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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION S. 1289 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in commemoration |
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| 6 | 6 | | of the 25th anniversary of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks |
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| 7 | 7 | | on the United States and to support programs at the National September |
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| 8 | 8 | | 11 Memorial and Museum at the World Trade Center. |
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| 9 | 9 | | IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES |
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| 10 | 10 | | APRIL3, 2025 |
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| 11 | 11 | | Mrs. G |
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| 12 | 12 | | ILLIBRAND(for herself, Mrs. CAPITO, and Mr. SCHUMER) introduced |
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| 13 | 13 | | the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee |
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| 14 | 14 | | on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs |
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| 15 | 15 | | A BILL |
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| 16 | 16 | | To require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins |
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| 17 | 17 | | in commemoration of the 25th anniversary of the Sep- |
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| 18 | 18 | | tember 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the United States |
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| 19 | 19 | | and to support programs at the National September |
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| 20 | 20 | | 11 Memorial and Museum at the World Trade Center. |
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| 21 | 21 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 22 | 22 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 23 | 23 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 24 | 24 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘25th Anniversary of 4 |
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| 25 | 25 | | 9/11 Commemorative Coin Act’’. 5 |
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| 26 | 26 | | SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 6 |
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| 27 | 27 | | Congress finds the following: 7 |
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| 31 | 31 | | (1) On September 11, 2001, the United States 1 |
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| 32 | 32 | | suffered the deadliest terrorist attacks on United 2 |
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| 33 | 33 | | States soil (referred to in this section as ‘‘the at-3 |
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| 34 | 34 | | tacks’’). 4 |
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| 35 | 35 | | (2) 2,977 people were killed during the attacks, 5 |
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| 36 | 36 | | marking the single worst foreign attack on United 6 |
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| 37 | 37 | | States soil since Pearl Harbor in 1941. 7 |
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| 38 | 38 | | (3) In New York City, 2 planes hit the Twin 8 |
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| 39 | 39 | | Towers during the attacks, causing both 110-story 9 |
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| 40 | 40 | | towers to collapse in less than 2 hours, as well as 10 |
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| 41 | 41 | | destroying 5 other buildings in the World Trade 11 |
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| 42 | 42 | | Center complex, leaving a death toll of 2,753 people, 12 |
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| 43 | 43 | | including all passengers and crew members of Amer-13 |
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| 44 | 44 | | ican Airlines Flight 11 and all passengers and crew 14 |
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| 45 | 45 | | members of United Airlines Flight 175. 15 |
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| 46 | 46 | | (4) During the attacks, American Airlines 16 |
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| 47 | 47 | | Flight 77 struck the side of the Pentagon, killing 17 |
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| 48 | 48 | | 184 passengers, crew members, and personnel. 18 |
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| 49 | 49 | | (5) In Pennsylvania, during the attacks, United 19 |
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| 50 | 50 | | Airlines Flight 93 crashed near Shanksville, killing 20 |
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| 51 | 51 | | all 40 passengers and crew members. 21 |
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| 52 | 52 | | (6) The attacks took the lives of 441 first re-22 |
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| 53 | 53 | | sponders in New York, specifically 343 firefighters 23 |
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| 54 | 54 | | from the New York City Fire Department, 37 offi-24 |
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| 55 | 55 | | cers from the Port Authority Police Department, 23 25 |
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| 59 | 59 | | officers from the New York City Police Department, 1 |
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| 60 | 60 | | and 38 individuals from other agencies. 2 |
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| 61 | 61 | | (7) The collapse of the towers following the at-3 |
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| 62 | 62 | | tacks created massive dust clouds that left hundreds 4 |
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| 63 | 63 | | of densely populated city blocks covered with harm-5 |
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| 64 | 64 | | ful contaminants, exposing first responders, local 6 |
