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Authorizes the Mint to issue a one‑year (2029) commemorative coin series for the U.S. Foreign Service with specified mintage, design reviews, and surcharges funding ADST after cost recovery.
Official title: 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 July 9, 2025 by Daniel Scott Sullivan · Last progress July 9, 2025
The bill funds preservation of diplomatic history and produces officially sanctioned commemorative coins while protecting taxpayers from upfront subsidy, but it raises purchase prices, creates administrative burdens, and may delay or reduce net proceeds available to the designated nonprofit.
Nonprofit Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training (ADST) will receive a dedicated, audited revenue stream from coin surcharges to fund oral histories, books, and public-history programs.
Taxpayers are protected from underwriting the program because the Mint must recover full issuance costs before any surcharge payments are made to recipients.
Collectors and the public will be able to buy officially sanctioned commemorative coins honoring U.S. diplomacy and the Foreign Service, increasing public recognition and giving collectors new items to purchase.
Buyers (taxpayers and collectors) will pay higher retail prices because of mandatory surcharges and inclusion of marketing/overhead in recoverable costs.
If issuance costs are high or inventory remains unsold, the program could still impose net costs or financial risk on the Treasury despite cost-recovery rules, reducing potential funds for recipients and possibly creating losses for taxpayers.
Recipients (ADST) may face delayed disbursements because surcharge payments cannot be made until the Mint verifies full cost recovery, postponing grant-funded activities.
Based on analysis of 8 sections of legislative text.
Authorizes the U.S. Mint to produce a one‑year series of commemorative coins honoring the U.S. Foreign Service and diplomacy, available only in calendar year 2029. The bill sets coin types, mintage limits, required inscriptions and design review steps, sale pricing rules, per‑coin surcharges, and directs surcharge proceeds to the Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training to support diplomatic history activities after the Mint recovers production costs.