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116TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 4730 

To amend title 31, United States Code, to require the Secretary of the 

Treasury to mint and issue quarter dollars in commemoration of the 

Nineteenth Amendment, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020 

Ms. CORTEZ MASTO (for herself, Mrs. FISCHER, and Mrs. FEINSTEIN) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs 

A BILL 

To amend title 31, United States Code, to require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint and issue quarter dollars 

in commemoration of the Nineteenth Amendment, and 

for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Circulating Collectible 

5 Coin Redesign Act of 2020’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. REDESIGNED CIRCULATING COLLECTIBLE COINS. 

2 Section 5112 of title 31, United States Code, is 

3 amended by adding at the end the following new sub4 section: 

5 ‘‘(x) REDESIGN AND ISSUANCE OF QUARTER DOL6 LARS EMBLEMATIC OF PROMINENT AMERICAN WOMEN

7 AND COMMEMORATING THE 19TH AMENDMENT.— 

8 ‘‘(1) REDESIGN OF QUARTER DOLLARS BEGIN9 NING IN 2022.— 

10 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Effective beginning 

11 January 1, 2022, notwithstanding the fourth 

12 sentence of subsection (d)(1) and subsection 

13 (d)(2), the Secretary of the Treasury shall issue 

14 quarter dollars that have designs on the reverse 

15 selected in accordance with this subsection 

16 which are emblematic of the accomplishment of 

17 a prominent American woman. 

18 ‘‘(B) FLEXIBILITY WITH REGARD TO

19 PLACEMENT OF INSCRIPTIONS.—Notwithstand20 ing subsection (d)(1), the Secretary may select 

21 a design for quarter dollars referred to in sub22 paragraph (A) in which— 

23 ‘‘(i) the inscription described in the 

24 second sentence of subsection (d)(1) ap25 pears on the reverse side of any such quar26 ter dollar; and 


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1 ‘‘(ii) any of the inscriptions described 

2 in the third sentence of subsection (d)(1) 

3 or the designation of the value of the coin 

4 appear on the obverse side of any such 

5 quarter dollar. 

6 ‘‘(C) SINGLE PROMINENT AMERICAN

7 WOMAN ON EACH QUARTER DOLLAR.—The de8 sign on the reverse side of each quarter dollar 

9 issued under this subsection shall be emblem10 atic of the accomplishments and contributions 

11 of one prominent woman of the United States, 

12 and may include contributions to the United 

13 States in a wide spectrum of accomplishments 

14 and fields, including but not limited to suffrage, 

15 civil rights, abolition, government, humanities, 

16 science, space, and arts, and should honor 

17 women from ethnically, racially, and geographi18 cally diverse backgrounds. 

19 ‘‘(D) ISSUANCE OF QUARTER DOLLARS EM20 BLEMATIC OF UP TO FIVE PROMINENT AMER21 ICAN WOMEN EACH YEAR.—The designs for the 

22 quarter dollars issued during each year of the 

23 period of issuance described under paragraph 

24 (4) shall be emblematic of up to five prominent 

25 American women. 


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1 ‘‘(E) SELECTION OF PROMINENT AMER2 ICAN WOMEN GENERALLY.—The selection of a 

3 prominent American woman to be featured 

4 under this subsection shall be made by the Sec5 retary— 

6 ‘‘(i) in accordance with a selection 

7 process developed by the Secretary; 

8 ‘‘(ii) after soliciting recommendations 

9 from the general public for prominent 

10 women designs for quarter dollars; and 

11 ‘‘(iii) in consultation with the Smith12 sonian Institution American Women’s His13 tory Initiative, National Women’s History 

14 Museum, and the Bipartisan Women’s 

15 Caucus. 

16 ‘‘(2) DESIGN GENERALLY.—The coins issued in 

17 accordance with this subsection shall meet the fol18 lowing design requirements— 

19 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—All designs under this 

20 subsection shall be selected by the Secretary, 

21 after consultation with the Commission of Fine 

22 Arts and review by the Citizens Coinage Advi23 sory Committee. 

24 ‘‘(B) OBVERSE.—The design on the ob25 verse of the quarter dollars shall maintain a 


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1 likeness of George Washington, and be designed 

2 in a manner, such as with incused inscriptions, 

3 so as to distinguish it from the obverse design 

4 used during the previous quarters program. 

