Title: Duty First Act
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector

Summary:
Duty First Act
This bill requires the Department of the Treasury to issue up to 20,000 $5 gold coins, 100,000 $1 silver coins, and 200,000 half-dollar clad coins, emblematic of the 100-year anniversary of the 1st Infantry Division.
All surcharges received by Treasury from the sale of such coins shall be paid to the Society of the 1st Infantry Division for renovation of the existing 1st Infantry Division Memorial located in the District of Columbia.

[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 921 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 921

To require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in commemoration 
       of the 100 year anniversary of the 1st Infantry Division.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             April 24, 2017

Mr. Moran (for himself and Mr. Roberts) introduced the following bill; 
which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, 
                           and Urban Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
To require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in commemoration 
       of the 100 year anniversary of the 1st Infantry Division.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Duty First Act''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    Congress finds that--
            (1) the 1st Infantry Division was constituted on May 24, 
        1917, and is the first and oldest permanently established 
        combat division of the United States Army; 2017 is the 
        centennial of the Division;
            (2) the 1st Infantry Division has been in continuous 
        service since its establishment;
            (3) the 1st Infantry Division has fought with distinction 
        in every major conflict since 1917 except the Korean War, when 
        it was on occupation duty in Germany;
            (4) in World War I, the then-First Expeditionary Division 
        was the first United States division to arrive in France, 
        firing the first United States shots of the war, suffering the 
        first casualties, and securing the first United States victory 
        at the Battle of Cantigny in May, 1918;
            (5) the Battle of Cantigny was also the first modern, 
        combined arms battle in the history of the United States;
            (6) the First Expeditionary Division fought with 
        distinction in all subsequent campaigns and, after occupation 
        duty in Germany, was the last combat division to return home in 
        1919;
            (7) 5 First Expeditionary Division soldiers received the 
        Medal of Honor in World War I;
            (8) in World War II, the 1st Infantry Division was the 
        first to deploy to Europe, fighting in North Africa and Sicily 
        in 1942 and 1943;
            (9) General George S. Patton, Jr., commander of the Seventh 
        Army of the United States in the Mediterranean, stated that he 
        would not invade Sicily without the 1st Infantry Division as 
        the assault division;
            (10) the 1st Infantry Division was the lead assault 
        division on Omaha Beach in Normandy on D-Day, June 6, 1944;
            (11) against frightful odds and despite multiple 
        challenges, the 1st Infantry Division secured a beach head on a 
        day when failure could have altered the outcome of the war;
            (12) the 1st Infantry Division played pivotal roles in the 
        liberation of France and Belgium, the Battle of the Bulge, the 
        crossing of the Rhine River, and the invasion and defeat of 
        Nazi Germany;
            (13) after the war, the 1st Infantry Division supported and 
        secured the International Military Tribunal at Nuremburg, 
        Germany, guarding infamous Nazi officials during the courtroom 
        proceedings;
            (14) 17 1st Infantry Division soldiers received the Medal 
        of Honor in World War II;
            (15) the 1st Infantry Division was the only United States 
        combat division in Europe from 1946 to 1951, returning to the 
        United States and Fort Riley, Kansas, in 1955;
            (16) the 1st Infantry Division was one of the first 2 
        combat divisions deployed to Vietnam in 1965, defending the 
        vital Highway 13 corridor against enemy infiltration from 
        Cambodia to the capital at Saigon;
            (17) the 1st Infantry Division fought gallantly in 
        Operation Junction City, the largest operation of the war, in 
        1967 and in all 3 waves of the Tet Offensive in 1968;
            (18) 12 1st Infantry Division soldiers received the Medal 
        of Honor in Vietnam;
            (19) the 1st Infantry Division deterred Soviet aggression 
        against NATO Europe from 1970 to 1990 with a brigade in Germany 
        and the rest of the division deploying there annually from Fort 
        Riley in REFORGER exercises that demonstrated United States 
        capability and resolve until the Cold War ended;
            (20) the 1st Infantry Division deployed to Saudi Arabia in 
        1991 in Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm, attacking to 
        breach the Iraqi defenses, racing across the desert with the 
        VII Corps of the United States Army, destroying the Iraqi 
        Republican Guard Tawakalna Division;
            (21) the 1st Infantry Division enforced international peace 
        agreements in Bosnia for 31 months between 1996 and 2000, for 4 
        months in Macedonia in 1999, and for 22 months in Kosovo 
        between 1999 and 2003;
            (22) the 1st Infantry Division deployed to Iraq in 2004 to 
        2005 in Operation Iraqi Freedom II, the initial occupation of 
        Iraq, and helped achieve the first free and fair elections in 
        the history of Iraq;
            (23) the 1st Infantry Division brigade combat teams and 
        other elements deployed multiple times to Iraq and Afghanistan 
        between 2003 and 2014;
            (24) the 1st Infantry Division provided the first 
        ``regionally aligned force'' (RAF) to the United States Africa 
        Command and provided military assistance to friendly 
        governments across the continent of Africa;
            (25) to combat the growing ISIS threat, the 1st Infantry 
        Division soldiers have deployed to Iraq and Kuwait to assist 
        the Iraqi Security Forces and other friendly countries in that 
        vital and unstable region;
            (26) the 1st Infantry Division will be deployed to Iraq, 
        Afghanistan, and Korea in 2016 and 2017, its centennial year;
            (27) 35 soldiers from the 1st Infantry Division have been 
        decorated with the Medal of Honor, and countless others have 
        distinguished themselves in combat;
            (28) the 1st Infantry Division has earned several unit 
        decorations, including 2 Meritorious Unit Commendations, 3 
        French Croix de Guerre, 1 Belgian Fourragere, Republic of 
        Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, 1 Republic of Vietnam 
        Civil Action Honor Medal, and was cited twice in the Order of 
        the Day of the Belgian Army; and
            (29) the 1st Infantry Division has served the United States 
        with great valor and distinction since its organization, living 
        up to its motto, ``No mission too difficult, no sacrifice too 
        great--Duty First''.

