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111TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 3549 

To require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins 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 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

SEPTEMBER 10, 2009 

Mr. NADLER of New York (for himself, Ms. CLARKE, Mr. HIGGINS, Mr. 

MCMAHON, Mr. CROWLEY, Mr. ENGEL, Mrs. MALONEY, Mr. BISHOP of 

New York, Mr. MAFFEI, Mrs. MCCARTHY of New York, Mr. HALL of 

New York, Mr. MEEKS of New York, Mr. HINCHEY, Mr. RANGEL, Mr. 

SERRANO, Ms. SLAUGHTER, Mr. TOWNS, Mrs. LOWEY, Ms. VELA ́ZQUEZ, 

Mr. KING of New York, Mr. LEE of New York, Mr. TONKO, Mr. ACKERMAN, Mr. ISRAEL, Mr. MASSA, Mr. PERRIELLO, Mr. ALTMIRE, Mr. 

THOMPSON of Pennsylvania, Mr. PIERLUISI, Ms. BORDALLO, Mr. PATRICK J. MURPHY of Pennsylvania, Ms. RICHARDSON, Ms. SCHWARTZ, 

Mr. DOYLE, Mr. MORAN of Virginia, Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN, Mr. SESTAK, 

Ms. PINGREE of Maine, Mr. HIMES, Mr. CONNOLLY of Virginia, Mr. 

MEEK of Florida, Ms. LORETTA SANCHEZ of California, Ms. DELAURO, 

Mr. SHUSTER, Mr. CASTLE, Ms. MATSUI, Mr. ARCURI, Mr. WEINER, Mr. 

MCHUGH, and Mr. MURPHY of New York) 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 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. 


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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 Coin Act of 

6 2009’’. 

7 SEC. 2. COIN SPECIFICATIONS. 

8 (a) $1 SILVER COINS.—The Secretary of the Treas9 ury (hereinafter in this Act referred to as the ‘‘Secretary’’) 

10 shall mint and issue not more than 2,000,000 $1 coins 

11 in commemoration of the 10th anniversary of the Sep12 tember 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the United States 

13 and the establishment of the National September 11 Me14 morial & Museum at the World Trade Center, each of 

15 which shall— 

16 (1) weigh 26.73 grams; 

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

18 (3) contain 90 percent silver and 10 percent 

19 copper. 

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

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

22 title 31, United States Code. 

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

24 5134 and 5136 of title 31, United States Code, all coins 


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1 minted under this Act shall be considered to be numis2 matic items. 

3 SEC. 3. DESIGN OF COINS. 

4 (a) DESIGN REQUIREMENTS.— 

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

6 minted under this Act shall be emblematic of the 

7 courage, sacrifice, and strength of those individuals 

8 who perished in the terrorist attacks of September 

9 11, 2001, the bravery of those who risked their lives 

10 to save others that day, and the endurance, resil11 ience, and hope of those who survived. 

12 (2) DESIGNATION AND INSCRIPTIONS.—On 

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

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

15 (B) an inscription of the year ‘‘2011’’; 

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

17 ‘‘In God We Trust’’, ‘‘United States of Amer18 ica’’, and ‘‘E Pluribus Unum’’; and 

19 (D) an inscription of the words ‘‘Always 

20 Remember’’. 

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

22 under this Act shall be— 

23 (1) selected by the Secretary, after consultation 

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1 seum at the World Trade Center and the Commis2 sion of Fine Arts; and 

3 (2) reviewed by the Citizens Coinage Advisory 

4 Committee. 

5 SEC. 4. ISSUANCE OF COINS. 

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

7 Act shall be issued in uncirculated and proof qualities. 

8 (b) MINT FACILITY.— 

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

10 United States Mint may be used to strike coins 

11 minted under this Act. 

12 (2) USE OF THE UNITED STATES MINTS AT

13 WEST POINT, NEW YORK, AND PHILADELPHIA, 

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

15 the extent possible, approximately one-half of the 

16 coins to be minted under this Act should be struck 

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

18 and approximately one-half struck at the United 

19 States Mint at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 

20 (3) PERIOD OF ISSUANCE.—The Secretary may 

21 issue coins under this Act only during the calendar 

22 year beginning on January 1, 2011. 


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1 SEC. 5. SALE OF COINS. 

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

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

4 of— 

5 (1) the face value of the coins; 

6 (2) the surcharge provided in section 6 with re7 spect to such coins; and 

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

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

10 overhead expenses, marketing, and shipping). 

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

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

13 discount. 

14 (c) PREPAID ORDERS.— 

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

16 prepaid orders for the coins minted under this Act 

17 before the issuance of such coins. 

18 (2) DISCOUNT.—Sale prices with respect to pre19 paid orders under paragraph (1) shall be at a rea20 sonable discount. 

21 SEC. 6. SURCHARGES. 

22 (a) IN GENERAL.—All sales of coins issued under this 

23 Act shall include a surcharge of $10 per coin. 

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

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

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


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1 shall be paid to the National September 11 Memorial & 

2 Museum at the World Trade Center to support the oper3 ations and maintenance of the National September 11 Me4 morial & Museum at the World Trade Center following 

5 its completion. 

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

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

8 documents, and other data of the National September 11 

9 Memorial & Museum at the World Trade Center as may 

10 be related to the expenditures of amounts paid under sub11 section (b). 

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