5 ‘‘(3) ISSUANCE OF COINS.—The Secretary shall 

6 prescribe, on the basis of such factors as the Sec7 retary determines to be appropriate, the number of 

8 new designs during each year of the period of 

9 issuance, and the number of coins which shall be 

10 issued with each of the designs selected for such 

11 year. 

12 ‘‘(4) PERIOD OF ISSUANCE.— 

13 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The program estab14 lished under this subsection shall continue in ef15 fect until the end of 2025. 

16 ‘‘(B) CONTINUITY.—After 2025, the Sec17 retary may continue to issue coins minted dur18 ing the program but not yet issued.’’. 

19 SEC. 3. ISSUANCE OF REDESIGNED CIRCULATING COINS 

20 EMBLEMATIC OF THE UNITED STATES 

21 SEMIQUINCENTENNIAL. 

22 Section 5112 of title 31, United States Code, is 

23 amended by adding at the end the following new sub24 section: 


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1 ‘‘(y) REDESIGN AND ISSUANCE OF COINS EMBLEM2 ATIC OF THE UNITED STATES SEMIQUINCENTENNIAL.— 

3 ‘‘(1) REDESIGN BEGINNING IN 2026.— 

4 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.— 

5 ‘‘(i) Notwithstanding the 4th, 5th, 

6 and 6th sentences of subsection (d)(1), the 

7 Secretary may change the design on any of 

8 the coins authorized under this section and 

9 minted for issuance during the one-year 

10 period beginning January 1, 2026, in cele11 bration of the United States semiquincen12 tennial. 

13 ‘‘(ii) Notwithstanding the second and 

14 third sentences of subsection (d)(1), the 

15 Secretary may place the required inscrip16 tions on either the obverse or reverse sides 

17 of the coins authorized for redesign under 

18 this subsection. 

19 ‘‘(B) QUARTER DOLLARS.—The Secretary 

20 may issue quarter dollars in 2026 with up to 

21 five different designs emblematic of the United 

22 States semiquincentennial. One of the quarter 

23 dollar designs must be emblematic of a woman’s 

24 or women’s contribution to the birth of the Na25 tion or the Declaration of Independence or any 


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1 other monumental moments in American His2 tory. 

3 ‘‘(C) DOLLARS.—The Secretary may, in 

4 addition to the coins produced under sub5 sections (r) and (w), mint for issuance during 

6 the one-year period beginning January 1, 2026, 

7 $1 dollar coins with designs emblematic of the 

8 United States semiquincentennial. 

9 ‘‘(D) DESIGNS AFTER END OF THE PRO10 GRAM.—Beginning in 2027, any coin redesigned 

11 under this subsection shall revert to the imme12 diately previous designs, with the exception of 

13 the quarter dollar and the half dollar, which 

14 shall bear designs in accordance with subsection 

15 (z). 

16 ‘‘(E) REDESIGN DEFINITION.—A redesign 

17 authorized under this subsection shall not con18 stitute a ‘change’ for purposes of subsection 

19 (d)(2). 

20 ‘‘(2) SELECTION OF DESIGNS.— 

21 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Each of the designs 

22 authorized under this subsection shall be se23 lected by the Secretary after consultation with 

24 Commission of Fine Arts and review by the 

25 Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee. 


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1 ‘‘(B) DESIGN SELECTION PROCESS.—De2 signs shall be developed and selected in accord3 ance with the design selection process developed 

4 by the Secretary in consultation with the 

5 United States Semiquincentennial Commission 

6 and with recommendations from the general 

7 public.’’. 

8 SEC. 4. ISSUANCE OF REDESIGNED QUARTER DOLLARS 

9 AND HALF DOLLARS EMBLEMATIC OF 

10 SPORTS PLAYED BY AMERICAN YOUTH. 

11 Section 5112 of title 31, United States Code, is 

12 amended by adding at the end the following new sub13 section: 

14 ‘‘(z) REDESIGN AND ISSUANCE OF QUARTER DOL15 LARS AND HALF DOLLARS EMBLEMATIC OF SPORTS

16 PLAYED BY AMERICAN YOUTH.— 

17 ‘‘(1) REDESIGN OF QUARTER DOLLARS BEGIN18 NING IN 2027.— 

19 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Effective beginning 

20 January 1, 2027, notwithstanding the fourth 

21 sentence of subsection (d)(1) and subsection 

22 (d)(2), the Secretary shall issue quarter dollars 

23 that have designs on the reverse selected in ac24 cordance with this subsection which are em25 blematic of sports played by American youth. 


