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(B) located at Fort Belvoir, Virginia, 

across the Potomac River from the Nation’s 

Capitol, a 10-minute drive from Mount 

Vernon, the home of the Army’s first Commander-in-Chief, and astride the Civil War’s 

decisive Washington-Richmond corridor; 

(6) the Army Historical Foundation (in this 

Act referred to as the ‘‘Foundation’’), founded in 1983— 

(A) is dedicated to preserving the history 

and heritage of the American soldier; and 

(B) seeks to educate future Americans to 

fully appreciate the sacrifices that generations of American soldiers have made to 

safeguard the freedoms of this Nation; 

(7) the completion and opening to the public of the National Museum of the United 

States Army will immeasurably help in fulfilling that mission; 

(8) the Foundation is a nongovernmental, 

member-based, and publicly supported nonprofit organization that is dependent on 

funds from members, donations, and grants 

for support; 

(9) the Foundation uses such support to 

help create the National Museum of the 

United States Army, refurbish historical 

Army buildings, acquire and conserve Army 

historical art and artifacts, support Army 

history educational programs, for research, 

and publication of historical materials on 

the American soldier, and to provide support 

and counsel to private and governmental organizations committed to the same goals as 

the Foundation; 

(10) in 2000, the Secretary of the Army designated the Foundation as its primary partner in the building of the National Museum 

of the United States Army; and 

(11) the Foundation is actively engaged in 

executing a major capital campaign to support the National Museum of the United 

States Army. 

SEC. 3. COIN SPECIFICATIONS. 

(a) DENOMINATIONS.—In recognition and 

celebration of the founding of the United 

States Army in 1775, and notwithstanding 

any other provision of law, the Secretary of 

the Treasury (in this Act referred to as the 

‘‘Secretary’’) shall mint and issue the following coins: 

(1) $5 GOLD COINS.—Not more than 100,000 $5 

coins, which shall— 

(A) weigh 8.359 grams; 

(B) have a diameter of 0.850 inches; and 

(C) contain 90 percent gold and 10 percent 

alloy. 

(2) $1 SILVER COINS.—Not more than 500,000 

$1 coins, which shall— 

(A) weigh 26.73 grams; 

(B) have a diameter of 1.500 inches; and 

(C) contain 90 percent silver and 10 percent 

copper. 

(3) HALF DOLLAR CLAD COINS.—Not more 

than 750,000 half dollar coins, which shall— 

(A) weigh 11.34 grams; 

(B) have a diameter of 1.205 inches; and 

(C) be minted to the specifications for half 

dollar coins, contained in section 5112(b) of 

title 31, United States Code. 

(b) LEGAL TENDER.—The coins minted 

under this Act shall be legal tender, as provided in section 5103 of title 31, United States 

Code. 

(c) NUMISMATIC ITEMS.—For purposes of 

sections 5134 and 5136 of title 31, United 

States Code, all coins minted under this Act 

shall be considered to be numismatic items. 

SEC. 4. DESIGN OF COINS. 

(a) DESIGN REQUIREMENTS.— 

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

minted under this Act shall be emblematic 

of the traditions, history, and heritage of the 

United States Army, and its role in American society from the Colonial period to 

today. 

(2) DESIGNATIONS AND INSCRIPTIONS.—On 

each coin minted under this Act, there shall 

be— 

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

(B) an inscription of the year ‘‘2011’’; and 

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

‘‘In God We Trust’’, ‘‘United States of America’’, and ‘‘E Pluribus Unum’’. 

(b) SELECTION.—The design for the coins 

minted under this Act shall— 

(1) contain motifs that specifically honor 

the American soldier of both today and yesterday, in wartime and in peace, such designs to be consistent with the traditions 

and heritage of the United States Army, the 

mission and goals of the National Museum of 

the United States Army, and the missions 

and goals of the Foundation; 

(2) be selected by the Secretary, after consultation with the Secretary of the Army, 

the Foundation, and the Commission of Fine 

Arts; and 

(3) be reviewed by the Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee. 

SEC. 5. ISSUANCE OF COINS. 

