(1) The United States Marshals Service, the 
first law enforcement agency in America, was estab-
lished under section 27 of the Act of Congress enti-
tled ‘‘Chapter XX.—An Act to Establish the Judi-
cial Courts of the United States’’ and enacted on 
September 24, 1789 (commonly referred to as the 
‘‘Judiciary Act of September 24, 1789’’, during the 
1st Session of the 1st Congress and signed into law 
by the 1st President of the United States, George 
Washington. 
(2) George Washington had carefully considered 
the appointments to the Judicial branch long before 
the enactment of the Judiciary Act of September 24, 
1789, and appointed the first 13 United States Mar-
shals on September 26, 1789, 2 days after signing 
the Act into law. 
(3) The United States Marshals Service has 
had major significance in the history in the United 
States and has directly contributed to the safety and 
preservation of this Nation, by serving as an instru-
ment of civil authority used by all 3 branches of the 
United States Government. 
(4) One of the original 13 United States Mar-
shals, Robert Forsyth of Georgia, a 40-year old vet-
eran of the Revolutionary War, was the first civilian 
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official of the United States Government, and the 
first of many United States Marshals and deputies, 
to be killed in the line of duty when he was shot on 
January 11, 1794, while trying to serve civil process. 
(5) The United States Marshals Service Com-
memorative Coin will be the first commemorative 
coin to honor the United States Marshals Service. 
(6) In 2008, the United States Marshals Serv-
ice established a 225th Anniversary Committee to 
ensure a suitable national observance of the United 
States Marshals Service 225th Anniversary to take 
place on or about September 24, 2014, to support 
and facilitate marketing efforts for a commemorative 
coin and related activities for the United States 
Marshals Service 2014 observances. 
(7) A commemorative coin will bring national 
and international attention to the lasting legacy of 
this Nations oldest law enforcement agency. 
(8) The United States should pay tribute to the 
Nation’s oldest law enforcement agency, the United 
States Marshals Service, by minting and issuing 
commemorative coins as defined herein. 
(9) The proceeds from a surcharge on the sale 
of such commemorative coins will assist the financ-
ing of a several national monuments, museums, and 
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charitable organizations including the United States 
Marshals Service National Museum, the National 
Law Enforcement Museum and Memorial, and The 
Center for Missing and Exploited Children. 
SEC. 3. COIN SPECIFICATIONS. 
(a) DENOMINATIONS.—In commemoration of the 
225th anniversary of the establishment of the United 
States Marshals Service, the Secretary of the Treasury 
(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 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 500,000 
$1 coins of each of the designs specified in section 
4(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 alloy. 
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(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. 
(d) MINTAGE LEVEL LIMIT.—Notwithstanding the 
mintage 
level 
limit 
described 
under 
section 
5112(m)(2)(A)(ii) of title 31, United States Code, the Sec-
retary of the Treasury may mint and issue not more than 
500,000 of each of the $1 coins and 100,000 of each of 
the $5 coins authorized to be minted under this Act. 
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 
225 years of exemplary and unparalleled achieve-
ments of the United States Marshals Service. 
(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 ‘‘2014’’; and 
(C) inscriptions of the words ‘‘Liberty’’, 
‘‘In God We Trust’’, ‘‘United States of Amer-
ica’’, and ‘‘E Pluribus Unum’’, and such other 
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inscriptions as the Secretary may determine to 
be appropriate for the designs of the coins. 
(3) COIN IMAGES.— 
(A) $5 GOLD COINS.— 
(i) OBVERSE.—The obverse of the $5 
coins issued under this Act shall bear an 
image of the Marshals Services Star (a.k.a. 
‘‘America’s Star’’). 
(ii) REVERSE.—The reverse of the $5 
coins issued under this Act shall bear a de-
sign emblematic of the sacrifice and service 
of the men and women of the United 
States Marshals Service who lost their lives 
in the line of duty. 
(iii) EDGE INCUSION.—It is the sense 
of the Congress that, to the extent prac-
ticable, the edge of the $5 coins issued 
under this Act shall bear the motto of the 
United States Marshals Service ‘‘Justice, 
Integrity, Service’’. 
(iv) HIGH RELIEF.—The design and 
inscriptions on the obverse and reverse of 
the $5 coins issued under this Act shall be 
in high relief. 
(B) $1 SILVER COINS.— 
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(i) OBVERSE.—The obverse of the $1 
coins issued under this Act shall bear an 
image of the Marshals Services Star (a.k.a. 
‘‘America’s Star’’). 
