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109TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1433 

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

of Associate Justice Thurgood Marshall. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 17, 2005 

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

Committee on Financial Services 

A BILL 

To require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins 

in commemoration of Associate Justice Thurgood Marshall. 

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 ‘‘Thurgood Marshall 

5 Commemorative Coin Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. COIN SPECIFICATIONS. 

7 (a) $1 SILVER COINS.—The Secretary of the Treas8 ury (hereafter in this Act referred to as the ‘‘Secretary’’) 

9 shall mint and issue not more than 500,000 $1 coins, 

10 which shall— 
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1 (1) weigh 26.73 grams; 

2 (2) have a diameter of 1.500 inches; and 

3 (3) contain 90 percent silver and 10 percent 

4 copper. 

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

6 Act shall be legal tender, as provided in section 5103 of 

7 title 31, United States Code. 

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

9 5134 of title 31, United States Code, all coins minted 

10 under this Act shall be considered to be numismatic items. 

11 SEC. 3. DESIGN OF COINS. 

12 (a) DESIGN REQUIREMENTS.— 

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

14 minted under this Act shall be emblematic of the 

15 tenure of Associate Justice Thurgood Marshall on 

16 the Supreme Court of the United States. 

17 (2) DESIGNATION AND INSCRIPTIONS.—On 

18 each coin minted under this Act there shall be— 

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

20 (B) an inscription of the year in which the 

21 coin is first issued; and 

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

23 ‘‘In God We Trust’’, ‘‘United States of Amer24 ica’’, and ‘‘E Pluribus Unum’’. 
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1 (b) SELECTION.—The design for the coins minted 

2 under this Act shall be— 

3 (1) selected by the Secretary after consultation 

4 with the Supreme Court Historical Society, the fam5 ily of the late Thurgood Marshall, and the Commis6 sion of Fine Arts; and 

7 (2) reviewed by the Citizens Coinage Advisory 

8 Committee. 

9 SEC. 4. ISSUANCE OF COINS. 

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

11 Act shall be issued in uncirculated and proof qualities. 

12 (b) MINT FACILITY.—Only 1 facility of the United 

13 States Mint may be used to strike any particular quality 

14 of the coins minted under this Act. 

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

16 issue coins minted under this Act only during the 1-year 

17 period beginning 90 days after the enactment of this Act. 

18 SEC. 5. SALE OF COINS. 

19 (a) SALE PRICE.—The coins issued under this Act 

20 shall be sold by the Secretary at a price equal to the sum 

21 of— 

22 (1) the face value of the coins; 

23 (2) the surcharge provided in section 6(a) with 

24 respect to such coins; and 
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1 (3) the cost of designing and issuing the coins 

2 (including labor, materials, dies, use of machinery, 

3 overhead expenses, marketing, and shipping). 

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

5 sales of the coins issued under this Act at a reasonable 

6 discount. 

7 (c) PREPAID ORDERS.— 

8 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall accept 

9 prepaid orders for the coins minted under this Act 

10 before the issuance of such coins. 

11 (2) DISCOUNT.—Sale prices with respect to pre12 paid orders under paragraph (1) shall be at a rea13 sonable discount. 

14 SEC. 6. SURCHARGES. 

15 (a) IN GENERAL.—All sales of coins issued under this 

16 Act shall include a surcharge of $10 per coin. 

17 (b) DISTRIBUTION.—Subject to section 5134(f)(1), 

18 title 31, United States Code, all surcharges received by 

19 the Secretary from the sale of coins issued under this Act 

20 shall be promptly paid by the Secretary to the Historical 

21 Preservation Committee of the Supreme Court Historical 

22 Society for the purpose of collecting and preserving the 

23 physical history of the Supreme Court, including— 

24 (1) research on the history of the entire judicial 

25 branch of the Federal Government; 
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1 (2) the acquisition of objects and documents re2 lating to the events associated with the Supreme 

3 Court of the United States in the course of the 

4 Court’s history; and 

5 (3) the acquisition and preservation of docu6 ments, portraits, and period furnishings of historical 

7 significance affecting the history of the Supreme 

8 Court for the inspiration and benefit of the people 

9 of the United States. 

10 (c) AUDITS.—The Comptroller General of the United 

11 States shall have the right to examine such books, records, 

12 documents, and other data of the Supreme Court Histor13 ical Society as may be related to the expenditures of 

14 amounts paid under subsection (b). 

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