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(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 $50 gold coin in the cen-
ter surrounded by the $1 silver coins in elliptical orbits. 
All such presentation cases shall bear a plaque with appro-
priate inscriptions that include the names and dates of the 
spacecraft missions on which United States astronauts 
lost their lives over the course of the space program and 
the names of such astronauts. 
SEC. 7. SURCHARGES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—All sales of coins minted under 
this Act shall include a surcharge as follows: 
(1) A surcharge of $50 per coin for the $50 
coin. 
(2) A surcharge of $10 per coin for the $1 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: 
(1) The first $4,000,000 available for distribu-
tion under this section, to the NASA Family Assist-
ance Fund for the purposes of providing need-based 
financial assistance to the families of NASA per-
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sonnel who die as a result of injuries suffered in the 
performance of their official duties. 
(2) Of amounts available for distribution after 
the payment under paragraph (1), 1⁄2 of the next 
$1,000,000 to each of the following: 
(A) The Dr. Ronald E. McNair Edu-
cational (D.R.E.M.E.) Science Literacy Foun-
dation for the purposes of improving and 
strengthening the process of teaching and 
learning science, math, and technology at all 
educational levels, elementary through college 
through the promotion of innovative educational 
programs. 
(B) The Dorothy Jemison Foundation for 
Excellence for the purposes of supporting the 
work of the Foundation in building critical 
thinking skills, experiential teaching methods, 
science literacy, and integrated approaches to 
learning and individual responsibility in achiev-
ing excellence. 
(3) The remainder of the amounts available for 
distribution after the payments under paragraphs 
(1) and (2), to the Secretary of the Smithsonian In-
stitution for the preservation, maintenance, and dis-
play of space artifacts at the National Air and Space 
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Museum (including the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Cen-
ter). 
(c) AUDITS.—The NASA Family Assistance Fund, 
the Dr. Ronald E. McNair Educational Science Literacy 
Foundation, the Dorothy Jemison Foundation for Excel-
lence, and the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution 
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). 
(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. 
SEC. 8. BRONZE DUPLICATES. 
The Secretary may strike and sell bronze duplicates 
of the $50 gold coins authorized under this Act, at a price 
the Secretary determines to be appropriate. Such dupli-
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cates shall not be considered to be United States coins 
and shall not be legal tender. 
Passed the House of Representatives July 30, 2007. 
Attest: 
LORRAINE C. MILLER, 
Clerk. 
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