1.This Act may be cited as the
United States Marshals Service 225th
Anniversary Commemorative Coin Act
.
2.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.
3.
(a)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)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)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)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 section 5134 of title 31, United States
Code, all coins minted under this Act shall be considered to be numismatic
items.
(d)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.
4.
(a)
(1)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
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 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)
(A)
(i)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)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)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)The design and inscriptions on the obverse and reverse of
the $5 coins issued under this Act shall be in high relief.
(B)
(i)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)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 depictionsThe 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)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.
5.
(a)Coins minted under this Act shall be issued in proof
quality and uncirculated quality.
(b)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)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 AuthorityNo coins may be minted under this Act after
December 31, 2014.
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)
(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.
(3)United states
marshal service employeesTo 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)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.
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 gold coin.
(2)A
surcharge of $10 per coin for the $1 silver 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
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)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).
8.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.