(a) QUALITY OF COINS.—Coins minted under 

this Act shall be issued in uncirculated and 

proof qualities. 

(b) MINT FACILITIES.—For each of the 3 

coins minted under this Act, at least 1 facility of the United States Mint shall be used 

to strike proof quality coins, while at least 1 

other such facility shall be used to strike the 

uncirculated quality coins. 

(c) PERIOD FOR ISSUANCE.—The Secretary 

may issue coins minted under this Act only 

during the 1-year period beginning on January 1, 2011. 

SEC. 6. SALE OF COINS. 

(a) SALE PRICE.—The coins issued under 

this Act shall be sold by the Secretary at a 

price equal to the sum of— 

(1) the face value of the coins; 

(2) the surcharge provided in section 7(a) 

with respect to such coins; and 

(3) the cost of designing and issuing the 

coins (including labor, materials, dies, use of 

machinery, overhead expenses, marketing, 

and shipping). 

(b) BULK SALES.—The Secretary shall 

make bulk sales of the coins issued under 

this Act at a reasonable discount. 

(c) PREPAID ORDERS.— 

(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall accept prepaid orders for the coins minted 

under this Act before the issuance of such 

coins. 

(2) DISCOUNT.—Sale prices with respect to 

prepaid orders under paragraph (1) shall be 

at a reasonable discount. 

SEC. 7. SURCHARGES. 

(a) IN GENERAL.—All sales of coins minted 

under this Act shall include a surcharge as 

follows: 

(1) A surcharge of $35 per coin for the $5 

coin. 

(2) A surcharge of $10 per coin for the $1 

coin. 

(3) A surcharge of $5 per coin for the half 

dollar coin. 

(b) DISTRIBUTION.—Subject to section 

5134(f) of title 31, United States Code, all surcharges received by the Secretary from the 

sale of coins issued under this Act shall be 

promptly paid by the Secretary to the Foundation to help finance the National Museum 

of the United States Army. 

(c) AUDITS.—The Foundation shall be subject to the audit requirements of section 

5134(f)(2) of title 31, United States Code, with 

regard to the amounts received by the Foundation under subsection (b). 

(d) LIMITATION.—Notwithstanding subsection (a), no surcharge may be included 

with respect to the issuance under this Act 

of any coin during a calendar year if, as of 

the time of such issuance, the issuance of 

such coin would result in the number of commemorative coin programs issued during 

such year to exceed the annual 2-commemorative coin program issuance limitation 

under section 5112(m)(1) of title 31, United 

States Code (as in effect on the date of enactment of this Act). The Secretary of the 

Treasury may issue guidance to carry out 

this subsection. 

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JUANITA MILLENDER-MCDONALD 

HIGHWAY 

Mr. NELSON of Nebraska. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 

Senate proceed to the immediate consideration of H.R. 4131, which was received from the House. 

The PRESIDING OFFICER. The 

clerk will report the bill by title. 

The legislative clerk read as follows: 

A bill (H.R. 4131) to designation a portion 

of California State Route 91 located in Los 

Angeles County, California, as the ‘‘Juanita 

Millender-McDonald Highway.’’ 

There being no objection, the Senate 

proceeded to consider the bill. 

Mr. NELSON of Nebraska. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 

bill be read three times and passed, the 

motion to reconsider be laid upon the 

table, with no intervening action or debate, and that any statements relating 

to the bill be printed in the RECORD. 

The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without 

objection, it is so ordered. 

The bill (H.R. 4131) was ordered to a 

third reading, was read the third time, 

and passed. 

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ORGAN TRANSPLANT 

AUTHORIZATION ACT OF 2008 

Mr. NELSON of Nebraska. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 

Senate proceed to the immediate consideration of H.R. 6469, which is at the 

desk. 

The PRESIDING OFFICER. The 

clerk will report the bill by title. 

The legislative clerk read as follows: 

A bill (H.R. 6469) to amend the Public 

Health Service Act to authorize increased 

Federal funding for the Organ Procurement 

and Transplantation Network. 

There being no objection, the Senate 

proceeded to consider the bill. 

