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115TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 2863 

To require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint a coin in commemoration 

of the opening of the National Law Enforcement Museum in the District 

of Columbia, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MAY 16, 2018 

Mr. BLUNT (for himself, Mr. COONS, Ms. MURKOWSKI, Mr. MANCHIN, Mr. 

BOOZMAN, Ms. HASSAN, Mr. ROUNDS, Ms. HEITKAMP, Mr. COTTON, Ms. 

KLOBUCHAR, Mr. CORNYN, Ms. CORTEZ MASTO, Mr. RUBIO, Mr. 

TESTER, Mr. ALEXANDER, Mr. ROBERTS, Mr. HOEVEN, Mr. GARDNER, 

Ms. SMITH, Mr. MORAN, Mrs. MCCASKILL, Mr. ISAKSON, and Mr. 

WICKER) 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 a coin 

in commemoration of the opening of the National Law 

Enforcement Museum in the District of Columbia, and 

for other purposes. 

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 Law Enforce5 ment Museum Commemorative Coin Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

2 The Congress finds the following: 

3 (1) In 2000, Congress passed and President 

4 William J. Clinton signed into law the National Law 

5 Enforcement Museum Act (Public Law 106–492), 

6 which authorized the National Law Enforcement Of7 ficers Memorial Fund, Inc. to build the National 

8 Law Enforcement Museum on Federal land in the 

9 District of Columbia to honor and commemorate the 

10 service and sacrifice of law enforcement officers in 

11 the United States. 

12 (2) In April 2016, construction began on the 

13 National Law Enforcement Museum in the District 

14 of Columbia across the street from the National Law 

15 Enforcement Officers Memorial in Judiciary Square. 

16 (3) The National Law Enforcement Museum 

17 will formally open in September of 2018. 

18 (4) The National Law Enforcement Museum’s 

19 mission is— 

20 (A) to honor and commemorate the ex21 traordinary service and sacrifice of America’s 

22 law enforcement officers; 

23 (B) to serve as an important bridge be24 tween law enforcement’s past and present, be25 tween the heroes of yesteryear and those who 

26 have followed in their footsteps, and between 


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1 America’s peace officers and the public they 

2 serve; and 

3 (C) increase public understanding and sup4 port for law enforcement and to promote law 

5 enforcement safety. 

6 SEC. 3. COIN SPECIFICATIONS. 

7 (a) DENOMINATIONS.—The Secretary of the Treas8 ury (hereafter in this Act referred to as the ‘‘Secretary’’) 

9 shall mint and issue the following coins: 

10 (1) $5 GOLD COINS.—Not more than 50,000 $5 

11 coins, which shall— 

12 (A) weigh 8.359 grams; 

13 (B) have a diameter of 0.850 inches; and 

14 (C) contain not less than 90 percent gold. 

15 (2) $1 SILVER COINS.—Not more than 400,000 

16 $1 coins, which shall— 

17 (A) weigh 26.73 grams; 

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

19 (C) contain not less than 90 percent silver. 

20 (3) HALF-DOLLAR CLAD COINS.—Not more 

21 than 750,000 half-dollar coins which shall— 

22 (A) weigh 11.34 grams; 

23 (B) have a diameter of 1.205 inches; and 


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1 (C) be minted to the specifications for half2 dollar coins contained in section 5112(b) of title 

3 31, United States Code. 

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

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

6 title 31, United States Code. 

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

8 5134 of title 31, United States Code, all coins minted 

9 under this Act shall be considered to be numismatic 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 National Law Enforcement Museum and the service 

15 and sacrifice of law enforcement officers throughout 

16 the history of the United States. 

17 (2) DESIGNATION AND INSCRIPTIONS.—On 

18 each coin minted under this Act there shall be— 

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

20 (B) an inscription of the year ‘‘2021’’; and 

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

22 ‘‘In God We Trust’’, ‘‘United States of Amer23 ica’’, and ‘‘E Pluribus Unum’’. 

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

25 under this Act shall be— 


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1 (1) selected by the Secretary after consultation 

2 with the Commission of Fine Arts and the National 

3 Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund, Inc.; and 

4 (2) reviewed by the Citizens Coinage Advisory 

5 Committee. 

6 SEC. 5. ISSUANCE OF COINS. 

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

8 Act shall be issued in uncirculated and proof qualities. 

9 (b) MINT FACILITIES.—Only 1 facility of the United 

10 States Mint may be used to strike any particular quality 

11 of the coins minted under this Act. 

12 (c) PERIOD FOR ISSUANCE.—The Secretary may 

13 issue coins minted under this Act only during the 1-year 

14 period beginning on January 1, 2021. 

15 SEC. 6. SALE OF COINS. 

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

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

18 of— 

19 (1) the face value of the coins; 

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

21 respect to such coins; and 

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

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

24 overhead expenses, marketing, and shipping). 


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

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

3 discount. 

4 (c) PREPAID ORDERS.— 

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

6 prepaid orders for the coins minted under this Act 

7 before the issuance of such coins. 

8 (2) DISCOUNT.—Sale prices with respect to pre9 paid orders under paragraph (1) shall be at a rea10 sonable discount. 

11 SEC. 7. SURCHARGES. 

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

13 Act shall include a surcharge of— 

14 (1) $35 per coin for the $5 coin; 

15 (2) $10 per coin for the $1 coin; and 

16 (3) $5 per coin for the half-dollar coin. 

17 (b) DISTRIBUTION.—Subject to section 5134(f)(1) of 

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

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

20 shall be promptly paid by the Secretary to the National 

21 Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund, Inc., for edu22 cational and outreach programs and exhibits. 

23 (c) AUDITS.—The National Law Enforcement Offi24 cers Memorial Fund, Inc., shall be subject to the audit 

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1 States Code, with regard to the amounts received under 

2 subsection (b). 

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

4 no surcharge may be included with respect to the issuance 

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

6 of the time of such issuance, the issuance of such coin 

7 would result in the number of commemorative coin pro8 grams issued during such year to exceed the annual 2 

9 commemorative coin program issuance limitation under 

10 section 5112(m)(1) of title 31, United States Code (as in 

11 effect on the date of the enactment of this Act). The Sec12 retary of the Treasury may issue guidance to carry out 

13 this subsection. 

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