Breast Cancer Awareness Commemorative Coin Act
PL 114-148 (H.R.2722), enacted 04/29/2016

130 STAT. 360 
PUBLIC LAW 114–148—APR. 29, 2016 
Public Law 114–148 
114th Congress 
An Act 
To require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in recognition of the fight 
against breast cancer. 
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 ‘‘Breast Cancer Awareness 
Commemorative Coin Act’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
The Congress finds the following: 
(1) Breast cancer is the most common cancer among Amer-
ican women, except for skin cancers. Today, about 1 in 8, 
or 12 percent of, women in the United States will develop 
invasive breast cancer during their lifetime. This is an increase 
from 1 in 11, or 9 percent of, women in 1975. 
(2) Breast cancer is the second leading cause of cancer 
death in women. The chance of dying from breast cancer is 
about 1 in 36. Thanks to earlier detection, increased awareness, 
and improved treatment, death rates from breast cancer have 
decreased since about 1989. 
(3) There is a strong interest among the American public 
to do more to tackle this disease. The National Cancer Institute 
estimates $16.5 billion is spent in the United States each 
year on breast cancer treatment. Assuming that incidence and 
survival rates follow recent trends, it is estimated that $17.2 
billion will be spent on breast cancer care in the United States 
in 2014. 
(4) Finding a cure for breast cancer is a goal of the United 
States Government. 
(5) The National Institutes of Health dedicated an esti-
mated $674 million for breast cancer research in Fiscal Year 
2014. In Fiscal Year 2014, the Department of Defense’s Breast 
Cancer Research Program received $120 million. 
(6) While the National Institutes of Health and the Depart-
ment of Defense program on Breast Cancer research remain 
the largest funders of breast cancer research in the United 
States, in 2013, the National Cancer Institute funding was 
reduced by nearly $66 million since 2011. The funding level 
for the Department of Defense Breast Cancer Research Program 
has remained consistent since 2012, however this amount rep-
resents a 20-percent decrease from 2011 funding levels. 
(7) Additional private sector support for breast cancer 
research will help us find cures for breast cancer even faster. 
Breast Cancer 
Awareness 
Commemorative 
Coin Act. 
31 USC 5112 
note. 
Apr. 29, 2016 
[H.R. 2722] 
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(8) It is estimated that in the United States 231,840 women 
will be diagnosed with and 40,290 women will die of cancer 
of the breast in 2015. This means that every 13 minutes a 
woman dies of breast cancer in the United States. 
(9) However, due to disease type and lack of adequate 
care, African-American women have the highest death rates 
of all racial and ethnic groups overall and are at least 44 
percent more likely to die of breast cancer as compared to 
other racial and ethnic groups. 
(10) Breast cancer used to be considered a disease of aging 
but recent trends show that more aggressive forms of the 
disease have been increasingly diagnosed in younger women. 
(11) Breast cancer is the most frequently diagnosed cancer 
among nearly every racial and ethnic group, including African- 
American, 
American 
Indian/Alaska 
Native, 
Asian/Pacific 
Islander, and Hispanic/Latina women. 
(12) Clinical advances, resulting from research, have led 
to increased survival from breast cancer. Since 1990, death 
rates from breast cancer have dropped over 34 percent. 
(13) Among men in the United States it is estimated that 
there will be 2,350 new cases of invasive breast cancer and 
440 breast cancer deaths in 2015. 
(14) At this time there are more than 3.1 million breast 
cancer survivors in the United States. 
(15) It is estimated that breast cancer costs $12.5 billion 
in lost productivity. Such productivity losses will increase with 
projected growth rate and aging of the U.S. population if cancer 
mortality rates stay constant in the future. 
(16) There is a better chance of survival and there are 
more treatment options with early stage detection through 
mammograms and clinical breast exams. 
(17) Breast cancer is the most common cancer in women 
worldwide, with an estimated 1.7 million new cases of breast 
cancer among women worldwide in 2012. 
