Congress mints 9/11 memorial coins, directs all proceeds to museum

What it does

This bill authorizes the U.S. Mint to produce commemorative coins—up to 50,000 gold $5 coins and 400,000 silver $1 coins—marking the 25th anniversary of the September 11, 2001 attacks. The coins will be sold at face value plus a surcharge ($35 per gold coin, $10 per silver coin), and all surcharge revenue will be donated to the National September 11 Memorial and Museum at the World Trade Center to support its operations. The bill requires the coins to be minted at no net cost to the federal government.

Why we flagged it

The bill's sole function is to authorize the minting and sale of commemorative coins to raise revenue for a specific public memorial institution. It is a straightforward commemorative coin authorization with a charitable fundraising mechanism.

What the text implies

• The bill caps issuance to a 1-year window (January 1–December 31, 2028), creating scarcity and potentially driving collector demand and secondary-market premiums.
• Surcharge revenue flows directly to the 9/11 Memorial and Museum without appropriation, bypassing normal congressional budget review for that institution's funding.
• The 'sense of Congress' preference for West Point Mint production may influence domestic mint capacity allocation but carries no binding force.

Section numbers refer to the bill text the analysis read — linked under Primary records below.

Who it affects

The bill creates a voluntary commemorative coin program that generates revenue for a public memorial institution without burdening taxpayers—all costs are recovered from coin sales, and surcharges directly fund the 9/11 Memorial and Museum's operations. Citizens who wish to purchase the coins do so voluntarily; those who do not are unaffected.

Who stands to gain

• National September 11 Memorial and Museum at the World Trade Center

Named in the bill

U.S. Mint, U.S. Treasury, National September 11 Memorial and Museum at the World Trade Center, Commission of Fine Arts, Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee, West Point Mint

Where it stands

302 cosponsors: 199 Democrats, 102 Republicans, 1 Independents.

• Mar 10, 2025 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in House”
• Mar 10, 2025 — Referred to House Committee on Financial Services · Congress.gov: “Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services”
• May 19, 2026 — Floor vote scheduled · Congress.gov: “Mr. Hill (AR) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended”
• May 20, 2026 — Passed the House · Congress.gov: “On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required)…”

Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.

Money around this bill

1 lobbying clients named this bill on 1 disclosure filings across 1 quarter, Jun 2026 to Jun 2026. Those filings disclosed $45,000 in lobbying spend. A filing names 3 bills on average, so that figure is what each filing reported, not a share belonging to this bill.

More lobbying clients named this bill than 0% of bills with at least one filing.

Dan Goldman, the sponsor, reported $407,029 in PAC receipts in the 2026 cycle.

• 9/11 Memorial — $45,000 on 1 filing

Lobbying Disclosure Act filings through Jul 17, 2026. A filing shows who paid to lobby on a bill it names, not what changed.