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119THCONGRESS
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STSESSION S. 1289
To require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in commemoration
of the 25th anniversary of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks
on the United States and to support programs at the National September
11 Memorial and Museum at the World Trade Center.
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
APRIL3, 2025
Mrs. G
ILLIBRAND(for herself, Mrs. CAPITO, and Mr. SCHUMER) 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 commemoration of the 25th anniversary of the Sep-
tember 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the United States
and to support programs at the National September
11 Memorial and Museum at the World Trade Center.
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 ‘‘25th Anniversary of 4
9/11 Commemorative Coin Act’’. 5
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 6
Congress finds the following: 7
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(1) On September 11, 2001, the United States 1
suffered the deadliest terrorist attacks on United 2
States soil (referred to in this section as ‘‘the at-3
tacks’’). 4
(2) 2,977 people were killed during the attacks, 5
marking the single worst foreign attack on United 6
States soil since Pearl Harbor in 1941. 7
(3) In New York City, 2 planes hit the Twin 8
Towers during the attacks, causing both 110-story 9
towers to collapse in less than 2 hours, as well as 10
destroying 5 other buildings in the World Trade 11
Center complex, leaving a death toll of 2,753 people, 12
including all passengers and crew members of Amer-13
ican Airlines Flight 11 and all passengers and crew 14
members of United Airlines Flight 175. 15
(4) During the attacks, American Airlines 16
Flight 77 struck the side of the Pentagon, killing 17
184 passengers, crew members, and personnel. 18
(5) In Pennsylvania, during the attacks, United 19
Airlines Flight 93 crashed near Shanksville, killing 20
all 40 passengers and crew members. 21
(6) The attacks took the lives of 441 first re-22
sponders in New York, specifically 343 firefighters 23
from the New York City Fire Department, 37 offi-24
cers from the Port Authority Police Department, 23 25
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officers from the New York City Police Department, 1
and 38 individuals from other agencies. 2
(7) The collapse of the towers following the at-3
tacks created massive dust clouds that left hundreds 4
of densely populated city blocks covered with harm-5
ful contaminants, exposing first responders, local 6
workers, residents, and students. 7
(8) More than 2 decades after these horrific 8
terrorist attacks took place, the ongoing physical 9
and mental health impacts continue to deeply affect 10
tens of thousands of individuals across the country 11
who were in lower Manhattan and the surrounding 12
area following the attacks, as well as those from 13
around the country who participated in the rescue, 14
recovery, and relief efforts, due to their exposure to 15
the dust, smoke, and debris. Thousands of others 16
have died due to illnesses and injuries relating to the 17
attacks. 18
(9) The National September 11 Memorial and 19
Museum at the World Trade Center is continuously 20
dedicated to remembering, reflecting, and educating 21
for many generations to come so that the story of 22
September 11, 2001, is never forgotten. 23
(10) The National September 11 Memorial and 24
Museum at the World Trade Center is committed to 25
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supporting family members, survivors, rescue and re-1
covery workers, and military personnel who were af-2
fected by the attacks by providing services, edu-3
cation, and programming. 4
SEC. 3. COIN SPECIFICATIONS. 5
(a) D
ENOMINATIONS.—The Secretary of the Treas-6
ury (referred to in this Act as the ‘‘Secretary’’) shall mint 7
and issue the following coins in commemoration of the 8
25th anniversary of the September 11, 2001, terrorist at-9
tacks on the United States and the establishment of the 10
National September 11 Memorial and Museum at the 11
World Trade Center: 12
(1) $5
GOLD COINS.—Not more than 50,000 $5 13
coins, each of which shall— 14
(A) weigh 8.359 grams; 15
(B) have a diameter of 0.850 inches; and 16
(C) contain not less than 90 percent gold. 17
(2) $1
SILVER COINS.—Not more than 400,000 18
$1 coins, each of which shall— 19
(A) weigh 26.73 grams; 20
(B) have a diameter of 1.500 inches; and 21
(C) contain not less than 90 percent silver. 22
(b) L
EGALTENDER.—The coins minted under this 23
Act shall be legal tender, as provided in section 5103 of 24
title 31, United States Code. 25
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(c) NUMISMATICITEMS.—For purposes of sections 1
5134 and 5136 of title 31, United States Code, all coins 2
