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103D CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 3616

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

of the 250th anniversary of the birth of Thomas Jefferson, Americans

who have been prisoners of war, the Vietnam Veterans Memorial on

the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the Memorial, and the Women

in Military Service for America Memorial, and for other purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

NOVEMBER 22, 1993

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

Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs

NOVEMBER 23 (legislative day, NOVEMBER 22), 1993

Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs discharged, consisidered

and passed

A BILL

To require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins

in commemoration of the 250th anniversary of the birth

of Thomas Jefferson, Americans who have been prisoners

of war, the Vietnam Veterans Memorial on the occasion

of the 10th anniversary of the Memorial, and the Women

in Military Service for America Memorial, 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 TITLE I—THOMAS JEFFERSON

2 COMMEMORATIVE COIN

3 SEC. 101. SHORT TITLE.

4 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Jefferson Commemo5 rative Coin Act of 1993’’.

6 SEC. 102. COIN SPECIFICATIONS.

7 (a) ONE-DOLLAR SILVER COINS.—

8 (1) ISSUANCE.—The Secretary of the Treasury

9 (hereafter in this title referred to as the ‘‘Sec10 retary’’) shall issue not more than 600,000 one11 dollar coins, which shall—

12 (A) weigh 26.73 grams;

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

14 (C) contain 90 percent silver and 10 per15 cent copper.

16 (2) DESIGN.—The design of the coins issued

17 under this title shall be emblematic of a profile of

18 Thomas Jefferson and a frontal view of his home

19 Monticello. On each coin there shall be a designation

20 of the value of the coin, an inscription of the year

21 ‘‘1993’’, and inscriptions of the words ‘‘Liberty’’,

22 ‘‘In God We Trust’’, ‘‘United States of America’’,

23 and ‘‘E Pluribus Unum’’.
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1 (b) LEGAL TENDER.—The coins issued under this

2 title shall be legal tender, as provided in section 5103 of

3 title 31, United States Code.

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

5 5132(a)(1) of title 31, United States Code, all coins mint6 ed under this title shall be considered to be numismatic

7 items.

8 SEC. 103. SOURCES OF BULLION.

9 The Secretary shall obtain silver for the coins minted

10 under this title only from stockpiles established under the

11 Strategic and Critical Minerals Stock Piling Act.

12 SEC. 104. SELECTION OF DESIGN.

13 Subject to section 102(a)(2), the design for the coins

14 authorized by this title shall be—

15 (1) selected by the Secretary after consultation

16 with the Executive Director of the Thomas Jefferson

17 Memorial Foundation and the Commission of Fine

18 Arts; and

19 (2) reviewed by the Citizens Commemorative

20 Advisory Committee.

21 SEC. 105. ISSUANCE OF COINS.

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

23 title shall be issued in uncirculated and proof qualities.
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1 (b) MINT FACILITY.—Only 1 facility of the United

2 States Mint may be used to strike any particular quality

3 of the coins minted under this title.

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

5 issue coins minted under this title during the period begin6 ning on May 1, 1994, and ending on April 30, 1995.

7 SEC. 106. SALE OF COINS.

8 (a) SALE PRICE.—The coins authorized under this

9 title shall be sold by the Secretary at a price equal to the

10 sum of the face value of the coins, the surcharge provided

11 in subsection (c) with respect to such coins, and the cost

12 of designing and issuing the coins (including labor, mate13 rials, dies, use of machinery, overhead expenses, market14 ing, and shipping).

15 (b) PREPAID ORDERS.—The Secretary shall accept

16 prepaid orders for the coins authorized under this title

17 prior to the issuance of such coins. Sale prices with respect

18 to such prepaid orders shall be at a reasonable discount.

19 (c) SURCHARGES.—All sales shall include a surcharge

20 of $10 per coin.

21 SEC. 107. GENERAL WAIVER OF PROCUREMENT REGULA22 TIONS.

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

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

25 contracts shall be applicable to the procurement of goods
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1 and services necessary for carrying out the provisions of

2 this title.

3 (b) EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY.—Sub4 section (a) shall not relieve any person entering into a con5 tract under the authority of this title from complying with

6 any law relating to equal employment opportunity.

