,,ii  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #fcc  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the
 ,,united ,,states  ,february #ai1      
#bjbe,ms4 ,cortez ,masto 7for herself1  
,mr4 ,cramer1 and ,mr4 ,rounds7         
introduced the following bill2 which was
 read twice and referred to the         
,committee on ,banking1 ,housing1 and   
,urban ,affairs  ,a ,,bill  ,to amend   
title #ca1 ,united ,states ,code1 to    
require the ,secretary to mint and issue
 certain ,presidential and ,first       
,spouse coins4  #a4 ,short title ,this  
,act may be cited as the ,presidential  
and ,first ,spouse ,coin ,act of #bjbe4 
#b4 ,presidential and first spouse coins
 ,section #eaab of title #ca1 ,united   
,states ,code1 is amended by adding at  
the end the following3  7bb7 ,design and
 issuance of #a coins honoring deceased 
,presidents of the ,united ,states and  
issuance of accompanying bullion coins  
and bronze medals honoring the spouse of
 a deceased ,president  7#a7 #a ,coins  
honoring deceased presidents not yet    

honored  7,a7 ,in general               
,notwithstanding subsections 7d7 and    
7n71 and in addition to the coins issued
 in accordance with subsections 7r7 and 
7w71 the ,secretary shall mint and issue
 #a coins that-- 7i7 have designs on the
 obverse that meet the requirements of  
subsection 7n77#b77;,b7 and are         
emblematic of a ,president of the       
,united ,states who is deceased and has 
not previously been honored with a #a   
coin in accordance with this subsection 
or subsection 7n72  7ii7 have designs on
 the reverse that meet the requirements 
of subsection 7n77#b77;,a74  7,b7       
,timing ,the ,secretary shall first     
issue a coin for a deceased ,president  
under subparagraph 7,a7 during the      
#c-year period following the date of the
 death of the ,president4  7,c7         
,continuity provision ,notwithstanding  
subparagraph 7,a71 the ,secretary shall 
continue to mint and issue #a coins in  
accordance with subsections 7r7 and 7w74
  7,d7 ,inscriptions ,the coins issued  

under this subsection shall have the    
same inscriptions as required in        
subsection 7n74  7,e7 ,issuance of coins
 ,the ,secretary may mint and issue such
 number of #a coins of each design      
selected under this subsection in       
uncirculated and proof qualities as the 
,secretary shall prescribe on the basis 
of such factors that the ,secretary     
determines to be appropriate4  7,f7     
,legal tender ,the coins minted under   
this subsection shall be legal tender1  
as provided in section #eajc4  7,g7     
,treatment as numismatic items ,for     
purposes of sections #eacd and #eacf1   
all coins minted under this subsection  
shall be considered to be numismatic    
items4  7#b7 ,bullion coins and medals  
honoring the spouse of a deceased       
,president  7,a7 ,in general            
,notwithstanding subsection             
7o77#e77;,c71 during the same time      
period described in paragraph 7#a71 the 
,secretary shall issue bullion coins    
under this subsection that are          

emblematic of the spouse of each such   
,president4  7,b7 ,specifications ,the  
coins issued under this subsection shall
 have the same specifications1          
inscriptions1 design requirements1 and  
designated denomination as the coins    
issued under subsection 7o74  7,c7 ,in  
the case of no ,first ,spouse ,in the   
case of any ,president honored in       
accordance with paragraph 7#a7 who      
served without a spouse1 the ,secretary 
is not required to mint and issue a     
corresponding bullion coin4  7,d7       
,design and coin for each spouse ,a     
separate coin shall be designed and     
issued under this subsection for each   
person who was the spouse of a          
,president during any portion of a term 
of office of such ,president4  7,e7     
,issuance of coins ,the ,secretary may  
mint and issue such number of bullion   
coins of each design selected under this
 subsection in uncirculated and proof   
qualities as the ,secretary shall       
prescribe on the basis of such factors  

that the ,secretary determines to be    
appropriate4  7,f7 ,legal tender ,the   
coins minted under this subsection shall
 be legal tender1 as provided in section
 #eajc4  7,g7 ,treatment as numismatic  
items ,for purposes of sections #eacd   
and #eacf1 all coins minted under this  
subsection shall be considered to be    
numismatic items4  7,h7 ,bronze medals  
,the ,secretary may strike and sell     
bronze medals that bear the likeness of 
the bullion coins authorized under this 
subsection1 at a price1 size1 and       
weight1 and with such inscriptions1 as  
the ,secretary determines to be         
appropriate4  4