I 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1982 
To require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in recognition and 
celebration of the National Women’s Hall of Fame. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 28, 2019 
Mr. MORELLE (for himself, Ms. MOORE, Ms. MENG, and Mr. REED) intro-
duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Finan-
cial Services, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, for a pe-
riod to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for con-
sideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the com-
mittee concerned 
A BILL 
To require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins 
in recognition and celebration of the National Women’s 
Hall of Fame. 
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 ‘‘National Women’s Hall 
of Fame Commemorative Coin Act’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
The Congress finds the following: 
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(1) In 1969, the National Women’s Hall of 
Fame was established in Seneca Falls, New York, 
the location of the first Women’s Rights Convention 
in 1848. A total of 276 women have been inducted 
represented well by the first class that included Jane 
Addams, Marian Anderson, Susan B. Anthony, 
Clara Barton, Mary MacLeod Bethune, Elizabeth 
Blackwell, Pearl S. Buck, Rachel Carson, Mary 
Cassatt, Emily Dickinson, Amelia Earhart, Alice 
Hamilton, Helen Hayes, Helen Keller, Eleanor Roo-
sevelt, Florence Sabin, Margaret Chase Smith, Eliz-
abeth Cady Stanton, Helen Brooke Taussig and 
Harriet Tubman. 
(2) The National Women’s Hall of Fame is the 
Nation’s oldest membership organization dedicated 
to recognizing and celebrating the achievements of 
great American women. 
(3) The involvement of women in the Nation’s 
history is inadequately chronicled, commemorated 
and celebrated as reflected in the following: 
(A) Fewer than 5 percent of the 2,400 na-
tional historic landmarks chronicle women’s 
achievements. 
(B) Only 9 of the 112 statues in the Cap-
itol’s Statuary Hall are of women. 
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(C) The National Park Service notes that 
only 3 of the 152 national monuments in the 
United States are dedicated to historic female 
figures. 
(D) Of the 5,575 outdoor sculpture por-
traits of historical figures in the United States, 
559 portray women according to the Smithso-
nian American Art Museum’s online inventories 
catalog. 
(E) None of the 30 National managed 
under the National Park Service specifically 
honor women. 
(F) 3 of the 78 National Historic Sites 
commemorate women. 
(G) Only 1 of the 56 new quarters issued 
by the U.S. Mint from 1999 through 2017 com-
memorated a woman. 
(H) Only 219 U.S. Postal Stamps were 
issued to commemorate women. 
(4) The National Women’s Hall of Fame will 
complete rehabilitation of its new home at the 
former Seneca Falls Knitting Mill, which is a his-
toric building included in the National Historic Reg-
istry. The new building has over 20,000 square feet 
available for artifacts to ensure that women’s history 
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and women’s contribution to American history will 
be preserved and recounted for future generations. 
(5) The National Women’s Hall of Fame plans 
to design an educational program utilizing video con-
ference technology with students and teachers par-
ticipating in interactive lessons led by educators 
from the National Women’s Hall of Fame. This pro-
gram will provide important lessons on the impact 
that women have had on mathematics, geography, 
education, sciences, medicine, military, government, 
civil rights, economics, industrial technology, arts, 
and communication. 
SEC. 3. COIN SPECIFICATIONS. 
(a) DENOMINATIONS.—In recognition and celebration 
of the National Women’s Hall of Fame, the Secretary of 
the Treasury (hereafter in this Act referred to as the ‘‘Sec-
retary’’) shall mint and issue the following coins: 
(1) $5 GOLD COINS.—Not more than 75,000 $5 
coins, which shall— 
(A) weigh 8.359 grams; 
(B) have diameter of 0.850 inches; and 
(C) contain not less than 90 percent gold. 
(2) $1 SILVER COINS.—Not more than 500,000 
$1 coins, which shall— 
(A) weigh 26.73 grams; 
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(B) have a diameter of 1.500 inches; and 
(C) contain not less than 90 percent silver. 
(3) HALF-DOLLAR
CLAD
COINS.—Not more 
than 1,000,000 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 
minted under this Act shall be considered to be numis-
matic items. 
(d) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-
gress that, to the extent possible without significantly add-
ing to the purchase price of the coins, the coins minted 
under this Act should be produced in a fashion that pro-
vides a more dramatic display of the obverse design chosen 
pursuant to section 4(c). 
SEC. 4. DESIGN OF COINS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The design for the coins minted 
under this Act shall be— 
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