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| 65 | 65 | | workers, residents, and students. 7 |
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| 66 | 66 | | (8) More than 2 decades after these horrific 8 |
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| 67 | 67 | | terrorist attacks took place, the ongoing physical 9 |
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| 68 | 68 | | and mental health impacts continue to deeply affect 10 |
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| 69 | 69 | | tens of thousands of individuals across the country 11 |
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| 70 | 70 | | who were in lower Manhattan and the surrounding 12 |
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| 71 | 71 | | area following the attacks, as well as those from 13 |
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| 72 | 72 | | around the country who participated in the rescue, 14 |
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| 73 | 73 | | recovery, and relief efforts, due to their exposure to 15 |
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| 74 | 74 | | the dust, smoke, and debris. Thousands of others 16 |
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| 75 | 75 | | have died due to illnesses and injuries relating to the 17 |
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| 76 | 76 | | attacks. 18 |
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| 77 | 77 | | (9) The National September 11 Memorial and 19 |
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| 78 | 78 | | Museum at the World Trade Center is continuously 20 |
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| 79 | 79 | | dedicated to remembering, reflecting, and educating 21 |
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| 80 | 80 | | for many generations to come so that the story of 22 |
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| 81 | 81 | | September 11, 2001, is never forgotten. 23 |
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| 82 | 82 | | (10) The National September 11 Memorial and 24 |
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| 83 | 83 | | Museum at the World Trade Center is committed to 25 |
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| 87 | 87 | | supporting family members, survivors, rescue and re-1 |
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| 88 | 88 | | covery workers, and military personnel who were af-2 |
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| 89 | 89 | | fected by the attacks by providing services, edu-3 |
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| 90 | 90 | | cation, and programming. 4 |
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| 91 | 91 | | SEC. 3. COIN SPECIFICATIONS. 5 |
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| 92 | 92 | | (a) D |
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| 93 | 93 | | ENOMINATIONS.—The Secretary of the Treas-6 |
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| 94 | 94 | | ury (referred to in this Act as the ‘‘Secretary’’) shall mint 7 |
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| 95 | 95 | | and issue the following coins in commemoration of the 8 |
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| 96 | 96 | | 25th anniversary of the September 11, 2001, terrorist at-9 |
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| 97 | 97 | | tacks on the United States and the establishment of the 10 |
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| 98 | 98 | | National September 11 Memorial and Museum at the 11 |
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| 99 | 99 | | World Trade Center: 12 |
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| 100 | 100 | | (1) $5 |
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| 101 | 101 | | GOLD COINS.—Not more than 50,000 $5 13 |
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| 102 | 102 | | coins, each of which shall— 14 |
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| 103 | 103 | | (A) weigh 8.359 grams; 15 |
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| 104 | 104 | | (B) have a diameter of 0.850 inches; and 16 |
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| 105 | 105 | | (C) contain not less than 90 percent gold. 17 |
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| 106 | 106 | | (2) $1 |
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| 107 | 107 | | SILVER COINS.—Not more than 400,000 18 |
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| 108 | 108 | | $1 coins, each of which shall— 19 |
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| 109 | 109 | | (A) weigh 26.73 grams; 20 |
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| 110 | 110 | | (B) have a diameter of 1.500 inches; and 21 |
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| 111 | 111 | | (C) contain not less than 90 percent silver. 22 |
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| 112 | 112 | | (b) L |
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| 113 | 113 | | EGALTENDER.—The coins minted under this 23 |
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| 114 | 114 | | Act shall be legal tender, as provided in section 5103 of 24 |
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| 115 | 115 | | title 31, United States Code. 25 |
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| 119 | 119 | | (c) NUMISMATICITEMS.—For purposes of sections 1 |
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| 120 | 120 | | 5134 and 5136 of title 31, United States Code, all coins 2 |
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| 121 | 121 | | minted under this Act shall be considered to be numis-3 |
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| 122 | 122 | | matic items. 4 |
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| 123 | 123 | | SEC. 4. DESIGN OF COINS. 5 |
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| 124 | 124 | | (a) D |
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| 125 | 125 | | ESIGNREQUIREMENTS.— 6 |
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| 126 | 126 | | (1) I |
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| 127 | 127 | | N GENERAL.—The designs of the coins 7 |
