National Women’s Hall of Fame Commemorative Coin Act of 2021

II 117TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION S. 867 To require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in recognition and celebration of the National Women’s Hall of Fame. IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES MARCH 18, 2021 Mrs. GILLIBRAND introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs A BILL To require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in recognition and celebration of the National Women’s Hall of Fame. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘National Women’s Hall 4 of Fame Commemorative Coin Act of 2021’’. 5 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 6 The Congress finds the following: 7 (1) In 1969, the National Women’s Hall of 8 Fame was established in Seneca Falls, New York, 9 the location of the first Women’s Rights Convention 10 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:34 Apr 11, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S867.IS S867 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 2 •S 867 IS in 1848. A total of 276 women have been inducted 1 represented well by the first class that included Jane 2 Addams, Marian Anderson, Susan B. Anthony, 3 Clara Barton, Mary MacLeod Bethune, Elizabeth 4 Blackwell, Pearl S. Buck, Rachel Carson, Mary 5 Cassatt, Emily Dickinson, Amelia Earhart, Alice 6 Hamilton, Helen Hayes, Helen Keller, Eleanor Roo- 7 sevelt, Florence Sabin, Margaret Chase Smith, Eliz- 8 abeth Cady Stanton, Helen Brooke Taussig, and 9 Harriet Tubman. 10 (2) The National Women’s Hall of Fame is the 11 Nation’s oldest membership organization dedicated 12 to recognizing and celebrating the achievements of 13 great American women. 14 (3) The involvement of women in the Nation’s 15 history is inadequately chronicled, commemorated, 16 and celebrated as reflected in the following: 17 (A) Fewer than 5 percent of the 2,596 na- 18 tional historic landmarks chronicle women’s 19 achievements. 20 (B) Only 9 of the 112 statues in the Cap- 21 itol’s Statuary Hall are of women. 22 (C) The National Park Service notes that 23 only 3 of the 130 national monuments in the 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:34 Apr 11, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S867.IS S867 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 3 •S 867 IS United States are dedicated to historic female 1 figures. 2 (D) Of the 5,575 outdoor sculpture por- 3 traits of historical figures in the United States, 4 559 portray women according to the Smithso- 5 nian American Art Museum’s online inventories 6 catalog. 7 (E) 6 of the 89 National Historic Sites 8 commemorate women. 9 (F) Only 219 United States Postal Stamps 10 were issued to commemorate women. 11 (4) The National Women’s Hall of Fame will 12 complete rehabilitation of its new home at the 13 former Seneca Falls Knitting Mill, which is a his- 14 toric building included in the National Historic Reg- 15 istry. The new building has over 20,000 square feet 16 available for artifacts to ensure that women’s history 17 and women’s contribution to American history will 18 be preserved and recounted for future generations. 19 (5) The National Women’s Hall of Fame plans 20 to design an educational program utilizing video con- 21 ference technology with students and teachers par- 22 ticipating in interactive lessons led by educators 23 from the National Women’s Hall of Fame. This pro- 24 gram will provide important lessons on the impact 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:34 Apr 11, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S867.IS S867 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 4 •S 867 IS that women have had on mathematics, geography, 1 education, sciences, medicine, military, government, 2 civil rights, economics, industrial technology, arts, 3 and communication. 4 SEC. 3. COIN SPECIFICATIONS. 5 (a) DENOMINATIONS.—In recognition and celebration 6 of the National Women’s Hall of Fame, the Secretary of 7 the Treasury (hereafter in this Act referred to as the ‘‘Sec- 8 retary’’) shall mint and issue the following coins: 9 (1) $5 GOLD COINS.—Not more than 50,000 $5 10 coins, which shall— 11 (A) weigh 8.359 grams; 12 (B) be struck on a planchet having diame- 13 ter of 0.850 inches; and 14 (C) contain not less than 90 percent gold. 15 (2) $1 SILVER COINS.—Not more than 400,000 16 $1 coins, which shall— 17 (A) weigh 26.73 grams; 18 (B) be struck on a planchet having a di- 19 ameter of 1.500 inches; and 20 (C) contain not less than 90 percent silver. 21 (3) HALF-DOLLAR CLAD COINS.—Not more 22 than 750,000 half-dollar coins which shall— 23 (A) weigh 11.34 grams; 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:34 Apr 11, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S867.IS S867 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 5 •S 867 IS (B) be struck on a planchet having a di- 1 ameter of 1.205 inches; and 2 (C) be minted to the specifications for half- 3 dollar coins contained in section 5112(b) of title 4 31, United States Code. 5 (4) PROOF SILVER $1 COINS.—Not more than 6 100,000 proof $1 silver coins which shall— 7 (A) weigh 5 ounces; 8 (B) be struck on a planchet having a di- 9 ameter of 3 inches; and 10 (C) contain .999 fine silver. 11 (b) LEGAL TENDER.—The coins minted under this 12 Act shall be legal tender, as provided in section 5103 of 13 title 31, United States Code. 14 (c) NUMISMATIC ITEMS.—For purposes of sections 15 5134 and 5136 of title 31, United States Code, all coins 16 minted under this Act shall be considered to be numis- 17 matic items. 18 (d) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con- 19 gress that, to the extent possible without significantly add- 20 ing to the purchase price of the coins, the coins minted 21 under this Act should be produced in a fashion that pro- 22 vides a more dramatic display of the obverse design. 23 SEC. 4. DESIGNS OF COINS. 24 (a) DESIGNS REQUIREMENTS.