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111TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 3034 

To require the Secretary of the Treasury to strike medals in commemoration 

of the 10th anniversary of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks 

on the United States and the establishment of the National September 

11 Memorial & Museum at the World Trade Center. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

FEBRUARY 24, 2010 

Mr. SCHUMER (for himself, Mr. MENENDEZ, Mr. LAUTENBERG, and Mr. 

WARNER) 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 strike medals 

in commemoration of the 10th anniversary of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the United States 

and the establishment of the National September 11 

Memorial & Museum at the World Trade 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 September 

5 11 Memorial & Museum Commemorative Medal Act of 

6 2010’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. STRIKING AND DESIGN OF MEDALS. 

2 (a) STRIKING OF MEDALS.—In commemoration of 

3 the 10th anniversary of the September 11, 2001, terrorist 

4 attacks on the United States and the establishment of the 

5 National September 11 Memorial & Museum at the World 

6 Trade Center, the Secretary of the Treasury (in this Act 

7 referred to as the ‘‘Secretary’’) shall strike and make 

8 available for sale not more than 2,000,000 silver medals, 

9 each of which shall contain 1 ounce of silver. 

10 (b) DESIGN REQUIREMENT.— 

11 (1) IN GENERAL.—The design of the medals 

12 struck under this Act shall be emblematic of the 

13 courage, sacrifice, and strength of those individuals 

14 who perished in the terrorist attacks of September 

15 11, 2001, the bravery of those who risked their lives 

16 to save others that day, and the endurance, resil17 ience, and hope of those who survived. 

18 (2) INSCRIPTIONS.—On each medal struck 

19 under this Act, there shall be— 

20 (A) an inscription of the years ‘‘2001– 

21 2011’’; and 

22 (B) an inscription of the words ‘‘Always 

23 Remember’’. 

24 (c) SELECTION.—The design for the medals struck 

25 under this Act shall be— 


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1 (1) selected by the Secretary, after consultation 

2 with the National September 11 Memorial & Mu3 seum at the World Trade Center and the Commis4 sion of Fine Arts; and 

5 (2) reviewed by the Citizens Coinage Advisory 

6 Committee. 

7 SEC. 3. ISSUANCE OF MEDALS. 

8 (a) QUALITY OF MEDALS.—The medals struck under 

9 this Act shall be made available for sale in the quality 

10 comparable to proof coins. 

11 (b) DATE OF ISSUANCE.—The Secretary may make 

12 the medals available for sale under this Act beginning on 

13 January 1, 2011. 

14 (c) TERMINATION OF AUTHORITY.—No medals shall 

15 be struck under this Act after December 31, 2012. 

16 (d) MINT FACILITY.— 

17 (1) IN GENERAL.—Only 2 facilities of the 

18 United States Mint may be used to strike medals 

19 under this Act. 

20 (2) USE OF THE UNITED STATES MINTS AT

21 WEST POINT, NEW YORK, AND PHILADELPHIA, 

22 PENNSYLVANIA.—It is the sense of Congress that, to 

23 the extent possible, approximately one-half of the 

24 coins to be struck under this Act should be struck 

25 at the United States Mint at West Point, New York, 


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1 and approximately one-half struck at the United 

2 States Mint at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 

3 SEC. 4. NUMISMATIC ITEMS. 

4 For purposes of sections 5134 and 5136 of title 31, 

5 United States Code, all medals struck under this Act shall 

6 be considered to be numismatic items. 

7 SEC. 5. NATIONAL MEDALS. 

8 The medals struck under this Act are national medals 

9 for purposes of chapter 51 of title 31, United States Code. 

10 SEC. 6. SALE OF MEDALS. 

11 (a) SALES PRICE.—The medals made available for 

12 sale under this Act shall be sold by the Secretary at a 

13 price equal to the sum of— 

14 (1) the cost of designing and selling such med15 als (including labor, materials, dies, use of machin16 ery, overhead expenses, marketing, and shipping); 

17 and 

18 (2) the surcharge provided in section 7 with re19 spect to such medals. 

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

21 sales of medals made available under this Act at a reason22 able discount. 

23 (c) INTRODUCTORY ORDERS.— 


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

2 introductory orders for medals made available for 

3 sale under this Act. 

4 (2) DISCOUNT.—Sale prices with respect to in5 troductory orders under paragraph (1) shall be made 

6 at a reasonable discount. 

7 SEC. 7. SURCHARGES. 

8 (a) IN GENERAL.—All sales of medals made available 

9 for sale under this Act shall include a surcharge of $10 

10 per medal. 

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

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

13 the Secretary from the sale of medals under this Act shall 

14 be paid to the National September 11 Memorial & Mu15 seum at the World Trade Center to support the operations 

16 and maintenance of the National September 11 Memorial 

17 & Museum at the World Trade Center following its com18 pletion. 

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

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

21 documents, and other data of the National September 11 

22 Memorial & Museum at the World Trade Center as may 

23 be related to the expenditures of amounts paid under sub24 section (b). 

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