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(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 
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 visor of 
the astronaut’s helmet of the time and the obverse 
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 
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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 
(B) with respect to the design of the re-
verse of the coins, the Administrator of NASA; 
and 
(2) reviewed by the Citizens Coinage 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’’. 
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(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 
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-
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resentation of a close-up of the famous ‘‘Buzz Aldrin on 
the Moon’’ photograph taken July 20, 1969, that shows 
just the visor and part of the helmet of astronaut Buzz 
Aldrin, in which the visor has a mirrored finish and re-
flects the image of the United States flag and the lunar 
lander and the remainder of the helmet has a frosted fin-
ish. 
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. 
(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). 
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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 
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: 
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(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 
(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 
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