(ii) EDGE INCUSION.—It is the sense 
of the Congress that, to the extent prac-
ticable, the edge of each $1 coin shall bear 
the motto of the United States Marshals 
Service ‘‘Justice, Integrity, Service’’. 
(4) REALISTIC AND HISTORICALLY ACCURATE 
DEPICTIONS.—The images for the designs of coins 
issued under this Act shall be selected on the basis 
of the realism and historical accuracy of the images 
and on the extent to which the images are reminis-
cent of the dramatic and beautiful artwork on coins 
of the so-called ‘‘Golden Age of Coinage’’ in the 
United States, at the beginning of the Twentieth 
Century, with the participation of such noted sculp-
tors and medallic artists as James Earle Fraser, Au-
gustus Saint-Gaudens, Victor David Brenner, Ad-
olph A. Weinman, Charles E. Barber, and George T. 
Morgan. 
(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 Director of the United States Marshals 
Service, the Historian of the United States Marshals 
Service, and the Commission of Fine Arts; and 
(2) reviewed by— 
(A) the Citizens Coin Advisory Committee; 
and 
(B) the United States Marshals Service 
225th Anniversary Committee, a panel to be 
formed consisting of administrative and oper-
ational members of the United States Marshals 
Service, past or present. 
SEC. 5. ISSUANCE OF COINS. 
(a) QUALITY OF COINS.—Coins minted under this 
Act shall be issued in proof quality and uncirculated qual-
ity. 
(b) MINT FACILITY.—Only 1 facility of the United 
States Mint may be used to strike any particular combina-
tion of denomination and quality of the coins minted under 
this Act. 
(c) COMMENCEMENT OF ISSUANCE.—The Secretary 
may issue coins, to the public, minted under this Act be-
ginning on or after September 24, 2014, the 225th anni-
versary date of the United States Marshals Service, except 
for a limited number to be issued prior to this date to 
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the Director of the United States Marshals Service and 
employees of the Service for display and presentation dur-
ing the 225th Anniversary celebration. 
(d) TERMINATION
OF MINTING AUTHORITY.—No 
coins may be minted under this Act after December 31, 
2014. 
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) 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. 
(3) UNITED
STATES
MARSHAL
SERVICE
EM-
PLOYEES.—To the extent possible the Secretary 
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shall make arrangements to ensure that current, 
former, and retired employees of the United States 
Marshals Service, names to be verified by the Direc-
tor USMS, or his designee, have an exclusive defined 
period of time to place prepaid orders under para-
graph (1) at the same reasonable discount refered to 
in paragraph (2). 
(c) PRESENTATION.—In addition to the issuance of 
coins under this Act in such other methods of presentation 
as the Secretary of the Treasury determines to be appro-
priate, the Secretary shall provide, as a sale option, a pres-
entation case which displays the $5 gold and the $1 silver 
coins. The presentation case should bear a depiction of 
the current badge of the United States Marshal Service. 
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 gold 
coin. 
(2) A surcharge of $10 per coin for the $1 sil-
ver 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 distributed as follows: 
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(1) The first $5,000,000 available for distribu-
tion under this section to the Director of the United 
States Marshals Service National Museum located in 
Fort Smith, Arkansas, for the preservation, mainte-
nance, and display of artifacts and documents of the 
United States Marshals Service. 
(2) Of amounts available for distribution after 
the payment under paragraph (1)— 
(A) $1,000,000 to the Center for Missing 
and Exploited Children located in Washington, 
DC. 
(B) $1,000,000 to the National Law En-
forcement Officers Memorial Fund located in 
Washington, DC, in support of the National 
Law Enforcement Museum and the National 
Law Enforcement Officers Memorial. 
(C) $1,000,000 to the Federal Law En-
forcement Officers Association. 
(D) $500,000 to the William ‘‘Bill’’ Degan 
Scholarship Fund, which provides scholarships 
for spouses and children of law enforcement of-
ficers killed in the line of duty. 
(E) $500,000 to the Robert D. May Schol-
arship Fund, which provides scholarships for 
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spouses and children of law enforcement officer 
killed in the line of duty. 
(F) $500,000 to the Community Oriented 
Policing Service. 
(G) $500,000 to the Retired United States 
Marshals Service Association, an IRS 501 3(c) 
charitable organization located in Miami, FL. 
(c) AUDITS.—All organizations, associations, and 
funds shall be subject to the audit requirements of section 
5134(f)(2) of title 31, United States Code, with regard 
to the amounts received under subsection (b). 
SEC. 8. BRONZE DUPLICATES. 
The Secretary may strike and sell bronze duplicates 
of the $5 gold coins authorized under this Act, at a price 
the Secretary determines to be appropriate. 
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