I 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2421 
To require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in commemoration 
of the centennial of the establishment of Mother’s Day. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 14, 2009 
Mrs. CAPITO (for herself, Mr. ADERHOLT, Mr. AUSTRIA, Mrs. BACHMANN, 
Ms. BEAN, Mr. BERMAN, Mrs. BIGGERT, Mr. BILBRAY, Mr. BISHOP of 
Georgia, Mr. BISHOP of New York, Mrs. BLACKBURN, Mr. BLUNT, Mrs. 
BONO MACK, Ms. BORDALLO, Mr. BOSWELL, Mr. BRADY of Texas, Mr. 
BROUN of Georgia, Ms. CORRINE BROWN of Florida, Mr. BURGESS, Mr. 
BURTON of Indiana, Mr. CARTER, Mr. CASTLE, Ms. CASTOR of Florida, 
Mrs. CHRISTENSEN, Mr. CLEAVER, Mr. COBLE, Mr. CONNOLLY of Vir-
ginia, Mr. COSTA, Mr. LINCOLN DIAZ-BALART of Florida, Mr. DREIER, 
Mr. DUNCAN, Mr. ETHERIDGE, Ms. FALLIN, Mr. FILNER, Mr. FOSTER, 
Mr. FRELINGHUYSEN, Mr. GERLACH, Mr. GINGREY of Georgia, Mr. 
GRIJALVA, Mr. HALL
of New York, Mr. HALL
of Texas, Mr. 
HENSARLING, Mr. HINCHEY, Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas, Ms. JENKINS, 
Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas, Mr. SAM JOHNSON of Texas, 
Ms. KAPTUR, Mr. KENNEDY, Ms. KILPATRICK of Michigan, Mr. KIRK, 
Mr. LATTA, Mr. LEWIS of California, Mr. LEWIS of Georgia, Mr. 
LUETKEMEYER, Mrs. MALONEY, Mr. MANZULLO, Mr. MARCHANT, Mr. 
MASSA, Mr. MCCAUL, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. MCINTYRE, Mr. MCMAHON, 
Mrs. MCMORRIS RODGERS, Mr. MEEKS of New York, Mrs. MILLER of 
Michigan, Mr. MINNICK, Mr. MORAN of Virginia, Mr. MORAN of Kansas, 
Mr. MURTHA, Mrs. MYRICK, Ms. NORTON, Mr. NUNES, Mr. PALLONE, 
Mr. PUTNAM, Mr. ROGERS of Alabama, Mr. ROGERS of Michigan, Mr. 
ROTHMAN of New Jersey, Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mrs. 
SCHMIDT, Ms. SCHWARTZ, Mr. SESTAK, Ms. SHEA-PORTER, Mr. 
SHULER, Mr. SHUSTER, Mr. SMITH of New Jersey, Ms. SPEIER, Ms. 
SUTTON, Mrs. TAUSCHER, Mr. TERRY, Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania, 
Mr. TOWNS, Mr. TURNER, Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, Mr. WESTMORE-
LAND, Mr. WHITFIELD, Mr. WOLF, Mr. YOUNG of Florida, Mr. YOUNG 
of Alaska, Mr. BARTLETT, Mr. CALVERT, Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN, Mr. RA-
HALL, Mr. ROHRABACHER, Ms. SLAUGHTER, and Ms. BALDWIN) intro-
duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Finan-
cial Services 
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A BILL 
To require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins 
in commemoration of the centennial of the establishment 
of Mother’s Day. 
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 ‘‘Mother’s Day Centen-
nial Commemorative Coin Act’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
The Congress hereby finds as follows: 
(1) Anna Jarvis, who is considered to be the 
founder of the modern Mother’s Day, was born in 
Webster, West Virginia on May 1, 1864. 
(2) A resident of Grafton, West Virginia, Anna 
Jarvis dedicated much of her adult life to honoring 
her mother, Anna Reeves Jarvis, who passed on May 
9, 1905. 
(3) In 1908, the Andrews Methodist Episcopal 
Church of Grafton, West Virginia, officially pro-
claimed the third anniversary of Anna Reeves Jarvis’ 
death to be Mother’s Day. 
(4) In 1910, West Virginia Governor, William 
Glasscock, issued the first Mother’s Day Proclama-
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tion encouraging all West Virginians to attend 
church and wear white carnations. 
