I 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2317 
To require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in commemoration 
of the United States Coast Guard. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 3, 2017 
Mr. COURTNEY (for himself, Mr. HUNTER, Mr. BISHOP of Georgia, Ms. 
BORDALLO, Ms. BROWNLEY of California, Mr. COFFMAN, Mr. COLE, Mr. 
CONNOLLY, Mr. COSTELLO of Pennsylvania, Mr. CUMMINGS, Mr. DEFA-
ZIO, Mr. DELANEY, Ms. DELAURO, Ms. DELBENE, Mrs. DINGELL, Mr. 
FRANKS of Arizona, Mr. GARAMENDI, Mr. GUTHRIE, Mrs. HARTZLER, 
Mr. HIMES, Mr. HUFFMAN, Ms. KAPTUR, Mr. LARSON of Connecticut, 
Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New York, Ms. NORTON, Mr. PERL-
MUTTER, Ms. PINGREE, Mr. POCAN, Mr. SCOTT of Virginia, Mr. 
SERRANO, Mr. SIRES, Ms. SLAUGHTER, Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania, 
Mr. TONKO, Mrs. WALORSKI, Mr. YARMUTH, Ms. ESTY of Connecticut, 
Mr. COOPER, Mr. RUSH, Mr. EVANS, Mr. PALLONE, Mr. MCGOVERN, 
Mr. DONOVAN, Mr. LANGEVIN, Mrs. BEATTY, Ms. BARRAGA´N, Mr. 
THOMPSON of California, Mr. MCEACHIN, Mr. CARTWRIGHT, Mr. RUP-
PERSBERGER, Mr. MICHAEL F. DOYLE of Pennsylvania, Mr. CAPUANO, 
Mr. BRADY of Pennsylvania, Mr. NORCROSS, Mr. LARSEN of Washington, 
Mr. CORREA, and Mrs. DAVIS of California) 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 United States Coast Guard. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘United States Coast 
Guard Commemorative Coin Act of 2017’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
The Congress finds the following: 
(1) The United States Coast Guard was found-
ed on August 4, 1790, as the Revenue Cutter Serv-
ice under the United States Department of the 
Treasury. 
(2) Congress created the Coast Guard on Janu-
ary 28, 1915, by merging the Revenue Cutter Serv-
ice and the United States Lifesaving Service, was 
moved to the Department of Transportation in 
1967, and on February 25, 2003, became part of 
the Department of Homeland Security. 
(3) Although the smallest of the uniformed 
services, today the United States Coast Guard con-
ducts a wide variety of missions to protect the pub-
lic, the environment, and the United States economic 
and security interests in any maritime region, in-
cluding international waters and America’s coasts, 
ports, and inland waterways. 
(4) Every day, the United States Coast Guard 
plays a broad and important role in homeland secu-
rity, law enforcement, search and rescue, marine en-
vironmental pollution response, and the maintenance 
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of river, intra-coastal and offshore aids to navigation 
(ATON). 
(5) The United States Coast Guard is our Na-
tion’s oldest seagoing military service, staying true 
to their motto, Semper Paratus or ‘‘Always Ready’’, 
for 227 years. 
(6) The United States Coast Guard is sup-
ported by over 55,000 Active Duty, Reserve, and Ci-
vilian personnel, who in 2016 responded to 16,304 
search and rescue cases saving 5,221 lives, con-
ducted 47,418 waterborne patrols of critical mari-
time infrastructure, escorted over 2671 high-capac-
ity passenger vessels, conducted 7022 security 
boardings in and around United States ports, re-
moved $5.7 billion worth of illegal drugs, interdicted 
6,346 undocumented migrants attempting to illegally 
enter the United States, and maintained 45,114 
navigation aids that support $3.2 trillion in eco-
nomic activity on our Nation’s waterways. 
(7) Section 213 of Public Law 108–293 states 
that ‘‘The Commandant may establish a National 
Coast Guard Museum, on lands which will be feder-
ally owned and administered by the Coast Guard, 
and are located in New London, Connecticut, at, or 
in close proximity to, the Coast Guard Academy’’. 
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(8) The National Coast Guard Museum Asso-
ciation, a nonprofit association dedicated to improve 
public understanding of the history, service and mis-
sions of the Coast Guard, is working with the 
United States Coast Guard, the City of New Lon-
don, the State of Connecticut, and a range of local, 
regional, and national stakeholders to develop, plan 
and raise capital for the National Coast Guard Mu-
seum, to be located in New London, Connecticut. 
(9) The United States Coast Guard is the only 
military service without a national museum through 
which to share its history and legacy with the Amer-
ican public. 
SEC. 3. COIN SPECIFICATIONS. 
(a) DENOMINATIONS.—The Secretary of the Treas-
ury (hereafter in this Act referred to as the ‘‘Secretary’’) 
shall mint and issue the following coins: 
(1) $5 GOLD COINS.—Not more than 100,000 
$5 coins, which shall— 
(A) weigh 8.359 grams; 
(B) have a diameter of 0.850 inches; and 
(C) contain 90 percent gold and 10 percent 
alloy. 
(2) $1 SILVER COINS.—Not more than 500,000 
$1 coins, which shall— 
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(A) weigh 26.73 grams; 
(B) have a diameter of 1.500 inches; and 
(C) contain at least 90 percent silver. 
(3) HALF
DOLLAR
CLAD
COINS.—Not more 
than 750,000 half dollar coins, which shall— 
(A) weigh 11.34 grams; 
(B) have a diameter of 1.205 inches; and 
(C) be minted to the specifications for half 
dollar coins, contained in section 5112(b) of 
title 31, United States Code. 
(b) LEGAL TENDER.—The coins minted under this 
Act shall be legal tender, as provided in section 5103 of 
title 31, United States Code. 
(c) NUMISMATIC ITEMS.—For purposes of sections 
5134 and 5136 of title 31, United States Code, all coins 
minted under this Act shall be considered to be numis-
matic items. 
SEC. 4. DESIGN OF COIN. 
(a) DESIGN REQUIREMENTS.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The design of the coins 
minted under this Act shall be emblematic of the 
traditions, history, and heritage of the United States 
Coast Guard, and its role in securing our Nation 
since 1790. 
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