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| 128 | 128 | | minted under this Act shall be emblematic of the 8 |
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| 129 | 129 | | courage, sacrifice, and strength of those individuals 9 |
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| 130 | 130 | | who perished in the terrorist attacks of September 10 |
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| 131 | 131 | | 11, 2001, the bravery of those who risked their lives 11 |
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| 132 | 132 | | to save others that day, and the endurance, resil-12 |
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| 133 | 133 | | ience, and hope of those who survived. At least 1 13 |
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| 134 | 134 | | such coin shall bear the inscription ‘‘Never Forget’’. 14 |
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| 135 | 135 | | (2) D |
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| 136 | 136 | | ESIGNS AND INSCRIPTIONS.—On each coin 15 |
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| 137 | 137 | | minted under this Act, there shall be— 16 |
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| 138 | 138 | | (A) a designation of the value of the coin; 17 |
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| 139 | 139 | | (B) inscriptions of the words ‘‘Liberty’’, 18 |
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| 140 | 140 | | ‘‘In God We Trust’’, ‘‘United States of Amer-19 |
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| 141 | 141 | | ica’’, and ‘‘E Pluribus Unum’’; and 20 |
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| 142 | 142 | | (C) an inscription of the words ‘‘25th An-21 |
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| 143 | 143 | | niversary’’. 22 |
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| 144 | 144 | | (b) S |
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| 145 | 145 | | ELECTION.—The designs for the coins minted 23 |
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| 146 | 146 | | under this Act shall be— 24 |
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| 150 | 150 | | (1) selected by the Secretary, after consultation 1 |
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| 151 | 151 | | with— 2 |
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| 152 | 152 | | (A) the National September 11 Memorial 3 |
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| 153 | 153 | | and Museum at the World Trade Center; and 4 |
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| 154 | 154 | | (B) the Commission of Fine Arts; and 5 |
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| 155 | 155 | | (2) reviewed by the Citizens Coinage Advisory 6 |
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| 156 | 156 | | Committee. 7 |
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| 157 | 157 | | SEC. 5. ISSUANCE OF COINS. 8 |
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| 158 | 158 | | (a) Q |
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| 159 | 159 | | UALITY OFCOINS.—The coins minted under 9 |
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| 160 | 160 | | this Act shall be issued in uncirculated and proof qualities. 10 |
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| 161 | 161 | | (b) S |
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| 162 | 162 | | ENSE OFCONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-11 |
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| 163 | 163 | | gress that the coins minted under this Act should be 12 |
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| 164 | 164 | | struck at the United States Mint at West Point, New 13 |
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| 165 | 165 | | York, to the greatest extent possible. 14 |
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| 166 | 166 | | (c) P |
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| 167 | 167 | | ERIOD FORISSUANCE.—The Secretary may 15 |
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| 168 | 168 | | issue coins minted under this Act only during the 1-year 16 |
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| 169 | 169 | | period beginning on January 1, 2027. 17 |
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| 170 | 170 | | SEC. 6. SALE OF COINS. 18 |
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| 171 | 171 | | (a) S |
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| 172 | 172 | | ALEPRICE.—The coins issued under this Act 19 |
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| 173 | 173 | | shall be sold by the Secretary at the price equal to the 20 |
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| 174 | 174 | | sum of— 21 |
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| 175 | 175 | | (1) the face value of the coins; 22 |
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| 176 | 176 | | (2) the surcharge provided in section 7(a) with 23 |
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| 177 | 177 | | respect to the coins; and 24 |
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| 181 | 181 | | (3) the cost of designing and issuing the coins 1 |
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| 182 | 182 | | (including labor, materials, dies, use of machinery, 2 |
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| 183 | 183 | | overhead expenses, marketing, and shipping). 3 |
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| 184 | 184 | | (b) B |
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| 185 | 185 | | ULKSALES.—The Secretary shall make bulk 4 |
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| 186 | 186 | | sales of the coins issued under this Act at a reasonable 5 |
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| 187 | 187 | | discount. 6 |
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| 188 | 188 | | (c) P |
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| 189 | 189 | | REPAIDORDERS.— 7 |
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| 190 | 190 | | (1) I |
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| 191 | 191 | | N GENERAL.—The Secretary shall accept 8 |
