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(2) DESIGNATION
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 ‘‘2008’’; and 
(C) inscriptions of the words ‘‘Liberty’’, 
‘‘In God We Trust’’, ‘‘United States of Amer-
ica’’, and ‘‘E Pluribus Unum’’, and such other 
inscriptions as the Secretary may determine to 
be appropriate for the designs of the coins. 
(3) COIN IMAGES.— 
(A) $50 COINS.— 
(i) OBVERSE.—The obverse of the 
$50 coins issued under this Act shall bear 
an image of the sun. 
(ii) REVERSE.—The reverse of the 
$50 coins issued under this Act shall bear 
a design emblematic of the sacrifice of the 
United States astronauts who lost their 
lives in the line of duty over the course of 
the space program. 
(iii) HIGH RELIEF.—The design and 
inscriptions on the obverse and reverse of 
the $50 coins issued under this Act shall 
be in high relief. 
(B) $1 COINS.—
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(i) OBVERSE.—The obverse of the $1 
coins issued under this Act shall bear 9 
different designs each of which shall con-
sist of an image of 1 of the 9 planets of 
the solar system, including Earth. 
(ii) REVERSE.—The reverse of the $1 
coins issued under this Act shall bear dif-
ferent designs each of which shall be em-
blematic of the contributions of the re-
search and space centers, subject to the 
following requirements: 
(I) EARTH COIN.—The reverse of 
the $1 coins issued under this Act 
which bear an image of the Earth on 
the obverse shall bear images emblem-
atic of, and honoring, the discoveries 
and missions of the National Aero-
nautics and Space Administration, the 
Mercury, Gemini and Space Shuttle 
missions and other manned Earth-or-
biting missions, and the Apollo mis-
sions to the Moon. 
(II) JUPITER COIN.—The reverse 
of the $1 coins issued under this Act 
which bear an image of the planet Ju-
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piter on the obverse shall include a 
scientifically accurate depiction of the 
Galilean moon Europa and depict 
both a past and future mission to Eu-
ropa. 
(III) SATURN COIN.—The reverse 
of the $1 coins issued under this Act 
which bear an image of the planet 
Saturn on the obverse shall include a 
scientifically accurate depiction of the 
moon Titan and depict both a past 
and a future mission to Titan. 
(IV) PLUTO (AND OTHER DWARF 
PLANETS) COIN.—The reverse of the 
$1 coins issued under this Act which 
bear an image of the planet Pluto on 
the obverse shall include a design that 
is emblematic of telescopic exploration 
of deep space by the National Aero-
nautics and Space Administration and 
the ongoing search for Earth-like 
planets orbiting other stars. 
(4) REALISTIC AND SCIENTIFICALLY ACCURATE 
DEPICTIONS.—The images for the designs of coins 
issued under this Act shall be selected on the basis
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of the realism and scientific accuracy of the images 
and on the extent to which the images are reminis-
cent of the dramatic and beautiful artwork on coins 
of the so-called ‘‘Golden Age of Coinage’’ in the 
United States, at the beginning of the Twentieth 
Century, with the participation of such noted sculp-
tors and medallic artists as James Earle Fraser, Au-
gustus Saint-Gaudens, Victor David Brenner, Ad-
olph A. Weinman, Charles E. Barber, and George T. 
Morgan. 
(b) SELECTION.—The design for the coins minted 
under this Act shall be— 
(1) selected by the Secretary after consultation 
with the Administrator of the National Aeronautics 
and Space Administration and the Commission of 
Fine Arts; and 
(2) reviewed by the Citizens Coin Advisory 
Committee. 
SEC. 5. ISSUANCE OF COINS. 
(a) QUALITY OF COINS.—Coins minted under this 
Act shall be issued in proof quality only. 
(b) MINT FACILITY.—Only 1 facility of the United 
States Mint may be used to strike any particular combina-
tion of denomination and quality of the coins minted under 
this Act.
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(c) PERIOD
FOR ISSUANCE.—The Secretary may 
issue coins minted under this Act only during the 1-year 
period beginning on January 1, 2008. 
(d) ISSUANCE
OF GOLD COINS.—Each gold coin 
minted under this Act may be issued only as part of a 
complete set with 1 of each of the 9 $1 coins minted under 
this Act. 
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) 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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(c) PRESENTATION.—In addition to the issuance of 
coins under this Act in such other methods of presentation 
as the Secretary of the Treasury determines to be appro-
priate, the Secretary shall provide, as a sale option, a pres-
entation case which displays the $50 gold coin in the cen-
ter surrounded by the $1 silver coins in elliptical orbits. 
All such presentation cases shall bear a plaque with appro-
priate inscriptions that include the names and dates of the 
spacecraft missions on which United States astronauts 
lost their lives over the course of the space program and 
the names of such astronauts. 
SEC. 7. SURCHARGES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—All sales of coins minted under 
this Act shall include a surcharge as follows: 
(1) A surcharge of $50 per coin for the $50 
coin. 
(2) A surcharge of $10 per coin for the $1 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 distributed as follows: 
(1) The first $4,000,000 available for distribu-
tion under this section, to the NASA Family Assist-
ance Fund for the purposes of providing need-based 
financial assistance to the families of NASA per-
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sonnel who die as a result of injuries suffered in the 
performance of their official duties. 
(2) Of amounts available for distribution after 
the payment under paragraph (1), 1⁄2 of the next 
$1,000,000 to each of the following: 
(A) The Dr. Ronald E. McNair Edu-
cational (D.R.E.M.E.) Science Literacy Foun-
dation for the purposes of improving and 
strengthening the process of teaching and 
learning science, math, and technology at all 
educational levels, elementary through college 
through the promotion of innovative educational 
programs. 
(B) The Dorothy Jemison Foundation for 
Excellence for the purposes of supporting the 
work of the Foundation in building critical 
thinking skills, experiential teaching methods, 
science literacy, and integrated approaches to 
learning and individual responsibility in achiev-
ing excellence. 
(3) The remainder of the amounts available for 
distribution after the payments under paragraphs 
(1) and (2), to the Secretary of the Smithsonian In-
stitution for the preservation, maintenance, and dis-
play of space artifacts at the National Air and Space
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Museum (including the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Cen-
ter). 
(c) AUDITS.—The NASA Family Assistance Fund, 
the Dr. Ronald E. McNair Educational Science Literacy 
Foundation, the Dorothy Jemison Foundation for Excel-
lence, and the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution 
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 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. 
SEC. 8. BRONZE DUPLICATES. 
The Secretary may strike and sell bronze duplicates 
of the $50 gold coins authorized under this Act, at a price 
the Secretary determines to be appropriate. Such dupli-
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cates shall not be considered to be United States coins 
and shall not be legal tender. 
Passed the House of Representatives July 30, 2007. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 2750 
AN ACT 
To require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint 
coins in commemoration of the 50th anniversary 
of the establishment of the National Aeronautics 
and Space Administration.