[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2799 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2799

To require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in commemoration 
of the 225th anniversary of the establishment of the Nation's first law 
        enforcement agency, the United States Marshals Service.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 10, 2009

 Mr. Boozman 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 commemoration 
of the 225th anniversary of the establishment of the Nation's first law 
        enforcement agency, the United States Marshals Service.

    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 ``United States Marshals Service 225th 
Anniversary Commemorative Coin Act''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    The Congress hereby finds as follows:
            (1) The United States Marshals Service, the first law 
        enforcement agency in America, was established under section 27 
        of the Act of Congress entitled ``Chapter XX.--An Act to 
        Establish the Judicial Courts of the United States'' and 
        enacted on September 24, 1789 (commonly referred to as the 
        ``Judiciary Act of September 24, 1789'', during the 1st Session 
        of the 1st Congress and signed into law by the 1st President of 
        the United States, George Washington.
            (2) George Washington had carefully considered the 
        appointments to the Judicial branch long before the enactment 
        of the Judiciary Act of September 24, 1789, and appointed the 
        first 13 United States Marshals on September 26, 1789, 2 days 
        after signing the Act into law.
            (3) The United States Marshals Service has had major 
        significance in the history in the United States and has 
        directly contributed to the safety and preservation of this 
        Nation, by serving as an instrument of civil authority used by 
        all 3 branches of the United States Government.
            (4) One of the original 13 United States Marshals, Robert 
        Forsyth of Georgia, a 40-year old veteran of the Revolutionary 
        War, was the first civilian official of the United States 
        Government, and the first of many United States Marshals and 
        deputies, to be killed in the line of duty when he was shot on 
        January 11, 1794, while trying to serve civil process.
            (5) The United States Marshals Service Commemorative Coin 
        will be the first commemorative coin to honor the United States 
        Marshals Service.
            (6) In 2008, the United States Marshals Service established 
        a 225th Anniversary Committee to ensure a suitable national 
        observance of the United States Marshals Service 225th 
        Anniversary to take place on or about September 24, 2014, to 
        support and facilitate marketing efforts for a commemorative 
        coin and related activities for the United States Marshals 
        Service 2014 observances.
            (7) A commemorative coin will bring national and 
        international attention to the lasting legacy of this Nations 
        oldest law enforcement agency.
            (8) The United States should pay tribute to the Nation's 
        oldest law enforcement agency, the United States Marshals 
        Service, by minting and issuing commemorative coins as defined 
        herein.
            (9) The proceeds from a surcharge on the sale of such 
        commemorative coins will assist the financing of a several 
        national monuments, museums, and charitable organizations 
        including the United States Marshals Service National Museum, 
        the National Law Enforcement Museum and Memorial, and The 
        Center for Missing and Exploited Children.

SEC. 3. COIN SPECIFICATIONS.

    (a) Denominations.--In commemoration of the 225th anniversary of 
the establishment of the United States Marshals Service, 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 gold coins 
        which shall--
                    (A) weigh 33.931 grams;
                    (B) have a diameter of 32.7 millimeters; and
                    (C) contain 1 troy ounce of fine gold.
            (2) $1 silver coins.--Not more than 500,000 $1 coins of 
        each of the designs specified in section 4(a)(3)(B), which 
        shall--
                    (A) weigh 26.73 grams;
                    (B) have a diameter of 1.500 inches; and
                    (C) contain 90 percent silver and 10 percent alloy.
    (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 section 5134 of title 31, 
United States Code, all coins minted under this Act shall be considered 
to be numismatic items.
    (d) Mintage Level Limit.--Notwithstanding the mintage level limit 
described under section 5112(m)(2)(A)(ii) of title 31, United States 
Code, the Secretary of the Treasury may mint and issue not more than 
500,000 of each of the $1 coins and 100,000 of each of the $5 coins 
authorized to be minted under this Act.

