SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘5-Star Generals Com-
memorative Coin Act’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
The Congress finds the following: 
(1) The United States Army Command and 
General Staff College, founded in 1881, has in its 
many evolutionary forms, served this country con-
sistently and well for 127 years. 
(2) The Command and General Staff College 
has played a decisive role in the education and train-
ing of officers, particularly in their field grade years 
of service, in times of war and peace, since its estab-
lishment. 
(3) The Command and General Staff College 
has had a salutatory effect on many fields of battle 
by providing its officer student bodies the necessary 
skills of battle management, leadership development, 
and the most modern and effective command and 
staff action procedures, all of which have been key 
to this Nations’ success in its many conflicts which, 
thereby, have preserved its freedoms and way of life. 
(4) The Command and General Staff College, 
the Nations’ oldest military staff college, does not 
have a commemorative coin cast in celebrating its 
long and honorable history, displaying its heritage, 
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and serving as a reminder to the holder of such 
coins the service to the Nation its graduates have 
provided in war and peace. 
(5) The United States Army Command and 
General Staff College is the Nation’s largest and 
oldest military staff college, continuing to educate 
officers from all United States branches of military 
services, select members of our civil government, and 
officers from many friendly and allied nations from 
around the globe. Located in the middle of the 
American heartland, will continue to serve as a bea-
con of light to the proposition of intellectual curi-
osity and professional military excellence in the de-
velopment of its students, and serve as a link to 
American citizenry grateful for the sacrifices, some 
in the fullest measure of duty and devotion to the 
Nation, made by the graduates of its Command and 
Staff College. 
(6) The Command and General Staff College 
Foundation, Inc. (in this Act referred to as the 
‘‘Foundation’’) is dedicated to promoting excellence 
in he faculty and students of the United States 
Army Command and General Staff College. Seeking 
new ways to educate and remind our citizens regard-
ing the capable and selfless service of our military 
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officers, and to imbue in them a sense of pride in 
those who bear the burden of military leadership in 
our Nation’s wars and in times of peace. 
(7) The Foundation is a nongovernmental, 
member-based, and publicly supported nonprofit or-
ganization that is entirely dependent on funds from 
members, donations, and grants for its functions 
and supports exclusively the United States Army 
Command and General Staff College. 
(8) The Foundation uses funding to provide the 
Margin of Excellence to the programs and activities 
of the College in support of the educational needs of 
the Nation’s field grade officer corps, and the fac-
ulty and staff attendant thereto. 
(9) In 2006, the Secretary of the Army accept-
ed the first Foundation gift to the College in support 
of the Command and General Staff College. 
(10) The Foundation is actively engaged in the 
initial stages of its first capital campaign to support 
the Command and General Staff College. 
(11) The 5 5-Star Generals who attended or 
taught at the Command and General Staff College; 
include Douglas MacArthur, George C. Marshall, 
Henry ‘‘Hap’’ Arnold, Dwight D. Eisenhower, and 
Omar N. Bradley. 
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(12) DOUGLAS MACARTHUR, GENERAL OF THE 
ARMY.— 
(A) General MacArthur was a distin-
guished soldier, scholar, and strategist who 
gave sixty-one years of service to his country. 
(B) He commanded the 42d Division in 
World War I, and later served as the Chief of 
the Army General Staff. Prior to retirement, he 
was the Military Advisor to the Commonwealth 
of the Philippines. 
(C) In 1941, he was recalled to active duty 
as Commanding General, United States Army 
Far East. 
(D) He was awarded the Medal of Honor 
for his heroic defense of the Philippines. 
(E) After being ordered to depart the Phil-
ippines by the President, he inspired the world 
with his statement, ‘‘I shall return.’’. 
(F) Forces under his command defeated 
those of the Empire of Japan. 
(G) After accepting the Japanese sur-
render, he directed the highly successful recon-
struction of the Japanese nation, and served as 
the first commander of United Nations Forces 
during the Korean War. 
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(H) General MacArthur, son of General 
Arthur MacArthur, spent time as a child at Ft. 
Leavenworth and later in his career, he taught 
as a Captain in the Field Engineering School, 
and served as the adjutant, quartermaster, and 
commanding officer of the 3d Engineer Bat-
talion (later reflagged as the 2d Engineer Bat-
talion). 
(13) GEORGE C. MARSHALL, GENERAL OF THE 
ARMY.— 
(A) General George C. Marshall entered 
the Army from the Virginia Military Institute 
in 1902. 
(B) During a long career of public service, 
he distinguished himself as a leader, tactician, 
strategist, statesman, and, truly, as the ‘‘Orga-
nizer of Victory.’’ 
(C) In World War I, he was regarded as 
one of the most talented staff officers in the 
United States Army. 
(D) After that war, and throughout the 
many long and challenging duties of the 
interwar years, he was appointed United States 
Army Chief of the General Staff in 1939. 
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(E) During World War II, he achieved rec-
ognition as one of America’s greatest military 
leaders. 
(F) As chief strategist of that global war, 
he materially assisted in directing the Allied 
Powers to victory. 
(G) In 1947 he was appointed Secretary of 
State for the United States and his outstanding 
career as a statesman proved equal to his bril-
liant military career. 
(H) He was awarded the Nobel Peace 
Prize for his conception and implementation of 
the European Recovery Program, and, subse-
quently, he served as the Secretary of Defense 
for 1 year. 
(I) General Marshall’s service at Ft. Leav-
enworth included graduation from the United 
States Army School of the Line in 1907, the 
United States Army Staff College in 1908, fol-
lowed by instructor duty at Ft. Leavenworth 
from in 1909 and 1910. 
