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[H.R. 2423 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]

        H.R.2423

                     One Hundred Sixteenth Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America


                          AT THE FIRST SESSION

          Begun and held at the City of Washington on Thursday,
           the third day of January, two thousand and nineteen


                                 An Act


 
To require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in commemoration 
of ratification of the 19th Amendment to the Constitution of the United 
      States, giving women in the United States the right to vote.

    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 ``Women's Suffrage Centennial 
Commemorative Coin Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS; PURPOSE.
    (a) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
        (1) Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott organized the 
    first Women's Rights Convention in Seneca Falls, New York. 68 women 
    and 32 men signed the Declaration of Sentiments at the Convention 
    in July 1848.
        (2) The Declaration of Sentiments was modeled after the 
    Declaration of Independence and declared that ``all men and women 
    are created equal'', linking women's rights directly to the 
    founding ideals of the United States.
        (3) Suffrage activists, including Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan 
    B. Anthony, Harriet Tubman, Sojourner Truth, Ida B. Wells, Jovita 
    Idar, Inez Millholland, Mary Church Terrell, Anne Dallas Dudley, 
    Carrie Chapman Catt, Alice Paul, Lucy Burns, Esther Hobart Morris, 
    and many others, conducted over 900 local, State, and Federal 
    campaigns over a 72-year time span to win women the right to vote.
        (4) On November 6, 1917, New York granted women the right to 
    vote, which was an act that created momentum for the national 
    movement that culminated in the ratification of the 19th Amendment 
    to the Constitution of the United States 3 years later.
        (5) The 19th Amendment to the Constitution of the United States 
    (``The Susan B. Anthony Amendment'') guarantees all United States 
    women the right to vote and was passed by the 66th Congress of the 
    United States on June 4, 1919.
        (6) On August 9, 1920, right before the ratification period was 
    set to expire, Governor Albert H. Roberts called a special session 
    of the Tennessee General Assembly to consider the amendment. Pro-
    suffrage and anti-suffrage activists from around the country 
    descended on Nashville, Tennessee, intent on influencing the 
    legislature.
        (7) After the amendment was defeated in a 48-48 tie vote, 
    Tennessee State Representative Harry T. Burn from McMinn County 
    cast the deciding favorable vote after receiving a note from his 
    mother, Phoebe Ensminger Burn, imploring him to vote yes for 
    ratification.
        (8) On August 18, 1920, Tennessee became the 36th and final 
    State needed to pass the 19th Amendment, ensuring its ratification 
    pursuant to Article V of the Constitution of the United States.
        (9) The 19th Amendment was ratified on August 26, 1920, when 
    Secretary of State Bainbridge Colby issued a proclamation 
    announcing it has become part of the Constitution of the United 
    States.
        (10) The ratification of the 19th Amendment marked the single 
    largest extension of voting rights in United States history, 
    enfranchising 27,000,000 American women in the United States.
    (b) Purpose.--The purpose of this Act is--
        (1) to honor and commemorate the work of women suffrage 
    activists in the late 19th and early 20th centuries;
        (2) to increase public awareness and appreciation for the 
    history of the women's suffrage movement; and
        (3) to encourage all women in the United States to exercise 
    their hard-won franchise and to become involved in civic life if 
    they so choose.
SEC. 3. COIN SPECIFICATIONS.
    (a) $1 Silver Coins.--The Secretary of the Treasury (hereafter in 
this Act referred to as the ``Secretary'') shall mint and issue not 
more than 400,000 $1 coins, which shall--
        (1) weigh 26.73 grams;
        (2) have a diameter of 1.500 inches; and
        (3) contain at least 90 percent silver.
    (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 COIN.
    (a) Design Requirements.--
        (1) In general.--The design of the coins minted under this Act 
    shall be emblematic of the women who played a vital role in 
    rallying support for the 19th Amendment to the Constitution of the 
    United States.
        (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 ``2020''; 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 honor Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady 
    Stanton, Carrie Chapman Catt, Harriet Tubman, Mary Church Terrell, 
    Alice Paul, Lide Meriwether, Ida B. Wells, and other suffrage 
    activists of the late 19th century and early 20th centuries;
        (2) be selected by the Secretary, after consultation with the 
    Smithsonian Institution's American Women's History Initiative, 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.--Only one facility of the United States Mint 
may be used to strike any particular quality of the coins minted under 
this Act.
    (c) Period for Issuance.--The Secretary may issue coins under this 
Act only during the period beginning on January 1, 2020, and ending on 
December 31, 2020.
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 issued under this Act shall 
include a surcharge of $10 per coin for the $1 coin described under 
section 3(a).
    (b) Distribution.--Subject to section 5134(f) of title 31, United 
States Code, and section 8(2), all surcharges received by the Secretary 
from the sale of coins issued under this Act shall be promptly paid by 
the Secretary to the Smithsonian Institution's American Women's History 
Initiative for the purpose of--
        (1) collecting, studying, and establishing programs relating to 
    women's contributions to various fields and throughout different 
    periods of history that have influenced the direction of the United 
    States; and
        (2) creating exhibitions and programs that recognize diverse 
    perspectives on women's history and contributions.
    (c) Audits.--The Smithsonian Institution's American Women's History 
Initiative 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. FINANCIAL ASSURANCES.
    The Secretary shall take such actions as may be necessary to ensure 
that--
        (1) minting and issuing coins under this Act will not result in 
    any net cost to the United States Government; and
        (2) no funds, including applicable surcharges, shall be 
    disbursed to any recipient designated in section 7(b) until the 
    total cost of designing and issuing all of the coins authorized by 
    this Act (including labor, materials, dies, use of machinery, 
    overhead expenses, marketing, and shipping) is recovered by the 
    United States Treasury, consistent with sections 5112(m) and 
    5134(f) of title 31, United States Code.
SEC. 9. DETERMINATION OF BUDGETARY EFFECTS.
    The budgetary effects of this Act, for the purpose of complying 
with the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010, shall be determined by 
reference to the latest statement titled ``Budgetary Effects of PAYGO 
Legislation'' for this Act, submitted for printing in the Congressional 
Record by the Chairman of the House Budget Committee, provided that 
such statement has been submitted prior to the vote on passage.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

                            Vice President of the United States and    
                                               President of the Senate.