I 
113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3680 
To require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in recognition of 
the fight against breast cancer. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 9, 2013 
Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New York (for herself and Mr. SCHOCK) intro-
duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Finan-
cial Services 
A BILL 
To require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins 
in recognition of the fight against breast cancer. 
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 ‘‘Breast Cancer Aware-
ness Commemorative Coin Act’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
The Congress finds the following: 
(1) Breast cancer is the most common cancer 
among American women, except for skin cancers. 
Today, about 1 in 8, or 12 percent of, women in the 
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United States will develop invasive breast cancer 
during their lifetime. This is an increase from 1 in 
11, or 9 percent of, women in 1975. 
(2) Breast cancer is the second leading cause of 
cancer death in women. The chance of dying from 
breast cancer is about 1 in 36. Thanks to earlier de-
tection, increased awareness, and improved treat-
ment, death rates from breast cancer have decreased 
since about 1989. 
(3) There is a strong interest among the Amer-
ican public to do more to tackle this disease. The 
National Cancer Institute estimates $16.5 billion is 
spent in the United States each year on breast can-
cer treatment. 
(4) Finding a cure for breast cancer is a goal 
of the United States Government. 
(5) The National Institutes of Health dedicated 
$800 million for breast cancer research in Fiscal 
Year 2012. In Fiscal Year 2012, the Department of 
Defense’s Breast Cancer Research Program received 
$120 million. In total, the U.S. is projected to spend 
$925 million on breast cancer research in Fiscal 
Year 2013. 
(6) While the Federal Government remains the 
largest funder of breast cancer research in the 
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United States, in 2012, the National Cancer Insti-
tute reduced funding by almost $30 million and the 
Department of Defense Breast Cancer Research 
Program grants decreased more than 22 percent 
from 2010 funding levels. 
(7) Additional private sector support for breast 
cancer research will help us find a cure for breast 
cancer even faster. 
(8) It is estimated that in the United States 
232,340 women will be diagnosed with and 39,620 
women will die of cancer of the breast in 2013. This 
means that every 13 minutes a woman dies of breast 
cancer in the United States. 
(9) However, due to disease type and lack of 
adequate care, Black women have the highest death 
rates of all racial and ethnic groups and are 40 per-
cent more likely to die of breast cancer than White 
women. 
(10) Breast cancer used to be considered a dis-
ease of aging but recent trends show that more ag-
gressive forms of the disease have been increasingly 
diagnosed in younger women. 
(11) Breast cancer is the most frequently diag-
nosed cancer among nearly every racial and ethnic 
group, including African-American, American In-
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dian/Alaska Native, Asian/Pacific Islander and His-
panic/Latina women. 
(12) Clinical advances, resulting from research, 
have led to increased survival from breast cancer. 
Since 1990, death rates from breast cancer have 
dropped over 30 percent. 
(13) Among men in the United States it is esti-
mated that there will be 2,240 new cases of invasive 
breast cancer and 410 breast cancer deaths in 2013. 
(14) At this time there are more than 2.9 mil-
lion breast cancer survivors in the United States. 
(15) It is estimated that breast cancer costs 
$12.5 billion in lost productivity. Such productivity 
losses will increase with projected growth rate and 
aging of the U.S. population if cancer mortality 
rates stay constant in the future. 
(16) There is a better chance of survival and 
there are more treatment options with early stage 
detection through mammograms and clinical breast 
exams. 
(17) Breast cancer is the most common cancer 
in women worldwide, with an estimated 1.6 million 
new cases of breast cancer among women worldwide 
in 2010. 
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(18) Breast Cancer Research Foundation 
(BCRF) is considered one of the most efficient re-
search charities. 
(19) Of every dollar donated to BCRF, $0.91 
goes to research and awareness programs—88 cents 
towards research and 3 cents towards awareness. 
(20) Founded in 1993, the BCRF has raised 
more than $450 million to fund research aimed at 
achieving prevention of breast cancer and curing 
those with the disease. For 2013–2014, BCRF 
awarded $45 million in grants to support the work 
of more than 200 researchers at major medical insti-
tutions across six continents and 12 countries. 
(21) Susan G. Komen for the Cure includes 
funded research in 48 of the 50 States and commu-
nity services in 49 of the 50 States. The organiza-
tion has also supported programming in more than 
30 countries. 
(22) Over the past 5 years, more than 80 cents 
of every dollar spent by Susan G. Komen has gone 
directly to its mission to save lives and end breast 
cancer by empowering people, ensuring quality care 
for all and energizing science to find the cures. 
(23) Since its inception in 1982, Susan G. 
Komen has invested more than $2 billion on its mis-
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sion of saving lives and ending breast cancer by em-
powering people, ensuring quality care for all and 
energizing science to find the cures, including more 
than $790 million in research funding. 
(24) Today, the BCRF and Susan G. Komen 
continue their work to advance research and support 
programs for patients and their families. 
SEC. 3. COIN SPECIFICATIONS. 
(a) $1 SILVER COINS.—The Secretary of the Treas-
ury (hereafter in this Act referred to as the ‘‘Secretary’’) 
shall mint and issue not more than 500,000 $1 coins, 
which shall— 
(1) weigh 26.73 grams; 
(2) have a diameter of 1.500 inches; and 
(3) contain 90 percent silver and 10 percent 
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 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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