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111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2123 
To require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in recognition of 
and to commemorate the 1863 invasion of Pennsylvania, the Battle 
of Gettysburg, and President Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 27, 2009 
Mr. PLATTS (for himself and Mr. ISRAEL) 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 recognition of and to commemorate the 1863 invasion 
of Pennsylvania, the Battle of Gettysburg, and President 
Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address. 
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 ‘‘1863 Gettysburg Cam-
paign Act’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
The Congress finds the following: 
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(1) The 1863 invasion of Pennsylvania and the 
resulting Battle of Gettysburg proved decisive in the 
final outcome of the American Civil War. 
(2) President Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg 
Address put the Civil War in perspective as a test 
of the success of the American Revolution. 
(3) The Army Heritage Center Foundation 
works with the United States Army to establish, 
sponsor, support, promote, and maintain the United 
States Army Heritage and Education Center at Car-
lisle, Pennsylvania. 
(4) The Army Heritage and Education Center 
is the Army’s premier center for the study of the 
role of the individual soldier in support of the Na-
tion. 
(5) The Civil War photograph and manuscript 
collection at the Center is considered one of the fin-
est in the Nation. 
(6) The Center seeks to honor the service and 
sacrifice of soldiers and their families, preserve the 
memories of their service by gathering and pre-
serving artifact and manuscript collections, and to 
educate the public through a world class archives, 
museum displays, and engaging educational pro-
grams. 
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(7) The goal of the Center is promote an appre-
ciation of the sacrifices that generations of American 
soldiers and their families have made to safeguard 
the freedoms of this Nation. 
(8) The Army Heritage Center Foundation will, 
through donated support, fund and construct the 
public components of the Army Heritage and Edu-
cation Center—the Visitor and Education Center 
and the Army Heritage Museum—and, once con-
struction is complete, focus on providing ‘‘margin of 
excellence support’’ to meet the needs of educational 
programs and other activities at the Army Heritage 
and Education Center for which Federal funds are 
unavailable. 
(9) The Gettysburg Foundation is dedicated to 
supporting the Gettysburg National Military Park, a 
unit of the National Park Service, by— 
(A) operating the new Museum and Visitor 
Center for the Park; 
(B) funding the preservation and rehabili-
tation of the Park’s resources; 
(C) preserving and displaying the Cyclo-
rama painting; and 
(D) providing visitors with an under-
standing of the significance of the Battle of 
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Gettysburg within the context of the causes and 
consequences of the American Civil War. 
(10) The Army Heritage Center Foundation 
and the Gettysburg Foundation are each nongovern-
mental, member-based, and publicly supported non-
profit organizations that are dependent on funds 
from members, donations, and grants for support. 
(11) The Foundations use such support to help 
create and sustain the Gettysburg National Military 
Park and the Army Heritage and Education Center. 
(12) The Gettysburg Foundation is recognized 
as the official partner of Gettysburg National Mili-
tary Park and the Army Heritage Center Founda-
tion is recognized by the Secretary of the Army as 
the lead agency supporting the development of the 
Army Heritage and Education Center. 
SEC. 3. COIN SPECIFICATIONS. 
(a) DENOMINATIONS.—In recognition and commemo-
ration of the 1863 Invasion of Pennsylvania, the decisive 
Battle of Gettysburg, and President Lincoln’s Gettys-
burg’s Address, and notwithstanding any other provision 
of law, the Secretary of the Treasury (hereafter in this 
Act referred to as the ‘‘Secretary’’) shall mint and issue 
the following coins: 
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(1) $5 GOLD COINS.—Not more than 100,000 
$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 COINS.—Not more than 500,000 
$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. 
(3) HALF
DOLLAR
CLAD
COINS.—Not more 
than 750,000 half dollar coins, which shall— 
(A) weigh 11.34 grams; 
(B) have a diameter of 1.205 inches; and 
(C) be minted to the specifications for half 
dollar coins, contained in section 5112(b) of 
title 31, United States Code. 
(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 
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minted under this Act shall be considered to be numis-
matic items. 
SEC. 4. DESIGN OF COINS. 
(a) DESIGN REQUIREMENTS.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The design of the coins 
minted under this Act shall be emblematic of the 
history and memory of the Gettysburg campaign and 
President Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address. 
(2) DESIGNATIONS
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 ‘‘2013’’; and 
(C) inscriptions of the words ‘‘Liberty’’, 
‘‘In God We Trust’’, ‘‘United States of Amer-
ica’’, and ‘‘E Pluribus Unum’’. 
(b) SELECTION.—The design for the coins minted 
under this Act shall— 
(1) contain motifs that specifically commemo-
rate the 1863 invasion of Pennsylvania, the Battle 
at Gettysburg, and Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address; 
(2) be selected by the Secretary, after consulta-
tion with the Secretary of the Army, the Secretary 
of the Interior, and the Commission of Fine Arts; 
and 
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(3) be reviewed by the Citizens Coinage Advi-
sory Committee. 
SEC. 5. ISSUANCE OF COINS. 
(a) QUALITY OF COINS.—Coins minted under this 
Act shall be issued in uncirculated and proof qualities. 
(b) MINT FACILITIES.—For each of the 3 coins mint-
ed under this Act, at least 1 facility of the United States 
Mint shall be used to strike proof quality coins, while at 
least 1 other such facility shall be used to strike the uncir-
culated quality coins. 
(c) PERIOD
FOR ISSUANCE.—The Secretary may 
issue coins minted under this Act only during the 1-year 
period beginning on January 1, 2013. 
SEC. 6. 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 7(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). 
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(b) BULK SALES.—The Secretary shall make bulk 
sales of the coins issued under this Act at a reasonable 
discount. 
(c) PREPAID ORDERS.— 
(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. 7. 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. 
(3) A surcharge of $5 per coin for the half dol-
lar 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 paid by the Secretary as follows: 
(1) ARMY HERITAGE CENTER FOUNDATION.— 
1⁄2 to the Army Heritage Center Foundation. 
(2) GETTYSBURG FOUNDATION.—1⁄2 to the Get-
tysburg Foundation. 
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(c) AUDITS.—The Army Heritage Center Foundation 
and the Gettysburg Foundation shall each be subject to 
the audit requirements of section 5134(f)(2) of title 31, 
United States Code, with regard to the amounts received 
by each such Foundation 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. 
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