IIB 

116TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 1923 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020 

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 

Urban Affairs 

AN ACT 

To amend title 31, United States Code, to require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint and issue certain circulating collectible coins, 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 ‘‘Circulating Collectible 

3 Coin Redesign Act of 2020’’. 

4 SEC. 2. REDESIGNED CIRCULATING COLLECTIBLE COINS. 

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

6 amended by adding at the end the following new sub7 section: 

8 ‘‘(x) REDESIGN AND ISSUANCE OF QUARTER DOL9 LARS EMBLEMATIC OF PROMINENT AMERICAN WOMEN

10 AND COMMEMORATING THE 19TH AMENDMENT.— 

11 ‘‘(1) REDESIGN OF QUARTER DOLLARS BEGIN12 NING IN 2022.— 

13 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Effective beginning 

14 January 1, 2022, notwithstanding the fourth 

15 sentence of subsection (d)(1) and subsection 

16 (d)(2), the Secretary of the Treasury shall issue 

17 quarter dollars that have designs on the reverse 

18 selected in accordance with this subsection 

19 which are emblematic of the accomplishment of 

20 a prominent American woman. 

21 ‘‘(B) FLEXIBILITY WITH REGARD TO

22 PLACEMENT OF INSCRIPTIONS.—Notwith23 standing subsection (d)(1), the Secretary may 

24 select a design for quarter dollars referred to in 

25 subparagraph (A) in which— 


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1 ‘‘(i) the inscription described in the 

2 second sentence of subsection (d)(1) ap3 pears on the reverse side of any such quar4 ter dollar; and 

5 ‘‘(ii) any of the inscriptions described 

6 in the third sentence of subsection (d)(1) 

7 or the designation of the value of the coin 

8 appear on the obverse side of any such 

9 quarter dollar. 

10 ‘‘(C) SINGLE PROMINENT AMERICAN

11 WOMAN ON EACH QUARTER DOLLAR.—The de12 sign on the reverse side of each quarter dollar 

13 issued under this subsection shall be emblem14 atic of the accomplishments and contributions 

15 of one prominent woman of the United States, 

16 and may include contributions to the United 

17 States in a wide spectrum of accomplishments 

18 and fields, including but not limited to suffrage, 

19 civil rights, abolition, government, humanities, 

20 science, space, and arts, and should honor 

21 women from ethnically, racially, and geographi22 cally diverse backgrounds. 

23 ‘‘(D) ISSUANCE OF QUARTER DOLLARS EM24 BLEMATIC OF UP TO FIVE PROMINENT AMER25 ICAN WOMEN EACH YEAR.—The designs for the 


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1 quarter dollars issued during each year of the 

2 period of issuance described under paragraph 

3 (4) shall be emblematic of up to five prominent 

4 American women. 

5 ‘‘(E) SELECTION OF PROMINENT AMER6 ICAN WOMEN GENERALLY.—The selection of a 

7 prominent American woman to be featured 

8 under this subsection shall be made by the Sec9 retary— 

10 ‘‘(i) in accordance with a selection 

11 process developed by the Secretary; 

12 ‘‘(ii) after soliciting recommendations 

13 from the general public for prominent 

14 women designs for quarter dollars; and 

15 ‘‘(iii) in consultation with the Smith16 sonian Institution American Women’s His17 tory Initiative, National Women’s History 

18 Museum, and the Bipartisan Women’s 

19 Caucus. 

20 ‘‘(2) DESIGN GENERALLY.—The coins issued in 

21 accordance with this subsection shall meet the fol22 lowing design requirements— 

23 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—All designs under this 

24 subsection shall be selected by the Secretary, 

25 after consultation with the Commission of Fine 


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1 Arts and review by the Citizens Coinage Advi2 sory Committee. 

3 ‘‘(B) OBVERSE.—The design on the ob4 verse of the quarter dollars shall maintain a 

5 likeness of George Washington, and be designed 

6 in a manner, such as with incused inscriptions, 

7 so as to distinguish it from the obverse design 

8 used during the previous quarters program. 

9 ‘‘(3) ISSUANCE OF COINS.—The Secretary shall 

10 prescribe, on the basis of such factors as the Sec11 retary determines to be appropriate, the number of 

12 new designs during each year of the period of 

13 issuance, and the number of coins which shall be 

14 issued with each of the designs selected for such 

15 year. 

