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113TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 2310 

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

of Mother’s Day. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MAY 8, 2014 

Mr. ROCKEFELLER (for himself and Mr. MANCHIN) 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 Mother’s Day. 

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 ‘‘Mother’s Day Com5 memorative Coin Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

7 Congress finds the following: 

8 (1) Anna Jarvis, who is considered to be the 

9 founder of the modern Mother’s Day, was born in 

10 Webster, West Virginia, on May 1, 1864. 


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1 (2) Anna Jarvis, a resident of Grafton, West 

2 Virginia, dedicated much of her adult life to hon3 oring her mother, Ann Maria Reeves Jarvis, who 

4 passed on May 9, 1905. 

5 (3) In 1908, the Andrews Methodist Episcopal 

6 Church of Grafton, West Virginia, officially pro7 claimed the third anniversary of Ann Maria Reeves 

8 Jarvis’s death to be Mother’s Day. 

9 (4) In 1910, West Virginia Governor, William 

10 Glasscock, issued the first Mother’s Day proclama11 tion encouraging all West Virginians to attend 

12 church and wear white carnations. 

13 (5) On May 8, 1914, H.J. Res. 263 was en14 acted, designating the second Sunday in May to be 

15 observed as Mother’s Day, and encouraging all 

16 Americans to display the American flag at their 

17 homes as a public expression of the love and rev18 erence for the mothers of our Nation. 

19 (6) On May 9, 1914, President Woodrow Wil20 son issued a Presidential proclamation directing gov21 ernment officials to display the American flag on all 

22 government buildings and inviting the American peo23 ple to display the flag at their homes on the second 

24 Sunday of May as a public expression of the love 

25 and reverence for the mothers of our Nation. 


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1 SEC. 3. COIN SPECIFICATIONS. 

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

4 and issue not more than 400,000 $1 coins, each of which 

5 shall— 

6 (1) weigh 26.73 grams; 

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

8 (3) contain 90 percent silver and 10 percent 

9 copper. 

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

11 Act shall be legal tender, as provided under section 5103 

12 of title 31, United States Code. 

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

14 5134 and 5136 of title 31, United States Code, all coins 

15 minted under this Act shall be considered to be numis16 matic items. 

17 SEC. 4. DESIGN OF COINS. 

18 (a) DESIGN REQUIREMENTS.—The design of the 

19 coins minted under this Act shall be emblematic of the 

20 celebration of Mother’s Day. 

21 (b) DESIGNATION AND INSCRIPTIONS.—On each coin 

22 minted under this Act, there shall be— 

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

24 (2) an inscription of the year ‘‘2018’’; and 


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1 (3) inscriptions of the words ‘‘Liberty’’, ‘‘In 

2 God We Trust’’, ‘‘United States of America’’, and 

3 ‘‘E Pluribus Unum’’. 

4 (c) SELECTION.—The design of the coins minted 

5 under this Act shall be— 

6 (1) selected by the Secretary after consultation 

7 with the Commission of Fine Arts; and 

8 (2) reviewed by the Citizens Coinage Advisory 

9 Committee established under section 5135 of title 

10 31, United States Code. 

11 SEC. 5. ISSUANCE OF COINS. 

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

13 Act shall be issued in uncirculated and proof qualities. 

14 (b) COMMENCEMENT OF ISSUANCE.—The Secretary 

15 may issue coins minted under this Act beginning on Janu16 ary 1, 2018, except that the Secretary may initiate sales 

17 of the coins before such date. 

18 (c) TERMINATION OF MINTING AUTHORITY.—No 

19 coins shall be minted under this Act after December 31, 

20 2018. 

21 SEC. 6. SALE OF COINS. 

22 (a) SALE PRICE.—Notwithstanding any other provi23 sion of law, the coins minted under this Act shall be sold 

24 by the Secretary at a price equal to the sum of the face 

25 value of the coins, the surcharge required under section 


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1 7(a) for the coins, and the cost of designing and issuing 

2 such coins (including labor, materials, dies, use of machin3 ery, overhead expenses, and marketing). 

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

5 sales of the coins minted under this Act at a reasonable 

6 discount. 

7 (c) PREPAID ORDERS AT A DISCOUNT.— 

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

9 prepaid orders for the coins minted under this Act 

10 before the issuance of such coins. 

11 (2) DISCOUNT.—Sale prices with respect to pre12 paid orders under paragraph (1) shall be at a rea13 sonable discount. 

14 SEC. 7. SURCHARGES. 

15 (a) SURCHARGE REQUIRED.—All sales of coins mint16 ed under this Act shall include a surcharge of $10 per 

17 coin. 

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

19 title 31, United States Code, all surcharges which are re20 ceived by the Secretary from the sale of coins minted 

21 under this Act shall be promptly paid by the Secretary 

22 as follows: 

23 (1) 50 percent to the St. Jude Children’s Re24 search Hospital, for the purpose of furthering re25 search funded by the hospital. 


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1 (2) 50 percent to the National Osteoporosis 

2 Foundation, for the purpose of furthering research 

3 activities and research funded by the foundation. 

4 (c) AUDITS.—The St. Jude Children’s Research Hos5 pital and the National Osteoporosis Foundation shall be 

6 subject to the audit requirements of section 5134(f)(2) of 

7 title 31, United States Code, with regard to the amounts 

8 received by the respective organizations under subsection 

9 (b). 

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