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103D CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 3480

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

of the 25th anniversary of the Apollo 11 Moon landing.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

NOVEMBER 9, 1993

Mrs. MORELLA (for herself, Mr. BACCHUS of Florida, Mr. BROWN of California, Mr. HALL of Texas, Mr. COPPERSMITH, Mr. CRAMER, Mr. CONDIT,

Ms. DUNN, Mr. FINGERHUT, Mr. MOLLOHAN, and Mr. ROHRABACHER)

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 25th anniversary of the Apollo

11 Moon landing.

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 ‘‘Apollo 11 Moon Land5 ing 25th Anniversary Commemorative Coin Act’’.

6 SEC. 2. COIN SPECIFICATIONS.

7 (a) ONE DOLLAR SILVER COINS.—
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1 (1) ISSUANCE.—The Secretary of the Treasury

2 (hereafter in this Act referred to as the ‘‘Secretary’’)

3 shall issue not more than 500,000 one dollar coins

4 each of which shall—

5 (A) weigh 26.73 grams;

6 (B) have a diameter of 1.500 inches; and

7 (C) be composed of 90 percent silver and

8 10 percent copper.

9 (2) DESIGN.—The design of the dollar coins

10 shall be emblematic of America’s great achievement

11 25 years ago when humans first landed on the

12 Moon. On each coin shall be a designation of the

13 value of the coin, an inscription of the year ‘‘1994’’,

14 and inscriptions of the words ‘‘Liberty’’, ‘‘In God

15 We Trust’’, ‘‘United States of America’’, and ‘‘E

16 Pluribus Unum’’.

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

18 Act shall be legal tender as provided in section 5103 of

19 title 31, United States Code.

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

21 5132(a)(1) of title 31, United States Code, all coins mint22 ed under this Act shall be considered to be numismatic

23 items.
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1 SEC. 3. SOURCES OF BULLION.

2 The Secretary shall obtain silver for the coins minted

3 under this Act from stockpiles established under the Stra4 tegic and Critical Minerals Stock Piling Act.

5 SEC. 4. SELECTION OF DESIGN.

6 The design for each coin authorized by this Act shall

7 be—

8 (1) selected by the Secretary after consultation

9 with the Commission of Fine Arts; and

10 (2) reviewed by the Citizens Commemorative

11 Coin Advisory Committee.

12 SEC. 5. ISSUANCE OF THE COINS.

13 (a) PERIOD FOR ISSUANCE.—The coins minted under

14 this Act may be issued by the Secretary beginning on

15 July 20, 1994.

16 (b) TERMINATION OF AUTHORITY.—Coins may not

17 be minted under this Act after July 19, 1995.

18 (c) USE OF 1 MINT FACILITY.—Only 1 facility of the

19 United States Mint may be used to strike any quality of

20 coin.

21 (d) PROOF AND UNCIRCULATED COINS.—The coins

22 minted under this Act shall be issued in uncirculated and

23 proof qualities.

24 SEC. 6. SALE OF COINS.

25 (a) SALE PRICE.—Notwithstanding any other provi26 sion of law, the Secretary shall sell the coins minted under
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1 this Act at a price equal to the face value, plus the cost

2 of designing and issuing the coins (including labor, mate3 rials, dies, use of machinery, and overhead expenses).

4 (b) BULK SALES.—The Secretary shall make any

5 bulk sales of the coins minted under this Act at a reason6 able discount.

7 (c) PREPAID ORDERS.—The Secretary shall accept

8 prepaid orders for the coins minted under this Act prior

9 to the issuance of such coins. Sale prices with respect to

10 such prepaid orders shall be at a reasonable discount.

11 (d) SURCHARGE.—All sales of coins minted under

12 this Act shall include a surcharge of $10.00 per coin.

13 SEC. 7. GENERAL WAIVER OF PROCUREMENT REGULA14 TIONS.

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

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

17 contracts shall be applicable to the procurement of goods

18 and services necessary for carrying out the provisions of

19 this Act.

20 (b) EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY.—Sub21 section (a) shall not relieve any person entering into a con22 tract under the authority of this Act from complying with

23 any law relating to equal employment opportunity.
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1 SEC. 8. DISTRIBUTION OF SURCHARGES.

2 The surcharges received by the Secretary from the

3 sale of the coins issued under this Act shall be promptly

4 paid by the Secretary to the Aerospace Education Alliance

5 for the purpose of developing and implementing a program

6 to enhance the math and science skills of America’s teach7 ers in grades kindergarten through grade 8, as part of

8 the national strategy to improve mathematics and science

9 education.

10 SEC. 9. AUDITS.

11 The Comptroller General shall have the right to ex12 amine such books, records, documents, and other data of

13 the Aerospace Education Alliance as may be related to the

14 expenditure of amounts paid under section 8.

15 SEC. 10. FINANCIAL ASSURANCES.

16 (a) NO NET COST TO THE GOVERNMENT.—The Sec17 retary shall take such actions as may be necessary to en18 sure that minting and issuing coins under this Act will

19 not result in any net cost to the United States Govern20 ment.

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

22 under this Act unless the Secretary has received—

23 (1) full payment for the coin;

24 (2) security satisfactory to the Secretary to in25 demnify the United States for full payment; or
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1 (3) a guarantee of full payment satisfactory to

2 the Secretary from a depository institution whose

3 deposits are insured by the Federal Deposit Insur4 ance Corporation or the National Credit Union

5 Administration Board.

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