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1 ‘‘(B) FLEXIBILITY WITH REGARD TO

2 PLACEMENT OF INSCRIPTIONS.—Notwithstand3 ing subsection (d)(1), the Secretary may select 

4 a design for quarter dollars referred to in sub5 paragraph (A) in which— 

6 ‘‘(i) the inscription described in the 

7 second sentence of subsection (d)(1) ap8 pears on the reverse side of any such quar9 ter dollars; and 

10 ‘‘(ii) any of the inscriptions described 

11 in the third sentence of subsection (d)(1) 

12 or the designation of the value of the coin 

13 appear on the obverse side of any such 

14 quarter dollars. 

15 ‘‘(C) SINGLE SPORT ON EACH QUARTER

16 DOLLAR.—The design on the reverse side of 

17 each quarter dollar issued under this subsection 

18 shall be emblematic of one sport played by 

19 American youth. 

20 ‘‘(D) ISSUANCE OF QUARTER DOLLARS EM21 BLEMATIC OF UP TO FIVE SPORTS EACH

22 YEAR.—The designs for the quarter dollars 

23 issued during each year of the period referred 

24 to in paragraph (5) shall be emblematic of up 

25 to five sports. 


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1 ‘‘(E) SELECTION OF SPORTS GEN2 ERALLY.—The Secretary shall select the sports 

3 to be honored during each year of the period re4 ferred to in paragraph (5) after appropriate 

5 outreach and consultation with the public. 

6 ‘‘(2) REDESIGN OF HALF DOLLARS BEGINNING

7 IN 2027.— 

8 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Effective January 1, 

9 2027, notwithstanding the fourth sentence of 

10 subsection (d)(1) and subsection (d)(2), the 

11 Secretary shall issue half dollars that have de12 signs on the reverse selected in accordance with 

13 this subsection which are emblematic of a sport 

14 tailored to athletes with a range of disabilities, 

15 including physical impairment, vision impair16 ment and intellectual impairment (referred to in 

17 this Act as a ‘Paralympic’ sport). 

18 ‘‘(B) FLEXIBILITY WITH REGARD TO

19 PLACEMENT OF INSCRIPTIONS.—Notwithstand20 ing subsection (d)(1), the Secretary may select 

21 a design for half dollars referred to in subpara22 graph (A) in which— 

23 ‘‘(i) the inscription described in the 

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1 pears on the reverse side of any such half 

2 dollars; and 

3 ‘‘(ii) any of the inscriptions described 

4 in the third sentence of subsection (d)(1) 

5 or the designation of the value of the coin 

6 appear on the obverse side of any such half 

7 dollars. 

8 ‘‘(C) SINGLE PARALYMPIC SPORT ON EACH

9 HALF DOLLAR.—The design on the reverse side 

10 of each half dollar issued under this subsection 

11 shall be emblematic of one Paralympic sport. 

12 ‘‘(D) SELECTION OF SPORTS.—The selec13 tion of a Paralympic sport to be honored with 

14 a half dollar under this subsection shall be 

15 made by the Secretary after consultation with 

16 U.S. Paralympics. 

17 ‘‘(3) DESIGN GENERALLY.—The coins issued in 

18 accordance with this subsection shall meet the fol19 lowing design requirements: 

20 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—All designs under this 

21 subsection shall be selected by the Secretary, 

22 after consultation with the Commission of Fine 

23 Arts and review by the Citizens Coinage Advi24 sory Committee. 


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1 ‘‘(B) QUARTER DOLLAR OBVERSE.—The 

2 design on the obverse of the quarter dollars 

3 shall maintain a likeness of George Washington, 

4 and be designed in a manner so as to distin5 guish it from the obverse design used during 

6 the previous quarter dollars program. 

7 ‘‘(C) HALF DOLLAR OBVERSE.—The de8 sign on the obverse of the half dollar shall 

9 maintain a likeness of John Kennedy, and be 

10 designed in a manner so as to distinguish it 

11 from the obverse design used on the current 

12 half dollar. 

13 ‘‘(4) ISSUANCE OF COINS.— 

14 ‘‘(A) QUARTER DOLLAR.—The quarter dol15 lar coins bearing designs under this subsection 

16 shall be issued at the rate of up to 5 new de17 signs during each year of the period of issuance 

18 described under paragraph (5). 