16 ‘‘(4) PERIOD OF ISSUANCE.— 

17 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The program estab18 lished under this subsection shall continue in ef19 fect until the end of 2025. 

20 ‘‘(B) CONTINUITY.—After 2025, the Sec21 retary may continue to issue coins minted dur22 ing the program but not yet issued.’’. 


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1 SEC. 3. ISSUANCE OF REDESIGNED CIRCULATING COINS 

2 EMBLEMATIC OF THE UNITED STATES 

3 SEMIQUINCENTENNIAL. 

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

5 amended by adding at the end the following new sub6 section: 

7 ‘‘(y) REDESIGN AND ISSUANCE OF COINS EMBLEM8 ATIC OF THE UNITED STATES SEMIQUINCENTENNIAL.— 

9 ‘‘(1) REDESIGN BEGINNING IN 2026.— 

10 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.— 

11 ‘‘(i) Notwithstanding the 4th, 5th, 

12 and 6th sentences of subsection (d)(1), the 

13 Secretary may change the design on any of 

14 the coins authorized under this section and 

15 minted for issuance during the one-year 

16 period beginning January 1, 2026, in cele17 bration of the United States 

18 semiquincentennial. 

19 ‘‘(ii) Notwithstanding the 2nd and 

20 3rd sentences of subsection (d)(1), the Sec21 retary may place the required inscriptions 

22 on either the obverse or reverse sides of 

23 the coins authorized for redesign under 

24 this subsection. 

25 ‘‘(B) QUARTER DOLLARS.—The Secretary 

26 may issue quarter dollars in 2026 with up to 


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1 five different designs emblematic of the United 

2 States semiquincentennial. One of the quarter 

3 dollar designs must be emblematic of a woman’s 

4 or women’s contribution to the birth of the Na5 tion or the Declaration of Independence or any 

6 other monumental moments in American His7 tory. 

8 ‘‘(C) DOLLARS.—The Secretary may, in 

9 addition to the coins produced under sub10 sections (r) and (w), mint for issuance during 

11 the one-year period beginning January 1, 2026, 

12 $1 dollar coins with designs emblematic of the 

13 United States semiquincentennial. 

14 ‘‘(D) DESIGNS AFTER END OF THE PRO15 GRAM.—Beginning in 2027, any coin redesigned 

16 under this subsection shall revert to the imme17 diately previous designs, with the exception of 

18 the quarter dollar and the half dollar, which 

19 shall bear designs in accordance with subsection 

20 (z). 

21 ‘‘(E) REDESIGN DEFINITION.—A redesign 

22 authorized under this subsection shall not con23 stitute a ‘change’ for purposes of subsection 

24 (d)(2). 

25 ‘‘(2) SELECTION OF DESIGNS.— 


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1 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Each of the designs 

2 authorized under this subsection shall be se3 lected by the Secretary after consultation with 

4 Commission of Fine Arts and review by the 

5 Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee. 

6 ‘‘(B) DESIGN SELECTION PROCESS.—De7 signs shall be developed and selected in accord8 ance with the design selection process developed 

9 by the Secretary in consultation with the 

10 United States Semiquincentennial Commission 

11 and with recommendations from the general 

12 public.’’. 

13 SEC. 4. ISSUANCE OF REDESIGNED QUARTER DOLLARS 

14 AND HALF DOLLARS EMBLEMATIC OF 

15 SPORTS PLAYED BY AMERICAN YOUTH. 

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

17 amended by adding at the end the following new sub18 section: 

19 ‘‘(z) REDESIGN AND ISSUANCE OF QUARTER DOL20 LARS AND HALF DOLLARS EMBLEMATIC OF SPORTS

21 PLAYED BY AMERICAN YOUTH.— 

22 ‘‘(1) REDESIGN OF QUARTER DOLLARS BEGIN23 NING IN 2027.— 

24 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Effective beginning 

25 January 1, 2027, notwithstanding the fourth 


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1 sentence of subsection (d)(1) and subsection 

2 (d)(2), the Secretary shall issue quarter dollars 

3 that have designs on the reverse selected in ac4 cordance with this subsection which are em5 blematic of sports played by American youth. 