minted under this Act shall be considered to be numis-3
matic items. 4
SEC. 4. DESIGN OF COINS. 5
(a) D
ESIGNREQUIREMENTS.— 6
(1) I
N GENERAL.—The designs of the coins 7
minted under this Act shall be emblematic of the 8
courage, sacrifice, and strength of those individuals 9
who perished in the terrorist attacks of September 10
11, 2001, the bravery of those who risked their lives 11
to save others that day, and the endurance, resil-12
ience, and hope of those who survived. At least 1 13
such coin shall bear the inscription ‘‘Never Forget’’. 14
(2) D
ESIGNS AND INSCRIPTIONS.—On each coin 15
minted under this Act, there shall be— 16
(A) a designation of the value of the coin; 17
(B) inscriptions of the words ‘‘Liberty’’, 18
‘‘In God We Trust’’, ‘‘United States of Amer-19
ica’’, and ‘‘E Pluribus Unum’’; and 20
(C) an inscription of the words ‘‘25th An-21
niversary’’. 22
(b) S
ELECTION.—The designs for the coins minted 23
under this Act shall be— 24
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(1) selected by the Secretary, after consultation 1
with— 2
(A) the National September 11 Memorial 3
and Museum at the World Trade Center; and 4
(B) the Commission of Fine Arts; and 5
(2) reviewed by the Citizens Coinage Advisory 6
Committee. 7
SEC. 5. ISSUANCE OF COINS. 8
(a) Q
UALITY OFCOINS.—The coins minted under 9
this Act shall be issued in uncirculated and proof qualities. 10
(b) S
ENSE OFCONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-11
gress that the coins minted under this Act should be 12
struck at the United States Mint at West Point, New 13
York, to the greatest extent possible. 14
(c) P
ERIOD FORISSUANCE.—The Secretary may 15
issue coins minted under this Act only during the 1-year 16
period beginning on January 1, 2027. 17
SEC. 6. SALE OF COINS. 18
(a) S
ALEPRICE.—The coins issued under this Act 19
shall be sold by the Secretary at the price equal to the 20
sum of— 21
(1) the face value of the coins; 22
(2) the surcharge provided in section 7(a) with 23
respect to the coins; and 24
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(3) the cost of designing and issuing the coins 1
(including labor, materials, dies, use of machinery, 2
overhead expenses, marketing, and shipping). 3
(b) B
ULKSALES.—The Secretary shall make bulk 4
sales of the coins issued under this Act at a reasonable 5
discount. 6
(c) P
REPAIDORDERS.— 7
(1) I
N GENERAL.—The Secretary shall accept 8
prepaid orders for the coins minted under this Act 9
before the issuance of the coins. 10
(2) D
ISCOUNT.—Sale prices with respect to pre-11
paid orders under paragraph (1) shall be at a rea-12
sonable discount. 13
SEC. 7. SURCHARGES. 14
(a) I
NGENERAL.—All sales of coins issued under this 15
Act shall include a surcharge of— 16
(1) $35 per coin for the $5 gold coin; and 17
(2) $10 per coin for the $1 silver coin. 18
(b) D
ISTRIBUTION.—Subject to section 5134(f)(1) of 19
title 31, United States Code, all surcharges received by 20
the Secretary from the sale of coins issued under this Act 21
shall be promptly paid by the Secretary to the National 22
September 11 Memorial and Museum at the World Trade 23
Center to support the operations and maintenance of the 24
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National September 11 Memorial and Museum at the 1
World Trade Center. 2
(c) A
UDITS.—The National September 11 Memorial 3
and Museum at the World Trade Center shall be subject 4
to the audit requirements of section 5134(f)(2) of title 31, 5
United States Code, with regard to the amounts received 6
under subsection (b). 7
(d) L
IMITATION.— 8
(1) I
N GENERAL.—Notwithstanding subsection 9
(a), no surcharge may be included with respect to 10
the issuance under this Act of any coin during a cal-11
endar year if, as of the time of that issuance, the 12
issuance of that coin would result in the number of 13
commemorative coin programs issued during that 14
year to exceed the annual 2 commemorative coin 15
program issuance limitation under section 16
5112(m)(1) of title 31, United States Code. 17
(2) G
UIDANCE.—The Secretary may issue guid-18
ance to carry out this subsection. 19
SEC. 8. FINANCIAL ASSURANCES. 20
The Secretary shall take such actions as may be nec-21
essary to ensure that— 22
(1) minting and issuing coins under this Act re-23
sult in no net cost to the Federal Government; and 24
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(2) no funds, including applicable surcharges, 1
are disbursed to any recipient designated in section 2
7(b) until the total cost of designing and issuing all 3
of the coins authorized by this Act, including labor, 4
materials, dies, use of machinery, overhead expenses, 5
marketing, and shipping, is recovered by the United 6
States Treasury, consistent with sections 5112(m) 7
and 5134(f) of title 31, United States Code. 8
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