. 6. SALE OF COINS. 

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

11 sold by the Secretary at a price equal to the sum of— 

12 (1) the face value of the coins; 

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

14 respect to such coins; and 

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

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

17 overhead expenses, marketing, and shipping). 

18 (b) PREPAID ORDERS.— 

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

20 prepaid orders for the coins minted under this Act 

21 before the issuance of such coins. 

22 (2) DISCOUNT.—Sale prices with respect to pre23 paid orders under paragraph (1) shall be at a rea24 sonable discount. 


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1 SEC. 7. 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 Trust of the National Mall and for 

8 the purpose of restoring and preserving the Lincoln Me9 morial. 

10 (c) AUDITS.—The Lincoln Memorial shall be subject 

11 to the audit requirements of section 5134(f)(2) of title 31, 

12 United States Code, with regard to the amounts received 

13 under subsection (b). 

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

15 no surcharge may be included with respect to the issuance 

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

17 of the time of such issuance, the issuance of such coin 

18 would result in the number of commemorative coin pro19 grams issued during such year to exceed the annual 2 

20 commemorative coin program issuance limitation under 

21 section 5112(m)(1) of title 31, United States Code. The 

22 Secretary of the Treasury may issue guidance to carry out 

23 this subsection. 

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