5-Star Generals Commemorative Coin Act
PL 111-262 (H.R.1177), enacted 10/08/2010

124 STAT. 2780 
PUBLIC LAW 111–262—OCT. 8, 2010 
Public Law 111–262 
111th Congress 
An Act 
To require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in recognition of five United 
States Army 5-Star Generals, George Marshall, Douglas MacArthur, Dwight Eisen-
hower, Henry ‘‘Hap’’ Arnold, and Omar Bradley, alumni of the United States 
Army Command and General Staff College, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, to coincide 
with the celebration of the 132nd Anniversary of the founding of the United 
States Army Command and General Staff College. 
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 ‘‘5-Star Generals Commemorative 
Coin Act’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
The Congress finds the following: 
(1) The United States Army Command and General Staff 
College, founded in 1881, has in its many evolutionary forms, 
served this country consistently and well for 127 years. 
(2) The Command and General Staff College has played 
a decisive role in the education and training of officers, particu-
larly in their field grade years of service, in times of war 
and peace, since its establishment. 
(3) The Command and General Staff College has had a 
salutatory effect on many fields of battle by providing its officer 
student bodies the necessary skills of battle management, 
leadership development, and the most modern and effective 
command and staff action procedures, all of which have been 
key to this Nations’ success in its many conflicts which, thereby, 
have preserved its freedoms and way of life. 
(4) The Command and General Staff College, the Nations’ 
oldest military staff college, does not have a commemorative 
coin cast in celebrating its long and honorable history, dis-
playing its heritage, and serving as a reminder to the holder 
of such coins the service to the Nation its graduates have 
provided in war and peace. 
(5) The United States Army Command and General Staff 
College is the Nation’s largest and oldest military staff college, 
continuing to educate officers from all United States branches 
of military services, select members of our civil government, 
and officers from many friendly and allied nations from around 
the globe. Located in the middle of the American heartland, 
will continue to serve as a beacon of light to the proposition 
of intellectual curiosity and professional military excellence 
in the development of its students, and serve as a link to 
5-Star Generals 
Commemorative 
Coin Act. 
31 USC 5112 
note. 
Oct. 8, 2010 
[H.R. 1177] 
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124 STAT. 2781 
PUBLIC LAW 111–262—OCT. 8, 2010 
American citizenry grateful for the sacrifices, some in the fullest 
measure of duty and devotion to the Nation, made by the 
graduates of its Command and Staff College. 
(6) The Command and General Staff College Foundation, 
Inc. (in this Act referred to as the ‘‘Foundation’’) is dedicated 
to promoting excellence in the faculty and students of the 
United States Army Command and General Staff College. 
Seeking new ways to educate and remind our citizens regarding 
the capable and selfless service of our military officers, and 
to imbue in them a sense of pride in those who bear the 
burden of military leadership in our Nation’s wars and in 
times of peace. 
(7) The Foundation is a nongovernmental, member-based, 
and publicly supported nonprofit organization that is entirely 
dependent on funds from members, donations, and grants for 
its functions and supports exclusively the United States Army 
Command and General Staff College. 
(8) The Foundation uses funding to provide the Margin 
of Excellence to the programs and activities of the College 
in support of the educational needs of the Nation’s field grade 
officer corps, and the faculty and staff attendant thereto. 
(9) In 2006, the Secretary of the Army accepted the first 
Foundation gift to the College in support of the Command 
and General Staff College. 
(10) The Foundation is actively engaged in the initial stages 
of its first capital campaign to support the Command and 
General Staff College. 
(11) The five 5-Star Generals who attended or taught at 
the Command and General Staff College; include Douglas Mac-
Arthur, George C. Marshall, Henry ‘‘Hap’’ Arnold, Dwight D. 
Eisenhower, and Omar N. Bradley. 
(12) DOUGLAS MACARTHUR, GENERAL OF THE ARMY.— 
(A) General MacArthur was a distinguished soldier, 
scholar, and strategist who gave 61 years of service to 
his country. 
(B) He commanded the 42d Division in World War 
I, and later served as the Chief of the Army General 
Staff. Prior to retirement, he was the Military Advisor 
to the Commonwealth of the Philippines. 
(C) In 1941, he was recalled to active duty as Com-
manding General, United States Army Far East. 
(D) He was awarded the Medal of Honor for his heroic 
defense of the Philippines. 