19 ‘‘(B) HALF DOLLAR.—The half dollar 

20 coins bearing designs under this subsection 

21 shall be issued at the rate of 1 new design dur22 ing each year of the period of issuance de23 scribed under paragraph (5). 

24 ‘‘(5) PERIOD OF ISSUANCE.— 


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1 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The program estab2 lished under this subsection shall continue in ef3 fect until the end of 2030. 

4 ‘‘(B) CONTINUITY.—After the date speci5 fied in subparagraph (A), the Secretary may 

6 continue to issue coins minted during the pro7 gram but not yet issued. 

8 ‘‘(6) ACCOMPANYING SPORTS MEDALS.—For 

9 every design of a coin honoring a sport issued under 

10 this subsection, the Secretary is authorized to design 

11 and issue one or more accompanying medals with 

12 designs emblematic of the sport honored with the 

13 issuance of the coin, and include a surcharge on the 

14 sale the medals sold in accordance with this para15 graph, in an amount determined by the Secretary, in 

16 the Secretary’s sole discretion, that may be used for 

17 the design and manufacture of the medals described 

18 in paragraph (7). 

19 ‘‘(7) OLYMPIC MEDALS.— 

20 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary is au21 thorized to design and manufacture medals for 

22 award at the 2028 Olympic Games in Los An23 geles, California. 

24 ‘‘(B) WORKING STOCK.—The Secretary 

25 may use Treasury working gold and silver stock 


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1 in the manufacture of the award medals pro2 duced under this subsection. 

3 ‘‘(C) OLYMPIC & PARALYMPIC COMMIT4 TEES.—The Secretary may provide the medals 

5 described in this paragraph to the United 

6 States Olympic & Paralympic Committee under 

7 terms and conditions established by the Sec8 retary. 

9 ‘‘(D) COOPERATIVE MARKETING AND PRO10 MOTION OPPORTUNITIES.—The Secretary is en11 couraged to seek out cooperative marketing and 

12 promotion opportunities, including with the 

13 United States Olympic & Paralympic Com14 mittee, LA28, and United States Olympic and 

15 Paralympic Properties to promote the coins and 

16 medals produced under this section. 

17 ‘‘(8) DESIGNS AFTER END OF PROGRAM.— 

18 Upon the completion or termination of the coin pro19 gram under this subsection, the designs on the quar20 ter dollar and half dollar shall be as follows: 

21 ‘‘(A) QUARTER DOLLAR.— 

22 ‘‘(i) OBVERSE.—The obverse of the 

23 quarter dollar shall bear a design con24 taining a likeness of George Washington. 


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1 ‘‘(ii) REVERSE.—The reverse of the 

2 quarter dollar shall be of a design selected 

3 by the Secretary after consultation with 

4 the Commission of Fine Arts and review 

5 by the Citizens Coinage Advisory Com6 mittee. 

7 ‘‘(B) HALF DOLLAR.— 

8 ‘‘(i) OBVERSE.—The obverse of the 

9 half dollar shall bear a design containing a 

10 likeness of John Kennedy. 

11 ‘‘(ii) REVERSE.—The reverse of the 

12 half dollar shall be of a design selected by 

13 the Secretary after consultation with the 

14 Commission of Fine Arts and review by 

15 the Citizens Coinage Advisory Com16 mittee.’’. 

17 SEC. 5. SILVER BULLION COINS. 

18 Section 5112 of title 31, United States Code, is 

19 amended by replacing subsection (u) with the following re20 vised subsection: 

21 ‘‘(u) SILVER BULLION INVESTMENT PRODUCT.— 

22 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary is authorized 

23 to strike and make available for sale such number 

24 of bullion coins as the Secretary determines to be 

25 appropriate that feature the designs of the quarter 


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1 dollars and half dollars issued under subsections (x), 

2 (y), and (z), that— 

3 ‘‘(A) have a diameter of 3.0 inches and 

4 weigh 5.0 ounces; 

5 ‘‘(B) contain .999 fine silver; 

6 ‘‘(C) have incused into the edge the fine7 ness and weight of the bullion coin; and 

8 ‘‘(D) bear an inscription of the denomina9 tion of such coins, such denominations to be de10 termined by the Secretary as the Secretary de11 termines to be appropriate. 