Mr. NELSON of Nebraska. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 

substitute amendment, which is at the 

desk, be agreed to, the bill, as amended, be read three times and passed, the 

motions to reconsider be laid upon the 

table, with no intervening action or debate, and that any statement relating 

to the bill be printed in the RECORD. 

The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without 

objection, it is so ordered. 

The amendment (No. 5693) was agreed 

to, as follows: 

(Purpose: In the nature of a substitute) 

Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the following: 

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Stephanie 

Tubbs Jones Organ Transplant Authorization Act of 2008’’. 


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SEC. 2. INCREASED FUNDING FOR THE ORGAN 

PROCUREMENT AND TRANSPLANTATION NETWORK. 

Section 372(a) of the Public Health Service 

Act (42 U.S.C. 274(a)) is amended by striking 

‘‘$2,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$7,000,000’’. 

SEC. 3. REPORT. 

(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Health 

and Human Services shall request that the 

Executive Director of the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network submit 

to Congress, not later than 1 year after the 

date of enactment of this Act, a report that 

shall include— 

(1) the identity of transplant programs 

that have become inactive or have closed 

since the heart allocation policy change of 

2006; 

(2) the distance to the next closest operational heart transplant center from such inactivated or closed programs and an evaluation of whether or not access to care has 

been reduced to the population previously 

serviced by such inactive or closed program; 

(3) the number of patients with rural zip 

codes that received transplants after the 

heart allocation policy change of 2006 as 

compared with the number of such patients 

that received such transplants prior to such 

heart allocation policy change; 

(4) a comparison of the number of transplants performed, the mortality rate for individuals on the transplant waiting lists, and 

the post-transplant survival rate nationally 

and by region prior to and after the heart allocation policy change of 2006; and 

(5) specifically with respect to 

allosensitized patients, a comparison of the 

number of heart transplants performed, the 

mortality rate for individuals on the heart 

transplant waiting lists, and the post heart 

transplant survival rate nationally and by 

region prior to and after the heart allocation 

policy change of 2006. 

(b) LIMITATION ON FUNDING.—The increase 

provided for in the amendment made by section 2 shall not apply with respect to contracts entered into under section 372(a) of 

the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 

274(a)) after the date that is 1 year after the 

date of enactment of this Act if the Executive Director of the Organ Procurement and 

Transplantation Network fails to submit the 

report under subsection (a). 

The amendment was ordered to be 

engrossed, and the bill to be read a 

third time. 

The bill (H.R. 6469), as amended, was 

read the third time, and passed. 

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UNANIMOUS-CONSENT 

AGREEMENT—HOUSE MEASURES 

Mr. NELSON of Nebraska. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 

Senate proceed to the immediate consideration of the following bills en 

bloc, which were received from the 

House: H.R. 6197, H.R. 6558, H.R. 6834, 

H.R. 6902, and H.R. 6982; that the bills 

be read three times and passed en bloc, 

the motions to reconsider be laid upon 

the table en bloc, and any statements 

related to the bills be printed in the 

RECORD. 

The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without 

objection, it is so ordered. 

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PICKWICK POST OFFICE BUILDING 

The bill (H.R. 6197) to designate the 

facility of the United States Postal 

Service located at 7095 Highway 57 in 

Counce, Tennessee, as the ‘‘Pickwick 

Post Office Building,’’ was considered, 

ordered to a third reading, read the 

third time, and passed. 

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GORDON N. CHAN POST OFFICE 

BUILDING 

The bill (H.R. 6558) to designate the 

facility of the United States Postal 

Service located at 1750 Lundy Avenue 

in San Jose, California, as the ‘‘Gordon 

N. Chan Post Office Building,’’ was 

considered, ordered to a third reading, 

read the third time, and passed. 

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CWO RICHARD R. LEE POST 

OFFICE BUILDING 

The bill (H.R. 6834) to designate the 

facility of the United States Postal 

Service located at 4 South Main Street 

in Wallingford, Connecticut, as the 

‘‘CWO Richard R. Lee Post Office 

Building,’’ was considered, ordered to a 

third reading, read the third time, and 

passed. 

