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114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2726 
To require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint commemorative coins in 
recognition of the 50th anniversary of the first manned landing on 
the moon. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 10, 2015 
Mr. POSEY (for himself, Ms. WILSON of Florida, Mr. GENE GREEN of Texas, 
Mr. CULBERSON, and Mr. BLUM) introduced the following bill; which was 
referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the 
Committee on the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by 
the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall with-
in the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint commemo-
rative coins in recognition of the 50th anniversary of 
the first manned landing on the moon. 
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 ‘‘Apollo 11 50th Anni-
versary Commemorative Coin Act’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
The Congress finds the following: 
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(1) On July 16, 1969, the Apollo 11 spacecraft 
launched from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station 
carrying Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Michael 
Collins, who would become the first of human kind 
to complete a crewed lunar landing. 
(2) The United States is the only country ever 
to have attempted and succeeded in landing humans 
on a celestial body off the Earth and safely return-
ing them home, completing an unprecedented engi-
neering, scientific and political achievement. 
(3) The Apollo 11 mission, culminating in 
man’s first steps on the Moon on July 20, 1969, 
honored the fallen astronauts of the Apollo 1 crew, 
whose innovative work and bravery will be remem-
bered forever. 
(4) Apollo 11 accomplished the national goal set 
forth in 1961 by President John F. Kennedy, who 
stated, ‘‘We choose to go to the moon. We choose to 
go to the moon in this decade and do the other 
things, not because they are easy, but because they 
are hard, because that goal will serve to organize 
and measure the best of our energies and skills, be-
cause that challenge is one that we are willing to ac-
cept, one we are unwilling to postpone, and one 
which we intend to win’’. 
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(5) At the height of the Cold War, the Apollo 
space program provided the United States and the 
free world with a powerful symbolic win, dem-
onstrating the strength, ambition, and determination 
of the United States in technological and economic 
advancement, and securing our Nation’s leadership 
in space for generations to come. 
(6) Within nine years of establishing the na-
tional goal of human space exploration, the National 
Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) de-
veloped the Saturn V rocket, which was used for the 
Apollo missions in the 1960s and 1970s. 
(7) The Saturn V weighed 6.2 million pounds 
and generated 7.6 million pounds of thrust, which 
NASA has equated to generating more power than 
86 Hoover Dams. 
(8) During the time period from 1969 through 
1972 NASA completed eight Apollo missions and 
landed 12 men on the Moon. The six missions that 
landed on the moon returned with a wealth of 
groundbreaking scientific data and over 800 pounds 
of lunar samples. 
(9) An estimated 400,000 Americans contrib-
uted to the successful program that led to the lunar 
landing on July 20, 1969, including NASA sci-
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entists, engineers, astronauts, industry contractors 
and their engineering and manufacturing workforce, 
as well as the political leadership of Republicans and 
Democrats in Congress and the White House. 
(10) The Apollo program, along with its prede-
cessor Mercury and Gemini programs, inspired gen-
erations of American students to pursue careers in 
science, math and engineering, which has fueled in-
novation and economic growth throughout a range of 
industries over the last four decades. 
(11) July 20, 2019, will mark the 50th anniver-
sary of the Apollo 11 landing of Neil Armstrong and 
Buzz Aldrin on the lunar surface. 
SEC. 3. COIN SPECIFICATIONS. 
(a) DENOMINATIONS.—In recognition and celebration 
of the 50th anniversary of the first manned moon landing, 
the Secretary of the Treasury (hereafter in this Act re-
ferred to as the ‘‘Secretary’’) shall mint and issue the fol-
lowing coins: 
(1) $5 GOLD COINS.—Not more than 50,000 $5 
coins, which shall— 
(A) weigh 8.359 grams; 
(B) be struck on a planchet having a di-
ameter of 0.850 inches; and 
(C) contain not less than 90 percent gold. 
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(2) $1 SILVER COINS.—Not more than 400,000 
$1 coins, which shall— 
(A) weigh 26.73 grams; 
(B) be struck on a planchet having a di-
ameter of 1.500 inches; and 
(C) contain at least 90 percent silver. 
(3) HALF-DOLLAR
CLAD
COINS.—Not more 
than 750,000 half-dollar coins which shall— 
(A) weigh 11.34 grams; 
(B) be struck on a planchet having a di-
ameter 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. 
(4) PROOF SILVER $1 COINS.—Not more than 
100,000 proof $1 silver coins which shall— 
(A) weigh 5 ounces; 
(B) be struck on a planchet having a di-
ameter of 3 inches; and 
(C) contain .999 fine 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 
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minted under this Act shall be considered to be numis-
matic items. 
(d) CONVEX SHAPE.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The coins minted under this 
Act shall be produced in a fashion similar to the 
2014 National Baseball Hall of Fame 75th Anniver-
sary Commemorative Coin, so that the reverse of the 
coin is convex to more closely resemble the faceplate 
of the astronaut’s helmet of the time and the ob-
verse concave, providing a more dramatic display of 
the obverse design chosen pursuant to section 4(c). 
(2) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of 
Congress that, to the extent possible without signifi-
cantly adding to the purchase price of the coins, the 
coins minted under this Act should be produced with 
the design of the reverse of the coins continuing over 
what would otherwise be the edge of the coins, such 
that the reverse design extends all the way to the ob-
verse design. 
SEC. 4. DESIGN OF COINS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The design for the coins minted 
under this Act shall be— 
(1) selected by the Secretary after consultation 
with— 
(A) the Commission of Fine Arts; and 
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(B) with respect to the design of the re-
verse of the coins, the Administrator of NASA; 
and 
(2) reviewed by the Citizens Commemorative 
Coin Advisory Committee. 
(b) DESIGNATIONS
AND INSCRIPTIONS.—On each 
coin minted under this Act there shall be— 
(1) a designation of the denomination of the 
coin; 
(2) an inscription of the year ‘‘2019’’; and 
(3) inscriptions of the words ‘‘Liberty’’, ‘‘In 
God We Trust’’, ‘‘United States of America’’, and 
‘‘E Pluribus Unum’’. 
(c) SELECTION AND APPROVAL PROCESS FOR OB-
VERSE DESIGN.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall hold a 
juried, compensated competition to determine the 
design of the common obverse of the coins minted 
under this Act, with such design being emblematic 
of the United States space program leading up to 
the first manned moon landing. 
(2) SELECTION
PROCESS.—Proposals for the 
obverse design of coins minted under this Act may 
be submitted in accordance with the design selection 
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and approval process developed by the Secretary in 
the sole discretion of the Secretary. 
(3) PROPOSALS.—As part of the competition 
described in this subsection, the Secretary may ac-
cept proposals from artists, engravers of the United 
States Mint, and members of the general public, and 
any designs submitted for the design review process 
described herein shall be anonymized until a final se-
lection is made. 
(4) COMPENSATION.—The Secretary shall de-
termine compensation for the winning design under 
this subsection, which shall be not less than $5,000. 
(d) REVERSE DESIGN.—The design on the common 
reverse of the coins minted under this Act shall be a rep-
resentation of a close-up of the famous ‘‘Buzz Aldrin on 
the Moon’’ photograph taken July 20, 1969, showing just 
the visor and part of the helmet of astronaut Edwin Eu-
gene ‘‘Buzz’’ Aldrin, Jr., in which the visor reflects the 
image of the United States flag and the lunar lander. 
SEC. 5. ISSUANCE OF COINS. 
(a) QUALITY
OF COINS.—Except with respect to 
coins described under section 3(a)(4), coins minted under 
this Act shall be issued in uncirculated and proof qualities. 
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(b) PERIOD
FOR ISSUANCE.—The Secretary may 
issue coins minted under this Act only during the 1-year 
period beginning on January 1, 2019. 
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, 
winning design compensation, 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 pre-
paid orders under paragraph (1) shall be at a rea-
sonable discount. 
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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 
described under section 3(a)(2). 
(3) A surcharge of $5 per coin for the half-dol-
lar coin. 
(4) A surcharge of $50 per coin for the $1 coin 
described under section 3(a)(4). 
(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) one half to the Smithsonian Institution’s 
National Air and Space Museum’s ‘‘Destination 
Moon’’ exhibit, for design, education, and installa-
tion costs related to establishing and maintaining 
the exhibit, and for costs related to creating a trav-
eling version of the exhibition; 
(2) one quarter to the Astronauts Memorial 
Foundation, for costs related to the preservation, 
maintenance, and enhancement of the Astronauts 
Memorial and for promotion of space exploration 
through educational initiatives; and 
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(3) one quarter to the Astronaut Scholarship 
Foundation, to aid its missions of promoting the im-
portance of science and technology to the general 
public and of aiding the United States in retaining 
its world leadership in science and technology by 
providing college scholarships for the very best and 
brightest students pursuing degrees in science, tech-
nology, engineering, or mathematics (STEM). 
(c) AUDITS.—The recipients described under sub-
section (b) 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). 
(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 com-
memorative coin program issuance limitation under sec-
tion 5112(m)(1) of title 31, United States Code (as in ef-
fect 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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