I 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2722 
To require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in recognition of 
the fight against breast cancer. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 10, 2015 
Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New York (for herself, Mr. SESSIONS, Mr. 
KINZINGER of Illinois, Mr. SMITH of Washington, Mr. GRAYSON, Mr. 
LOWENTHAL, Mr. HASTINGS, Mr. MOONEY of West Virginia, Ms. ADAMS, 
Mr. BERA, Mr. CRENSHAW, Mr. CARSON of Indiana, Mr. BARR, Mr. 
HARRIS, Ms. KUSTER, Ms. ESHOO, Mr. AUSTIN SCOTT of Georgia, Mrs. 
COMSTOCK, Ms. LEE, Mr. BEN RAY LUJA´N of New Mexico, Mr. THOMP-
SON of Mississippi, Ms. MCCOLLUM, Mr. FLORES, Mr. FOSTER, Mr. PAS-
CRELL, 
Mr. 
POSEY, 
Mr. 
SHUSTER, 
Mr. 
LUETKEMEYER, 
Mr. 
FARENTHOLD, Mr. GIBBS, Mr. LATTA, Mr. RUSH, Mr. SCOTT of Vir-
ginia, Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN, Mr. ASHFORD, Mr. SHERMAN, Mr. 
BYRNE, Mrs. LAWRENCE, Mr. BRENDAN F. BOYLE of Pennsylvania, Mr. 
BABIN, Mr. HIGGINS, Mr. RUPPERSBERGER, Mr. CURBELO of Florida, 
Mrs. MCMORRIS RODGERS, Mr. RICHMOND, Mr. FATTAH, Mr. RANGEL, 
Mr. DENT, Mr. COLLINS of New York, Mr. GIBSON, Mr. FLEISCHMANN, 
Mr. PETERSON, Ms. BROWN of Florida, Mr. HARDY, Mr. CLAWSON of 
Florida, Mrs. LUMMIS, Mr. BENISHEK, Mr. KILDEE, Mr. LIPINSKI, Mr. 
WEBSTER of Florida, Mr. DANNY K. DAVIS of Illinois, Mr. ISSA, Mr. 
LOEBSACK, Mr. REICHERT, Mr. CICILLINE, Mr. PRICE of North Caro-
lina, Mr. ROUZER, Mr. SCHWEIKERT, Mr. DAVID SCOTT of Georgia, Mr. 
TROTT, Mrs. DINGELL, Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, Mr. HECK of Wash-
ington, Ms. DEGETTE, Mrs. BLACK, Ms. TITUS, Mr. YOUNG of Alaska, 
Mr. BEYER, Mr. NORCROSS, Mr. PAYNE, Ms. EDWARDS, Ms. MATSUI, 
Mr. LAMALFA, Mr. HUNTER, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Mr. PERLMUTTER, Mr. 
ROYCE, Mr. WHITFIELD, Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas, Ms. 
NORTON, Mr. CUMMINGS, Mr. ENGEL, Ms. ESTY, Mr. CLEAVER, Mr. 
SWALWELL of California, Mr. JENKINS of West Virginia, Mr. GUINTA, 
Mr. LOBIONDO, Mr. LUCAS, Mr. PALLONE, Ms. WILSON of Florida, Mr. 
HILL, Mr. BUTTERFIELD, Mr. GRAVES of Louisiana, Mr. PALMER, Mr. 
GENE GREEN of Texas, Mr. HOLDING, Mr. CONNOLLY, Mr. THOMPSON 
of Pennsylvania, Ms. MENG, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Mr. WALDEN, Mr. HAR-
PER, Mr. MEEKS, Mr. BILIRAKIS, Ms. GRAHAM, Ms. MOORE, Mr. 
JEFFRIES, Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia, Mr. CUELLAR, Mrs. WALORSKI, Mr. 
CLYBURN, Mr. LANGEVIN, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Ms. HAHN, Mr. HUFFMAN, 
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Mr. POLIS, Mr. SMITH of Missouri, Mr. DENHAM, Mr. DUNCAN of South 
Carolina, Mr. MILLER of Florida, Mr. NADLER, Mr. MCNERNEY, Mr. 
COOPER, Mr. COSTA, Mr. HIMES, Mr. MCDERMOTT, Mr. MCGOVERN, 
Mr. RENACCI, Mr. SENSENBRENNER, Mr. CASTRO of Texas, Mr. BAR-
TON, Mr. COURTNEY, Mr. HECK of Nevada, Mr. PITTS, Mr. WILSON of 
South Carolina, Mr. CARNEY, Mr. CONYERS, Mr. DELANEY, Mr. FLEM-
ING, Mr. GARAMENDI, Mr. KATKO, Mr. LARSON of Connecticut, Mr. 
LEWIS, Mr. MICA, Mr. MOOLENAAR, Mr. SARBANES, Mr. SHIMKUS, Mr. 
YARMUTH, Mr. CROWLEY, Mr. KENNEDY, Mrs. BEATTY, Mr. VARGAS, 
Ms. BROWNLEY of California, Ms. BASS, Ms. CLARK of Massachusetts, 
Miss RICE of New York, Ms. CASTOR of Florida, Mr. ELLISON, Mr. 
BUCK, Mr. CRAMER, Mr. YODER, Mrs. NOEM, Mr. SCHRADER, Ms. 
