110 HR 7257 IH: 5-Star Generals Commemorative Coin
U.S. House of Representatives
2008-10-03
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1.This Act may be cited as the
5-Star Generals Commemorative Coin
Act
.
2.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, particularly 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,
displaying 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 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 he 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 5 5-Star
Generals who attended or taught at the Command and General Staff College;
include Douglas MacArthur, 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 sixty-one 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
Commanding 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 MacArthur, spent time as a child at Ft. Leavenworth and
later in his career, he taught as a Captain in the Field Engineering School,
and served as the adjutant, quartermaster, and commanding officer of the 3d
Engineer Battalion (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 distinguished himself as a leader, tactician,
strategist, statesman, 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 statesman 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
(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 General 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, General Omar N. Bradley was recognized as an
exceptional leader, tactician, and educator.
(B)As Commandant of
the Infantry School, he developed the officer candidate program through which
more than 45,000 combat leaders of World War II were commissioned.
(C)During the war, he
successfully commanded a division, 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 American 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.
3.
(a)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)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.
(2)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)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)The coins minted under this Act shall be legal tender, as
provided in section 5103 of title 31, United States Code.
(c)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.
4.
(a)
(1)The design of the coins minted under this Act shall
include the portraits of Generals George C. Marshall, Douglas MacArthur, Dwight
D. Eisenhower, Henry Hap
Arnold and Omar N. Bradley.
(2)Designations and
inscriptionsOn each coin minted under this Act there shall
be—
(A)a designation of
the 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)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 Committee.
5.
(a)Coins minted under this Act shall be issued in uncirculated
and proof qualities.
(b)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)The Secretary may issue coins minted under this Act only
during the 1-year period beginning on January 1, 2013.
6.
(a)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
(3)the cost of
designing and issuing the coins (including labor, materials, dies, use of
machinery, overhead expenses, marketing, and shipping).
(b)The Secretary shall make bulk sales of the coins issued
under this Act at a reasonable discount.
(c)
(1)The Secretary shall accept prepaid orders for the coins
minted under this Act before the issuance of such coins.
(2)Sale
prices with respect to prepaid orders under paragraph (1) shall be at a
reasonable discount.
7.
(a)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)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 Foundation to
help finance their support of the Command and General Staff College.
(c)The
Command and General Staff College Foundation 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)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 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.