I 
112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 497 
To require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in commemoration 
of Ronald Wilson Reagan, the 40th President of the United States. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 26, 2011 
Mr. LATTA (for himself, Mr. MCCLINTOCK, Mr. LEWIS of California, Mr. AUS-
TRIA, Mr. BURTON of Indiana, Mr. SCALISE, Mr. ROGERS of Kentucky, 
Mr. CALVERT, Mr. JONES, Mr. DANIEL E. LUNGREN of California, Mr. 
WOLF, Mr. FRELINGHUYSEN, Mr. GRIMM, Mr. CHABOT, Mr. CRAWFORD, 
Mr. FRANKS of Arizona, Mr. GINGREY of Georgia, Mr. ISSA, Mr. FLEM-
ING, Mr. HERGER, Mr. WILSON of South Carolina, Mr. ROE of Ten-
nessee, Mr. BRADY of Texas, Mrs. BLACKBURN, Mr. MARCHANT, Mr. 
FLORES, Mr. LAMBORN, and Mr. POSEY) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services 
A BILL 
To require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins 
in commemoration of Ronald Wilson Reagan, the 40th 
President of the United States. 
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 ‘‘Ronald Reagan Com-
memorative Coin Act of 2011’’. 
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SEC. 2. COIN SPECIFICATIONS. 
(a) DENOMINATIONS.—The Secretary of the Treas-
ury (hereafter in this Act referred to as the ‘‘Secretary’’) 
shall mint and issue the following coins: 
(1) $5 GOLD COIN.—Not more than 50,000 $5 
coins, which shall— 
(A) weigh 8.359 grams; 
(B) have a diameter of 0.850 inches; and 
(C) contain 90 percent gold and 10 percent 
alloy. 
(2) $1 SILVER COIN.—Not more than 300,000 
$1 coins, 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 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. 3. DESIGN OF COINS. 
(a) DESIGN REQUIREMENTS.— 
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(1) IN
GENERAL.—The design of the coins 
minted under this Act shall— 
(A) bear an image of former President 
Ronald Wilson Reagan and a reference to his 
100th birthday in 2011 on the obverse side; and 
(B) bear a design on the reverse side that 
is similar to the depiction of an American eagle 
carrying an olive branch, flying above a nest 
containing another eagle and hatchlings. 
(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 ‘‘2017’’; and 
(C) inscriptions of the words ‘‘Liberty’’, 
‘‘In God We Trust’’, ‘‘United States of Amer-
ica’’, and ‘‘E Pluribus Unum’’. 
(b) DESIGN SELECTION.—The design for the coins 
minted under this Act shall be— 
(1) selected by the Secretary, after consultation 
with the Commission of Fine Arts; and 
(2) reviewed by the Citizens Commemorative 
Coin Advisory Committee. 
SEC. 4. ISSUANCE OF COINS. 
(a) QUALITY OF COINS.—Coins minted under this 
Act shall be issued in uncirculated and proof qualities. 
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(b) MINT FACILITY.—Only 1 facility of the United 
States Mint may be used to strike any particular quality 
of the coins minted under this Act. 
(c) COMMENCEMENT OF ISSUANCE.—The Secretary 
may issue coins minted under this Act beginning on Janu-
ary 1, 2017, except that the Secretary may initiate sales 
of such coins, without issuance, before such date. 
(d) TERMINATION
OF MINTING AUTHORITY.—No 
coins shall be minted under this Act after December 31, 
2017. 
SEC. 5. 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 6(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) BULK SALES.—The Secretary shall make bulk 
sales of the coins issued under this Act at a reasonable 
discount. 
(c) PREPAID ORDERS.— 
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(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. 
SEC. 6. 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 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, the proceeds from the sur-
charges received by the Secretary from the sale of coins 
issued under this Act shall be paid promptly by the Sec-
retary to the Army Emergency Relief to be used by the 
Army Emergency Relief for the purposes of providing fi-
nancial assistance to any of the following individuals: 
(1) An individual who is an Army active duty 
soldier, single or married, or a dependent of such a 
soldier. 
(2) A member of the Army National Guard or 
Army Reserve on continuous active duty under title 
10, United States Code, for more than 30 consecu-
tive days, or a dependent of such a member. 
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(3) A soldier retired from active duty because 
of longevity or physical disability, including any 
Army National Guard or Army Reserve soldier who 
is in receipt of Army retired pay, or any authorized 
dependent of such soldier. 
(4) A surviving spouse or dependent child of a 
soldier who died while on active duty or after retire-
ment. 
(c) AUDITS.—The Army Emergency Relief shall be 
subject to the audit requirements of section 5134(f)(2) of 
title 31, United States Code, with regard to such funds. 
(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. 
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