(18) Breast Cancer Research Foundation (BCRF) is consid-
ered one of the most efficient cancer research charities. 
(19) Of every dollar donated to BCRF, $0.91 goes to 
research and awareness programs—88 cents towards research 
and 3 cents towards awareness. 
(20) Founded in 1993, the BCRF has raised more than 
$500 million to fuel discoveries in tumor biology, genetics, 
prevention, treatment, survivorship, and metastasis, making 
BCRF one of the largest private funders of breast cancer 
research in the world. For 2014–2015, BCRF committed $58.6 
million in research, including $11.6 million to the international 
Evelyn H. Lauder Founder’s Fund focused on metastasis, to 
support the work of more than 220 researchers at leading 
medical institutions across 6 continents (25 states and 14 coun-
tries). 
SEC. 3. COIN SPECIFICATIONS. 
(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 50,000 $5 gold coins, 
which shall— 
(A) have a diameter of 0.850 inches; and 
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(B) be made of ‘‘pink gold’’ which contains not less 
than 75 percent gold. 
(2) $1 SILVER COINS.—Not more than 400,000 $1 coins, 
which shall— 
(A) weigh 26.73 grams; 
(B) have a diameter of 1.500 inches; and 
(C) contain not less than 90 percent silver. 
(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 be emblematic of the fight against breast cancer. 
(2) DESIGNATION 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 ‘‘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 selected by the Secretary based on the winning design 
from a juried, compensated design competition described under 
subsection (c). 
(c) DESIGN COMPETITION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall hold a competition 
and provide compensation for its winner to design the obverse 
and reverse of the coins minted under this Act. The competition 
shall be judged by an expert jury chaired by the Secretary 
and consisting of three members from the Citizens Coinage 
Advisory Committee who shall be elected by such Committee 
and three members from the Commission of Fine Arts who 
shall be elected by such Commission. 
(2) PROPOSALS.—As part of the competition described in 
this subsection, the Secretary may accept proposals from artists, 
engravers of the United States Mint, and members of the 
general public, and any designs submitted for the design review 
process described herein shall be anonymized until a final 
selection is made. 
(3) ACCOMPANYING
DESIGNS; PREFERENCE
FOR
PHYSICAL 
DESIGNS.—The Secretary shall encourage three-dimensional 
designs to be submitted as part of the proposals, and the 
jury shall give a preference for proposals that are accompanied 
by a three-dimensional physical design instead of, or in addition 
to, an electronic design. 
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(4) COMPENSATION.—The Secretary shall determine com-
pensation for the winning design under this subsection, which 
shall be not less than $5,000. The Secretary shall take into 
account this compensation amount when determining the sale 
price described in section 6(a). 
SEC. 5. ISSUANCE OF COINS. 
(a) QUALITY
OF COINS.—Coins minted under this Act shall 
be issued in uncirculated and proof qualities. 
(b) 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. 
(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 the 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 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 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) of title 31, United 
States Code, all surcharges which are received by the Secretary 
from the sale of coins issued under this Act shall be promptly 
paid by the Secretary to the Breast Cancer Research Foundation, 
New York, New York, for the purpose of furthering breast cancer 
research funded by the Foundation. 
(c) AUDITS.—The surcharge recipients under subsection (b) 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 
that subsection. 
(d) LIMITATIONS.—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 
two commemorative coin program issuance limitation under section 
5112(m)(1) of title 31, United States Code (as in effect on the 
Time period. 
Determination. 
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PUBLIC LAW 114–148—APR. 29, 2016 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.R. 2722: 
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD: 
Vol. 161 (2015): July 14, 15, considered and passed House. 
Vol. 162 (2016): Apr. 19, considered and passed Senate. 
date of the enactment of this Act). The Secretary of the Treasury 
may issue guidance to carry out this subsection. 
Approved April 29, 2016. 
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