— 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:34 Apr 11, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S867.IS S867 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 6 •S 867 IS (1) IN GENERAL.—The designs of the coins 1 minted under this section shall be emblematic of the 2 impact that women have had on mathematics, geog- 3 raphy, education, sciences, medicine, military, gov- 4 ernment, civil rights, economics, industrial tech- 5 nology, arts, and communication. 6 (2) DESIGNATION AND INSCRIPTIONS.—On 7 each coin minted under this Act there shall be— 8 (A) a designation of the denomination of 9 the coin; 10 (B) an inscription of the year ‘‘2023’’; and 11 (C) inscriptions of the words ‘‘Liberty’’, 12 ‘‘In God We Trust’’, ‘‘United States of Amer- 13 ica’’, and ‘‘E Pluribus Unum’’. 14 (b) SELECTION.—The designs of the coins minted 15 under this Act shall be— 16 (1) selected by the Secretary after consultation 17 with— 18 (A) the National Women’s Hall of Fame; 19 and 20 (B) the Commission of Fine Arts; and 21 (2) reviewed by the Citizens Coinage Advisory 22 Committee. 23 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:34 Apr 11, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S867.IS S867 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 7 •S 867 IS SEC. 5. ISSUANCE OF COINS. 1 (a) QUALITY OF COINS.—Coins minted under this 2 Act shall be issued in uncirculated and proof qualities. 3 (b) PERIOD FOR ISSUANCE.—The Secretary may 4 issue coins minted under this Act only during the 1-year 5 period beginning on January 1, 2023. 6 SEC. 6. SALE OF COINS. 7 (a) SALE PRICE.—The coins issued under this Act 8 shall be sold by the Secretary at a price equal to the sum 9 of— 10 (1) the face value of the coins; 11 (2) the surcharge provided in section 7(a) with 12 respect to such coins; and 13 (3) the cost of designing and issuing the coins 14 (including labor, materials, dies, use of machinery, 15 winning design compensation, overhead expenses, 16 marketing, and shipping). 17 (b) BULK SALES.—The Secretary shall make bulk 18 sales of the coins issued under this Act at a reasonable 19 discount. 20 (c) PREPAID ORDERS.— 21 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall accept 22 prepaid orders for the coins minted under this Act 23 before the issuance of such coins. 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:34 Apr 11, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00007 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S867.IS S867 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 8 •S 867 IS (2) DISCOUNT.—Sale prices with respect to pre- 1 paid orders under paragraph (1) shall be at a rea- 2 sonable discount. 3 (d) MARKETING AND EDUCATIONAL CAMPAIGN.— 4 The Secretary shall develop and execute a marketing, pro- 5 motion, and educational program to promote the collecting 6 of the coins authorized under this Act. 7 SEC. 7. SURCHARGES. 8 (a) IN GENERAL.—All sales of coins minted under 9 this Act shall include a surcharge as follows: 10 (1) A surcharge of $35 per coin for the $5 coin. 11 (2) A surcharge of $10 per coin for the $1 coin 12 described under section 3(a)(2). 13 (3) A surcharge of $5 per coin for the half-dol- 14 lar coin. 15 (4) A surcharge of $50 per coin for the $1 coin 16 described under section 3(a)(4) 17 (b) DISTRIBUTION.—Subject to section 5134(f) of 18 title 31, United States Code, all surcharges received by 19 the Secretary from the sale of coins issued under this Act 20 shall be promptly paid by the Secretary to the National 21 Women’s Hall of Fame Foundation to establish an endow- 22 ment fund that will provide long-term financing for the 23 National Women’s Hall of Fame’s operations. 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:34 Apr 11, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00008 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S867.IS S867 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 9 •S 867 IS (c) AUDITS.—The National Women’s Hall of Fame 1 Foundation shall be subject to the audit requirements of 2 section 5134(f)(2) of title 31, United States Code, with 3 regard to the amounts received under subsection (b). 4 (d) LIMITATION.—Notwithstanding subsection (a), 5 no surcharge may be included with respect to the issuance 6 under this Act of any coin during a calendar year if, as 7 of the time of such issuance, the issuance of such coin 8 would result in the number of commemorative coin pro- 9 grams issued during such year to exceed the annual com- 10 memorative coin program issuance limitation under sec- 11 tion 5112(m)(1) of title 31, United States Code (as in ef- 12 fect on the date of the enactment of this Act). The Sec- 13 retary of the Treasury may issue guidance to carry out 14 this subsection. 15 SEC. 8. FINANCIAL ASSURANCES. 16 The Secretary shall take such actions as may be nec- 17 essary to ensure that— 18 (1) minting and issuing coins under this Act 19 will not result in any net cost to the United States 20 Government; and 21 (2) no funds, including applicable surcharges, 22 are disbursed to any recipient designated in section 23 7 until the total cost of designing and issuing all of 24 the coins authorized by this Act (including labor, 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:34 Apr 11, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00009 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S867.IS S867 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 10 •S 867 IS materials, dies, use of machinery, winning design 1 compensation, overhead expenses, marketing, and 2 shipping) is recovered by the United States Treas- 3 ury, consistent with sections 5112(m) and 5134(f) of 4 title 31, United States Code. 5 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:34 Apr 11, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00010 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\S867.IS S867 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS