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103D CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. R. 4324

To require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in commemoration

of the 200th anniversary of the signing of the Treaty of Greene Ville

at Fort Greene Ville, Ohio.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

MAY 3, 1994

Mr. BOEHNER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the

Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs

A BILL

To require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins

in commemoration of the 200th anniversary of the signing of the Treaty of Greene Ville at Fort Greene Ville,

Ohio.

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 ‘‘Treaty of Greene Ville

5 200th Anniversary Commemorative Coin Act’’.

6 SEC. 2. CONGRESSIONAL FINDINGS.

7 The Congress finds the following:
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1 (1) The rapid westward expansion of the United

2 States led to warfare between white settlers and the

3 Native Americans.

4 (2) During the early 1790s, British traders in

5 the Northwest Territory encouraged Native Ameri6 cans to attack frontier settlements.

7 (3) After twice defeating United States Army

8 expeditions, the Native Americans in the Northwest

9 Territory were finally defeated in 1794 by General

10 Anthony Wayne at the Battle of Fallen Timbers.

11 (4) On August 3, 1795, 1 year after General

12 Wayne’s defeat of the Native Americans at Fallen

13 Timbers, Ohio, General Wayne and the chiefs of the

14 Delaware, Shawnee, Wyandot, Miami Confederacy,

15 and other tribes negotiated the Treaty of Greene

16 Ville.

17 (5) In the Treaty, a definite boundary was es18 tablished between Indian lands and the lands open

19 to settlement, and the defeated tribes surrendered

20 the southern two-thirds of what is now the State of

21 Ohio and the southern part of what is now the State

22 of Indiana and agreed to move west into the north23 ern part of what is now the State of Indiana.

24 (6) Because of the Treaty, the British were

25 forced into what is now Canada and their influence
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1 over the Native Americans in the region was elimi2 nated.

3 (7) The Treaty of Greene Ville provided for the

4 start of westward expansion in the United States.

5 (8) In historical importance, the events at Fort

6 Greene Ville rank next to the events at Bunker Hill,

7 Yorktown, Appomattox, and Gettysburg.

8 SEC. 3. COIN SPECIFICATIONS.

9 (a) $1 SILVER COINS.—To commemorate the 200th

10 anniversary of signing of the Treaty of Greene Ville at

11 Fort Greene Ville in Greenville, Ohio, the Secretary of the

12 Treasury (hereafter in this Act referred to as the ‘‘Sec13 retary’’) shall mint and issue not more than 1,000,000

14 $1 coins, which shall—

15 (1) weigh 26.73 grams;

16 (2) have a diameter of 1.500 inches; and

17 (3) contain 90 percent silver and 10 percent

18 copper.

19 (b) LEGAL TENDER.—The coins minted under this

20 Act shall be legal tender, as provided in section 5103 of

21 title 31, United States Code.

22 (c) NUMISMATIC ITEMS.—For purposes of section

23 5134 of title 31, United States Code, all coins minted

24 under this Act shall be considered to be numismatic items.
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1 SEC. 4. SOURCES OF BULLION.

2 The Secretary shall obtain silver for minting coins

3 under this Act only from stockpiles established under the

4 Strategic and Critical Materials Stock Piling Act.

5 SEC. 5. DESIGN OF COINS.

6 (a) DESIGN REQUIREMENTS.—

7 (1) IN GENERAL.—The design of the coins

8 minted under this Act shall be emblematic of the

9 Treaty of Greene Ville.

10 (2) DESIGNATION AND INSCRIPTIONS.—On

11 each coin minted under this Act there shall be—

12 (A) a designation of the value of the coin;

13 (B) an inscription of the year ‘‘1995’’; and

14 (C) inscriptions of the words ‘‘Liberty’’,

15 ‘‘In God We Trust’’, ‘‘United States of Amer16 ica’’, and ‘‘E Pluribus Unum’’.

17 (b) SELECTION.—The design for the coins minted

18 under this Act shall be—

19 (1) selected by the Secretary after consultation

20 with the Treaty of Greene Ville Bicentennial Com21 mission, Incorporated, and the Commission of Fine

22 Arts; and

23 (2) reviewed by the Citizens Commemorative

24 Coin Advisory Committee.
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1 SEC. 6. ISSUANCE OF COINS.

2 (a) QUALITY OF COINS.—Coins minted under this

3 Act shall be issued in uncirculated and proof qualities.

4 (b) MINT FACILITY.—Only 1 facility of the United

5 States Mint may be used to strike any particular quality

6 of the coins minted under this Act.

7 (c) PERIOD FOR ISSUANCE.—The Secretary may

8 issue coins minted under this Act only during the period

9 beginning on January 1, 1995, and ending on December

10 31, 1995.

11 SEC. 7. SALE OF COINS.

12 (a) SALE PRICE.—The coins issued under this Act

13 shall be sold by the Secretary at a price equal to the sum

14 of—

15 (1) the face value of the coins;

16 (2) the surcharge provided in subsection (d)

17 with respect to such coins; and

18 (3) the cost of designing and issuing the coins

19 (including labor, materials, dies, use of machinery,

20 overhead expenses, marketing, and shipping).

21 (b) BULK SALES.—The Secretary shall make bulk

22 sales of the coins issued under this Act at a reasonable

23 discount.

24 (c) PREPAID ORDERS.—
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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall accept

2 prepaid orders for the coins minted under this Act

3 before the issuance of such coins.

4 (2) DISCOUNT.—Sale prices with respect to pre5 paid orders under paragraph (1) shall be at a rea6 sonable discount.

7 (d) SURCHARGES.—All sales shall include a sur8 charge of $5 per coin.

9 SEC. 8. GENERAL WAIVER OF PROCUREMENT REGULA10 TIONS.

11 (a) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in subsection

12 (b), no provision of law governing procurement or public

13 contracts shall be applicable to the procurement of goods

14 and services necessary for carrying out the provisions of

15 this Act.

16 (b) EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY.—Sub17 section (a) shall not relieve any person entering into a con18 tract under the authority of this Act from complying with

19 any law relating to equal employment opportunity.

20 SEC. 9. DISTRIBUTION OF SURCHARGES.

21 (a) IN GENERAL.—All surcharges received by the

22 Secretary from the sale of coins issued under this Act shall

23 be promptly paid by the Secretary to the Treaty of Greene

24 Ville Bicentennial Commission, Incorporated, for the pur-
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1 pose of building a monument to commemorate the 200th

2 Anniversary of the Treaty of Greene Ville.

3 (b) AUDITS.—The Comptroller General of the United

4 States shall have the right to examine such books, records,

5 documents, and other data of the Treaty of Greene Ville

6 Bicentennial Commission, Incorporated, as may be related

7 to the expenditures of amounts paid under subsection (a).

8 SEC. 10. FINANCIAL ASSURANCES.

9 (a) NO NET COST TO THE GOVERNMENT.—The Sec10 retary shall take such actions as may be necessary to

11 ensure that minting and issuing coins under this Act will

12 not result in any net cost to the United States

13 Government.

14 (b) PAYMENT FOR COINS.—A coin shall not be issued

15 under this Act unless the Secretary has received—

16 (1) full payment for the coin;

17 (2) security satisfactory to the Secretary to in18 demnify the United States for full payment; or

19 (3) a guarantee of full payment satisfactory to

20 the Secretary from a depository institution whose

21 deposits are insured by the Federal Deposit Insur22 ance Corporation or the National Credit Union

23 Administration Board.

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