[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2123 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2123

 To require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in recognition 
of and to commemorate the 1863 invasion of Pennsylvania, the Battle of 
    Gettysburg, and President Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 27, 2009

Mr. Platts (for himself and Mr. Israel) introduced the following bill; 
       which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services

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                                 A BILL


 
 To require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in recognition 
of and to commemorate the 1863 invasion of Pennsylvania, the Battle of 
    Gettysburg, and President Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address.

    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 ``1863 Gettysburg Campaign Act''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    The Congress finds the following:
            (1) The 1863 invasion of Pennsylvania and the resulting 
        Battle of Gettysburg proved decisive in the final outcome of 
        the American Civil War.
            (2) President Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address put the 
        Civil War in perspective as a test of the success of the 
        American Revolution.
            (3) The Army Heritage Center Foundation works with the 
        United States Army to establish, sponsor, support, promote, and 
        maintain the United States Army Heritage and Education Center 
        at Carlisle, Pennsylvania.
            (4) The Army Heritage and Education Center is the Army's 
        premier center for the study of the role of the individual 
        soldier in support of the Nation.
            (5) The Civil War photograph and manuscript collection at 
        the Center is considered one of the finest in the Nation.
            (6) The Center seeks to honor the service and sacrifice of 
        soldiers and their families, preserve the memories of their 
        service by gathering and preserving artifact and manuscript 
        collections, and to educate the public through a world class 
        archives, museum displays, and engaging educational programs.
            (7) The goal of the Center is promote an appreciation of 
        the sacrifices that generations of American soldiers and their 
        families have made to safeguard the freedoms of this Nation.
            (8) The Army Heritage Center Foundation will, through 
        donated support, fund and construct the public components of 
        the Army Heritage and Education Center--the Visitor and 
        Education Center and the Army Heritage Museum--and, once 
        construction is complete, focus on providing ``margin of 
        excellence support'' to meet the needs of educational programs 
        and other activities at the Army Heritage and Education Center 
        for which Federal funds are unavailable.
            (9) The Gettysburg Foundation is dedicated to supporting 
        the Gettysburg National Military Park, a unit of the National 
        Park Service, by--
                    (A) operating the new Museum and Visitor Center for 
                the Park;
                    (B) funding the preservation and rehabilitation of 
                the Park's resources;
                    (C) preserving and displaying the Cyclorama 
                painting; and
                    (D) providing visitors with an understanding of the 
                significance of the Battle of Gettysburg within the 
                context of the causes and consequences of the American 
                Civil War.
            (10) The Army Heritage Center Foundation and the Gettysburg 
        Foundation are each nongovernmental, member-based, and publicly 
        supported nonprofit organizations that are dependent on funds 
        from members, donations, and grants for support.
            (11) The Foundations use such support to help create and 
        sustain the Gettysburg National Military Park and the Army 
        Heritage and Education Center.
            (12) The Gettysburg Foundation is recognized as the 
        official partner of Gettysburg National Military Park and the 
        Army Heritage Center Foundation is recognized by the Secretary 
        of the Army as the lead agency supporting the development of 
        the Army Heritage and Education Center.

SEC. 3. COIN SPECIFICATIONS.

    (a) Denominations.--In recognition and commemoration of the 1863 
Invasion of Pennsylvania, the decisive Battle of Gettysburg, and 
President Lincoln's Gettysburg's Address, 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 a diameter of 0.850 inches; and
                    (C) contain 90 percent gold and 10 percent alloy.
            (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 be emblematic of the history and memory of the 
        Gettysburg campaign and President Lincoln's Gettysburg Address.
            (2) Designations 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 ``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) contain motifs that specifically commemorate the 1863 
        invasion of Pennsylvania, the Battle at Gettysburg, and 
        Lincoln's Gettysburg Address;
            (2) be selected by the Secretary, after consultation with 
        the Secretary of the Army, the Secretary of the Interior, and 
        the Commission of Fine Arts; and
            (3) be 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 Facilities.--For each of the 3 coins minted under this 
Act, at least 1 facility of the United States Mint shall be used to 
strike proof quality coins, while at least 1 other such facility shall 
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
            (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 as 
follows:
            (1) Army heritage center foundation.--\1/2\ to the Army 
        Heritage Center Foundation.
            (2) Gettysburg foundation.--\1/2\ to the Gettysburg 
        Foundation.
    (c) Audits.--The Army Heritage Center Foundation and the Gettysburg 
Foundation shall each be subject to the audit requirements of section 
5134(f)(2) of title 31, United States Code, with regard to the amounts 
received by each such 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 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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