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106TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. R. 5010

To provide for a circulating quarter dollar coin program to commemorate

the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam,

American Samoa, the United States Virgin Islands, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and for other purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

JULY 27, 2000

Mr. BACHUS (for himself, Mr. LEACH, Ms. NORTON, Ms. WATERS, Mr. LAFALCE, Mr. FALEOMAVAEGA, Mr. UNDERWOOD, Mrs. CHRISTENSEN, Mr.

ROMERO-BARCELO, and Mr. CASTLE) introduced the following bill; which

was referred to the Committee on Banking and Financial Services

A BILL

To provide for a circulating quarter dollar coin program

to commemorate the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the

United States Virgin Islands, and the Commonwealth

of the Northern Mariana Islands, 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 ‘‘District of Columbia

5 and United States Territories Circulating Quarter Dollar

6 Program Act’’.
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1 SEC. 2. ISSUANCE OF REDESIGNED QUARTER DOLLARS

2 COMMEMORATING THE DISTRICT OF COLUM3 BIA AND EACH OF THE TERRITORIES.

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

5 amended by inserting after subsection (m) the following

6 new subsection:

7 ‘‘(n) REDESIGN AND ISSUANCE OF CIRCULATING

8 QUARTER DOLLAR COMMEMORATING THE DISTRICT OF

9 COLUMBIA AND EACH OF THE TERRITORIES.—

10 ‘‘(1) REDESIGN BEGINNING IN 2009.—Notwith11 standing the fourth sentence of subsection (d)(1)

12 and subsection (d)(2) and subject to paragraph

13 (6)(B), quarter dollar coins issued beginning in

14 2009, shall have designs on the reverse side selected

15 in accordance with this subsection which are em16 blematic of the District of Columbia and the terri17 tories.

18 ‘‘(2) SINGLE DISTRICT OR TERRITORY DE19 SIGN.—The design on the reverse side of each quar20 ter dollar issued beginning in 2009 shall be emblem21 atic of 1 of the following: The District of Columbia,

22 the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, American

23 Samoa, the United States Virgin Islands, and the

24 Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.

25 ‘‘(3) SELECTION OF DESIGN.—
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1 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Each of the 6 designs

2 required under this subsection for quarter dol3 lars shall be—

4 ‘‘(i) selected by the Secretary after

5 consultation with—

6 ‘‘(I) the chief executive of the

7 District of Columbia or the territory

8 being commemorated, or such other

9 officials or group as the District of

10 Columbia or the territory may des11 ignate for such purpose; and

12 ‘‘(II) the Commission of Fine

13 Arts; and

14 ‘‘(ii) reviewed by the Citizens Com15 memorative Coin Advisory Committee.

16 ‘‘(B) SELECTION AND APPROVAL PROC17 ESS.—Designs for quarter dollars may be sub18 mitted in accordance with the design selection

19 and approval process developed by the Sec20 retary in the sole discretion of the Secretary.

21 ‘‘(C) PARTICIPATION.—The Secretary may

22 include participation by District or territorial

23 officials, artists from the District of Columbia

24 or the territory, engravers of the United States

25 Mint, and members of the general public.
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1 ‘‘(D) STANDARDS.—Because it is impor2 tant that the Nation’s coinage and currency

3 bear dignified designs of which the citizens of

4 the United States can be proud, the Secretary

5 shall not select any frivolous or inappropriate

6 design for any quarter dollar minted under this

7 subsection.

8 ‘‘(E) PROHIBITION ON CERTAIN REP9 RESENTATIONS.—No head and shoulders por10 trait or bust of any person, living or dead, and

11 no portrait of a living person may be included

12 in the design of any quarter dollar under this

13 subsection.

14 ‘‘(4) TREATMENT AS NUMISMATIC ITEMS.—For

15 purposes of sections 5134 and 5136, all coins mint16 ed under this subsection shall be considered to be

17 numismatic items.

18 ‘‘(5) ISSUANCE.—

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

20 may mint and issue such number of quarter

21 dollars of each design selected under paragraph

22 (4) in uncirculated and proof qualities as the

23 Secretary determines to be appropriate.

24 ‘‘(B) SILVER COINS.—Notwithstanding

25 subsection (b), the Secretary may mint and
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1 issue such number of quarter dollars of each

2 design selected under paragraph (4) as the Sec3 retary determines to be appropriate, with a con4 tent of 90 percent silver and 10 percent copper.

5 ‘‘(C) SOURCES OF BULLION.—The Sec6 retary shall obtain silver for minting coins

7 under subparagraph (B) from available re8 sources, including stockpiles established under

9 the Strategic and Critical Materials Stock Pil10 ing Act.

11 ‘‘(D) TIMING AND ORDER OF ISSUANCE.—

12 Coins minted under this subsection commemo13 rating the District of Columbia and each of the

14 territories shall be issued during 10-week inter15 vals in the following order: the District of Co16 lumbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico,

17 Guam, American Samoa, the United States Vir18 gin Islands, and the Commonwealth of the

19 Northern Mariana Islands.

20 ‘‘(6) OTHER PROVISIONS.—

21 ‘‘(A) APPLICATION IN EVENT OF ADMIS22 SION AS A STATE.—If the District of Columbia

23 or any territory becomes a State before the end

24 of the 10-year period referred to in subsection

25 (l)(1), subsection (l)(7) shall apply, and this
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1 subsection shall not apply, with respect to such

2 State.

3 ‘‘(B) APPLICATION IN EVENT OF INDE4 PENDENCE.—If any territory becomes inde5 pendent or otherwise ceases to be a territory or

6 possession of the United States before quarter

7 dollars bearing designs which are emblematic of

8 such territory are minted pursuant to this sub9 section, this subsection shall cease to apply with

10 respect to such territory.

11 ‘‘(C) TERMINATION OF PROGRAM.—This

12 subsection shall cease to apply as of the end of

13 the 10-week period beginning on the date quar14 ter dollars commemorating the Commonwealth

15 of the Northern Mariana Islands are first

16 issued.

17 ‘‘(7) TERRITORY DEFINED.—For purposes of

18 this subsection, the term ‘territory’ means the Com19 monwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa,

20 the United States Virgin Islands, and the Common21 wealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.’’.

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