SINEMA, Mr. SMITH of Texas, Mr. BUCSHON, Mr. ZELDIN, Ms. LINDA 
T. SA´NCHEZ of California, Mrs. CAPPS, Ms. FRANKEL of Florida, Ms. 
LORETTA SANCHEZ of California, Mr. BARLETTA, Ms. SLAUGHTER, Ms. 
ROYBAL-ALLARD, Mr. GUTIE´RREZ, Ms. JENKINS
of Kansas, Ms. 
BORDALLO, Mr. VEASEY, Ms. FUDGE, Ms. KAPTUR, Mr. AMODEI, Mr. 
DESAULNIER, Mr. MEADOWS, Mr. POCAN, Mr. SANFORD, Mr. TAKAI, 
Mr. TAKANO, Mrs. BLACKBURN, Ms. MCSALLY, Mrs. ROBY, Mr. SALM-
ON, Mr. CARTWRIGHT, Ms. MAXINE WATERS of California, Mr. BUR-
GESS, Mr. CAPUANO, Mr. MCCAUL, Mr. TURNER, Ms. MICHELLE LUJAN 
GRISHAM of New Mexico, Mr. COFFMAN, Mr. CONAWAY, Mr. MICHAEL 
F. DOYLE of Pennsylvania, Mr. FITZPATRICK, Mr. HONDA, Mr. KELLY 
of Pennsylvania, Mr. POMPEO, Mr. QUIGLEY, Mr. SIMPSON, Mr. THOMP-
SON of California, Mr. GRIFFITH, Mrs. LOWEY, Ms. VELA´ZQUEZ, Mr. 
TIBERI, Mr. MEEHAN, Mr. MURPHY of Florida, Mr. COOK, Mr. GOSAR, 
Mr. TONKO, Mr. AGUILAR, Mr. KING of New York, Mr. OLSON, Mr. 
DEFAZIO, Mr. ROSKAM, Mr. VISCLOSKY, Mr. WELCH, Mr. FORBES, Mr. 
WEBER of Texas, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. RUIZ, Mr. RIBBLE, Mrs. ELLMERS 
of North Carolina, Mr. HANNA, Mr. HUDSON, Mr. NOLAN, Mr. NUGENT, 
Mr. CRAWFORD, Mr. LARSEN of Washington, Mr. BISHOP of Utah, Mr. 
WITTMAN, Mr. WOODALL, Mr. ADERHOLT, Mr. BRADY of Pennsylvania, 
Mr. DOLD, Ms. KELLY of Illinois, Mr. BLUM, Mr. RODNEY DAVIS of Illi-
nois, Mr. FRELINGHUYSEN, Mr. WILLIAMS, Mr. DESANTIS, Ms. 
DELAURO, Mr. HINOJOSA, Mr. ZINKE, Mr. FARR, Mr. LEVIN, Mr. 
BISHOP of Georgia, Mr. PERRY, Mr. PETERS, Mr. RIGELL, Mr. SEAN 
PATRICK MALONEY of New York, Ms. JACKSON LEE, Ms. PLASKETT, 
Mr. FINCHER, Mr. LYNCH, Mr. CHABOT, Mr. ISRAEL, Mr. KING of Iowa, 
Mr. PEARCE, Mr. STIVERS, Mrs. DAVIS of California, Ms. DELBENE, Ms. 
BONAMICI, Ms. DUCKWORTH, Mr. TED LIEU of California, Mr. POE of 
Texas, Ms. SEWELL of Alabama, Mr. DEUTCH, Mr. EMMER of Min-
nesota, Mr. MACARTHUR, Mr. RYAN of Ohio, Mr. WALZ, Mr. ROKITA, 
Mr. GRAVES of Georgia, Mr. MARINO, Mr. MCCLINTOCK, Mr. TOM PRICE 
of Georgia, Mr. RICE of South Carolina, Mr. ROONEY of Florida, Mr. 
FRANKS of Arizona, Mr. GOWDY, Ms. GABBARD, Mr. BUCHANAN, Mrs. 
HARTZLER, Mr. HURD of Texas, Mr. KEATING, Mr. BECERRA, Ms. 
CLARKE of New York, and Ms. LOFGREN) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addi-
tion to the Committee on the Budget, for a period to be subsequently de-
termined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions 
as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
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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 
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 
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spent in the United States each year on breast can-
cer treatment. Assuming that incidence and survival 
rates follow recent trends, it is estimated that $17.2 
billion will be spent on breast cancer care in the 
United States in 2014. 
(4) Finding a cure for breast cancer is a goal 
of the United States Government. 
(5) The National Institutes of Health dedicated 
an estimated $674 million for breast cancer research 
in Fiscal Year 2014. In Fiscal Year 2014, the De-
partment of Defense’s Breast Cancer Research Pro-
gram received $120 million. 
(6) While the National Institutes of Health and 
the Department of Defense program on Breast Can-
cer research remain the largest funders of breast 
cancer research in the United States, in 2013, the 
National Cancer Institute funding was reduced by 
nearly $66 million since 2011. The funding level for 
the Department of Defense Breast Cancer Research 
Program has remained consistent since 2012, how-
ever this amount represents a 20-percent decrease 
from 2011 funding levels. 
(7) Additional private sector support for breast 
cancer research will help us find cures for breast 
cancer even faster. 
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(8) It is estimated that in the United States 
231,840 women will be diagnosed with and 40,290 
women will die of cancer of the breast in 2015. 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, African-American women have the 
highest death rates of all racial and ethnic groups 
overall and are at least 44 percent more likely to die 
of breast cancer as compared to other racial and 
ethnic groups. 
(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-
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 34 percent. 
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