(2) GOLD COINS.—50 dollar coins minted under
section 3(a)(1) shall be issued only in proof quality.
(b) MINT FACILITY.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided under
paragraph (2), only 1 facility of the United States
Mint may be used to strike any particular quality of
the coins minted under this Act.
(2) CLAD COINS.—Any number of facilities of
the United States Mint may be used to strike the
half dollar coins minted under section 3(a)(3).
(c) PERIOD FOR ISSUANCE.—The Secretary—
(1) shall commence issuing coins minted under
this Act as soon as possible after the date of the en-
actment of this Act; and
(2) shall not issue any coins after the end of
the 1-year period beginning on the date such coins
are first issued.
SEC. 6. SALE OF COINS.
(a) SALE PRICE.—The coins issued under para-
graphs (2) and (3) of section 3(a) shall be sold by the
Secretary at a price equal to the sum of—
(1) the face value of the coins;
(2) the surcharges required by 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) BULK SALES.—The Secretary shall make bulk
sales of the coins issued under paragraphs (2) and (3) of
section 3(a) at a reasonable discount.
(c) PREPAID ORDERS.—The Secretary shall accept
prepaid orders received before the issuance of the coins
minted under paragraphs (2) and (3) of section 3(a). The
sale prices with respect to such prepaid orders shall be
at a reasonable discount.
(d) GOLD COINS.—Notwithstanding section 5(c)(2),
the Secretary may issue a 50 dollar coin minted under
section 3(a)(1) free of charge to the next of kin of each
individual identified under section 3(b). The Secretary
may not sell any 50 dollar coin minted under section
3(a)(1) and may not issue any such coin except as pro-
vided in the preceding sentence.
SEC. 7. SURCHARGES ON SALE OF COINS.
(a) ASSESSMENT.—Any sale by the Secretary of a
coin minted under this Act shall include a surcharge of
an amount determined by the Secretary to be sufficient
to cover the cost of the gold coins minted under section
3(a)(1) (including labor, materials, dies, use of machinery,
overhead expenses, and shipping), which charge may not
be less than—
(1) $10 per coin for the 1 dollar coin; and
(2) $5 per coin for the half dollar coin.
(b) DISTRIBUTION OF EXCESS PROCEEDS.—To the
extent provided in advance in appropriation Acts, any pro-
ceeds from the surcharges received by the Secretary from
the sale of coins issued under this Act in excess of the
cost of producing all coins issued under this Act shall be
paid promptly by the Secretary to the Office for Victims
of Crime, in the Department of Justice, for the purpose
of providing assistance to individuals who were injured,
and to the families of individuals who were killed or in-
jured, in the terrorist attacks against the United States
on September 11, 2001.
SEC. 8. VICTIMS OF SEPTEMBER 11TH FUND.
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is hereby established
on the books of the Treasury a fund to be known as the
‘‘Victims of September 11th Fund’’ (hereinafter in this
section referred to as the ‘‘Fund’’), to be administered by
the Attorney General, acting through the Director of the
Office for Victims of Crime.
(b) AMOUNTS.—The Fund shall consist of the
amounts transferred to the Office for Victims of Crime
pursuant to section 7(b).
(c) USE.—Subject to subsection (d), amounts in the
Fund shall be used to provide assistance to individuals
who were injured, and to the families of individuals who
were killed or injured, in the terrorist attacks against the
United States on September 11, 2001.
(d) ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS.—No cost incurred in
providing assistance under subsection (c), or in admin-
istering the Fund, shall be paid from the Fund or set off
against or otherwise deducted from any assistance to any
individual.
(e) INVESTMENT.—Amounts in the Fund shall be in-
vested in accordance with section 9702 of title 31, United
States Code, and any interest on, and proceeds from, any
such investment shall be credited to and become a part
of the Fund.
(f) COORDINATION WITH SEPTEMBER 11TH VICTIM
COMPENSATION FUND OF 2001.—No assistance provided
under subsection (c), including assistance in the form of
cash, shall be considered collateral source compensation
for purposes of title IV of the Air Transportation Safety
and System Stabilization Act (Public Law 107–42).
(g) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There
are authorized to be appropriated to the Attorney General
such sums as may be necessary to carry out this section.
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