(1) IN GENERAL.—The number of gold coins 
minted and issued under this title shall equal the 
sum of 25,000 and the number determined under 
paragraph (2). 
(2) DETERMINATION
OF
NUMBER.—The Sec-
retary, in consultation with the Attorney General of 
the United States and the Governors of New York, 
Pennsylvania, and Virginia shall determine the num-
ber of innocent individuals confirmed or presumed to 
have been killed as a result of the terrorist attacks 
against the United States that occurred on Sep-
tember 11, 2001, and shall identify such individuals. 
The Secretary, under subsection (a)(1), shall mint 
and issue a number of 50 dollar coins equal to the 
number of such individuals. 
(c) LEGAL TENDER.—The coins minted under this 
title shall be legal tender, as provided in section 5103 of 
title 31, United States Code. 
(d) NUMISMATIC ITEMS.—For purposes of section 
5136 of title 31, United States Code, all coins minted 
under this title shall be considered to be numismatic items. 
(e) SOURCES
OF BULLION.—For the purpose of 
minting coins under this title, the Secretary may only use 
metals that are from natural deposits in the United States 
or any territory or possession of the United States.
(f) SPECIAL TREATMENT UNDER EXIGENT CIR-
CUMSTANCES.—
(1) FINDINGS.—The Congress finds as follows: 
(A) The limitations contained in para-
graphs (1) and (2)(A) of section 5112(m) of 
title 31, United States Code, and section 
5134(f)(1)(B) of such title have well served, 
and continue to serve, their purpose of bringing 
greater stability to the markets for commemo-
rative coins, maximizing demand and participa-
tion in such programs, and ensuring that such 
programs have a broad base of private support 
and are not used as the primary means of fund-
raising by organizations that are the recipients 
of surcharges. 
(B) The shocking circumstances of Sep-
tember 11, 2001, the broad base of public inter-
est in showing the Spirit of America and par-
ticipating in the raising of funds for the victims 
of the crimes committed on that date, and the 
importance of implementing this coin program 
as quickly as possible, notwithstanding the limi-
tations contained in such paragraphs, justify 
exempting the coins produced under this title 
from such limitations.
(2) EXEMPTION.—Paragraphs (1) and (2) of 
section 5112(m) of title 31, United States Code, and 
section 5134(f)(1)(B) of such title shall not apply to 
coins authorized under this title. 
SEC. 203. DESIGN OF COINS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The design of the coins minted 
under this title shall be emblematic of the tragic events 
that occurred at the Pentagon, in New York City, and in 
Pennsylvania, on September 11, 2001. 
(b) DESIGNATION AND INSCRIPTIONS.—On each coin 
minted under this title there shall be—
(1) a designation of the value of the coin; 
(2) an inscription of the date ‘‘September 11, 
2001’’ (and such coin shall bear no other date); 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 title shall be selected by the Secretary after 
consultation with the Commission of Fine Arts. 
SEC. 204. STRIKING AND ISSUANCE OF COINS. 
(a) QUALITY OF COINS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided under 
paragraph (2), coins minted under this title shall be 
issued in uncirculated quality.
(2) GOLD COINS.—50 dollar coins minted under 
section 202(a)(1) shall be issued only in proof qual-
ity. 
(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 title. 
(2) CLAD COINS.—Any number of facilities of 
the United States Mint may be used to strike the 
half dollar coins minted under section 202(a)(3). 
(c) PERIOD FOR ISSUANCE.—The Secretary—
(1) shall commence issuing coins minted under 
this title 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. 205. SALE OF COINS. 
(a) SALE PRICE.—The coins issued under section 
202(a) (other than the 50 dollar gold coins referred to 
in subsection (d)) 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 206(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 section 202(a) at a reason-
able discount. 
(c) PREPAID ORDERS.—The Secretary shall accept 
prepaid orders received before the issuance of the coins 
minted under section 202(a). The sale prices with respect 
to such prepaid orders shall be at a reasonable discount. 
(d) 
GOLD
COINS.—Notwithstanding 
section 
204(c)(2), the Secretary shall issue a 50 dollar coin mint-
ed under section 202(a)(1) for presentation free of charge 
to the next of kin or personal representative of each indi-
vidual identified under section 202(b). The Speaker of the 
House of Representatives and the President Pro Tempore 
of the Senate shall make appropriate arrangements for the 
presentation, on behalf of the Congress, of such gold coins. 
SEC. 206. SURCHARGES ON SALE OF COINS. 
(a) ASSESSMENT.—Any sale by the Secretary of a 
coin minted under this title 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
202(a)(1) (including labor, materials, dies, use of machin-
ery, overhead expenses, and shipping) for presentment in 
accordance with section 205(d), which charge may not be 
less than—
(1) $100 per coin for the 50 dollar gold coins; 
(2) $10 per coin for the 1 dollar coin; and 
(3) $5 per coin for the half dollar coin. 
(b) DISTRIBUTION OF EXCESS PROCEEDS.—Any pro-
ceeds from the surcharges received by the Secretary from 
the sale of coins issued under this title in excess of the 
cost of producing all coins issued under this title (includ-
ing coins issued for individuals identified pursuant to sec-
tion 202(b)(2)) shall be—
(1) used to cover the costs incurred in the pro-
duction of gold medals under title I that have not 
been recovered from the sale of duplicate bronze 
medals under such title; and 
(2) with respect to any amount remaining after 
the costs described in paragraph (1) are covered, 
transferred to any fund for victims of the tragedies 
of September 11, 2001, that the Secretary of the 
Treasury and the Attorney General jointly determine 
to be appropriate.
Æ