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111TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2799 

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

of the 225th anniversary of the establishment of the Nation’s first 

law enforcement agency, the United States Marshals Service. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JUNE 10, 2009 

Mr. BOOZMAN 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 commemoration of the 225th anniversary of the establishment of the Nation’s first law enforcement agency, 

the United States Marshals Service. 

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 ‘‘United States Mar5 shals Service 225th Anniversary Commemorative Coin 

6 Act’’. 

7 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

8 The Congress hereby finds as follows: 


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1 (1) The United States Marshals Service, the 

2 first law enforcement agency in America, was estab3 lished under section 27 of the Act of Congress enti4 tled ‘‘Chapter XX.—An Act to Establish the Judi5 cial Courts of the United States’’ and enacted on 

6 September 24, 1789 (commonly referred to as the 

7 ‘‘Judiciary Act of September 24, 1789’’, during the 

8 1st Session of the 1st Congress and signed into law 

9 by the 1st President of the United States, George 

10 Washington. 

11 (2) George Washington had carefully considered 

12 the appointments to the Judicial branch long before 

13 the enactment of the Judiciary Act of September 24, 

14 1789, and appointed the first 13 United States Mar15 shals on September 26, 1789, 2 days after signing 

16 the Act into law. 

17 (3) The United States Marshals Service has 

18 had major significance in the history in the United 

19 States and has directly contributed to the safety and 

20 preservation of this Nation, by serving as an instru21 ment of civil authority used by all 3 branches of the 

22 United States Government. 

23 (4) One of the original 13 United States Mar24 shals, Robert Forsyth of Georgia, a 40-year old vet25 eran of the Revolutionary War, was the first civilian 


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1 official of the United States Government, and the 

2 first of many United States Marshals and deputies, 

3 to be killed in the line of duty when he was shot on 

4 January 11, 1794, while trying to serve civil process. 

5 (5) The United States Marshals Service Com6 memorative Coin will be the first commemorative 

7 coin to honor the United States Marshals Service. 

8 (6) In 2008, the United States Marshals Serv9 ice established a 225th Anniversary Committee to 

10 ensure a suitable national observance of the United 

11 States Marshals Service 225th Anniversary to take 

12 place on or about September 24, 2014, to support 

13 and facilitate marketing efforts for a commemorative 

14 coin and related activities for the United States 

15 Marshals Service 2014 observances. 

16 (7) A commemorative coin will bring national 

17 and international attention to the lasting legacy of 

18 this Nations oldest law enforcement agency. 

19 (8) The United States should pay tribute to the 

20 Nation’s oldest law enforcement agency, the United 

21 States Marshals Service, by minting and issuing 

22 commemorative coins as defined herein. 

23 (9) The proceeds from a surcharge on the sale 

24 of such commemorative coins will assist the financ25 ing of a several national monuments, museums, and 


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1 charitable organizations including the United States 

2 Marshals Service National Museum, the National 

3 Law Enforcement Museum and Memorial, and The 

4 Center for Missing and Exploited Children. 

5 SEC. 3. COIN SPECIFICATIONS. 

6 (a) DENOMINATIONS.—In commemoration of the 

7 225th anniversary of the establishment of the United 

8 States Marshals Service, the Secretary of the Treasury 

9 (hereafter in this Act referred to as the ‘‘Secretary’’) shall 

10 mint and issue the following coins: 

11 (1) $5 GOLD COINS.—Not more than 100,000 

12 $5 gold coins which shall— 

13 (A) weigh 33.931 grams; 

14 (B) have a diameter of 32.7 millimeters; 

15 and 

16 (C) contain 1 troy ounce of fine gold. 

17 (2) $1 SILVER COINS.—Not more than 500,000 

18 $1 coins of each of the designs specified in section 

19 4(a)(3)(B), which shall— 

20 (A) weigh 26.73 grams; 

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

22 (C) contain 90 percent silver and 10 per23 cent alloy. 


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

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

3 title 31, United States Code. 

