1863 Gettysburg Campaign Act - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to mint and issue commemorative five-dollar gold coins, one-dollar silver coins, and half-dollar clad coins emblematic of the history and memory of the 1863 invasion of Pennsylvania, the Battle of Gettysburg, and the Gettysburg Address of President Abraham Lincoln.
[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3712 Introduced in House (IH)]
111th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 3712
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
October 1, 2009
Mr. Platts (for himself, Mr. Arcuri, Mr. Campbell, Mr. Doyle, Mr.
Gerlach, Mr. Hinchey, Mr. Israel, Mr. Murtha, Ms. Schwartz, Mr.
Shuster, Mr. Brady of Pennsylvania, Mr. Cohen, Mr. Fortenberry, Mr.
Gordon of Tennessee, Mr. Holden, Mr. Miller of North Carolina, Mr.
Pitts, Mr. Sestak, and Mr. Wolf) 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) Gettysburg foundation.--\2/3\ to the Gettysburg
Foundation.
(2) Army heritage center foundation.--\1/3\ to the Army
Heritage Center 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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Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
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