[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3980 Introduced in House (IH)]







107th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 3980

  To provide for a circulating commemorative coin to commemorate the 
                     events of September 11, 2001.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 14, 2002

   Mr. Rothman (for himself, Mr. Hastings of Florida, Mr. Towns, Mr. 
   Serrano, Mr. Baldacci, Mr. Frost, and Mr. Rangel) introduced the 
   following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Financial 
                                Services

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                                 A BILL


 
  To provide for a circulating commemorative coin to commemorate the 
                     events of September 11, 2001.

    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 ``September 11, 2001 Commemorative 
Coin Act''.

SEC. 2. SEPTEMBER 11, 2001 COMMEMORATIVE COIN.

    (a) Authorization.--The Secretary of the Treasury shall mint and 
issue a sufficient number of half-dollar coins to circulate, 
commemorating the terrorist attacks on the United States on September 
11, 2001.
    (b) Standard Specifications.--Except as provided in section 3, the 
coins minted under this Act shall have the composition and 
specifications provided for in section 5112 of title 31, United States 
Code.
    (c) Legal Tender.--The coins minted under this Act shall be legal 
tender, as provided in section 5103 of title 31, United States Code.
    (d) Treatment as Numismatic Items.--For purposes of section 5136 of 
title 31, United States Code, all coins minted under this Act shall be 
considered to be numismatic items.

SEC. 3. DESIGN OF COINS.

    (a) In General.--Notwithstanding section 5112(d)(1) of title 31, 
United States Code, the obverse of the coins minted under this Act 
shall depict the twin towers of the World Trade Center prior to the 
attack of September 11, 2001. The design on the reverse of the coin 
shall depict a representation of the Pentagon prior to the attack and a 
tribute to United flight 93 which crashed in Pennsylvania on September 
11, 2001.
    (b) Design Selection.--The design for the coins minted under this 
Act shall be selected by the Secretary of the Treasury in consultation 
with the Citizens Commemorative Coin Advisory Committee and the 
Commission on Fine Arts.
    (c) Designation and Inscriptions.--On each coin minted under this 
Act there shall be.--
            (1) a designation of the value of the coin;
            (2) an inscription of the year ``2001'' as the date of 
        minting, notwithstanding the date the coin is actually minted;
            (3) inscriptions of the words ``Liberty'', ``In God We 
        Trust''; ``United States of America''; ``E Pluribus Unum''; and
            (4) on the obverse of the coin, in close proximity to the 
        rendering of the World Trade Center towers, the word 
        ``Freedom''.

SEC. 4. ISSUANCE OF COINS.

    (a) Quality of Coins.--Coins minted under this Act shall be issued 
in circulation quality, and up to 750,000 may be minted as numismatic 
items, and shall bear the ``W'' mint mark of the West Point, New York, 
United States Mint, regardless of where produced, and may be issued in 
uncirculated and proof qualities.
    (b) Mint Facility.--Any or all facilities of the United States Mint 
may be used to strike the coins minted under this Act.
    (c) Commencement of Issuance.--The Secretary of the Treasury may 
issue coins minted under this Act at the earliest opportunity.
    (d) Termination of Minting Authority.--No coins may be minted under 
this Act after December 31, 2003.
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