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

5 5134 of title 31, United States Code, all coins minted 

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

7 (d) MINTAGE LEVEL LIMIT.—Notwithstanding the 

8 mintage level limit described under section 

9 5112(m)(2)(A)(ii) of title 31, United States Code, the Sec10 retary of the Treasury may mint and issue not more than 

11 500,000 of each of the $1 coins and 100,000 of each of 

12 the $5 coins authorized to be minted under this Act. 

13 SEC. 4. DESIGN OF COINS. 

14 (a) DESIGN REQUIREMENTS.— 

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

16 minted under this Act shall be emblematic of the 

17 225 years of exemplary and unparalleled achieve18 ments of the United States Marshals Service. 

19 (2) DESIGNATION AND INSCRIPTIONS.—On 

20 each coin minted under this Act there shall be— 

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

22 (B) an inscription of the year ‘‘2014’’; and 

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

24 ‘‘In God We Trust’’, ‘‘United States of Amer25 ica’’, and ‘‘E Pluribus Unum’’, and such other 


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1 inscriptions as the Secretary may determine to 

2 be appropriate for the designs of the coins. 

3 (3) COIN IMAGES.— 

4 (A) $5 GOLD COINS.— 

5 (i) OBVERSE.—The obverse of the $5 

6 coins issued under this Act shall bear an 

7 image of the Marshals Services Star (a.k.a. 

8 ‘‘America’s Star’’). 

9 (ii) REVERSE.—The reverse of the $5 

10 coins issued under this Act shall bear a de11 sign emblematic of the sacrifice and service 

12 of the men and women of the United 

13 States Marshals Service who lost their lives 

14 in the line of duty. 

15 (iii) EDGE INCUSION.—It is the sense 

16 of the Congress that, to the extent prac17 ticable, the edge of the $5 coins issued 

18 under this Act shall bear the motto of the 

19 United States Marshals Service ‘‘Justice, 

20 Integrity, Service’’. 

21 (iv) HIGH RELIEF.—The design and 

22 inscriptions on the obverse and reverse of 

23 the $5 coins issued under this Act shall be 

24 in high relief. 

25 (B) $1 SILVER COINS.— 


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1 (i) OBVERSE.—The obverse of the $1 

2 coins issued under this Act shall bear an 

3 image of the Marshals Services Star (a.k.a. 

4 ‘‘America’s Star’’). 

5 (ii) EDGE INCUSION.—It is the sense 

6 of the Congress that, to the extent prac7 ticable, the edge of each $1 coin shall bear 

8 the motto of the United States Marshals 

9 Service ‘‘Justice, Integrity, Service’’. 

10 (4) REALISTIC AND HISTORICALLY ACCURATE

11 DEPICTIONS.—The images for the designs of coins 

12 issued under this Act shall be selected on the basis 

13 of the realism and historical accuracy of the images 

14 and on the extent to which the images are reminis15 cent of the dramatic and beautiful artwork on coins 

16 of the so-called ‘‘Golden Age of Coinage’’ in the 

17 United States, at the beginning of the Twentieth 

18 Century, with the participation of such noted sculp19 tors and medallic artists as James Earle Fraser, Au20 gustus Saint-Gaudens, Victor David Brenner, Ad21 olph A. Weinman, Charles E. Barber, and George T. 

22 Morgan. 

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

24 under this Act shall be— 


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1 (1) selected by the Secretary, after consultation 

2 with the Director of the United States Marshals 

3 Service, the Historian of the United States Marshals 

4 Service, and the Commission of Fine Arts; and 

5 (2) reviewed by— 

6 (A) the Citizens Coin Advisory Committee; 

7 and 

8 (B) the United States Marshals Service 

9 225th Anniversary Committee, a panel to be 

10 formed consisting of administrative and oper11 ational members of the United States Marshals 

12 Service, past or present. 

13 SEC. 5. ISSUANCE OF COINS. 

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

15 Act shall be issued in proof quality and uncirculated qual16 ity. 

17 (b) MINT FACILITY.—Only 1 facility of the United 

18 States Mint may be used to strike any particular combina19 tion of denomination and quality of the coins minted under 

20 this Act. 