(5) On May 8, 1914, the Sixty-Third Congress 
approved H.J. Res. 263 designating the second Sun-
day in May to be observed as Mother’s Day and en-
couraging all Americans to display the American 
flag at their homes as a public expression of the love 
and reverence for the mothers of our Nation. 
(6) On May 9, 1914, President Woodrow Wil-
son issued a Presidential Proclamation directing 
government officials to display the American flag on 
all government buildings and inviting the American 
people to display the flag at their homes on the sec-
ond Sunday of May as a public expression of the 
love and reverence for the mothers of our nation. 
SEC. 3. COIN SPECIFICATIONS. 
(a) DENOMINATIONS.—The Secretary of the Treas-
ury (hereinafter in this Act referred to as the ‘‘Secretary’’) 
shall mint and issue not more than 400,000 $1 coins each 
of which shall— 
(1) weigh 26.73 grams; 
(2) have a diameter of 1.500 inches; and 
(3) contain 90 percent silver and 10 percent 
copper. 
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(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 section 
5136 of title 31, United States Code, all coins minted 
under this Act shall be considered to be numismatic items. 
SEC. 4. DESIGN OF COINS. 
(a) DESIGN REQUIREMENTS.—The design of the 
coins minted under this Act shall be emblematic of the 
100th anniversary of President Wilson’s proclamation des-
ignating the second Sunday in May as Mother’s Day. 
(b) DESIGNATION AND INSCRIPTIONS.—On each coin 
minted under this Act there shall be— 
(1) a designation of the value of the coin; 
(2) an inscription of the year ‘‘2014’’; and 
(3) inscriptions of the words ‘‘Liberty’’, ‘‘In 
God We Trust’’, ‘‘United States of America’’, and 
‘‘E Pluribus Unum’’. 
(c) SELECTION.—The design for the coins minted 
under this Act shall be— 
(1) selected by the Secretary after consultation 
with the Commission of Fine Arts; and 
(2) reviewed by the Citizens Coinage Advisory 
Committee established under section 5135 of title 
31, United States Code. 
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SEC. 5. ISSUANCE OF COINS. 
(a) QUALITY OF COINS.—Coins minted under this 
Act shall be issued in uncirculated and proof qualities. 
(b) COMMENCEMENT OF ISSUANCE.—The Secretary 
may issue coins minted under this Act beginning January 
1, 2014, except that the Secretary may initiate sales of 
such coins, without issuance, before such date. 
(c) TERMINATION
OF MINTING AUTHORITY.—No 
coins shall be minted under this Act after December 31, 
2014. 
SEC. 6. SALE OF COINS. 
(a) SALE PRICE.—Notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, the coins issued under this Act shall be sold 
by the Secretary at a price equal to the sum of the face 
value of the coins, the surcharge required under section 
7(a) for the coins, and the cost of designing and issuing 
such coins (including labor, materials, dies, use of machin-
ery, overhead expenses, and marketing). 
(b) BULK SALES.—The Secretary shall make bulk 
sales of the coins issued under this Act at a reasonable 
discount. 
(c) PREPAID ORDERS AT A DISCOUNT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall accept 
prepaid orders for the coins minted under this Act 
before the issuance of such coins. 
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(2) DISCOUNT.—Sale prices with respect to pre-
paid orders under paragraph (1) shall be at a rea-
sonable discount. 
SEC. 7. SURCHARGES. 
(a) SURCHARGE REQUIRED.—All sales shall include 
a surcharge of $10 per coin. 
(b) DISTRIBUTION.—Subject to section 5134(f) of 
title 31, United States Code, all surcharges which are re-
ceived by the Secretary from the sale of coins issued under 
this Act shall be promptly paid by the Secretary as follows: 
(1) 1⁄2 to the Susan G. Komen for the Cure for 
the purpose of furthering research funded by the or-
ganization. 
(2) 1⁄2 to the National Osteoporosis Foundation 
for the purpose of furthering research funded by the 
Foundation. 
(c) AUDITS.—The Susan G. Komen for the Cure and 
the National Osteoporosis Foundation shall be subject to 
the audit requirements of section 5134(f)(2) of title 31, 
United States Code, with regard to the amounts received 
by the respective organizations 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 
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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. 
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