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Union Calendar No. 81 
109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 68 
[Report No. 109–133, Part I] 
To require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in commemoration 
of the 50th anniversary of the establishment of the National Aeronautics 
and Space Administration and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 4, 2005 
Mr. CULBERSON (for himself, Mr. DELAY, Mr. GENE GREEN of Texas, and 
Mr. SCHIFF) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Financial Services 
JUNE 15, 2005 
Reported with an amendment and referred to the Committee on Ways and 
Means for a period ending not later than June 17, 2005, for consider-
ation of such provisions of the bill and amendment as fall within the ju-
risdiction of that committee pursuant to clause 1(t), rule X 
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
JUNE 17, 2005 
Additional sponsors: Mr. SHERMAN, Mr. AL GREEN of Texas, Mr. TOWNS, 
Mrs. MCCARTHY, Mr. VAN HOLLEN, Mr. DAVIS of Tennessee, Mr. 
THOMPSON of California, Mr. REYES, Mr. HALL, Mr. PICKERING, Mr. 
GORDON, Mr. BRADY of Texas, Mr. COX, Mr. CALVERT, Mr. MOORE of 
Kansas, Mr. SERRANO, Mr. WELDON of Pennsylvania, Mr. BARTLETT of 
Maryland, Mr. EHLERS, Mr. WICKER, Mr. SIMPSON, Mr. CRAMER, Mr. 
TAYLOR of Mississippi, Mr. BOEHLERT, Ms. LORETTA SANCHEZ of Cali-
fornia, Mr. SPRATT, Ms. CORRINE BROWN of Florida, Mr. HYDE, Mr. 
BOYD, Mr. GOODE, Mr. TANCREDO, Mr. HOYER, Mr. MCCOTTER, Mr. 
GIBBONS, Mr. ORTIZ, Mr. WOLF, Mr. HASTINGS of Florida, Mr. 
RUPPERSBERGER, Mrs. LOWEY, Mr. MCCAUL of Texas, Mr. BERMAN, 
Mr. GERLACH, Mr. KUCINICH, Mr. BACHUS, Mr. SHAYS, Mr. SAM JOHN-
SON of Texas, Mrs. JO ANN DAVIS of Virginia, Mr. BLUNT, Mr. 
SWEENEY, Mr. JOHNSON of Illinois, Mr. OLVER, Mr. BEAUPREZ, Mr. 
ABERCROMBIE, Mr. ADERHOLT, Mr. AKIN, Mr. BARRETT of South Caro-
lina, Mr. BASS, Mr. BONNER, Mr. BROWN of South Carolina, Mr. BUR-
GESS, Mr. CARTER, Mr. CASTLE, Mr. CHABOT, Mr. COLE of Oklahoma, 
Mr. CUELLAR, Mr. DAVIS of Illinois, Mr. TOM DAVIS of Virginia, Ms. 
DELAURO, Mr. LINCOLN DIAZ-BALART of Florida, Mr. MARIO DIAZ- 
BALART of Florida, Mr. DOOLITTLE, Mrs. DRAKE, Mr. EDWARDS, Mr. 
ENGLISH of Pennsylvania, Mr. FEENEY, Ms. FOXX, Mr. FRANKS of Ari-
zona, Mr. GARRETT of New Jersey, Mr. GILLMOR, Mr. GOHMERT, Mr. 
GUTKNECHT, Mr. HENSARLING, Mr. HOBSON, Mr. HOEKSTRA, Mr. 
ISTOOK, Mr. JINDAL, Mr. JONES of North Carolina, Ms. KAPTUR, Mr. 
KLINE, Mr. LINDER, Mr. DANIEL E. LUNGREN of California, Mr. MACK, 
Mr. MARCHANT, Mr. MCHENRY, Mr. MCKEON, Miss MCMORRIS, Mr. 
MILLER of Florida, Mr. MURPHY, Mr. NEUGEBAUER, Mrs. NORTHUP, 
Mr. OSBORNE, Mr. PASTOR, Mr. PENCE, Mr. PITTS, Mr. POE, Mr. 
