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One Hundred Sixteenth Congress 
of the 
United States of America 
AT THE FIRST SESSION 
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Thursday, 
the third day of January, two thousand and nineteen 
An Act 
To require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in commemoration of ratifica-
tion of the 19th Amendment to the Constitution of the United States, giving 
women in the United States the right to vote. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Women’s Suffrage Centennial 
Commemorative Coin Act’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS; PURPOSE. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 
(1) Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott organized 
the first Women’s Rights Convention in Seneca Falls, New 
York. 68 women and 32 men signed the Declaration of Senti-
ments at the Convention in July 1848. 
(2) The Declaration of Sentiments was modeled after the 
Declaration of Independence and declared that ‘‘all men and 
women are created equal’’, linking women’s rights directly to 
the founding ideals of the United States. 
(3) Suffrage activists, including Elizabeth Cady Stanton, 
Susan B. Anthony, Harriet Tubman, Sojourner Truth, Ida B. 
Wells, Jovita Idar, Inez Millholland, Mary Church Terrell, Anne 
Dallas Dudley, Carrie Chapman Catt, Alice Paul, Lucy Burns, 
Esther Hobart Morris, and many others, conducted over 900 
local, State, and Federal campaigns over a 72-year time span 
to win women the right to vote. 
(4) On November 6, 1917, New York granted women the 
right to vote, which was an act that created momentum for 
the national movement that culminated in the ratification of 
the 19th Amendment to the Constitution of the United States 
3 years later. 
(5) The 19th Amendment to the Constitution of the United 
States (‘‘The Susan B. Anthony Amendment’’) guarantees all 
United States women the right to vote and was passed by 
the 66th Congress of the United States on June 4, 1919. 
(6) On August 9, 1920, right before the ratification period 
was set to expire, Governor Albert H. Roberts called a special 
session of the Tennessee General Assembly to consider the 
amendment. Pro-suffrage and anti-suffrage activists from 
around the country descended on Nashville, Tennessee, intent 
on influencing the legislature. 
(7) After the amendment was defeated in a 48–48 tie vote, 
Tennessee State Representative Harry T. Burn from McMinn
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County cast the deciding favorable vote after receiving a note 
from his mother, Phoebe Ensminger Burn, imploring him to 
vote yes for ratification. 
(8) On August 18, 1920, Tennessee became the 36th and 
final State needed to pass the 19th Amendment, ensuring its 
ratification pursuant to Article V of the Constitution of the 
United States. 
(9) The 19th Amendment was ratified on August 26, 1920, 
when Secretary of State Bainbridge Colby issued a proclamation 
announcing it has become part of the Constitution of the United 
States. 
(10) The ratification of the 19th Amendment marked the 
single largest extension of voting rights in United States his-
tory, enfranchising 27,000,000 American women in the United 
States. 
(b) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this Act is— 
(1) to honor and commemorate the work of women suffrage 
activists in the late 19th and early 20th centuries; 
(2) to increase public awareness and appreciation for the 
history of the women’s suffrage movement; and 
(3) to encourage all women in the United States to exercise 
their hard-won franchise and to become involved in civic life 
if they so choose. 
SEC. 3. COIN SPECIFICATIONS. 
(a) $1 SILVER COINS.—The Secretary of the Treasury (hereafter 
in this Act referred to as the ‘‘Secretary’’) shall mint and issue 
not more than 400,000 $1 coins, which shall— 
(1) weigh 26.73 grams; 
(2) have a diameter of 1.500 inches; and 
(3) contain at least 90 percent silver. 
(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 numismatic items. 
SEC. 4. DESIGN OF COIN. 
(a) DESIGN REQUIREMENTS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The design of the coins minted under 
this Act shall be emblematic of the women who played a vital 
role in rallying support for the 19th Amendment to the Con-
stitution of the United States. 
(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 ‘‘2020’’; and 
(C) inscriptions of the words ‘‘Liberty’’, ‘‘In God We 
Trust’’, ‘‘United States of America’’, and ‘‘E Pluribus 
Unum’’. 
(b) SELECTION.—The design for the coins minted under this 
Act shall— 
(1) contain motifs that honor Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth 
Cady Stanton, Carrie Chapman Catt, Harriet Tubman, Mary 
Church Terrell, Alice Paul, Lide Meriwether, Ida B. Wells, 
and other suffrage activists of the late 19th century and early 
20th centuries;
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(2) be selected by the Secretary, after consultation with 
the Smithsonian Institution’s American Women’s History Initia-
tive, and the Commission of Fine Arts; and 
(3) be reviewed by the Citizens Coinage Advisory Com-
mittee. 
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.—Only one facility of the United States 
Mint may be used to strike any particular quality of the coins 
minted under this Act. 
(c) PERIOD FOR ISSUANCE.—The Secretary may issue coins under 
this Act only during the period beginning on January 1, 2020, 
and ending on December 31, 2020. 
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). 
(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 prepaid orders 
under paragraph (1) shall be at a reasonable discount. 
SEC. 7. SURCHARGES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—All sales of coins issued under this Act shall 
include a surcharge of $10 per coin for the $1 coin described 
under section 3(a). 
(b) DISTRIBUTION.—Subject to section 5134(f) of title 31, United 
States Code, and section 8(2), all surcharges received by the Sec-
retary from the sale of coins issued under this Act shall be promptly 
paid by the Secretary to the Smithsonian Institution’s American 
Women’s History Initiative for the purpose of— 
(1) collecting, studying, and establishing programs relating 
to women’s contributions to various fields and throughout dif-
ferent periods of history that have influenced the direction 
of the United States; and 
(2) creating exhibitions and programs that recognize 
diverse perspectives on women’s history and contributions. 
(c) AUDITS.—The Smithsonian Institution’s American Women’s 
History Initiative 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). 
SEC. 8. FINANCIAL ASSURANCES. 
The Secretary shall take such actions as may be necessary 
to ensure that—
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(1) minting and issuing coins under this Act will not result 
in any net cost to the United States Government; and 
(2) no funds, including applicable surcharges, shall be dis-
bursed to any recipient designated in section 7(b) until the 
total cost of designing and issuing all of the coins authorized 
by this Act (including labor, materials, dies, use of machinery, 
overhead expenses, marketing, and shipping) is recovered by 
the United States Treasury, consistent with sections 5112(m) 
and 5134(f) of title 31, United States Code. 
SEC. 9. DETERMINATION OF BUDGETARY EFFECTS. 
The budgetary effects of this Act, for the purpose of complying 
with the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010, shall be determined 
by reference to the latest statement titled ‘‘Budgetary Effects of 
PAYGO Legislation’’ for this Act, submitted for printing in the 
Congressional Record by the Chairman of the House Budget Com-
mittee, provided that such statement has been submitted prior 
to the vote on passage. 
Speaker of the House of Representatives. 
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.