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115TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1326 

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

American innovation and significant innovation and pioneering efforts 

of individuals or groups from each of the 50 States, the District of 

Columbia, and the United States territories, to promote the importance 

of innovation in the United States, the District of Columbia, and the 

United States territories, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JUNE 8, 2017 

Mr. MURPHY introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred 

to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs 

A BILL 

To require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins 

in recognition of American innovation and significant 

innovation and pioneering efforts of individuals or groups 

from each of the 50 States, the District of Columbia, 

and the United States territories, to promote the importance of innovation in the United States, the District 

of Columbia, and the United States territories, 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, 


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘American Innovation 

3 $1 Coin Act’’. 

4 SEC. 2. AMERICAN INNOVATION $1 COIN PROGRAM. 

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

6 amended by adding at the end the following: 

7 ‘‘(w) REDESIGN AND ISSUANCE OF $1 COINS HON8 ORING INNOVATION, INNOVATORS, AND PIONEERS FROM

9 EACH STATE, THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, AND EACH

10 TERRITORY.— 

11 ‘‘(1) DEFINITION.—In this subsection, the term 

12 ‘territory’ means— 

13 ‘‘(A) the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico; 

14 ‘‘(B) Guam; 

15 ‘‘(C) American Samoa; 

16 ‘‘(D) the United States Virgin Islands; and 

17 ‘‘(E) the Commonwealth of the Northern 

18 Mariana Islands. 

19 ‘‘(2) REDESIGN BEGINNING IN 2018.— 

20 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding par21 agraphs (1) and (2) of subsection (d) and in ac22 cordance with this subsection, during the 14- 

23 year period beginning on January 1, 2018 (or 

24 such later date as provided under subparagraph 

25 (B)(ii)), the Secretary of the Treasury shall 


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1 mint and issue $1 coins to be known as ‘Amer2 ican Innovation $1 coins’, that— 

3 ‘‘(i) have designs on the obverse se4 lected in accordance with paragraph 

5 (3)(A); and 

6 ‘‘(ii) have a design on the reverse se7 lected in accordance with paragraph 

8 (3)(B). 

9 ‘‘(B) CONTINUITY PROVISIONS.— 

10 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding 

11 subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall con12 tinue to mint and issue $1 coins honoring 

13 Native Americans and their contributions 

14 in accordance with subsection (r). 

15 ‘‘(ii) FIRST YEAR.—Notwithstanding 

16 subparagraph (A), if the Secretary finds 

17 that it is not feasible and cost-effective to 

18 mint and issue American Innovation $1 

19 coins beginning in 2018, the Secretary 

20 may mint and issue $1 coins bearing the 

21 designs of such Presidential $1 coins 

22 issued pursuant to subsection (n) that the 

23 Secretary determines to be appropriate. If 

24 any such Presidential $1 coin design bore 

25 the inscription ‘In God We Trust’ incused 


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1 on the edge, the Secretary shall modify the 

2 design to place that inscription only on the 

3 obverse of the coin, and such modification 

4 may be done without review by the Citizens 

5 Coinage Advisory Committee nor consulta6 tion with the Commission of Fine Arts. 

7 ‘‘(3) DESIGN REQUIREMENTS.—Notwithstand8 ing paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection (d), the $1 

9 coins issued in accordance with paragraph (2)(A) 

10 shall meet the following design requirements: 

11 ‘‘(A) COIN OBVERSE.—The design on the 

12 obverse of each coin issued under this sub13 section shall contain— 

14 ‘‘(i) a design symbolic of Liberty; and 

15 ‘‘(ii) the inscription ‘In God We 

16 Trust’. 

17 ‘‘(B) COIN REVERSE.—The design on the 

18 reverse of each coin issued under this sub19 section shall bear the following: 

20 ‘‘(i) An image or images emblematic 

21 of one of the following from 1 of the 50 

22 States, District of Columbia, or the terri23 tories of the United States: 

24 ‘‘(I) A significant innovation. 

25 ‘‘(II) An innovator or pioneer. 


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1 ‘‘(III) A group of innovators or 

2 pioneers. 

3 ‘‘(ii) The name of the State, District 

4 of Columbia, or territory, as applicable. 

5 ‘‘(iii) The inscriptions ‘$1’ and 

6 ‘United States of America’. 

7 ‘‘(C) EDGE-INCUSED INSCRIPTIONS.— 

8 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The inscription of 

9 the year of minting or issuance of the coin 

10 and the inscription ‘E Pluribus Unum’ 

11 shall be edge-incused into the coin. 

12 ‘‘(ii) PRESERVATION OF DISTINCTIVE

13 EDGE.—The edge-incusing of the inscrip14 tions under clause (i) on coins issued 

15 under this subsection shall be done in a 

16 manner that preserves the distinctive edge 

17 of the coin so that the denomination of the 

18 coin is readily discernible, including by in19 dividuals who are blind or visually im20 paired. 

21 ‘‘(4) ISSUANCE OF COINS COMMEMORATING IN22 NOVATION, INNOVATORS, AND PIONEERS.— 

23 ‘‘(A) ORDER OF ISSUANCE.—The coins 

24 issued under this subsection commemorating ei25 ther an innovation, an individual innovator or 


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1 pioneer, or a group of innovators or pioneers, 

2 from each State, the District of Columbia, or a 

3 territory shall be issued in alphabetic order of 

4 the State, District, or territory represented, 

5 starting with Alabama. 

6 ‘‘(B) ISSUANCE OF COINS COMMEMO7 RATING FOUR INNOVATIONS, INNOVATORS, AND

8 PIONEERS DURING EACH OF 14 YEARS.— 

9 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Four $1 coin de10 signs as described in this subsection shall 

11 be issued during each year of the period 

12 referred to in paragraph (2) until 1 coin 

13 featuring 1 innovation, an individual inno14 vator or pioneer, or a group of innovators 

15 or pioneers, from each of the States, Dis16 trict of Columbia, and territories has been 

17 issued. 

18 ‘‘(ii) NUMBER OF COIN DESIGNS IN

19 EACH YEAR.—The Secretary shall pre20 scribe, on the basis of such factors as the 

21 Secretary determines to be appropriate, the 

22 number of $1 coins that shall be issued 

23 with each of the designs selected for each 

24 year of the period referred to in paragraph 

25 (2). 


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1 ‘‘(iii) APPLICATION IN EVENT OF THE

2 ADMISSION OF ADDITIONAL STATES.—Not3 withstanding clause (i), if any additional 

4 State or territory is admitted into the 

5 Union before the end of the 14-year period 

6 referred to in paragraph (2), the Secretary 

7 of the Treasury may issue $1 coins, in ac8 cordance with this subsection during any 1 

9 year of such 14-year period, in addition to 

10 the four $1 coins issued during such year 

11 in accordance with clause (i). 

12 ‘‘(iv) APPLICATION IN THE EVENT OF

13 INDEPENDENCE.—Notwithstanding clause 

14 (i), if any State or territory becomes inde15 pendent or otherwise ceases to be a State 

16 or territory of the United States before $1 

17 coins are minted pursuant to this sub18 section, the subsection shall cease to apply 

19 with respect to such State or territory. 

20 ‘‘(5) SELECTION OF CONCEPT AND DESIGN.— 

21 ‘‘(A) CONCEPT.—With respect to each 

22 State, the District of Columbia, and territory to 

23 be honored with a coin under this subsection, 

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1 neers to be borne on the reverse of such coin 

2 shall be made by the Secretary of the Treasury, 

3 after consultation with the Governor or other 

4 chief executive of the State, District of Colum5 bia, or territory with respect to which a coin is 

6 to be issued under this subsection. 

7 ‘‘(B) DESIGN.—Each of the designs re8 quired under this subsection shall be selected by 

9 the Secretary after— 

10 ‘‘(i) consultation with— 

11 ‘‘(I) the Governor or other chief 

12 executive of the State, District of Co13 lumbia, or territory with respect to 

14 which a coin is to be issued under this 

15 subsection; and 

16 ‘‘(II) the Commission of Fine 

17 Arts; and 

18 ‘‘(ii) review by the Citizens Coinage 

19 Advisory Committee. 

20 ‘‘(C) SELECTION AND APPROVAL PROC21 ESS.—Designs for $1 coins under this sub22 section may be submitted in accordance with 

23 the design selection and approval process devel24 oped by the Secretary in the sole discretion of 

25 the Secretary. 


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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 $1 coin minted under this sub7 section. 

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 coin issued under this sub13 section. 

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

15 purposes of sections 5134 and 5136, all $1 coins 

16 minted under this subsection shall be considered to 

17 be numismatic items. 

18 ‘‘(7) ISSUANCE OF NUMISMATIC COINS.—The 

19 Secretary may mint and issue such number of $1 

20 coins of each design selected under this subsection 

21 in uncirculated and proof qualities as the Secretary 

22 determines to be appropriate. 

23 ‘‘(8) TERMINATION OF PROGRAM.—The 

24 issuance of coins under this subsection shall termi25 nate when 1 innovation, an individual innovator or 


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1 pioneer, or a group of innovators or pioneers, from 

2 each State, the District of Columbia, and territory 

3 has been honored and may not be resumed except by 

4 an Act of Congress.’’. 

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