(14) HENRY
H. ARNOLD, GENERAL
OF
THE 
ARMY.— 
(A) General ‘‘Hap’’ Arnold is the only offi-
cer in the history of our country to earn the 
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ranks of General of the Army and General of 
the Air Force. 
(B) General Arnold, a graduate of West 
Point in 1907, received his pilot training in 
1911 from the Wright brothers in Dayton, 
Ohio. 
(C) He became one of our Nation’s strong-
est advocates for air power, and personally held 
numerous records and trophies for flying 
achievements, to include the first delivery of 
United States mail by air. 
(D) Accomplishments in and from the air 
in the World Wars, particularly in World War 
II, were heavily influenced by his genius. 
(E) As a result of General Arnold’s con-
tributions, massed air power gave a third di-
mension to battles of World War II, swept the 
skies of the enemy, and denied him mobility on 
the ground. 
(F) One of General Arnold’s citations 
reads in part: ‘‘From conception to execution, 
General Arnold’s leadership guided the mighti-
est air force in history.’’ 
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(G) General Arnold’s service at Ft. Leav-
enworth was as a student at the Command and 
General Staff College, 1928–1929. 
(15) DWIGHT
D. EISENHOWER, GENERAL
OF 
THE ARMY.— 
(A) General Dwight D. Eisenhower, in 
1915, began a career of distinguished public 
service reaching the highest positions of mili-
tary and civil leadership in the United States. 
(B) During World War II, as Commander 
in Chief, Allied Expeditionary Force, he led the 
invasion of North Africa and defeated the Ger-
man force on that continent. 
(C) In 1944, as Supreme Allied Com-
mander, Allied Expeditionary Force, he was in-
structed: ‘‘You will enter the continent of Eu-
rope, and, in conjunction with other United Na-
tions, undertake operations aimed at the heart 
of Germany and the destruction of her armed 
forces.’’ 
(D) In accomplishing this mission, he com-
manded the largest combination of land, sea 
and air forces in history. 
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(E) Following World War II, he was in-
strumental in the development of the North At-
lantic Treaty Organization. 
(F) After his brilliant military career he 
was elected 34th President of the United 
States. 
(G) His service at Ft. Leavenworth was 
1917–1918 as a tactical instructor officer for a 
course for lieutenants and in 1925–1926 as a 
student at the Command and General Staff 
College from which he was the honor graduate 
of his class. 
(16) OMAR
N. BRADLEY, GENERAL
OF
THE 
ARMY.— 
(A) Throughout his distinguished military 
career, General Omar N. Bradley was recog-
nized as an exceptional leader, tactician, and 
educator. 
(B) As Commandant of the Infantry 
School, he developed the officer candidate pro-
gram through which more than 45,000 combat 
leaders of World War II were commissioned. 
(C) During the war, he successfully com-
manded a division, corps, army, and army 
group. While commanding II Corps, he was in-
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strumental in defeating German forces in North 
Africa and Sicily. 
(D) His successful career as a field com-
mander reached a peak when, as commander of 
the 12th Army Group, he greatly assisted in the 
liberation of Europe. 
(E) This group contained the largest num-
ber of American to ever serve under one com-
mander. He became the Army Chief of Staff in 
1948 and the first Chairman of the Joint 
Chiefs of Staff in 1949. 
(F) General Bradley’s service at Ft. Leav-
enworth was as a student at the Command and 
General Staff College, 1928–1929. 
SEC. 3. COIN SPECIFICATIONS. 
(a) DENOMINATIONS.—In recognition and celebration 
of the 5-Star Generals attendance and graduation from 
the Command and General Staff College, and notwith-
standing any other provision of law, the Secretary of the 
Treasury (hereafter in this act referred to as the ‘‘Sec-
retary’’) 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 diameter of 0.850 inches; and 
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(C) contain 90 percent gold and 10 percent 
alloy. 
(2) $1 SILVER COINS.—Not more than 500,000 
$1 coins, 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. 
(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 COINS. 
(a) DESIGN REQUIREMENTS.— 
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(1) IN
GENERAL.—The design of the coins 
minted under this Act shall include the portraits of 
Generals George C. Marshall, Douglas MacArthur, 
Dwight D. Eisenhower, Henry ‘‘Hap’’ Arnold and 
Omar N. Bradley. 
(2) DESIGNATIONS
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 ‘‘2013’’; 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— 
(1) be selected by the Secretary after consulta-
tion with the Command and General Staff College 
Foundation, and the Commission of Fine Arts; and 
(2) be reviewed by the Citizens Coinage Advi-
sory 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 FACILITIES.—For each of the three coins 
minted under this Act, at least one facility will be used 
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to strike proof quality coins, while at least one other facil-
ity will be used to strike the uncirculated quality coins. 
(c) PERIOD
FOR ISSUANCE.—The Secretary may 
issue coins minted under this Act only during the 1-year 
period beginning on January 1, 2013. 
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). 
(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. 
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SEC. 7. SURCHARGES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—All sales of coins minted under 
this Act shall include a surcharge as follows: 
(1) A surcharge of $35 per coin for the $5 coin. 
(2) A surcharge of $10 per coin for the $1 coin. 
(3) A surcharge of $5 per coin for the half dol-
lar coin. 
(b) DISTRIBUTION.—Subject to section 5134(f) 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 Command 
and General Staff College Foundation to help finance their 
support of the Command and General Staff College. 
(c) AUDITS.—The Command and General Staff Col-
lege Foundation shall be subject to the audit requirements 
of section 5134(f)(2) of title 31, United States Code, with 
regard to the amounts received by the Foundation 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 com-
memorative coin program issuance limitation under sec-
tion 5112(m)(1) of title 31, United States Code (as in ef-
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fect on the date of the enactment of this Act). The Sec-
retary of the Treasury may issue guidance to carry out 
this subsection. 
Æ 
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