SEC. 3. COIN SPECIFICATION.

    (a) Denominations.--The Secretary of the Treasury (hereafter in 
this Act referred to as the ``Secretary'') shall mint and issue the 
following coins:
            (1) $5 gold coins.--Not more than 20,000 $5 coins, which 
        shall--
                    (A) weigh 8.359 grams;
                    (B) have a diameter of .850 inches; and
                    (C) contain 90 percent gold and 10 percent alloy.
            (2) $1 silver coins.--Not more than 100,000 $1 coins, which 
        shall--
                    (A) weigh 26.73 grams;
                    (B) have the diameter of 1.50 inches; and
                    (C) contain not less than 90 percent silver.
            (3) Half-dollar clad coins.--Not more than 200,000 half-
        dollar coins which shall--
                    (A) weigh 11.34 grams;
                    (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 the purposes of section 5134 of title 
31, United States Code, all coins minted under this Act shall be 
considered to numismatic items.

SEC. 4. DESIGN OF COINS.

    (a) Design Requirements.--
            (1) In general.--The design of the coins minted under this 
        Act shall be emblematic of the 100 year anniversary of the 1st 
        Infantry Division.
            (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 2018; and
                    (C) inscriptions of the words ``Liberty'', ``In God 
                We Trust'', ``United States of America'', and ``E 
                Pluribus Unum''.
    (b) Selection.--The design for the coins minted under this Act 
shall be--
            (1) selected by the Secretary after consultation with the 
        Society of the 1st Infantry Division and the U.S. Army Center 
        of Military History; and
            (2) reviewed by the Citizens Coinage Advisory 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 Facility.--Only the West Point Mint may be used to strike 
any particular quality of the coins minted under this Act.
    (c) Period for Issuance.--The Secretary may issue coins minted 
under this Act only during the 1-year period beginning on January 1, 
2018.

SEC. 6. SALE OF COINS.

            (1) Sale price.--The coins issued under this Act shall be 
        sold by the Secretary at a price equal to the sum of--
                    (A) the face value of the coins;
                    (B) the surcharge provided in section 7(a) with 
                respect to such coins; and
                    (C) the cost of designing and issuing the coins 
                (including labor, material, dies, use of machinery, 
                overhead expenses, marketing, and shipping).
            (2) Bulk sales.--The Secretary shall make bulk sales of the 
        coins issued under this Act at a reasonable discount.
            (3) Prepaid orders.--The Secretary shall accept prepaid 
        orders for the coins minted under this Act before the issuance 
        of such coins.

SEC. 7. SURCHARGES.

    (a) In General.--All sales of coins issued under this Act shall 
include a surcharge of--
            (1) $35 per coin for the $5 coin;
            (2) $10 per coin for the $1 coin; and
            (3) $5 per coin for the half-dollar coin.
    (b) Distribution.--Subject to section 5134(f)(1) of title 31, 
United States Code, all surcharges received by the Secretary from the 
sale of coins issued under this Act shall be promptly paid by the 
Secretary to the Society of the 1st Infantry Division for renovation of 
the existing 1st Infantry Division Memorial located in the District of 
Columbia.
    (c) Audits.--The Society of the 1st Infantry Division 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 
programs 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 Secretary of the Treasury may issue guidance to carry out 
this subsection.
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