HR 1209 · 111th Congress 2009–2011, ended

Medal of Honor Commemorative Coin Act of 2009

Introduced Feb 26, 2009 Originated House Became Public Law 111-91 Sponsor Christopher P. Carney D-PA

Latest action · Nov 6, 2009 Became Public Law No: 111-91.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

IntroducedFeb 26, 2009
Passed HouseMay 14, 2009
Passed SenateOct 22, 2009
To the PresidentOct 29, 2009
Became lawNov 6, 2009Public Law 111-91

Summary

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The expanded summary of the House passed version is repeated here.)

Medal of Honor Commemorative Coin Act of 2009 - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to mint and issue $5 gold coins and $1 silver coins emblematic of the design selected by the Secretary, after consultation with the Boards of the Congressional Medal of Honor Society and the Congressional Medal of Honor Foundation, in honor of the distinguished service of the American military men and women who have been Medal of Honor recipients.

Limits the period for coin issuance to calendar year 2011.

Imposes a surcharge of $35 per coin for the $5 coin and $10 per coin for the $1 coin, to be distributed to the Congressional Medal of Honor Foundation to help finance educational, scholarship, and outreach programs of the Foundation.

Prohibits a surcharge with respect to the issuance under this Act of any coin during a calendar year if, at the time of issuance, it would result in more than the statutory maximum of two commemorative coin programs per year.

