I
107TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 3980
To provide for a circulating commemorative coin to commemorate the events
of September 11, 2001.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MARCH 14, 2002
Mr. ROTHMAN (for himself, Mr. HASTINGS of Florida, Mr. TOWNS, Mr.
SERRANO, Mr. BALDACCI, Mr. FROST, and Mr. RANGEL) introduced the
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services
A BILL
To provide for a circulating commemorative coin to
commemorate the events of September 11, 2001.
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 ‘‘September 11, 2001
Commemorative Coin Act’’.
SEC. 2. SEPTEMBER 11, 2001 COMMEMORATIVE COIN.
(a) AUTHORIZATION.—The Secretary of the Treasury
shall mint and issue a sufficient number of half-dollar
coins to circulate, commemorating the terrorist attacks on
the United States on September 11, 2001.
(b) STANDARD SPECIFICATIONS.—Except as pro-
vided in section 3, the coins minted under this Act shall
have the composition and specifications provided for in
section 5112 of title 31, United States Code.
(c) LEGAL TENDER.—The coins minted under this
Act shall be legal tender, as provided in section 5103 of
title 31, United States Code.
(d) TREATMENT AS NUMISMATIC ITEMS.—For pur-
poses of section 5136 of title 31, United States Code, all
coins minted under this Act shall be considered to be nu-
mismatic items.
SEC. 3. DESIGN OF COINS.
(a) 
IN
GENERAL.—Notwithstanding 
section
5112(d)(1) of title 31, United States Code, the obverse
of the coins minted under this Act shall depict the twin
towers of the World Trade Center prior to the attack of
September 11, 2001. The design on the reverse of the coin
shall depict a representation of the Pentagon prior to the
attack and a tribute to United flight 93 which crashed
in Pennsylvania on September 11, 2001.
(b) DESIGN SELECTION.—The design for the coins
minted under this Act shall be selected by the Secretary
of the Treasury in consultation with the Citizens Com-
memorative Coin Advisory Committee and the Commission
on Fine Arts.
(c) DESIGNATION AND INSCRIPTIONS.—On each coin
minted under this Act there shall be.—
(1) a designation of the value of the coin;
(2) an inscription of the year ‘‘2001’’ as the
date of minting, notwithstanding the date the coin
is actually minted;
(3) inscriptions of the words ‘‘Liberty’’, ‘‘In
God We Trust’’; ‘‘United States of America’’; ‘‘E
Pluribus Unum’’; and
(4) on the obverse of the coin, in close prox-
imity to the rendering of the World Trade Center
towers, the word ‘‘Freedom’’.
SEC. 4. ISSUANCE OF COINS.
(a) QUALITY OF COINS.—Coins minted under this
Act shall be issued in circulation quality, and up to
750,000 may be minted as numismatic items, and shall
bear the ‘‘W’’ mint mark of the West Point, New York,
United States Mint, regardless of where produced, and
may be issued in uncirculated and proof qualities.
(b) MINT FACILITY.—Any or all facilities of the
United States Mint may be used to strike the coins minted
under this Act.
(c) COMMENCEMENT OF ISSUANCE.—The Secretary
of the Treasury may issue coins minted under this Act
at the earliest opportunity.