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119THCONGRESS
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STSESSION S. 633
To amend title 31, United States Code, to require the Secretary to mint
and issue certain Presidential and First Spouse coins.
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
FEBRUARY19, 2025
Ms. C
ORTEZMASTO(for herself, Mr. CRAMER, and Mr. ROUNDS) introduced
the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee
on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
A BILL
To amend title 31, United States Code, to require the Sec-
retary to mint and issue certain Presidential and First
Spouse coins.
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 ‘‘Presidential and First 4
Spouse Coin Act of 2025’’. 5
SEC. 2. PRESIDENTIAL AND FIRST SPOUSE COINS. 6
Section 5112 of title 31, United States Code, is 7
amended by adding at the end the following: 8
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‘‘(bb) DESIGN ANDISSUANCE OF$1 COINSHON-1
ORINGDECEASEDPRESIDENTS OF THE UNITEDSTATES 2
ANDISSUANCE OFACCOMPANYINGBULLIONCOINS AND 3
B
RONZEMEDALSHONORING THE SPOUSE OF A DE-4
CEASEDPRESIDENT.— 5
‘‘(1) $1
COINS HONORING DECEASED PRESI -6
DENTS NOT YET HONORED .— 7
‘‘(A) I
N GENERAL.—Notwithstanding sub-8
sections (d) and (n), and in addition to the 9
coins issued in accordance with subsections (r) 10
and (w), the Secretary shall mint and issue $1 11
coins that— 12
‘‘(i) have designs on the obverse that 13
meet the requirements of subsection 14
(n)(2)(B) and are emblematic of a Presi-15
dent of the United States who is deceased 16
and has not previously been honored with 17
a $1 coin in accordance with this sub-18
section or subsection (n); 19
‘‘(ii) have designs on the reverse that 20
meet the requirements of subsection 21
(n)(2)(A). 22
‘‘(B) T
IMING.—The Secretary shall first 23
issue a coin for a deceased President under sub-24
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paragraph (A) during the 3-year period fol-1
lowing the date of the death of the President. 2
‘‘(C) C
ONTINUITY PROVISION .—Notwith-3
standing subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall 4
continue to mint and issue $1 coins in accord-5
ance with subsections (r) and (w). 6
‘‘(D) I
NSCRIPTIONS.—The coins issued 7
under this subsection shall have the same in-8
scriptions as required in subsection (n). 9
‘‘(E) I
SSUANCE OF COINS.—The Secretary 10
may mint and issue such number of $1 coins of 11
each design selected under this subsection in 12
uncirculated and proof qualities as the Sec-13
retary shall prescribe on the basis of such fac-14
tors that the Secretary determines to be appro-15
priate. 16
‘‘(F) L
EGAL TENDER.—The coins minted 17
under this subsection shall be legal tender, as 18
provided in section 5103. 19
‘‘(G) T
REATMENT AS NUMISMATIC 20
ITEMS.—For purposes of sections 5134 and 21
5136, all coins minted under this subsection 22
shall be considered to be numismatic items. 23
‘‘(2) B
ULLION COINS AND MEDALS HONORING 24
THE SPOUSE OF A DECEASED PRESIDENT .— 25
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‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding sub-1
section (o)(5)(C), during the same time period 2
described in paragraph (1), the Secretary shall 3
issue bullion coins under this subsection that 4
are emblematic of the spouse of each such 5
President. 6
‘‘(B) S
PECIFICATIONS.—The coins issued 7
under this subsection shall have the same speci-8
fications, inscriptions, design requirements, and 9
designated denomination as the coins issued 10
under subsection (o). 11
‘‘(C) I
N THE CASE OF NO FIRST 12
SPOUSE.—In the case of any President honored 13
in accordance with paragraph (1) who served 14
without a spouse, the Secretary is not required 15
to mint and issue a corresponding bullion coin. 16
‘‘(D) D
ESIGN AND COIN FOR EACH 17
SPOUSE.—A separate coin shall be designed and 18
issued under this subsection for each person 19
who was the spouse of a President during any 20
portion of a term of office of such President. 21
‘‘(E) I
SSUANCE OF COINS.—The Secretary 22
may mint and issue such number of bullion 23
coins of each design selected under this sub-24
section in uncirculated and proof qualities as 25
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the Secretary shall prescribe on the basis of 1
such factors that the Secretary determines to be 2
appropriate. 3
‘‘(F) L
EGAL TENDER.—The coins minted 4
under this subsection shall be legal tender, as 5
provided in section 5103. 6
‘‘(G) T
REATMENT AS NUMISMATIC 7
ITEMS.—For purposes of sections 5134 and 8
5136, all coins minted under this subsection 9
shall be considered to be numismatic items. 10
‘‘(H) B
RONZE MEDALS .—The Secretary 11
may strike and sell bronze medals that bear the 12
likeness of the bullion coins authorized under 13
this subsection, at a price, size, and weight, and 14
with such inscriptions, as the Secretary deter-15
mines to be appropriate.’’. 16
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