Cosponsors 302

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 26, 2009 to May 13, 2009; 11 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
R-CA	Darrell Issa	Original	Feb 26, 2009
D-TX	Eddie Bernice Johnson	Original	Feb 26, 2009
D-DC	Eleanor Holmes Norton	Original	Feb 26, 2009
D-MD	Elijah E. Cummings	Original	Feb 26, 2009
D-MS	Gene Taylor	Original	Feb 26, 2009
R-SC	Henry E. Brown, Jr.	Original	Feb 26, 2009
D-VA	James P. Moran	Original	Feb 26, 2009
D-GU	Madeleine Z. Bordallo	Original	Feb 26, 2009
R-IL	Mark Kirk	Original	Feb 26, 2009
D-ME	Michael H. Michaud	Original	Feb 26, 2009
D-NY	Timothy H. Bishop	Original	Feb 26, 2009
D-CA	Jerry McNerney		Mar 3, 2009
R-CA	Ken Calvert		Mar 5, 2009
D-CA	Jim Costa		Mar 9, 2009
R-IN	Steve Buyer		Mar 9, 2009
R-AK	Don Young		Mar 12, 2009
R-CA	Howard P. "Buck" McKeon		Mar 12, 2009
R-CA	Jerry Lewis		Mar 12, 2009
R-LA	Anh "Joseph" Cao		Mar 16, 2009
R-PA	Bill Shuster		Mar 16, 2009
R-LA	Charles W. Boustany, Jr.		Mar 16, 2009
R-PA	Charles W. Dent		Mar 16, 2009
R-NY	Christopher J. Lee		Mar 16, 2009
R-FL	Connie Mack		Mar 16, 2009
R-IN	Dan Burton		Mar 16, 2009
R-CA	Daniel E. Lungren		Mar 16, 2009
R-MT	Denny Rehberg		Mar 16, 2009
R-KY	Geoff Davis		Mar 16, 2009
R-PA	Glenn Thompson		Mar 16, 2009
R-KY	Harold Rogers		Mar 16, 2009
R-UT	Jason Chaffetz		Mar 16, 2009
R-NE	Jeff Fortenberry		Mar 16, 2009
R-OH	Jim Jordan		Mar 16, 2009
R-AZ	John B. Shadegg		Mar 16, 2009
R-CA	John Campbell		Mar 16, 2009
R-TN	John J. Duncan, Jr.		Mar 16, 2009
R-IL	John Shimkus		Mar 16, 2009
R-PA	Joseph R. Pitts		Mar 16, 2009
R-IL	Judy Biggert		Mar 16, 2009
R-TX	K. Michael Conaway		Mar 16, 2009
R-TX	Kenny Marchant		Mar 16, 2009
R-CA	Mary Bono		Mar 16, 2009
R-CO	Mike Coffman		Mar 16, 2009
R-GA	Paul C. Broun		Mar 16, 2009
R-IL	Peter J. Roskam		Mar 16, 2009
R-GA	Phil Gingrey		Mar 16, 2009
R-LA	Rodney Alexander		Mar 16, 2009
R-NJ	Rodney P. Frelinghuysen		Mar 16, 2009
R-MD	Roscoe G. Bartlett		Mar 16, 2009
R-MO	Sam Graves		Mar 16, 2009
R-IA	Steve King		Mar 16, 2009
R-LA	Steve Scalise		Mar 16, 2009
R-WI	Thomas E. Petri		Mar 16, 2009
R-IL	Timothy V. Johnson		Mar 16, 2009
R-KS	Todd Tiahrt		Mar 16, 2009
R-NC	Virginia Foxx		Mar 16, 2009
R-NC	Walter B. Jones		Mar 16, 2009
R-IL	Donald A. Manzullo		Mar 17, 2009
D-PA	John P. Murtha		Mar 17, 2009
R-MI	Mike Rogers		Mar 17, 2009
D-TN	John S. Tanner		Mar 19, 2009
D-VT	Peter Welch		Mar 19, 2009
D-GA	Sanford D. Bishop, Jr.		Mar 19, 2009
R-PA	Tim Murphy		Mar 19, 2009
D-OH	Tim Ryan		Mar 19, 2009
D-MN	Timothy J. Walz		Mar 19, 2009
R-PA	Todd Russell Platts		Mar 19, 2009
R-WY	Cynthia M. Lummis		Mar 23, 2009
R-CO	Doug Lamborn		Mar 23, 2009
R-FL	Ileana Ros-Lehtinen		Mar 23, 2009
R-AZ	Jeff Flake		Mar 23, 2009
R-MO	Jo Ann Emerson		Mar 23, 2009
D-SC	John M. Spratt, Jr.		Mar 23, 2009
R-TX	Kevin Brady		Mar 23, 2009
R-TX	Lamar Smith		Mar 23, 2009
R-FL	Lincoln Diaz-Balart		Mar 23, 2009
R-GA	Lynn A. Westmoreland		Mar 23, 2009
R-FL	Mario Diaz-Balart		Mar 23, 2009
R-OH	Michael R. Turner		Mar 23, 2009
R-AL	Spencer Bachus		Mar 23, 2009
R-FL	Thomas J. Rooney		Mar 23, 2009
R-MI	Vernon J. Ehlers		Mar 23, 2009
D-OH	Zachary T. Space		Mar 23, 2009
D-WV	Alan B. Mollohan		Mar 24, 2009
D-NJ	Albio Sires		Mar 24, 2009
D-FL	Allen Boyd		Mar 24, 2009
D-PA	Allyson Y. Schwartz		Mar 24, 2009
D-IN	Baron P. Hill		Mar 24, 2009
D-TN	Bart Gordon		Mar 24, 2009
D-MI	Bart Stupak		Mar 24, 2009
D-KY	Ben Chandler		Mar 24, 2009
D-OH	Betty Sutton		Mar 24, 2009
D-IL	Bill Foster		Mar 24, 2009
D-NC	Bob Etheridge		Mar 24, 2009
D-IN	Brad Ellsworth		Mar 24, 2009
D-NC	Brad Miller		Mar 24, 2009
D-WA	Brian Baird		Mar 24, 2009