(E) After being ordered to depart the Philippines by 
the President, he inspired the world with his statement, 
‘‘I shall return.’’. 
(F) Forces under his command defeated those of the 
Empire of Japan. 
(G) After accepting the Japanese surrender, he directed 
the highly successful reconstruction of the Japanese nation, 
and served as the first commander of United Nations Forces 
during the Korean War. 
(H) General MacArthur, son of General Arthur Mac-
Arthur, spent time as a child at Ft. Leavenworth and 
later in his career, he taught as a Captain in the Field 
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Engineering School, and served as the adjutant, quarter-
master, and commanding officer of the 3d Engineer Bat-
talion (later reflagged as the 2d Engineer Battalion). 
(13) GEORGE C. MARSHALL, GENERAL OF THE ARMY.— 
(A) General George C. Marshall entered the Army from 
the Virginia Military Institute in 1902. 
(B) During a long career of public service, he distin-
guished himself as a leader, tactician, strategist, states-
man, and, truly, as the ‘‘Organizer of Victory’’. 
(C) In World War I, he was regarded as one of the 
most talented staff officers in the United States Army. 
(D) After that war, and throughout the many long 
and challenging duties of the interwar years, he was 
appointed United States Army Chief of the General Staff 
in 1939. 
(E) During World War II, he achieved recognition as 
one of America’s greatest military leaders. 
(F) As chief strategist of that global war, he materially 
assisted in directing the Allied Powers to victory. 
(G) In 1947 he was appointed Secretary of State for 
the United States and his outstanding career as a states-
man proved equal to his brilliant military career. 
(H) He was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his 
conception and implementation of the European Recovery 
Program, and, subsequently, he served as the Secretary 
of Defense for 1 year. 
(I) General Marshall’s service at Ft. Leavenworth 
included graduation from the United States Army School 
of the Line in 1907, the United States Army Staff College 
in 1908, followed by instructor duty at Ft. Leavenworth 
from in 1909 and 1910. 
(14) HENRY H. ARNOLD, GENERAL OF THE ARMY.— 
(A) General ‘‘Hap’’ Arnold is the only officer in the 
history of our country to earn the ranks of General of 
the Army and General of the Air Force. 
(B) General Arnold, a graduate of West Point in 1907, 
received his pilot training in 1911 from the Wright brothers 
in Dayton, Ohio. 
(C) He became one of our Nation’s strongest advocates 
for air power, and personally held numerous records and 
trophies for flying achievements, to include the first 
delivery of United States mail by air. 
(D) Accomplishments in and from the air in the World 
Wars, particularly in World War II, were heavily influenced 
by his genius. 
(E) As a result of General Arnold’s contributions, 
massed air power gave a third dimension to battles of 
World War II, swept the skies of the enemy, and denied 
him mobility on the ground. 
(F) One of General Arnold’s citations reads in part: 
‘‘From conception to execution, General Arnold’s leadership 
guided the mightiest air force in history’’. 
(G) General Arnold’s service at Ft. Leavenworth was 
as a student at the Command and General Staff College, 
1928–1929. 
(15) DWIGHT
D. EISENHOWER, GENERAL
OF
THE
ARMY.— 
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(A) General Dwight D. Eisenhower, in 1915, began 
a career of distinguished public service reaching the highest 
positions of military and civil leadership in the United 
States. 
(B) During World War II, as Commander in Chief, 
Allied Expeditionary Force, he led the invasion of North 
Africa and defeated the German force on that continent. 
(C) In 1944, as Supreme Allied Commander, Allied 
Expeditionary Force, he was instructed: ‘‘You will enter 
the continent of Europe, and, in conjunction with other 
United Nations, undertake operations aimed at the heart 
of Germany and the destruction of her armed forces’’. 
(D) In accomplishing this mission, he commanded the 
largest combination of land, sea and air forces in history. 
(E) Following World War II, he was instrumental in 
the development of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. 
(F) After his brilliant military career he was elected 
34th President of the United States. 
(G) His service at Ft. Leavenworth was 1917–1918 
as a tactical instructor officer for a course for lieutenants 
and in 1925–1926 as a student at the Command and Gen-
eral Staff College from which he was the honor graduate 
of his class. 