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STAFF SERGEANT NICHOLAS RAY 

CARNES POST OFFICE 

The bill (H.R. 6902) to designate the 

facility of the United States Postal 

Service located at 5136 6th Avenue in 

Dayton, Kentucky, as the ‘‘Staff Sergeant Nicholas Ray Carnes Post Office,’’ was considered, ordered to a 

third reading, read the third time, and 

passed. 

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LEO J. RYAN POST OFFICE 

BUILDING 

The bill (H.R. 6982) to designate the 

facility of the United States Postal 

Service located at 210 South Ellsworth 

Avenue in San Mateo, California, as 

the ‘‘Leo J. Ryan Post Office Building,’’ was considered, ordered to a third 

reading, read the third time, and 

passed. 

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UNANIMOUS-CONSENT AGREEMENT—S. 3625, S. 3521, AND H.R. 

4010 

Mr. NELSON of Nebraska. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 

Homeland Security and Governmental 

Affairs Committee be discharged from 

further consideration of the following 

bills en bloc, and the Senate proceed to 

their immediate consideration: S. 3625, 

S. 3521, and H.R. 4010; that the bills be 

read a third time and passed en bloc, 

the motions to reconsider be laid upon 

the table en bloc, and any statements 

related to the bills be printed in the 

RECORD. 

The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without 

objection, it is so ordered. 

There being no objection, the Senate 

proceeded to consider the bills. 

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KENNETH PETER ZEBROWSKI 

POST OFFICE BUILDING 

The bill (S. 3625) to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 245 North Main Street in 

New York, New York, as the ‘‘Kenneth 

Peter Zebrowski Post Office Building,’’ 

was ordered to be engrossed for a third 

reading, was read the third time, and 

passed, as follows: 

S. 3625 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in 

Congress assembled, 

SECTION 1. KENNETH PETER ZEBROWSKI POST 

OFFICE BUILDING. 

(a) DESIGNATION.—The facility of the 

United States Postal Service located at 245 

North Main Street in New City, New York, 

shall be known and designated as the ‘‘Kenneth Peter Zebrowski Post Office Building’’. 

(b) REFERENCES.—Any reference in a law, 

map, regulation, document, paper, or other 

record of the United States to the facility referred to in subsection (a) shall be deemed to 

be a reference to the ‘‘Kenneth Peter 

Zebrowski Post Office Building’’. 

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SPENCER BYRD POWERS, JR., 

POST OFFICE 

The bill (S. 3521) to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 95 Dogwood Street in 

Cary, Mississippi, as the ‘‘Spencer Byrd 

Powers, Jr. Post Office,’’ was ordered 

to be engrossed for a third reading, was 

read the third time, and passed, as follows: 

S. 3521 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in 

Congress assembled, 

SECTION 1. SPENCER BYRD POWERS, JR. POST 

OFFICE. 

(a) DESIGNATION.—The facility of the 

United States Postal Service located at 95 

Dogwood Street in Cary, Mississippi, shall be 

known and designated as the ‘‘Spencer Byrd 

Powers, Jr. Post Office’’. 

(b) REFERENCES.—Any reference in a law, 

map, regulation, document, paper, or other 

record of the United States to the facility referred to in subsection (a) shall be deemed to 

be a reference to the ‘‘Spencer Byrd Powers, 

Jr. Post Office’’. 

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MINNIE COX POST OFFICE 

BUILDING 

The bill (H.R. 4010) to designate the 

facility of the United States Postal 

Service located at 100 West Percy 

Street in Indianola, Mississippi, as the 

‘‘Minnie Cox Post Office Building,’’ was 

considered, ordered to a third reading, 

read the third time, and passed. 

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LOUISA SWAIN DAY 

Mr. NELSON of Nebraska. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 

Senate proceed to the immediate consideration of H. Con. Res. 378, which 

was received from the House. 

The PRESIDING OFFICER. The 

clerk will report the concurrent resolution by title. 

The legislative clerk read as follows: 

A concurrent resolution (H. Con. Res. 378) 

expressing support for designation of September 6, 2008, as Louisa Swain Day. 

There being no objection, the Senate 

proceeded to consider the concurrent 

resolution. 


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