I 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1683 
To require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in commemoration 
of the National Purple Heart Hall of Honor. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 22, 2017 
Mr. SEAN PATRICK MALONEY of New York (for himself, Mr. GALLAGHER, 
Mr. WALZ, Mr. COOK, Ms. CLARKE of New York, Ms. PINGREE, Ms. 
NORTON, Mr. CONNOLLY, Mr. CICILLINE, Mr. JONES, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, 
Mr. SERRANO, Ms. MATSUI, Mr. SIRES, Mrs. LOWEY, Ms. JUDY CHU of 
California, Mr. COLE, Mr. BISHOP of Georgia, Mr. DEUTCH, Mr. 
SABLAN, Mr. QUIGLEY, Ms. SLAUGHTER, Mr. GARAMENDI, Ms. 
BROWNLEY of California, Mr. COLLINS of New York, Mr. RYAN of Ohio, 
Mr. HIMES, Mr. WEBSTER of Florida, Ms. KELLY of Illinois, Mr. LEVIN, 
Mr. RUIZ, Mr. CURBELO of Florida, Mr. POCAN, Ms. LOFGREN, Mr. 
CA´RDENAS, Mr. TAKANO, Miss RICE of New York, Mr. LARSON of Con-
necticut, Mr. DONOVAN, Mr. COOPER, Mr. LOEBSACK, Mr. JEFFRIES, 
Mr. FASO, Mr. CRAMER, Mr. VALADAO, Mr. ROKITA, Ms. KUSTER of 
New Hampshire, Mr. THOMPSON of California, Mr. SUOZZI, Mr. KILDEE, 
Mr. PALLONE, Ms. PLASKETT, Ms. STEFANIK, Mr. NEAL, Ms. TENNEY, 
and Ms. SA´NCHEZ) 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 National Purple Heart Hall 
of Honor. 
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 ‘‘National Purple Heart 
Hall of Honor Commemorative Coin Act’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
The Congress finds the following: 
(1) The National Purple Heart Hall of Honor’s 
mission is— 
(A) to commemorate the extraordinary sac-
rifice of America’s servicemen and service-
women who were killed or wounded in combat; 
and 
(B) to collect and preserve the stories of 
National Purple Heart recipients from all 
branches of service and across generations to 
ensure that all recipients are represented. 
(2) The National Purple Heart Hall of Honor 
first opened its doors on November 10, 2006, in 
New Windsor, NY. 
(3) The National Purple Heart Hall of Honor 
is located at the New Windsor Cantonment State 
Historic Site, where General George Washington’s 
Army camped during the Revolutionary War and 
where he first awarded the Badge of Military Merit, 
a piece of purple cloth that became the model for the 
Purple Heart. 
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(4) The National Purple Heart Hall of Honor 
is the first to recognize the more than 1.7 million 
U.S. servicemembers wounded or killed in action 
ranging from the American Revolutionary War to 
the present day, serving as a living memorial to their 
sacrifice by sharing their stories through interviews, 
exhibits and the Roll of Honor, an interactive com-
puter database of each recipient. 
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 50,000 $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 400,000 
$1 coins, which shall— 
(A) weigh 26.73 grams; 
(B) have a diameter of 1.500 inches; and 
(C) contain not less than 90 percent silver. 
(3) HALF-DOLLAR
CLAD
COINS.—Not more 
than 750,000 half-dollar coins which shall— 
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(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 section 
5134 of title 31, United States Code, all coins minted 
under this Act shall be considered to be numismatic items. 
SEC. 4. DESIGN OF COINS. 
(a) DESIGN REQUIREMENTS.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The design of the coins 
minted under this Act shall be emblematic of the 
National Purple Heart Hall of Honor. 
(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 ‘‘2020’’; and 
(C) inscriptions of the words ‘‘Liberty’’, 
‘‘In God We Trust’’, ‘‘United States of Amer-
ica’’, and ‘‘E Pluribus Unum’’. 
(b) SELECTION.—The design for the coins minted 
under this Act shall be— 
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(1) selected by the Secretary after consultation 
with the Commission of Fine Arts and the National 
Purple Heart Hall of Honor, Inc.; and 
(2) reviewed by the Citizens Coinage Advisory 
Committee. 
SEC. 5. ISSUANCE OF COINS. 
(a) QUALITY OF COINS.—Coins minted under this 
Act shall be issued in uncirculated and proof qualities. 
(b) MINT FACILITY.—Only the West Point Mint may 
be used to strike any particular quality of the coins minted 
under this Act. 
(c) PERIOD
FOR ISSUANCE.—The Secretary may 
issue coins minted under this Act only during the 1-year 
period beginning on January 1, 2020. 
SEC. 6. SALE OF COINS. 
(a) SALE PRICE.—The coins issued under this Act 
shall be sold by the Secretary at a price equal to the sum 
of— 
(1) the face value of the coins; 
(2) the surcharge provided in section 7(a) with 
respect to such coins; and 
(3) the cost of designing and issuing the coins 
(including labor, materials, dies, use of machinery, 
overhead expenses, marketing, and shipping). 
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(b) BULK SALES.—The Secretary shall make bulk 
sales of the coins issued under this Act at a reasonable 
discount. 
(c) PREPAID ORDERS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall accept 
prepaid orders for the coins minted under this Act 
before the issuance of such coins. 
(2) DISCOUNT.—Sale prices with respect to pre-
paid orders under paragraph (1) shall be at a rea-
sonable discount. 
SEC. 7. SURCHARGES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—All sales of coins issued under this 
Act shall include a surcharge of— 
(1) $35 per coin for the $5 coin; 
(2) $10 per coin for the $1 coin; and 
(3) $5 per coin for the half-dollar coin. 
(b) DISTRIBUTION.—Subject to section 5134(f)(1) of 
title 31, United States Code, all surcharges received by 
the Secretary from the sale of coins issued under this Act 
shall be promptly paid by the Secretary to the National 
Purple Heart Hall of Honor, Inc., to help finance the con-
struction of a new building and renovation of existing Na-
tional Purple Heart Hall of Honor facilities. 
(c) AUDITS.—The National Purple Heart Hall of 
Honor, Inc., shall be subject to the audit requirements of 
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section 5134(f)(2) of title 31, United States Code, with 
regard to the amounts received under subsection (b). 
(d) LIMITATION.—Notwithstanding subsection (a), 
no surcharge may be included with respect to the issuance 
under this Act of any coin during a calendar year if, as 
of the time of such issuance, the issuance of such coin 
would result in the number of commemorative coin pro-
grams issued during such year to exceed the annual 2 
commemorative coin program issuance limitation under 
section 5112(m)(1) of title 31, United States Code (as in 
effect on the date of the enactment of this Act). The Sec-
retary of the Treasury may issue guidance to carry out 
this subsection. 
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