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 225 years of exemplary and 
        unparalleled achievements of the United States Marshals 
        Service.
            (2) Designation 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 ``2014''; and
                    (C) inscriptions of the words ``Liberty'', ``In God 
                We Trust'', ``United States of America'', and ``E 
                Pluribus Unum'', and such other inscriptions as the 
                Secretary may determine to be appropriate for the 
                designs of the coins.
            (3) Coin images.--
                    (A) $5 gold coins.--
                            (i) Obverse.--The obverse of the $5 coins 
                        issued under this Act shall bear an image of 
                        the Marshals Services Star (a.k.a. ``America's 
                        Star'').
                            (ii) Reverse.--The reverse of the $5 coins 
                        issued under this Act shall bear a design 
                        emblematic of the sacrifice and service of the 
                        men and women of the United States Marshals 
                        Service who lost their lives in the line of 
                        duty.
                            (iii) Edge incusion.--It is the sense of 
                        the Congress that, to the extent practicable, 
                        the edge of the $5 coins issued under this Act 
                        shall bear the motto of the United States 
                        Marshals Service ``Justice, Integrity, 
                        Service''.
                            (iv) High relief.--The design and 
                        inscriptions on the obverse and reverse of the 
                        $5 coins issued under this Act shall be in high 
                        relief.
                    (B) $1 silver coins.--
                            (i) Obverse.--The obverse of the $1 coins 
                        issued under this Act shall bear an image of 
                        the Marshals Services Star (a.k.a. ``America's 
                        Star'').
                            (ii) Edge incusion.--It is the sense of the 
                        Congress that, to the extent practicable, the 
                        edge of each $1 coin shall bear the motto of 
                        the United States Marshals Service ``Justice, 
                        Integrity, Service''.
            (4) Realistic and historically accurate depictions.--The 
        images for the designs of coins issued under this Act shall be 
        selected on the basis of the realism and historical accuracy of 
        the images and on the extent to which the images are 
        reminiscent of the dramatic and beautiful artwork on coins of 
        the so-called ``Golden Age of Coinage'' in the United States, 
        at the beginning of the Twentieth Century, with the 
        participation of such noted sculptors and medallic artists as 
        James Earle Fraser, Augustus Saint-Gaudens, Victor David 
        Brenner, Adolph A. Weinman, Charles E. Barber, and George T. 
        Morgan.
    (b) Selection.--The design for the coins minted under this Act 
shall be--
            (1) selected by the Secretary, after consultation with the 
        Director of the United States Marshals Service, the Historian 
        of the United States Marshals Service, and the Commission of 
        Fine Arts; and
            (2) reviewed by--
                    (A) the Citizens Coin Advisory Committee; and
                    (B) the United States Marshals Service 225th 
                Anniversary Committee, a panel to be formed consisting 
                of administrative and operational members of the United 
                States Marshals Service, past or present.

SEC. 5. ISSUANCE OF COINS.

    (a) Quality of Coins.--Coins minted under this Act shall be issued 
in proof quality and uncirculated quality.
    (b) Mint Facility.--Only 1 facility of the United States Mint may 
be used to strike any particular combination of denomination and 
quality of the coins minted under this Act.
    (c) Commencement of Issuance.--The Secretary may issue coins, to 
the public, minted under this Act beginning on or after September 24, 
2014, the 225th anniversary date of the United States Marshals Service, 
except for a limited number to be issued prior to this date to the 
Director of the United States Marshals Service and employees of the 
Service for display and presentation during the 225th Anniversary 
celebration.
    (d) Termination of Minting Authority.--No coins may be minted under 
this Act after December 31, 2014.

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) 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.
            (3) United states marshal service employees.--To the extent 
        possible the Secretary shall make arrangements to ensure that 
        current, former, and retired employees of the United States 
        Marshals Service, names to be verified by the Director USMS, or 
        his designee, have an exclusive defined period of time to place 
        prepaid orders under paragraph (1) at the same reasonable 
        discount refered to in paragraph (2).
    (c) Presentation.--In addition to the issuance of coins under this 
Act in such other methods of presentation as the Secretary of the 
Treasury determines to be appropriate, the Secretary shall provide, as 
a sale option, a presentation case which displays the $5 gold and the 
$1 silver coins. The presentation case should bear a depiction of the 
current badge of the United States Marshal Service.

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 gold coin.
            (2) A surcharge of $10 per coin for the $1 silver 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 distributed as follows:
            (1) The first $5,000,000 available for distribution under 
        this section to the Director of the United States Marshals 
        Service National Museum located in Fort Smith, Arkansas, for 
        the preservation, maintenance, and display of artifacts and 
        documents of the United States Marshals Service.
            (2) Of amounts available for distribution after the payment 
        under paragraph (1)--
                    (A) $1,000,000 to the Center for Missing and 
                Exploited Children located in Washington, DC.
                    (B) $1,000,000 to the National Law Enforcement 
                Officers Memorial Fund located in Washington, DC, in 
                support of the National Law Enforcement Museum and the 
                National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial.
                    (C) $1,000,000 to the Federal Law Enforcement 
                Officers Association.
                    (D) $500,000 to the William ``Bill'' Degan 
                Scholarship Fund, which provides scholarships for 
                spouses and children of law enforcement officers killed 
                in the line of duty.
                    (E) $500,000 to the Robert D. May Scholarship Fund, 
                which provides scholarships for spouses and children of 
                law enforcement officer killed in the line of duty.
                    (F) $500,000 to the Community Oriented Policing 
                Service.
                    (G) $500,000 to the Retired United States Marshals 
                Service Association, an IRS 501 3(c) charitable 
                organization located in Miami, FL.
    (c) Audits.--All organizations, associations, and funds 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 
subsection (b).

SEC. 8. BRONZE DUPLICATES.

    The Secretary may strike and sell bronze duplicates of the $5 gold 
coins authorized under this Act, at a price the Secretary determines to 
be appropriate.
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