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| 192 | 192 | | prepaid orders for the coins minted under this Act 9 |
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| 193 | 193 | | before the issuance of the coins. 10 |
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| 194 | 194 | | (2) D |
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| 195 | 195 | | ISCOUNT.—Sale prices with respect to pre-11 |
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| 196 | 196 | | paid orders under paragraph (1) shall be at a rea-12 |
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| 197 | 197 | | sonable discount. 13 |
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| 198 | 198 | | SEC. 7. SURCHARGES. 14 |
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| 199 | 199 | | (a) I |
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| 200 | 200 | | NGENERAL.—All sales of coins issued under this 15 |
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| 201 | 201 | | Act shall include a surcharge of— 16 |
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| 202 | 202 | | (1) $35 per coin for the $5 gold coin; and 17 |
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| 203 | 203 | | (2) $10 per coin for the $1 silver coin. 18 |
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| 204 | 204 | | (b) D |
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| 205 | 205 | | ISTRIBUTION.—Subject to section 5134(f)(1) of 19 |
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| 206 | 206 | | title 31, United States Code, all surcharges received by 20 |
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| 207 | 207 | | the Secretary from the sale of coins issued under this Act 21 |
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| 208 | 208 | | shall be promptly paid by the Secretary to the National 22 |
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| 209 | 209 | | September 11 Memorial and Museum at the World Trade 23 |
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| 210 | 210 | | Center to support the operations and maintenance of the 24 |
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| 214 | 214 | | National September 11 Memorial and Museum at the 1 |
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| 215 | 215 | | World Trade Center. 2 |
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| 216 | 216 | | (c) A |
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| 217 | 217 | | UDITS.—The National September 11 Memorial 3 |
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| 218 | 218 | | and Museum at the World Trade Center shall be subject 4 |
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| 219 | 219 | | to the audit requirements of section 5134(f)(2) of title 31, 5 |
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| 220 | 220 | | United States Code, with regard to the amounts received 6 |
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| 221 | 221 | | under subsection (b). 7 |
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| 222 | 222 | | (d) L |
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| 223 | 223 | | IMITATION.— 8 |
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| 224 | 224 | | (1) I |
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| 225 | 225 | | N GENERAL.—Notwithstanding subsection 9 |
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| 226 | 226 | | (a), no surcharge may be included with respect to 10 |
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| 227 | 227 | | the issuance under this Act of any coin during a cal-11 |
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| 228 | 228 | | endar year if, as of the time of that issuance, the 12 |
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| 229 | 229 | | issuance of that coin would result in the number of 13 |
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| 230 | 230 | | commemorative coin programs issued during that 14 |
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| 231 | 231 | | year to exceed the annual 2 commemorative coin 15 |
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| 232 | 232 | | program issuance limitation under section 16 |
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| 233 | 233 | | 5112(m)(1) of title 31, United States Code. 17 |
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| 234 | 234 | | (2) G |
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| 235 | 235 | | UIDANCE.—The Secretary may issue guid-18 |
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| 236 | 236 | | ance to carry out this subsection. 19 |
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| 237 | 237 | | SEC. 8. FINANCIAL ASSURANCES. 20 |
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| 238 | 238 | | The Secretary shall take such actions as may be nec-21 |
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| 239 | 239 | | essary to ensure that— 22 |
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| 240 | 240 | | (1) minting and issuing coins under this Act re-23 |
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| 241 | 241 | | sult in no net cost to the Federal Government; and 24 |
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| 245 | 245 | | (2) no funds, including applicable surcharges, 1 |
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| 246 | 246 | | are disbursed to any recipient designated in section 2 |
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| 247 | 247 | | 7(b) until the total cost of designing and issuing all 3 |
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| 248 | 248 | | of the coins authorized by this Act, including labor, 4 |
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| 249 | 249 | | materials, dies, use of machinery, overhead expenses, 5 |
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| 250 | 250 | | marketing, and shipping, is recovered by the United 6 |
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| 251 | 251 | | States Treasury, consistent with sections 5112(m) 7 |
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| 252 | 252 | | and 5134(f) of title 31, United States Code. 8 |
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