21 (c) COMMENCEMENT OF ISSUANCE.—The Secretary 

22 may issue coins, to the public, minted under this Act be23 ginning on or after September 24, 2014, the 225th anni24 versary date of the United States Marshals Service, except 

25 for a limited number to be issued prior to this date to 


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1 the Director of the United States Marshals Service and 

2 employees of the Service for display and presentation dur3 ing the 225th Anniversary celebration. 

4 (d) TERMINATION OF MINTING AUTHORITY.—No 

5 coins may be minted under this Act after December 31, 

6 2014. 

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) PREPAID ORDERS.— 

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

19 prepaid orders for the coins minted under this Act 

20 before the issuance of such coins. 

21 (2) DISCOUNT.—Sale prices with respect to pre22 paid orders under paragraph (1) shall be at a rea23 sonable discount. 

24 (3) UNITED STATES MARSHAL SERVICE EM25 PLOYEES.—To the extent possible the Secretary 


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1 shall make arrangements to ensure that current, 

2 former, and retired employees of the United States 

3 Marshals Service, names to be verified by the Direc4 tor USMS, or his designee, have an exclusive defined 

5 period of time to place prepaid orders under para6 graph (1) at the same reasonable discount refered to 

7 in paragraph (2). 

8 (c) PRESENTATION.—In addition to the issuance of 

9 coins under this Act in such other methods of presentation 

10 as the Secretary of the Treasury determines to be appro11 priate, the Secretary shall provide, as a sale option, a pres12 entation case which displays the $5 gold and the $1 silver 

13 coins. The presentation case should bear a depiction of 

14 the current badge of the United States Marshal Service. 

15 SEC. 7. SURCHARGES. 

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

17 this Act shall include a surcharge as follows: 

18 (1) A surcharge of $35 per coin for the $5 gold 

19 coin. 

20 (2) A surcharge of $10 per coin for the $1 sil21 ver coin. 

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

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

24 the Secretary from the sale of coins issued under this Act 

25 shall be promptly distributed as follows: 


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1 (1) The first $5,000,000 available for distribu2 tion under this section to the Director of the United 

3 States Marshals Service National Museum located in 

4 Fort Smith, Arkansas, for the preservation, mainte5 nance, and display of artifacts and documents of the 

6 United States Marshals Service. 

7 (2) Of amounts available for distribution after 

8 the payment under paragraph (1)— 

9 (A) $1,000,000 to the Center for Missing 

10 and Exploited Children located in Washington, 

11 DC. 

12 (B) $1,000,000 to the National Law En13 forcement Officers Memorial Fund located in 

14 Washington, DC, in support of the National 

15 Law Enforcement Museum and the National 

16 Law Enforcement Officers Memorial. 

17 (C) $1,000,000 to the Federal Law En18 forcement Officers Association. 

19 (D) $500,000 to the William ‘‘Bill’’ Degan 

20 Scholarship Fund, which provides scholarships 

21 for spouses and children of law enforcement of22 ficers killed in the line of duty. 

23 (E) $500,000 to the Robert D. May Schol24 arship Fund, which provides scholarships for 


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1 spouses and children of law enforcement officer 

2 killed in the line of duty. 

3 (F) $500,000 to the Community Oriented 

4 Policing Service. 

5 (G) $500,000 to the Retired United States 

6 Marshals Service Association, an IRS 501 3(c) 

7 charitable organization located in Miami, FL. 

8 (c) AUDITS.—All organizations, associations, and 

9 funds shall be subject to the audit requirements of section 

10 5134(f)(2) of title 31, United States Code, with regard 

11 to the amounts received under subsection (b). 

12 SEC. 8. BRONZE DUPLICATES. 

13 The Secretary may strike and sell bronze duplicates 

14 of the $5 gold coins authorized under this Act, at a price 

15 the Secretary determines to be appropriate. 

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