RAMSTAD, Mr. REHBERG, Mr. REICHERT, Mr. RYUN of Kansas, Mr. 
SCHWARZ of Michigan, Mr. SESSIONS, Mr. SMITH of New Jersey, Mr. 
TIAHRT, 
Mr. 
WELDON
of 
Florida, 
Mr. 
WESTMORELAND, 
Mr. 
WHITFIELD, Mr. WILSON of South Carolina, Mr. WU, Mr. CANTOR, Mr. 
EVERETT, Mrs. KELLY, Mr. KING of Iowa, Mr. KENNEDY of Minnesota, 
Mr. MEEHAN, Mr. GEORGE MILLER of California, Mrs. MUSGRAVE, Mr. 
NORWOOD, Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas, Mr. RADANOVICH, 
Mr. BAIRD, Mr. BAKER, Ms. BALDWIN, Mrs. BLACKBURN, Mr. BURTON 
of Indiana, Mr. BUYER, Mr. CANNON, Mrs. CAPITO, Mr. CHOCOLA, Mr. 
CLYBURN, Mrs. CUBIN, Mr. DEFAZIO, Mr. DENT, Mrs. EMERSON, Mr. 
FERGUSON, Mr. FOLEY, Mr. GALLEGLY, Mr. HAYWORTH, Mr. 
HOSTETTLER, Mr. ISSA, Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas, Mr. LEWIS of Cali-
fornia, Mr. MENENDEZ, Mr. MILLER of North Carolina, Mr. REYNOLDS, 
Mr. ROHRABACHER, Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN, Mr. RYAN of Wisconsin, Ms. 
LINDA T. SA´NCHEZ of California, Mr. SAXTON, Mr. SKELTON, Mr. SNY-
DER, Mr. STEARNS, Mr. TERRY, Mr. WALSH, Mr. WAMP, Mrs. WILSON 
of New Mexico, Mr. JEFFERSON, Mrs. JOHNSON of Connecticut, Mr. 
SULLIVAN, Mr. DUNCAN, Mr. CUNNINGHAM, Mr. ROSS, Mr. MEEK of 
Florida, Mr. MANZULLO, Mr. PORTMAN, Mr. FOSSELLA, Mr. PUTNAM, 
Mr. HAYES, Mr. FORD, Mr. GONZALEZ, Mr. DEAL of Georgia, Mr. 
FORBES, Ms. GRANGER, Mr. GRAVES, Mr. JENKINS, Mr. GARY G. MIL-
LER of California, Mr. PLATTS, Mr. PRICE of Georgia, Mr. ROGERS of 
Michigan, Mr. SHADEGG, Mr. SHUSTER, Mr. SMITH of Texas, Mr. SHER-
WOOD, Mr. SHAW, Mr. ALEXANDER, Mr. BOEHNER, Mr. BONILLA, Mrs. 
BONO, Mr. FITZPATRICK of Pennsylvania, Mr. GOODLATTE, Mr. GREEN 
of Wisconsin, Mr. HUNTER, Mr. KOLBE, Mr. LATOURETTE, Mr. MAR-
KEY, Mr. NUNES, Mr. OTTER, Mr. RAHALL, Mr. SOUDER, Mr. THORN-
BERRY, Mr. TIBERI, Mr. BILIRAKIS, Mr. RANGEL, Mr. CRENSHAW, Mr. 
KINGSTON, Mr. LAHOOD, Mr. ROGERS of Alabama, Ms. SLAUGHTER, 
Mr. YOUNG of Florida, Mrs. BIGGERT, Mr. COBLE, Mr. GINGREY, Ms. 
HARRIS, Mr. HULSHOF, Mr. KELLER, Mr. KING of New York, Mr. KIRK, 
Mr. MCHUGH, Mrs. MYRICK, Mr. ROGERS of Kentucky, Mr. SIMMONS, 
Mr. SODREL, Mr. UPTON, Mr. YOUNG of Alaska, Mr. KNOLLENBERG, 
Mr. KILDEE, Mrs. TAUSCHER, Mr. WYNN, Mr. BERRY, Mr. BISHOP of 
New York, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Mr. BOREN, Mr. BOUSTANY, Mr. BRAD-
LEY of New Hampshire, Mr. CAMP, Mrs. CAPPS, Mr. CAPUANO, Mr. 