(16) OMAR N. BRADLEY, GENERAL OF THE ARMY.— 
(A) Throughout his distinguished military career, Gen-
eral Omar N. Bradley was recognized as an exceptional 
leader, tactician, and educator. 
(B) As Commandant of the Infantry School, he devel-
oped the officer candidate program through which more 
than 45,000 combat leaders of World War II were commis-
sioned. 
(C) During the war, he successfully commanded a divi-
sion, corps, army, and army group. While commanding 
II Corps, he was instrumental in defeating German forces 
in North Africa and Sicily. 
(D) His successful career as a field commander reached 
a peak when, as commander of the 12th Army Group, 
he greatly assisted in the liberation of Europe. 
(E) This group contained the largest number of Amer-
ican to ever serve under one commander. He became the 
Army Chief of Staff in 1948 and the first Chairman of 
the Joint Chiefs of Staff in 1949. 
(F) General Bradley’s service at Ft. Leavenworth was 
as a student at the Command and General Staff College, 
1928–1929. 
SEC. 3. COIN SPECIFICATIONS. 
(a) DENOMINATIONS.—In recognition and celebration of the 5- 
Star Generals attendance and graduation from the Command and 
General Staff College, and notwithstanding any other provision 
of law, 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 100,000 $5 coins, which 
shall— 
(A) weigh 8.359 grams; 
(B) have diameter of 0.850 inches; and 
(C) contain 90 percent gold and 10 percent alloy. 
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(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 percent copper. 
(3) HALF
DOLLAR
CLAD
COINS.—Not more than 750,000 
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 purposes of sections 5134 and 
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.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The design of the coins minted under 
this Act shall include the portraits of Generals George C. Mar-
shall, Douglas MacArthur, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Henry ‘‘Hap’’ 
Arnold and Omar N. Bradley. 
(2) DESIGNATIONS AND INSCRIPTIONS.—On each coin minted 
under this Act there shall be— 
(A) a designation of the face value of the coin; 
(B) an inscription of the year ‘‘2013’’; 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— 
(1) be selected by the Secretary after consultation with 
the Command and General Staff College Foundation, and the 
Commission of Fine Arts; and 
(2) be reviewed by the Citizens Coinage Advisory Com-
mittee. 
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 three coins minted under 
this Act, at least one facility will be used to strike proof quality 
coins, while at least one other facility will be used to strike the 
uncirculated quality coins. 
(c) PERIOD
FOR ISSUANCE.—The Secretary may issue coins 
minted under this Act only during the 1-year period beginning 
on January 1, 2013. 
SEC. 6. SALE OF COINS. 
(a) SALE PRICE.—The coins issued under this Act shall be 
sold by the Secretary at a price equal to the sum of— 
(1) the face value of the coins; 
(2) the surcharge provided in section 7(a) with respect 
to such coins; and 
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(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 this Act at a reasonable discount. 
(c) PREPAID ORDERS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall accept prepaid orders 
for the coins minted under this Act before the issuance of 
such coins. 
(2) DISCOUNT.—Sale prices with respect to prepaid orders 
under paragraph (1) shall be at a reasonable discount. 
SEC. 7. SURCHARGES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—All sales of coins minted under this Act 
shall include a surcharge as follows: 
(1) A surcharge of $35 per coin for the $5 coin. 
(2) A surcharge of $10 per coin for the $1 coin. 
(3) A surcharge of $5 per coin for the half dollar coin. 
(b) DISTRIBUTION.—Subject to section 5134(f) 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 Command and General Staff College Founda-
tion to help finance its support of the Command and General 
Staff College. 
(c) AUDITS.—The Command and General Staff College Founda-
tion 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 Foundation 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 commemora-
tive coin programs issued during such year to exceed the annual 
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. 
SEC. 8. BUDGET COMPLIANCE. 
The budgetary effects of this Act, for the purpose of complying 
with the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010, shall be determined 
by reference to the latest statement titled ‘‘Budgetary Effects of 
PAYGO Legislation’’ for this Act, submitted for printing in the 
Congressional Record by the Chairman of the Committee on the 
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124 STAT. 2786 
PUBLIC LAW 111–262—OCT. 8, 2010 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.R. 1177: 
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 156 (2010): 
May 19, 20, considered and passed House. 
Sept. 28, considered and passed Senate. 
Budget of the House of Representatives, provided that such state-
ment has been submitted prior to the vote on passage. 
Approved October 8, 2010. 
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