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106TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 1029

To amend the 50 States Commemorative Coin Program Act to extend the

program by an additional year for the purpose of including the District

of Columbia, American Samoa, Guam, Puerto Rico, and the United

States Virgin Islands within the scope of the program.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

MARCH 8, 1999

Ms. NORTON (for herself, Mr. BACHUS, Ms. WATERS, Mr. CASTLE, Mrs.

CHRISTIAN-CHRISTENSEN, Mr. FALEOMAVAEGA, Mr. ROMERO-BARCELO ́,

and Mr. UNDERWOOD) introduced the following bill; which was referred

to the Committee on Banking and Financial Services

A BILL

To amend the 50 States Commemorative Coin Program Act

to extend the program by an additional year for the

purpose of including the District of Columbia, American

Samoa, Guam, Puerto Rico, and the United States Virgin Islands within the scope of the program.

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 ‘‘50 States Commemo5 rative Coin Program Amendments Act of 1999’’.
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1 SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

2 The Congress finds the following:

3 (1) The 50 States Commemorative Coin Pro4 gram Act established a 10-year program for com5 memorating each of the 50 States through designs

6 on circulating quarter dollars issued during the ef7 fective period of the program.

8 (2) The District of Columbia, American Samoa,

9 Guam, Puerto Rico, and the United States Virgin

10 Islands are part of the United States and it is im11 portant that the youth of the United States, a large

12 number of whom are expected to collect complete

13 sets of the quarter dollars issued during the pro14 gram, learn about their national history, geography,

15 and heritage through the program.

16 SEC. 3. AMENDMENTS TO COIN PROGRAM.

17 Paragraph (7) of section 5112(l) of title 31, United

18 States Code, (as enacted by section 3 of the 50 States

19 Commemorative Coin Program Act) is amended to read

20 as follows:

21 ‘‘(7) COMMEMORATION OF 5 TERRITORIES IN

22 11TH YEAR.—

23 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding the

24 4th sentence of subsection (d)(1) and sub25 section (d)(2), quarter dollar coins issued dur26 ing the year following the end of the 10-year
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1 period referred to in paragraph (1) shall have

2 designs on the reverse side selected in accord3 ance with this subsection which are emblematic

4 of the District of Columbia, American Samoa,

5 Guam, Puerto Rico, and the United States Vir6 gin Islands.

7 ‘‘(B) APPLICABILITY OF OTHER PARA8 GRAPHS.—Subject to subparagraph (C), para9 graphs (2), (3)(B), (4), (5), and (6) shall apply

10 to quarter dollars issued in accordance with this

11 paragraph in the same manner such paragraphs

12 apply to quarter dollars issued in accordance

13 with paragraph (1).

14 ‘‘(C) APPLICATION OF TERMS.—For pur15 poses of subparagraph (B) of this paragraph—

16 ‘‘(i) paragraph (4)(A) shall be applied

17 by substituting the term ‘highest-level

18 elected executive officer of the district or

19 territory’ for ‘Governor of the State’; and

20 ‘‘(ii) subparagraphs (A) and (C) of

21 paragraph (4) shall be applied by sub22 stituting the term ‘district or territory’ for

23 ‘State’.

24 ‘‘(D) APPLICATION IN EVENT OF ADMIS25 SION AS A STATE.—If the District of Columbia,
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1 American Samoa, Guam, Puerto Rico, or the

2 United States Virgin Islands becomes a State

3 before the end of the 10-year period referred to

4 in paragraph (1), subparagraph (B) shall apply

5 and subparagraph (C) shall not apply with re6 spect to such State.’’.

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