(1) The United States Coast Guard was found-
ed on August 4, 1790, as the Revenue Cutter Serv-
ice under the United States Department of the 
Treasury. 
(2) Congress created the Coast Guard on Janu-
ary 28, 1915, by merging the Revenue Cutter Serv-
ice and the United States Lifesaving Service, was 
moved to the Department of Transportation in 
1967, and on February 25, 2003, became part of 
the Department of Homeland Security. 
(3) Although the smallest of the uniformed 
services, today the United States Coast Guard con-
ducts a wide variety of missions to protect the pub-
lic, the environment, and the United States economic 
and security interests in any maritime region, in-
cluding international waters and America’s coasts, 
ports, and inland waterways. 
(4) Every day, the United States Coast Guard 
plays a broad and important role in homeland secu-
rity, law enforcement, search and rescue, marine en-
vironmental pollution response, and the maintenance 
of river, intra-coastal and offshore aids to navigation 
(ATON). 
(5) The United States Coast Guard is our Na-
tion’s oldest seasoning military service, staying true 
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to their motto, Semper Paratus or ‘‘Always Ready,’’ 
for 223 years. 
(6) The United States Coast Guard has an esti-
mated 42,300 men and women on active duty, who 
in 2012 responded to nearly 20,000 search and res-
cue incidents saving over 3,500 lives and protecting 
$77 million in property, removed 107 metric tons of 
cocaine and 56 metric tons of marijuana headed to 
the United States, and interdicted nearly 3,000 un-
documented migrants on the high seas attempting to 
illegally enter the United States. 
(7) Section 213 of Public Law 108–293 states 
that ‘‘The Commandant may establish a National 
Coast Guard Museum, on lands which will be feder-
ally owned and administered by the Coast Guard, 
and are located in New London, Connecticut, at, or 
in close proximity to, the Coast Guard Academy’’. 
(8) The National Coast Guard Museum Asso-
ciation, a nonprofit association dedicated to improve 
public understanding of the history, service and mis-
sions of the Coast Guard, is working with the 
United States Coast Guard, the City of New Lon-
don, the State of Connecticut, and a range of local, 
regional, and national stakeholders to develop, plan 
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and raise capital for the National Coast Guard Mu-
seum, to be located in New London, Connecticut. 
(9) The United States Coast Guard is the only 
military service without a national museum through 
which to share its history and legacy with the Amer-
ican public. 
SEC. 3. COIN SPECIFICATIONS. 
(a) DENOMINATIONS.—The Secretary of the Treas-
ury (hereafter in this Act referred to as the ‘‘Secretary’’) 
shall mint and issue the following coins: 
(1) $5 GOLD COINS.—Not more than 100,000 
$5 coins, which shall— 
(A) weigh 8.359 grams; 
(B) have a diameter of 0.850 inches; and 
(C) contain 90 percent gold and 10 percent 
alloy. 
(2) $1 SILVER COINS.—Not more than 500,000 
$1 coins, which shall— 
(A) weigh 26.73 grams; 
(B) have a diameter of 1.500 inches; and 
(C) contain 90 percent silver and 10 per-
cent copper. 
(3) HALF
DOLLAR
CLAD
COINS.—Not more 
than 750,000 half dollar coins, which shall— 
(A) weigh 11.34 grams; 
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(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. 
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 
traditions, history, and heritage of the United States 
Coast Guard, and its role in securing our nation 
since 1790. 
(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 ‘‘2017’’; and 
(C) inscriptions of the words ‘‘Liberty’’, 
‘‘In God We Trust’’, ‘‘United States of Amer-
ica’’, and ‘‘E Pluribus Unum’’. 
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(b) SELECTION.—The design for the coins minted 
under this Act shall— 
(1) contain motifs that specifically honor the 
American Coast Guardsman of both today and yes-
terday, in wartime and in peace, such designs to be 
consistent with the traditions and heritage of the 
United States Coast Guard, the mission and goals of 
the National Coast Guard Museum, and the mis-
sions and goals of the National Coast Guard Mu-
seum Foundation; 
(2) be selected by the Secretary, after consulta-
tion with the Secretary of Homeland Security, the 
National Coast Guard Museum Foundation, and the 
Commission of Fine Arts; and 
(3) be reviewed by the Citizens Coinage Advi-
sory Committee. 
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.—For each of the 3 coins mint-
ed under this Act, at least 1 facility of the United States 
Mint shall be used to strike proof quality coins, while at 
least 1 other such facility shall be used to strike the uncir-
culated quality coins. 
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