I 
108TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2404
To require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in commemoration 
of the centenary of the bestowal of the Nobel Peace Prize on President 
Theodore Roosevelt, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 10, 2003
Mr. KING of New York (for himself, Mrs. MALONEY, Mr. BAKER, Mr. BACH-
US, Mrs. KELLY, Mr. NEY, Mr. KANJORSKI, Mr. GUTIERREZ, Mr. 
LEACH, Mr. BLUNT, Mr. ISRAEL, Mr. WAMP, Mr. BISHOP of New York, 
Mr. BISHOP of Georgia, Mr. BOEHLERT, Ms. BORDALLO, Mr. BUYER, 
Mr. CALVERT, Mrs. CAPPS, Mr. CASE, Mr. CONYERS, Mr. FOLEY, Mr. 
FOSSELLA, Mr. FROST, Mr. GREEN of Wisconsin, Mr. HINCHEY, Mr. 
HYDE, Mr. KENNEDY of Minnesota, Mr. LANTOS, Mr. LIPINSKI, Mrs. 
MCCARTHY of New York, Mr. MCHUGH, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. MCNUL-
TY, Mrs. MILLER of Michigan, Mr. MURPHY, Mr. NEAL of Massachu-
setts, Mr. PETERSON of Pennsylvania, Mr. POMEROY, Mr. QUINN, Mr. 
RANGEL, Mr. RODRIGUEZ, Mr. SCHIFF, Mr. SERRANO, Mr. SHAW, Mr. 
SIMMONS, Mr. SKELTON, Mr. SOUDER, Mr. SWEENEY, Mr. TANCREDO, 
Mr. TAYLOR of North Carolina, Mr. TIAHRT, Mr. WALSH, Mr. WOLF, 
and Mrs. JO ANN DAVIS of Virginia) 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 centenary of the bestowal of 
the Nobel Peace Prize on President Theodore Roosevelt, 
and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Theodore Roosevelt 
Commemorative Coin Act’’.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
The Congress finds the following: 
(1) Theodore Roosevelt, one of America’s great-
est presidents, was born on October 27, 1858, in 
New York City, New York. 
(2) At the young age of 23, Theodore Roosevelt 
was elected to the first of 3 terms as a representa-
tive in the New York State Assembly (1882–1884). 
(3) From 1895–1897, Theodore Roosevelt 
served as Commissioner of the New York City Police 
Department. 
(4) While serving as Assistant Secretary of the 
Navy under President William McKinley (1897–
1898), Theodore Roosevelt organized the First 
United States Volunteer Cavalry Regiment, popu-
larly known as the ‘‘Rough Riders’’, and then served 
as Colonel of this regiment during the Spanish-
American War. 
(5) From 1898–1900, Theodore Roosevelt 
served as Governor of New York. 
(6) In 1900, with the election of President 
McKinley, Theodore Roosevelt was elected as the 
25th Vice-President of the United States.
(7) Becoming the 26th President of the United 
States the following year, Theodore Roosevelt took a 
very active role in foreign affairs, establishing the 
United States as a new world power, and instituted 
broad reforms, at home, particularly with respect to 
labor, monopolies, and conservation, until the end of 
his presidency in 1909. 
(8) On January 16, 2001, Theodore Roosevelt 
was posthumously awarded the Congressional Medal 
of Honor for leading a charge up the San Juan 
Heights in Cuba during the Spanish-American War, 
shortly before the war ended, thereby becoming the 
first President of the United States to be awarded 
the Congressional Medal of Honor. 
(9) 2006 will mark the 100th anniversary of 
Theodore Roosevelt receiving the Nobel Peace Prize, 
the first citizen of the United States to receive such 
prize, for drawing up the 1905 peace treaty ending 
the Russo-Japanese War. 
SEC. 3. COIN SPECIFICATIONS. 
(a) DENOMINATIONS.—The Secretary of the Treas-
ury (hereinafter in this Act referred to as the ‘‘Secretary’’) 
shall mint and issue the following coins: 
(1) $1 SILVER COINS WITH ROUGH RIDER DE-
SIGN
ON
OBVERSE.—Not more than 500,000 $1
coins bearing the designs specified in section 
4(a)(2), each of which shall—
(A) weigh 26.73 grams; 
(B) have a diameter of 1.500 inches; and 
(C) contain 90 percent silver and 10 per-
cent copper. 
(2) $1 SILVER COINS WITH ADVENTURER DE-
SIGN
ON
OBVERSE.—Not more than 500,000 $1 
coins bearing the designs specified in section 
4(a)(3), each of which shall—
(A) weigh 26.73 grams; 
(B) have a diameter of 1.500 inches; and 
(C) contain 90 percent silver and 10 per-
cent copper. 
(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 section 
5136 of title 31, United States Code, all coins minted 
under this Act shall be considered to be numismatic items. 
(d) USE OF THE UNITED STATES MINT AT WEST 
POINT, NEW YORK.—It is the sense of the Congress that 
the coins minted under this Act should be struck at the 
United States Mint at West Point, New York, to the 
greatest extent possible.
SEC. 4. DESIGN OF COINS. 
(a) DESIGN REQUIREMENTS.—
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The design of the coins 
minted under this Act shall—
(A) be emblematic of the life and legacy of 
President Theodore Roosevelt; and 
(B) use the designs of James Earle Fraser 
or Augustus Saint-Gaudens, 2 sculptors most 
closely associated with the revitalization of the 
United States coinage, commonly referred to as 
the ‘‘Golden Age of American Coin Design’’, 
that was initiated by President Theodore Roo-
sevelt. 
(2) $1 COINS WITH ROUGH RIDER DESIGN.—
(A) OBVERSE.—The obverse of the coins 
minted under section 3(a)(1) shall bear the 
image of Theodore Roosevelt as a Rough Rider 
that was used on the James Earle Fraser 
medal of 1920. 
(B) REVERSE.—The reverse of the coins 
minted under section 3(a)(1) shall bear the 
eagle design, with motto, from the $20 gold 
‘‘double eagle’’ coin produced between 1907 and 
1933 and designed by Augustus Saint-Gaudens. 
(3) $1 COINS WITH ADVENTURER DESIGN.—
(A) OBVERSE.—The obverse of the coins 
minted under section 3(a)(2) shall bear the 
image of Theodore Roosevelt on horseback, 
based on James Earle Fraser’s monumental 16-
foot high bronze equestrian figure of Roosevelt 
that—
(i) stands at the east front of the 
American Museum of Natural History in 
New York City; and 
(ii) recognizes Roosevelt’s lifelong ac-
tivity as a naturalist and conservationist 
and emphasizes him as an adventurer, out-
doorsman, and hunter. 
(B) REVERSE.—The reverse of the coins 
minted under section 3(a)(2) shall bear the de-
sign based on the reverse designs by James 
Earle Fraser used on the Roosevelt Memorial 
Association Medal of Honor and the Associa-
tion’s Founders Medal that—
(i) depict the crusader’s flaming 
sword of righteousness and evoke ‘‘Big 
Stick’’ philosophy President Roosevelt es-
poused; and 
(ii) to the left and right of the flaming 
sword in four lines bear the quotation ‘‘If