D-NY	Brian Higgins		Mar 24, 2009
D-IA	Bruce L. Braley		Mar 24, 2009
D-NY	Carolyn McCarthy		Mar 24, 2009
D-PA	Chaka Fattah		Mar 24, 2009
D-OH	Charles A. Wilson		Mar 24, 2009
D-NY	Charles B. Rangel		Mar 24, 2009
D-LA	Charlie Melancon		Mar 24, 2009
D-CT	Christopher Murphy		Mar 24, 2009
D-TX	Ciro D. Rodriguez		Mar 24, 2009
D-FL	Corrine Brown		Mar 24, 2009
D-MI	Dale E. Kildee		Mar 24, 2009
D-OK	Dan Boren		Mar 24, 2009
D-IL	Daniel Lipinski		Mar 24, 2009
D-IA	David Loebsack		Mar 24, 2009
D-GA	David Scott		Mar 24, 2009
D-OR	David Wu		Mar 24, 2009
D-FL	Debbie Wasserman Schultz		Mar 24, 2009
D-CA	Dennis A. Cardoza		Mar 24, 2009
D-KS	Dennis Moore		Mar 24, 2009
D-MD	Donna F. Edwards		Mar 24, 2009
D-OR	Earl Blumenauer		Mar 24, 2009
D-ND	Earl Pomeroy		Mar 24, 2009
D-CO	Ed Perlmutter		Mar 24, 2009
D-NY	Edolphus Towns		Mar 24, 2009
D-MD	Frank Kratovil, Jr.		Mar 24, 2009
D-NJ	Frank Pallone, Jr.		Mar 24, 2009
D-AZ	Gabrielle Giffords		Mar 24, 2009
D-NM	Harry Teague		Mar 24, 2009
D-NC	Heath Shuler		Mar 24, 2009
D-GA	Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr.		Mar 24, 2009
D-TX	Henry Cuellar		Mar 24, 2009
D-MO	Ike Skelton		Mar 24, 2009
D-MN	James L. Oberstar		Mar 24, 2009
D-RI	James R. Langevin		Mar 24, 2009
D-CA	Jane Harman		Mar 24, 2009
D-CO	Jared Polis		Mar 24, 2009
D-PA	Jason Altmire		Mar 24, 2009
D-WA	Jay Inslee		Mar 24, 2009
R-TX	Jeb Hensarling		Mar 24, 2009
D-IL	Jerry F. Costello		Mar 24, 2009
D-TN	Jim Cooper		Mar 24, 2009
D-UT	Jim Matheson		Mar 24, 2009
D-CT	Joe Courtney		Mar 24, 2009
D-IN	Joe Donnelly		Mar 24, 2009
D-PA	Joe Sestak		Mar 24, 2009
D-OH	John A. Boccieri		Mar 24, 2009
D-KY	John A. Yarmuth		Mar 24, 2009
D-CT	John B. Larson		Mar 24, 2009
D-MI	John Conyers, Jr.		Mar 24, 2009
D-MI	John D. Dingell		Mar 24, 2009
R-FL	John L. Mica		Mar 24, 2009
D-MD	John P. Sarbanes		Mar 24, 2009
R-TX	John R. Carter		Mar 24, 2009
D-NY	Joseph Crowley		Mar 24, 2009
D-PA	Kathleen A. Dahlkemper		Mar 24, 2009
R-TX	Kay Granger		Mar 24, 2009
D-IA	Leonard L. Boswell		Mar 24, 2009
D-TN	Lincoln Davis		Mar 24, 2009
D-TX	Lloyd Doggett		Mar 24, 2009
D-OH	Marcia L. Fudge		Mar 24, 2009
D-AR	Marion Berry		Mar 24, 2009
R-TN	Marsha Blackburn		Mar 24, 2009
D-NM	Martin Heinrich		Mar 24, 2009
D-OH	Mary Jo Kilroy		Mar 24, 2009
D-IL	Melissa L. Bean		Mar 24, 2009
D-NY	Michael A. Arcuri		Mar 24, 2009
D-MA	Michael E. Capuano		Mar 24, 2009
D-NY	Michael E. McMahon		Mar 24, 2009
D-PA	Michael F. Doyle		Mar 24, 2009
D-AR	Mike Ross		Mar 24, 2009
D-CA	Mike Thompson		Mar 24, 2009
D-HI	Neil Abercrombie		Mar 24, 2009
D-WV	Nick J. Rahall II		Mar 24, 2009
D-WA	Norman D. Dicks		Mar 24, 2009
D-PA	Patrick J. Murphy		Mar 24, 2009
D-PA	Paul E. Kanjorski		Mar 24, 2009
D-NH	Paul W. Hodes		Mar 24, 2009
D-IL	Phil Hare		Mar 24, 2009
R-TX	Randy Neugebauer		Mar 24, 2009
D-MA	Richard E. Neal		Mar 24, 2009
D-PA	Robert A. Brady		Mar 24, 2009
D-FL	Ron Klein		Mar 24, 2009
D-MO	Russ Carnahan		Mar 24, 2009
D-TX	Sheila Jackson Lee		Mar 24, 2009
D-TX	Silvestre Reyes		Mar 24, 2009
D-MA	Stephen F. Lynch		Mar 24, 2009
D-TN	Steve Cohen		Mar 24, 2009
D-OH	Steve Driehaus		Mar 24, 2009
D-NY	Steve Israel		Mar 24, 2009
D-WI	Steve Kagen		Mar 24, 2009
D-NJ	Steven R. Rothman		Mar 24, 2009
D-CA	Susan A. Davis		Mar 24, 2009
D-FL	Suzanne M. Kosmas		Mar 24, 2009
R-TX	Ted Poe		Mar 24, 2009
D-PA	Tim Holden		Mar 24, 2009
D-ID	Walter Minnick		Mar 24, 2009
D-NY	Yvette D. Clarke		Mar 24, 2009
R-MI	Candice S. Miller		Mar 26, 2009
R-WA	David G. Reichert		Mar 26, 2009
R-OH	Jean Schmidt		Mar 26, 2009
R-AR	John Boozman		Mar 26, 2009
R-NE	Lee Terry		Mar 26, 2009