12 ‘‘(2) FRACTIONALS.—The Secretary is author13 ized to mint and issue so-called ‘fractional’ silver 

14 bullion coins bearing the designs of the quarter dol15 lars and half dollars issued under subsections (x), 

16 (y), and (z) in sizes, weights, fineness, and denomi17 nations, and with inscriptions, that the Secretary de18 termines to be appropriate. 

19 ‘‘(3) AVAILABILITY FOR SALE.—Should the 

20 Secretary exercise the Secretary’s discretion to strike 

21 bullion coins under this subsection, the bullion coins 

22 minted under paragraph (1) shall become available 

23 for sale no sooner than the first day of the calendar 

24 year in which the corresponding circulating quarter 

25 dollar or half dollar is issued. 


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1 ‘‘(4) CONTINUITY.—Until the conclusion of the 

2 quarter dollar program authorized under subsection 

3 (t), the Secretary shall strike and make available for 

4 sale such number of bullion coins as the Secretary 

5 determines to be appropriate that are likenesses of 

6 the quarter dollars issued under subsection (t).’’. 

7 SEC. 6. CIRCULATING COLLECTIBLE STANDARDS AND GEN8 ERAL PROVISIONS. 

9 Section 5112 of title 31, United States Code, is 

10 amended by adding at the end the following new sub11 section: 

12 ‘‘(aa) STANDARDS AND GENERAL PROVISIONS FOR

13 CIRCULATING COLLECTIBLE COINS UNDER SUBSECTIONS

14 (x), (y), AND (z).— 

15 ‘‘(1) PROHIBITION ON CERTAIN REPRESENTA16 TIONS.—No head and shoulders portrait or bust of 

17 any person, living or dead, and no portrait of a liv18 ing person may be included in the design on the re19 verse of any coin under subsections (x), (y), and (z). 

20 ‘‘(2) TREATMENT AS NUMISMATIC ITEMS.—For 

21 purposes of sections 5134 and 5136, all coins and 

22 medals minted under subsections (x), (y), and (z) 

23 shall be considered to be numismatic items. 

24 ‘‘(3) ISSUANCE.— 


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1 ‘‘(A) QUALITY OF COINS.—The Secretary 

2 may mint and issue such number of coins of 

3 each design selected under subsections (x), (y), 

4 and (z) in uncirculated and proof qualities as 

5 the Secretary determines to be appropriate. 

6 ‘‘(B) COORDINATION.—The Board of Gov7 ernors of the Federal Reserve System and the 

8 Secretary shall take steps to ensure that an 

9 adequate supply of coins produced under sub10 sections (x), (y), and (z) are available for com11 merce and collectors at such places and in such 

12 quantities as are appropriate. 

13 ‘‘(C) NUMBER OF EACH COIN DESIGNS IN

14 EACH YEAR.—Of the coins issued during each 

15 year of the period of issuance under subsections 

16 (x), (y), and (z), the Secretary shall prescribe, 

17 on the basis of such factors as the Secretary de18 termines to be appropriate, the number of coins 

19 which shall be issued with each of the designs 

20 selected for such year. 

21 ‘‘(D) SPECIAL INSCRIPTIONS OR SYMBOL

22 ACROSS THE COINS.—The Secretary is encour23 aged to develop and include on any coin issued 

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1 a unifying inscription, privy mark, or other 

2 symbol for that particular coin program. 

3 ‘‘(4) LEGAL TENDER.—The coins minted under 

4 subsections (x), (y), and (z) shall be legal tender, as 

5 provided in section 5103. 

6 ‘‘(5) MARKETING AND EDUCATIONAL CAM7 PAIGN.—In an effort to advance the collecting of the 

8 coins and medals authorized under subsections (x), 

9 (y), and (z), and numismatics in general, the Sec10 retary may develop and execute a marketing, adver11 tising, promotional, and educational program to pro12 mote the collecting of the coins and medals author13 ized under subsections (x), (y), and (z). As part of 

14 this program, the Secretary is encouraged to seek 

15 out appropriate cooperative marketing opportunities, 

16 and to develop ancillary derivative products beyond 

17 traditional numismatic products such as sports, 

18 women, and youth oriented products appropriate to 

19 the particular coin and medal program. 

20 ‘‘(6) QUALITY OF MEDALS.—It is the sense of 

21 Congress that the medals authorized under sub22 section (z) be produced in high relief and, if feasible 

23 and cost effective, with surface treatments such as 

24 frosting and colorization.’’. 

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