CARNAHAN, Mr. CASE, Mr. CONYERS, Mrs. DAVIS of California, Mr. 
DAVIS of Kentucky, Mr. DREIER, Ms. ESHOO, Mr. FARR, Mr. FRANK of
Massachusetts, Mr. FRELINGHUYSEN, Mr. GILCHREST, Ms. HARMAN, 
Mr. HEFLEY, Mr. HINOJOSA, Mr. HOLT, Mr. HONDA, Mr. KUHL of New 
York, Mr. LANTOS, Mr. LATHAM, Mr. LOBIONDO, Mr. MOLLOHAN, Mr. 
MORAN of Kansas, Mr. NEAL of Massachusetts, Mr. NEY, Mr. OBER-
STAR, Mr. RENZI, Mr. SCOTT of Virginia, Mr. SENSENBRENNER, Mr. 
SHIMKUS, Mr. TIERNEY, Mr. UDALL of Colorado, Ms. WATSON, Mr. 
BOSWELL, Mr. CONAWAY, Ms. MCCOLLUM of Minnesota, Mr. PRICE of 
North Carolina, Mr. WEINER, Mr. DOGGETT, Mr. PORTER, and Mr. 
CARDOZA 
JUNE 17, 2005 
Committee on Ways and Means discharged; committed to the Committee of 
the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed 
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on January 4, 2005] 
A BILL 
To require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins 
in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the estab-
lishment of the National Aeronautics and Space Adminis-
tration and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. 
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 ‘‘NASA and JPL 50th 
Anniversary Commemorative Coin Act’’. 
SEC. 2. COIN SPECIFICATIONS. 
(a) DENOMINATIONS.—In commemoration of the 50th 
anniversary of the establishment of the National Aero-
nautics and Space Administration and the Jet Propulsion 
Laboratory, the Secretary of the Treasury (hereafter in this
Act referred to as the ‘‘Secretary) shall mint and issue the 
following coins: 
(1) $50 GOLD COINS.—Not more than 50,000 $50 
gold coins which shall— 
(A) weigh 33.931 grams; 
(B) have a diameter of 32.7 millimeters; 
and 
(C) contain 1 troy ounce of fine gold. 
(2) $1 SILVER COINS.—Not more than 400,000 
$1 coins of each of the 9 designs specified in section 
3(a)(3)(B), 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 5134 
of title 31, United States Code, all coins minted under this 
Act shall be considered to be numismatic items. 
SEC. 3. DESIGN OF COINS. 
(a) DESIGN REQUIREMENTS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The design of the coins mint-
ed under this Act shall be emblematic of the 50 years
of exemplary and unparalleled achievements of the 
National Aeronautics and Space Administration and 
the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. 
(2) DESIGNATION AND INSCRIPTIONS.—On each 
coin minted under this Act there shall be— 
(A) a designation of the value of the coin; 
(B) an inscription of the year ‘‘2008’’; and 
(C) inscriptions of the words ‘‘Liberty’’, ‘‘In 
God We Trust’’, ‘‘United States of America’’, 
and ‘‘E Pluribus Unum’’, and such other in-
scriptions as the Secretary may determine to be 
appropriate for the designs of the coins. 
(3) COIN IMAGES.— 
(A) $50 COINS.— 
(i) OBVERSE.—The obverse of the $50 
coins issued under this Act shall bear an 
image of the sun. 
(ii) REVERSE.—The reverse of the $50 
coins issued under this Act shall bear a de-
sign emblematic of the sacrifice of the 
United States astronauts who lost their lives 
in the line of duty over the course of the 
space program. 
(iii) EDGE.—The edge of the $50 coins 
issued under this Act shall bear the names