R-IN	Mike Pence		Mar 26, 2009
R-GA	Tom Price		Mar 26, 2009
R-MN	Erik Paulsen		Mar 31, 2009
R-GA	Nathan Deal		Mar 31, 2009
R-OH	Patrick J. Tiberi		Mar 31, 2009
R-FL	Ander Crenshaw		Apr 2, 2009
R-MI	Dave Camp		Apr 2, 2009
R-CA	Duncan Hunter		Apr 2, 2009
R-NJ	Frank A. LoBiondo		Apr 2, 2009
R-FL	Ginny Brown-Waite		Apr 2, 2009
R-AL	Jo Bonner		Apr 2, 2009
R-TX	John Abney Culberson		Apr 2, 2009
D-GA	John Barrow		Apr 2, 2009
R-TX	Michael C. Burgess		Apr 2, 2009
D-WA	Rick Larsen		Apr 2, 2009
R-AL	Robert B. Aderholt		Apr 2, 2009
D-TX	Solomon P. Ortiz		Apr 2, 2009
D-CA	Adam B. Schiff		Apr 21, 2009
D-IN	André Carson		Apr 21, 2009
D-CA	Anna G. Eshoo		Apr 21, 2009
D-NY	Anthony D. Weiner		Apr 21, 2009
D-MS	Bennie G. Thompson		Apr 21, 2009
D-CO	Betsy Markey		Apr 21, 2009
D-MN	Betty McCollum		Apr 21, 2009
D-CA	Bob Filner		Apr 21, 2009
D-NH	Carol Shea-Porter		Apr 21, 2009
R-WA	Cathy McMorris Rodgers		Apr 21, 2009
D-TX	Chet Edwards		Apr 21, 2009
D-IL	Danny K. Davis		Apr 21, 2009
D-AZ	Ed Pastor		Apr 21, 2009
D-MA	Edward J. Markey		Apr 21, 2009
D-NY	Eliot L. Engel		Apr 21, 2009
D-MO	Emanuel Cleaver		Apr 21, 2009
D-NY	Eric J. J. Massa		Apr 21, 2009
D-NY	Gary L. Ackerman		Apr 21, 2009
D-TX	Gene Green		Apr 21, 2009
R-CA	George Radanovich		Apr 21, 2009
D-VA	Gerald E. Connolly		Apr 21, 2009
D-VA	Glenn C. Nye		Apr 21, 2009
D-AZ	Harry E. Mitchell		Apr 21, 2009
D-CT	James A. Himes		Apr 21, 2009
D-SC	James E. Clyburn		Apr 21, 2009
D-IL	Janice D. Schakowsky		Apr 21, 2009
D-WA	Jim McDermott		Apr 21, 2009
D-CA	Joe Baca		Apr 21, 2009
D-NY	John J. Hall		Apr 21, 2009
D-NY	Jose E. Serrano		Apr 21, 2009
D-FL	Kendrick B. Meek		Apr 21, 2009
D-CA	Laura Richardson		Apr 21, 2009
D-CA	Lois Capps		Apr 21, 2009
R-TX	Louie Gohmert		Apr 21, 2009
D-NY	Louise McIntosh Slaughter		Apr 21, 2009
D-CA	Lucille Roybal-Allard		Apr 21, 2009
D-IL	Luis V. Gutierrez		Apr 21, 2009
D-NY	Maurice D. Hinchey		Apr 21, 2009
D-CA	Michael M. Honda		Apr 21, 2009
D-NY	Nita M. Lowey		Apr 21, 2009
R-AL	Parker Griffith		Apr 21, 2009
D-RI	Patrick J. Kennedy		Apr 21, 2009
R-NC	Patrick T. McHenry		Apr 21, 2009
D-AZ	Raúl M. Grijalva		Apr 21, 2009
D-VA	Robert C. "Bobby" Scott		Apr 21, 2009
D-NJ	Robert E. Andrews		Apr 21, 2009
D-FL	Robert Wexler		Apr 21, 2009
D-CA	Sam Farr		Apr 21, 2009
D-NV	Shelley Berkley		Apr 21, 2009
D-SD	Stephanie Herseth Sandlin		Apr 21, 2009
D-VA	Thomas S.P. Perriello		Apr 21, 2009
D-AR	Vic Snyder		Apr 21, 2009
R-FL	Cliff Stearns		Apr 22, 2009
R-FL	Gus M. Bilirakis		Apr 22, 2009
R-NJ	Leonard Lance		Apr 22, 2009
R-MI	Thaddeus G. McCotter		Apr 23, 2009
D-WA	Adam Smith		Apr 27, 2009
D-TX	Al Green		Apr 27, 2009
D-FL	Alcee L. Hastings		Apr 27, 2009
D-AL	Artur Davis		Apr 27, 2009
D-MA	Barney Frank		Apr 27, 2009
D-MA	Bill Delahunt		Apr 27, 2009
D-NJ	Bill Pascrell, Jr.		Apr 27, 2009
D-IL	Bobby L. Rush		Apr 27, 2009
D-MD	Chris Van Hollen		Apr 27, 2009
D-NY	Daniel B. Maffei		Apr 27, 2009
D-IL	Deborah L. Halvorson		Apr 27, 2009
D-CA	Diane E. Watson		Apr 27, 2009
D-NJ	Donald M. Payne		Apr 27, 2009
D-CA	Fortney Pete Stark		Apr 27, 2009
D-NC	G. K. Butterfield		Apr 27, 2009
D-CA	George Miller		Apr 27, 2009
D-CA	Henry A. Waxman		Apr 27, 2009
D-CA	Howard L. Berman		Apr 27, 2009
D-NJ	John H. Adler		Apr 27, 2009
D-GA	John Lewis		Apr 27, 2009
D-OH	Marcy Kaptur		Apr 27, 2009
D-CA	Maxine Waters		Apr 27, 2009
D-NC	Melvin L. Watt		Apr 27, 2009
D-CT	Rosa L. DeLauro		Apr 27, 2009
D-TX	Ruben Hinojosa		Apr 27, 2009
D-MO	Wm. Lacy Clay		Apr 27, 2009
D-NC	Larry Kissell		Apr 28, 2009
D-CA	Zoe Lofgren		May 4, 2009
D-MI	Carolyn C. Kilpatrick		May 13, 2009
D-WI	Tammy Baldwin		May 13, 2009