7 SEC. 108. DISTRIBUTION OF SURCHARGES.

8 All surcharges received by the Secretary from the sale

9 of coins issued under this title shall be promptly paid by

10 the Secretary—

11 (1) in the case of surcharges received in connec12 tion with the sale of the first 500,000 coins issued,

13 to the Jefferson Endowment Fund, to be used—

14 (A) to establish and maintain an endow15 ment to be a permanent source of support for

16 Monticello and its historic furnishings; and

17 (B) for the Jefferson Endowment Fund’s

18 educational programs, including the Inter19 national Center for Jefferson Studies; and

20 (2) in the case of surcharges received in connec21 tion with the sale of all other such coins, to the Cor22 poration for Jefferson’s Poplar Forest, to be used

23 for the restoration and maintenance of Poplar

24 Forest.
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1 SEC. 109. AUDITS.

2 The Comptroller General of the United States shall

3 have the right to examine such books, records, documents,

4 and other data of the entities specified in section 108, as

5 may be related to the expenditures of amounts paid under

6 section 108.

7 SEC. 110. FINANCIAL ASSURANCES.

8 (a) NO NET COST TO THE GOVERNMENT.—The Sec9 retary shall take such actions as may be necessary to en10 sure that minting and issuing coins under this title will

11 not result in any net cost to the United States Govern12 ment.

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

14 under this title unless the Secretary has received—

15 (1) full payment for the coin;

16 (2) security satisfactory to the Secretary to in17 demnify the United States for full payment; or

18 (3) a guarantee of full payment satisfactory to

19 the Secretary from a depository institution whose

20 deposits are insured by the Federal Deposit Insur21 ance Corporation or the National Credit Union

22 Administration Board.
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1 TITLE II—U.S. VETERANS

2 COMMEMORATIVE COINS

3 SEC. 201. SHORT TITLE.

4 This title may be cited as the ‘‘United States Veter5 ans Commemorative Coin Act of 1993’’.

6 SEC. 202. COIN SPECIFICATIONS.

7 (a) ONE-DOLLAR SILVER COINS.—

8 (1) ISSUANCE.—The Secretary of the Treasury

9 (hereafter in this title referred to as the ‘‘Sec10 retary’’) shall issue one-dollar coins of 3 different

11 designs, which shall—

12 (A) weigh 26.73 grams;

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

14 (C) contain 90 percent silver and 10 per15 cent copper.

16 (2) DESIGNATION OF VALUE AND INSCRIP17 TIONS.—On each coin there shall be a designation of

18 the value of the coin, an inscription of the year

19 ‘‘1994’’, and inscriptions of the words ‘‘Liberty’’,

20 ‘‘In God We Trust’’, ‘‘United States of America’’,

21 and ‘‘E Pluribus Unum’’.

22 (3) DESIGN OF 3 COINS.—

23 (A) PRISONER-OF-WAR COMMEMORATIVE

24 COIN.—1 type of coin issued under this title

25 shall be a prisoner-of-war commemorative coin
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1 the design of which shall be emblematic of the

2 experience of Americans who have been pris3 oners-of-war.

4 (B) VIETNAM VETERANS MEMORIAL COM5 MEMORATIVE COIN.—1 type of coin issued

6 under this title shall be a Vietnam Veterans

7 Memorial commemorative coin the design of

8 which shall be emblematic of the Vietnam Vet9 erans Memorial.

10 (C) WOMEN IN MILITARY SERVICE FOR

11 AMERICA MEMORIAL COMMEMORATIVE COIN.—1

12 type of coin issued under this title shall be

13 Women in Military Service for America Memo14 rial commemorative coin the design of which

15 shall be symbolic of women’s service in the

16 Armed Forces of the United States.

17 (4) MAXIMUM NUMBER FOR COINS OF EACH

18 DESIGN.—The Secretary shall issue no more than

19 500,000 coins of each design.

20 (b) LEGAL TENDER.—The coins issued under this

21 title shall be legal tender, as provided in section 5103 of

22 title 31, United States Code.

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

24 5132(a)(1) of title 31, United States Code, all coins mint-
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1 ed under this title shall be considered to be numismatic

2 items.

3 SEC. 203. SOURCES OF BULLION.

4 The Secretary shall obtain silver for the coins minted

5 under this title only from stockpiles established under the

6 Strategic and Critical Minerals Stock Piling Act.

7 SEC. 204. SELECTION OF DESIGN.

8 Subject to section 202(a)(3), the design for the coins

9 authorized by this title shall be—

10 (1) selected by the Secretary after consultation

11 with the Commission of Fine Arts and—

12 (A) in the case of the coin described in sec13 tion 202(a)(3)(B), the Vietnam Veterans

14 Memorial Fund; and

15 (B) in the case of the coin described in

16 section 202(a)(3)(C), the Women in Military

17 Service for America Memorial Foundation,

18 Incorporated; and

19 (2) reviewed by the Citizens Commemorative

20 Advisory Committee.

21 SEC. 205. SALE OF COINS.

22 (a) SALE PRICE.—The coins issued under this title

23 shall be sold by the Secretary at a price equal to the face

24 value, plus the cost of designing and issuing such coins

25 (including labor, materials, dies, use of machinery, and
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1 overhead expenses) and the surcharge provided for in sub2 section (d).

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

4 sales at a reasonable discount.

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

6 prepaid orders for the coins issued under this title before

7 the issuance of such coins. Sales under this subsection

8 shall be at a reasonable discount to reflect the benefit of

9 prepayment.

10 (d) SURCHARGES.—All sales of coins issued under

11 this title shall include a surcharge of $10 per coin.

12 SEC. 206. ISSUANCE OF THE COINS.

13 (a) COMMENCEMENT OF ISSUANCE.—The coins

14 minted under this title may be issued beginning May 1,

15 1994.

16 (b) TERMINATION OF AUTHORITY.—The coins au17 thorized under this title may not be minted after April

18 30, 1995.

19 (c) PROOF AND UNCIRCULATED COINS.—The coins

20 authorized under this title shall be issued in uncirculated

21 and proof qualities.

22 (d) 3-COIN SETS.—

23 (1) IN GENERAL.—In addition to any other

24 manner and form of sales of coins minted under this

25 title, the Secretary shall make a portion of such
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1 coins available for sale in 3-coin sets containing 1 of

2 each of the 3 designs of coins required pursuant to

3 section 202(a)(3).

4 (2) NUMBER OF SETS.—The number of 3-coin

5 sets made available pursuant to paragraph (1) shall

6 be at the discretion of the Secretary.

7 SEC. 207. GENERAL WAIVER OF PROCUREMENT REGULA8 TIONS.

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

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

11 contracts shall be applicable to the procurement of goods

12 and services necessary for carrying out the provisions of

13 this title.

14 (b) EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY.—Sub15 section (a) shall not relieve any person entering into a con16 tract under the authority of this title from complying with

17 any law relating to equal employment opportunity.

18 SEC. 208. DISTRIBUTION OF SURCHARGES.

19 (a) PRISONER-OF-WAR COMMEMORATIVE COINS.—

20 Except as provided in subsection (d), an amount equal to

21 the surcharges received by the Secretary from the sale of

22 prisoner-of-war commemorative coins described in section

23 202(a)(3)(A) shall be promptly paid by the Secretary in

24 the order that follows:
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1 (1) AMOUNTS TO BE MADE AVAILABLE FOR

2 CONSTRUCTION OF MUSEUM.—The Secretary of the

3 Treasury shall make available to the Secretary of

4 the Interior the first $3,000,000 of such surcharges

5 for the construction of the Andersonville Prisoner-of6 War Museum in Andersonville, Georgia.

7 (2) AMOUNTS TO BE PAID TO ENDOWMENT

8 FUND.—After payment of the amount required by

9 paragraph (1), the Secretary of the Treasury shall

10 pay 50 percent of the remaining surcharges to the

11 endowment fund established pursuant to section

12 209(a).

13 (3) AMOUNTS TO BE PAID TO MAINTAIN NA14 TIONAL CEMETERIES.—After payment of the

15 amount required by paragraph (1), the Secretary

16 shall pay 50 percent of the remaining surcharges to

17 the Secretary of Veterans Affairs for purposes of

18 maintaining national cemeteries pursuant to chapter

19 24 of title 38, United States Code.

20 (b) VIETNAM VETERANS MEMORIAL COMMEMORA21 TIVE COINS.—Except as provided in subsection (d), an

22 amount equal to the surcharges received by the Secretary

23 from the sale of Vietnam Veterans Memorial commemora24 tive coins described in section 202(a)(3)(B) shall be

25 promptly paid by the Secretary to the Vietnam Veterans
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1 Memorial Fund to assist the Fund’s efforts to raise an

2 endowment to be a permanent source of support for the

3 repair, maintenance, and addition of names to the

4 Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

5 (c) WOMEN IN MILITARY SERVICE FOR AMERICA

6 MEMORIAL COMMEMORATIVE COINS.—Except as provided

7 in subsection (d), an amount equal to the surcharges re8 ceived by the Secretary from the sale of Women in Military

9 Service for America Memorial commemorative coins de10 scribed in section 202(a)(3)(C) shall be promptly paid by

11 the Secretary to the Women in Military Service for Amer12 ica Memorial Foundation, Inc., for the purpose of creat13 ing, endowing, and dedicating the Women in Military

14 Service for America Memorial.

15 (d) SURCHARGES FROM 3-COIN SETS.—In the case

16 of surcharges derived from the sale of 3-coin sets pursuant

17 to section 206(d)—

(1) 1 18 ⁄3 of such amount shall be distributed as

19 provided in subsection (a);

(2) 1 20 ⁄3 shall be distributed as provided in sub21 section (b); and

(3) 1 22 ⁄3 shall be distributed as provided in sub23 section (c).
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1 SEC. 209. ANDERSONVILLE PRISONER-OF-WAR MUSEUM EN2 DOWMENT FUND.

3 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is hereby established in

4 the Department of the Interior an endowment fund (here5 inafter in this section referred to as the ‘‘fund’’) to be

6 administered by the Secretary of the Interior and to con7 sist of the amounts deposited under subsection (b).

8 (b) DEPOSIT INTO FUND.—

9 (1) DEPOSIT FROM SURCHARGES.—There shall

10 be deposited into the fund such amounts that are

11 paid by the Secretary under section 208(a)(2).

12 (2) INVESTMENT.—The Secretary of the Inte13 rior shall have the authority to invest the portion of

14 the fund that is not, in the determination of such

15 Secretary, required to meet the current needs of the

16 fund, in obligations of the United States or in obli17 gations guaranteed as to the principal and interest

18 by the United States. In making such investments,

19 the Secretary of the Interior shall select obligations

20 having maturities suitable to the needs of the fund.

21 (c) EXPENDITURES.—The Secretary of the Interior

22 may use the amounts deposited in the fund under this title

23 to pay for the maintenance of the Andersonville Prisoner24 of-War Museum in Andersonville, Georgia.
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1 SEC. 210. AUDITS.

2 The Comptroller General of the United States shall

3 have the right to examine such books, records, documents,

4 and other data of the entities specified in section 208, as

5 may be related to the expenditures of amounts paid under

6 section 208.

7 SEC. 211. FINANCIAL ASSURANCES.

8 (a) NO NET COST TO THE GOVERNMENT.—The Sec9 retary shall take such actions as may be necessary to en10 sure that minting and issuing coins under this title will

11 not result in any net cost to the United States Govern12 ment.

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

14 under this title unless the Secretary has received—

15 (1) full payment for the coin;

16 (2) security satisfactory to the Secretary to in17 demnify the United States for full payment; or

18 (3) a guarantee of full payment satisfactory to

19 the Secretary from a depository institution whose

20 deposits are insured by the Federal Deposit Insur21 ance Corporation or the National Credit Union

22 Administration Board.
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1 TITLE III—REFORM OF COM2 MEMORATIVE COIN PRO3 GRAMS

4 SEC. 301. SENSE OF CONGRESS RESOLUTION.

5 (A) FINDINGS.—The Congress hereby makes the fol6 lowing findings:

7 (1) Congress has authorized 18 commemorative

8 coin programs in the 9 years since 1984.

9 (2) There are more meritorious causes, events,

10 and people worthy of commemoration than can be

11 honored with commemorative coinage.

12 (3) Commemorative coin legislation has in13 creased at a pace beyond that which the numismatic

14 community can reasonably be expected to absorb.

15 (4) It is in the interests of all Members of Con16 gress that a policy be established to control the flow

17 of commemorative coin legislation.

18 (b) DECLARATION.—It is the sense of the Congress

19 that the Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Af20 fairs of the House of Representatives and the Committee

21 on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate

22 should not report or otherwise clear for consideration by

23 the House of Representatives or the Senate legislation

24 providing for more than 2 commemorative coin programs

25 for any year, unless the committee determines, on the
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1 basis of a recommendation by the Citizens Commemora2 tive Coin Advisory Committee, that extraordinary merit

3 exists for an additional commemorative coin program.

4 SEC. 302. REPORTS BY RECIPIENTS OF COMMEMORATIVE

5 COIN SURCHARGES.

6 (a) QUARTERLY FINANCIAL REPORT.—

7 (1) IN GENERAL.—Each person who receives,

8 after the date of the enactment of this Act, any sur9 charge derived from the sale of commemorative coins

10 under any Act of Congress shall submit a quarterly

11 financial report to the Director of the United States

12 Mint and the Comptroller General of the United

13 States describing in detail the expenditures made by

14 such person from the proceeds of the surcharge.

15 (2) INFORMATION TO BE INCLUDED.—The re16 port under paragraph (1) shall include information

17 on the proportion of the surcharges received during

18 the period covered by the report to the total revenue

19 of such person during such period, expressed as a

20 percentage, and the percentage of total revenue dur21 ing such period which was spent on administrative

22 expenses (including salaries, travel, overhead, and

23 fund raising).

24 (3) DUE DATES.—Quarterly reports under this

25 subsection shall be due at the end of the 30-day pe-
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1 riod beginning on the last day of any calendar quar2 ter during which any surcharge derived from the

3 sale of commemorative coins is received by any per4 son.

5 (b) FINAL REPORT.—Each person who receives, after

6 the date of the enactment of this Act, any surcharge de7 rived from the sale of commemorative coins under any Act

8 of Congress shall submit a final report on the expenditures

9 made by such person from the proceeds of all surcharges

10 received by such person, including information described

11 in subsection (a)(2), before the end of the 1-year period

12 beginning on the last day on which sales of such coins

13 may be made.

14 SEC. 303. GAO REPORTS TO CONGRESS.

15 Before the end of the 1-year period beginning on the

16 last day on which sales of commemorative coins may be

17 made under the Act of Congress which authorized such

18 coins, the Comptroller General of the United States shall

19 submit a financial accounting statement to the Congress

20 on the payment of any surcharges derived from the sale

21 of such coins and the use and expenditure of the proceeds

22 of such surcharges by any recipient (other than a recipient

23 which is an agency or department of the Federal Govern24 ment) based on the reports filed by such recipient with

25 the Comptroller General in accordance with section 302
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1 and any audit of such recipient which is conducted by the

2 Comptroller General with respect to the use and expendi3 ture of such proceeds.

4 TITLE IV—BICENTENNIAL OF

5 THE UNITED STATES CAPITOL

6 COMMEMORATIVE COIN ACT

7 SEC. 401. SHORT TITLE.

8 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Bicentennial of the

9 United States Capitol Commemorative Coin Act’’.

10 SEC. 402. SPECIFICATIONS OF COINS.

11 (a) ONE DOLLAR SILVER COINS.—

12 (1) ISSUANCE.—The Secretary of the Treasury

13 (hereinafter in this title referred to as the ‘‘Sec14 retary’’), shall mint and issue not more than

15 500,000 one dollar coins each of which shall—

16 (A) weigh 26.73 grams;

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

18 (C) be composed of 90 percent silver and

19 10 percent copper.

20 (2) DESIGN.—The design of the one dollar

21 coins shall, in accordance with section 404, be em22 blematic of the bicentennial of the United States

23 Capitol. Each one dollar coin shall bear a designa24 tion of the value of the coin, an inscription of the

25 year ‘‘1994’’, and inscriptions of the words ‘‘Lib-
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1 erty’’, ‘‘In God We Trust’’, ‘‘United States of Amer2 ica’’, and ‘‘E Pluribus Unum’’.

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

4 title shall be legal tender as provided in section 5103 of

5 title 31, United States Code.

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

7 5132(a)(1) of title 31, United States Code, all coins mint8 ed under this title shall be considered to be numismatic

9 items.

10 SEC. 403. SOURCES OF BULLION.

11 The Secretary shall obtain silver for minting coins

12 under this title only from stockpiles established under the

13 Strategic and Critical Minerals Stock Piling Act.

14 SEC. 404. DESIGN OF COINS.

15 The design for the coin authorized by this title shall

16 be selected by the Secretary after consultation with the

17 Speaker of the House of Representatives, the President

18 pro tempore of the Senate, and the Commission of Fine

19 Arts.

20 SEC. 405. ISSUANCE OF COINS.

21 (a) ONE DOLLAR COINS.—The one dollar coins mint22 ed under this title may be issued in uncirculated and proof

23 qualities, except that not more than 1 facility of the

24 United States Mint may be used to strike any particular

25 quality.
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1 (c) COMMENCEMENT OF ISSUANCE.—The Secretary

2 may issue the coins minted under this title beginning

3 May 1, 1994.

4 (d) TERMINATION OF AUTHORITY.—Coins may not

5 be minted under this title after April 30, 1995.

6 (e) CONTRACTS.—Any contract to be made by the

7 Secretary involving the promotion, advertising, or market8 ing of any coins authorized under this title shall be valid

9 only upon approval by the United States Capitol Preserva10 tion Commission.

11 SEC. 406. SALE OF COINS.

12 (a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other provi13 sion of law, the Secretary shall sell the coins minted under

14 this title at a price equal to the face value, plus the cost

15 of designing and issuing the coins (including labor, mate16 rials, dies, use of machinery, and overhead expenses).

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

18 bulk sales of the coins minted under this title at a reason19 able discount.

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

21 prepaid orders for the coins minted under this title prior

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

23 such prepaid orders shall be at a reasonable discount.

24 (d) SURCHARGES.—All sales of coins minted under

25 this title shall include a surcharge of $15 per coin.
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1 SEC. 407. FINANCIAL ASSURANCES.

2 (a) NO NET COST TO THE GOVERNMENT.—The Sec3 retary shall take such actions as may be necessary to en4 sure that minting and issuing coins under this title will

5 not result in any net cost to the United States Govern6 ment.

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

8 under this title unless the Secretary has received—

9 (1) full payment for the coin;

10 (2) security satisfactory to the Secretary to in11 demnify the United States for full payment; or

12 (3) a guarantee of full payment satisfactory to

13 the Secretary from a depository institution whose

14 deposits are insured by the Federal Deposit Insur15 ance Corporation or the National Credit Union Ad16 ministration Board.

17 SEC. 408. USE OF SURCHARGES.

18 (a) USE OF SURCHARGES.—All surcharges that are

19 received by the Secretary from the sale of coins minted

20 under this title shall be deposited in the Capitol Preserva21 tion Fund and be available to the United States Capitol

22 Preservation Commission.

23 (b) TECHNICAL AMENDMENT.—Section 8(b)(1) of

24 Public Law 100–673 is amended to read as follows:

25 ‘‘(2) LIMITATIONS ON REIMBURSEMENTS.—No

26 amount received by the Commission from the Cap-
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1 itol Preservation Fund from the sale of coins minted

2 under this Act may be used to pay representational

3 expenses of the Commission.’’.

4 SEC. 409. GENERAL WAIVER OF PROCUREMENT REGULA5 TIONS.

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

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

8 contracts shall be applicable to the procurement of goods

9 and services necessary for carrying out the provisions of

10 this title.

11 (b) EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY.—Sub12 section (a) shall not relieve any person entering into a con13 tract under the authority of this title from complying with

14 any law relating to equal employment opportunity.

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