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Authorizes minting three commemorative coins in 2029 with set surcharges that fund the Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training after Treasury cost recovery.
The bill creates a one‑year commemorative coin program that raises private surcharge funding for diplomatic-history activities and publicly recognizes Foreign Service personnel, while shifting costs to collectors through surcharges, adding Treasury administrative work, and concentrating proceeds on a single nonprofit with potential timing and market-access downsides.
Federal employees, veterans, and scholars gain formal recognition and preserved diplomatic-history records (ADST oral histories), boosting morale, public acknowledgement of service, and research/educational resources.
Collectors and the general public can purchase commemorative Foreign Service coins (proof and uncirculated), increasing public recognition of U.S. diplomacy and expanding numismatic options.
The program creates a dedicated funding stream for diplomatic-history activities (ADST) funded by coin surcharges rather than new general-tax revenue, and requires Treasury to recover full production/issuance costs before disbursing proceeds.
Collectors and coin purchasers will pay higher prices because coins carry surcharges and full production costs, increasing the out‑of‑pocket cost for collectors, gift buyers, and ordinary taxpayers who buy the coins.
If sales or surcharges fail to fully cover costs, production and administrative expenses could fall to the Treasury (and thus taxpayers), creating a fiscal risk.
The Mint/Treasury will face increased administrative burden — design consultations, detailed cost tracking, surcharge implementation, and reporting — which can slow processes and require staff time.
Based on analysis of 8 sections of legislative text.
Official title: To require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint a coin in recognition of the Foreign Service of the United States and its contribution to United States diplomacy.
Introduced November 19, 2025 by Ami Bera · Last progress November 19, 2025
Creates a one-year (calendar year 2029) commemorative coin program honoring U.S. diplomacy and the Foreign Service and directs the Treasury to mint gold $5, silver $1, and half-dollar clad coins in limited quantities. The law sets design review procedures, sale-price rules, and per-coin surcharges that will be paid to the Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training (ADST) to support diplomatic history activities, while requiring the Mint to recover all production and issuance costs so there is no net cost to the government.