6 ‘‘(B) FLEXIBILITY WITH REGARD TO

7 PLACEMENT OF INSCRIPTIONS.—Notwith8 standing subsection (d)(1), the Secretary may 

9 select a design for quarter dollars referred to in 

10 subparagraph (A) in which— 

11 ‘‘(i) the inscription described in the 

12 second sentence of subsection (d)(1) ap13 pears on the reverse side of any such quar14 ter dollars; and 

15 ‘‘(ii) any of the inscriptions described 

16 in the third sentence of subsection (d)(1) 

17 or the designation of the value of the coin 

18 appear on the obverse side of any such 

19 quarter dollars. 

20 ‘‘(C) SINGLE SPORT ON EACH QUARTER

21 DOLLAR.—The design on the reverse side of 

22 each quarter dollar issued under this subsection 

23 shall be emblematic of one sport played by 

24 American youth. 


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1 ‘‘(D) ISSUANCE OF QUARTER DOLLARS EM2 BLEMATIC OF UP TO FIVE SPORTS EACH

3 YEAR.—The designs for the quarter dollars 

4 issued during each year of the period referred 

5 to in paragraph (5) shall be emblematic of up 

6 to five sports. 

7 ‘‘(E) SELECTION OF SPORTS GEN8 ERALLY.—The Secretary shall select the sports 

9 to be honored during each year of the period re10 ferred to in paragraph (5) after appropriate 

11 outreach and consultation with the public. 

12 ‘‘(2) REDESIGN OF HALF DOLLARS BEGINNING

13 IN 2027.— 

14 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Effective January 1, 

15 2027, notwithstanding the fourth sentence of 

16 subsection (d)(1) and subsection (d)(2), the 

17 Secretary shall issue half dollars that have de18 signs on the reverse selected in accordance with 

19 this subsection which are emblematic of a sport 

20 tailored to athletes with a range of disabilities, 

21 including physical impairment, vision impair22 ment and intellectual impairment (referred to in 

23 this Act as a ‘Paralympic’ sport). 

24 ‘‘(B) FLEXIBILITY WITH REGARD TO

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1 standing subsection (d)(1), the Secretary may 

2 select a design for half dollars referred to in 

3 subparagraph (A) in which— 

4 ‘‘(i) the inscription described in the 

5 second sentence of subsection (d)(1) ap6 pears on the reverse side of any such half 

7 dollars; and 

8 ‘‘(ii) any of the inscriptions described 

9 in the third sentence of subsection (d)(1) 

10 or the designation of the value of the coin 

11 appear on the obverse side of any such half 

12 dollars. 

13 ‘‘(C) SINGLE PARALYMPIC SPORT ON EACH

14 HALF DOLLAR.—The design on the reverse side 

15 of each half dollar issued under this subsection 

16 shall be emblematic of one Paralympic sport. 

17 ‘‘(D) SELECTION OF SPORTS.—The selec18 tion of a Paralympic sport to be honored with 

19 a half dollar under this subsection shall be 

20 made by the Secretary after consultation with 

21 U.S. Paralympics. 

22 ‘‘(3) DESIGN GENERALLY.—The coins issued in 

23 accordance with this subsection shall meet the fol24 lowing design requirements: 


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1 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—All designs under this 

2 subsection shall be selected by the Secretary, 

3 after consultation with the Commission of Fine 

4 Arts and review by the Citizens Coinage Advi5 sory Committee. 

6 ‘‘(B) QUARTER DOLLAR OBVERSE.—The 

7 design on the obverse of the quarter dollars 

8 shall maintain a likeness of George Washington, 

9 and be designed in a manner so as to distin10 guish it from the obverse design used during 

11 the previous quarter dollars program. 

12 ‘‘(C) HALF DOLLAR OBVERSE.—The de13 sign on the obverse of the half dollar shall 

14 maintain a likeness of John Kennedy, and be 

15 designed in a manner so as to distinguish it 

16 from the obverse design used on the current 

17 half dollar. 

18 ‘‘(4) ISSUANCE OF COINS.— 

19 ‘‘(A) QUARTER DOLLAR.—The quarter dol20 lar coins bearing designs under this subsection 

21 shall be issued at the rate of up to 5 new de22 signs during each year of the period of issuance 

23 described under paragraph (5). 

24 ‘‘(B) HALF DOLLAR.—The half dollar 

25 coins bearing designs under this subsection 


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1 shall be issued at the rate of 1 new design dur2 ing each year of the period of issuance de3 scribed under paragraph (5). 

4 ‘‘(5) PERIOD OF ISSUANCE.— 

5 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The program estab6 lished under this subsection shall continue in ef7 fect until the end of 2030. 

8 ‘‘(B) CONTINUITY.—After the date speci9 fied in subparagraph (A), the Secretary may 

10 continue to issue coins minted during the pro11 gram but not yet issued. 

12 ‘‘(6) ACCOMPANYING SPORTS MEDALS.—For 

13 every design of a coin honoring a sport issued under 

14 this subsection, the Secretary is authorized to design 

15 and issue one or more accompanying medals with 

16 designs emblematic of the sport honored with the 

17 issuance of the coin, and include a surcharge on the 

18 sale the medals sold in accordance with this para19 graph, in an amount determined by the Secretary, in 

20 the Secretary’s sole discretion, that may be used for 

21 the design and manufacture of the medals described 

22 in paragraph (7). 

23 ‘‘(7) OLYMPIC MEDALS.— 

24 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary is au25 thorized to design and manufacture medals for 


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1 award at the 2028 Olympic Games in Los An2 geles, California. 

3 ‘‘(B) WORKING STOCK.—The Secretary 

4 may use Treasury working gold and silver stock 

5 in the manufacture of the award medals pro6 duced under this subsection. 

7 ‘‘(C) OLYMPIC & PARALYMPIC COMMIT8 TEES.—The Secretary may provide the medals 

9 described in this paragraph to the United 

10 States Olympic & Paralympic Committee under 

11 terms and conditions established by the Sec12 retary. 

13 ‘‘(D) COOPERATIVE MARKETING AND PRO14 MOTION OPPORTUNITIES.—The Secretary is en15 couraged to seek out cooperative marketing and 

16 promotion opportunities, including with the 

17 United States Olympic & Paralympic Com18 mittee, LA28, and United States Olympic and 

19 Paralympic Properties to promote the coins and 

20 medals produced under this section. 

21 ‘‘(8) DESIGNS AFTER END OF PROGRAM.— 

22 Upon the completion or termination of the coin pro23 gram under this subsection, the designs on the quar24 ter dollar and half dollar shall be as follows: 

25 ‘‘(A) QUARTER DOLLAR.— 


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1 ‘‘(i) OBVERSE.—The obverse of the 

2 quarter dollar shall bear a design con3 taining a likeness of George Washington. 

4 ‘‘(ii) REVERSE.—The reverse of the 

5 quarter dollar shall be of a design selected 

6 by the Secretary after consultation with 

7 the Commission of Fine Arts and review 

8 by the Citizens Coinage Advisory Com9 mittee. 

10 ‘‘(B) HALF DOLLAR.— 

11 ‘‘(i) OBVERSE.—The obverse of the 

12 half dollar shall bear a design containing a 

13 likeness of John Kennedy. 

14 ‘‘(ii) REVERSE.—The reverse of the 

15 half dollar shall be of a design selected by 

16 the Secretary after consultation with the 

17 Commission of Fine Arts and review by 

18 the Citizens Coinage Advisory Com19 mittee.’’. 

20 SEC. 5. SILVER BULLION COINS. 

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

22 amended by replacing subsection (u) with the following re23 vised subsection: 

24 ‘‘(u) SILVER BULLION INVESTMENT PRODUCT.— 


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1 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary is authorized 

2 to strike and make available for sale such number 

3 of bullion coins as the Secretary determines to be 

4 appropriate that feature the designs of the quarter 

5 dollars and half dollars issued under subsections (x), 

6 (y), and (z), that— 

7 ‘‘(A) have a diameter of 3.0 inches and 

8 weigh 5.0 ounces; 

9 ‘‘(B) contain .999 fine silver; 

10 ‘‘(C) have incused into the edge the 

11 fineness and weight of the bullion coin; and 

12 ‘‘(D) bear an inscription of the denomina13 tion of such coins, such denominations to be de14 termined by the Secretary as the Secretary de15 termines to be appropriate. 

16 ‘‘(2) FRACTIONALS.—The Secretary is author17 ized to mint and issue so-called ‘fractional’ silver 

18 bullion coins bearing the designs of the quarter dol19 lars and half dollars issued under subsections (x), 

20 (y), and (z) in sizes, weights, fineness, and denomi21 nations, and with inscriptions, that the Secretary de22 termines to be appropriate. 

23 ‘‘(3) AVAILABILITY FOR SALE.—Should the 

24 Secretary exercise the Secretary’s discretion to strike 

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1 minted under paragraph (1) shall become available 

2 for sale no sooner than the first day of the calendar 

3 year in which the corresponding circulating quarter 

4 dollar or half dollar is issued. 

5 ‘‘(4) CONTINUITY.—Until the conclusion of the 

6 quarter dollar program authorized under subsection 

7 (t), the Secretary shall strike and make available for 

8 sale such number of bullion coins as the Secretary 

9 determines to be appropriate that are likenesses of 

10 the quarter dollars issued under subsection (t).’’. 

11 SEC. 6. CIRCULATING COLLECTIBLE STANDARDS AND GEN12 ERAL PROVISIONS. 

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

14 amended by adding at the end the following new sub15 section: 

16 ‘‘(aa) STANDARDS AND GENERAL PROVISIONS FOR

17 CIRCULATING COLLECTIBLE COINS UNDER SUBSECTIONS

18 (X), (Y), AND (Z).— 

19 ‘‘(1) PROHIBITION ON CERTAIN REPRESENTA20 TIONS.—No head and shoulders portrait or bust of 

21 any person, living or dead, and no portrait of a liv22 ing person may be included in the design on the re23 verse of any coin under subsections (x), (y), and (z). 

24 ‘‘(2) TREATMENT AS NUMISMATIC ITEMS.—For 

25 purposes of sections 5134 and 5136, all coins and 


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1 medals minted under subsections (x), (y), and (z) 

2 shall be considered to be numismatic items. 

3 ‘‘(3) ISSUANCE.— 

4 ‘‘(A) QUALITY OF COINS.—The Secretary 

5 may mint and issue such number of coins of 

6 each design selected under subsections (x), (y), 

7 and (z) in uncirculated and proof qualities as 

8 the Secretary determines to be appropriate. 

9 ‘‘(B) COORDINATION.—The Board of Gov10 ernors of the Federal Reserve System and the 

11 Secretary shall take steps to ensure that an 

12 adequate supply of coins produced under sub13 sections (x), (y), and (z) are available for com14 merce and collectors at such places and in such 

15 quantities as are appropriate. 

16 ‘‘(C) NUMBER OF EACH COIN DESIGNS IN

17 EACH YEAR.—Of the coins issued during each 

18 year of the period of issuance under subsections 

19 (x), (y), and (z), the Secretary shall prescribe, 

20 on the basis of such factors as the Secretary de21 termines to be appropriate, the number of coins 

22 which shall be issued with each of the designs 

23 selected for such year. 

24 ‘‘(D) SPECIAL INSCRIPTIONS OR SYMBOL

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1 aged to develop and include on any coin issued 

2 in accordance with subsections (x), (y), or (z), 

3 a unifying inscription, privy mark, or other 

4 symbol for that particular coin program. 

5 ‘‘(4) LEGAL TENDER.—The coins minted under 

6 subsections (x), (y), and (z) shall be legal tender, as 

7 provided in section 5103. 

8 ‘‘(5) MARKETING AND EDUCATIONAL CAM9 PAIGN.—In an effort to advance the collecting of the 

10 coins and medals authorized under subsections (x), 

11 (y), and (z), and numismatics in general, the Sec12 retary may develop and execute a marketing, adver13 tising, promotional, and educational program to pro14 mote the collecting of the coins and medals author15 ized under subsections (x), (y), and (z). As part of 

16 this program, the Secretary is encouraged to seek 

17 out appropriate cooperative marketing opportunities, 

18 and to develop ancillary derivative products beyond 

19 traditional numismatic products such as sports, 

20 women, and youth oriented products appropriate to 

21 the particular coin and medal program. 

22 ‘‘(6) QUALITY OF MEDALS.—It is the sense of 

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1 and cost effective, with surface treatments such as 

2 frosting and colorization.’’. 

3 SEC. 7. DETERMINATION OF BUDGETARY EFFECTS. 

4 The budgetary effects of this Act, for the purpose of 

5 complying with the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010, 

6 shall be determined by reference to the latest statement 

7 titled ‘‘Budgetary Effects of PAYGO Legislation’’ for this 

8 Act, submitted for printing in the Congressional Record 

9 by the Chairman of the House Budget Committee, pro10 vided that such statement has been submitted prior to the 

11 vote on passage. 

Passed the House of Representatives September 22, 

2020. 

Attest: CHERYL L. JOHNSON, 

Clerk. 


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