Committees 2

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

Chamber	Committee	What it did
House	Financial Services Committee	Referred Feb 26, 2009
Senate	Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee	Referred May 18, 2009Discharged Oct 22, 2009

Actions 18

Everything that happened, newest first.

Nov 6, 2009Signed by President.
Nov 6, 2009Became Public Law No: 111-91.
Oct 29, 2009Presented to President.
Oct 23, 2009Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Oct 22, 2009Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs discharged by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S10708)

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In the Congressional Record 4

Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.

Where	In the Record	Members	Date
Senate	Debate and remarks S10708	Harry Reid D-NV	Oct 22, 2009
House · Extensions	Debate and remarks E1163, H5633	Sheila Jackson Lee D-TX	May 14, 2009
House	Debate and remarks H5531–H5534Text printed H5531	Christopher P. Carney D-PA, Erik Paulsen R-MN, Mark Kirk R-IL, Melvin L. Watt D-NC	May 13, 2009
Extensions	Debate and remarks E501	Mark Kirk R-IL	Feb 26, 2009

Research

What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.

CRS reports 3

Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.

Cite it 3

Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.

Product	Title	Kind	Published
R44623	Commemorative Coins: Background, Legislative Process, and Issues for Congress	Report	Feb 4, 2026
RL34655	U.S.-Russian Civilian Nuclear Cooperation Agreement: Issues for Congress Archived	Report	Jan 11, 2011
R40801	Financial Services and General Government (FSGG): FY2010 Appropriations Archived	Report	Mar 10, 2010

Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
S 883	Medal of Honor Commemorative Coin Act of 2009	Related bill	Apr 23, 2009

Titles 5

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced: To require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in recognition and celebration of the establishment of the Medal of Honor in 1861, America's highest award for valor in action against an enemy force which can be bestowed upon an individual serving in the Armed Services of the United States, to honor the American military men and women who have been recipients of the Medal of Honor, and to promote awareness of what the Medal of Honor represents and how ordinary Americans, through courage, sacrifice, selfless service and patriotism, can challenge fate and change the course of history.
Short Titles as Introduced: Medal of Honor Commemorative Coin Act of 2009
Short Titles as Passed House: Medal of Honor Commemorative Coin Act of 2009
Short Titles as Passed Senate: Medal of Honor Commemorative Coin Act of 2009
Short Titles as Enacted: Medal of Honor Commemorative Coin Act of 2009

Subjects

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Text 4

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

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