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110TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 585 

To require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint and issue coins in commemoration of Native Americans and the important contributions made by 

Indian tribes and individual Native Americans to the development of 

the United States and the history of the United States, and for other 

purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

FEBRUARY 14, 2007 

Mr. DORGAN (for himself, Mr. INHOFE, and Mr. HARKIN) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs 

A BILL 

To require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint and issue 

coins in commemoration of Native Americans and the 

important contributions made by Indian tribes and individual Native Americans to the development of the 

United States and the history of the United States, 

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, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Native American $1 

5 Coin Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. NATIVE AMERICAN $1 COIN PROGRAM. 

2 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 5112 of title 31, United 

3 States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol4 lowing: 

5 ‘‘(r) REDESIGN AND ISSUANCE OF CIRCULATING $1 

6 COINS HONORING NATIVE AMERICANS AND THE IMPOR7 TANT CONTRIBUTIONS MADE BY INDIAN TRIBES AND IN8 DIVIDUAL NATIVE AMERICANS IN UNITED STATES HIS9 TORY.— 

10 ‘‘(1) REDESIGN BEGINNING IN 2009.—Effective 

11 beginning January 1, 2009, notwithstanding sub12 section (d), in addition to the coins to be issued pur13 suant to subsection (n), and in accordance with this 

14 subsection, the Secretary shall mint and issue $1 

15 coins that— 

16 ‘‘(A) have as the designs on the obverse 

17 the so-called ‘Sakakawea design’; and 

18 ‘‘(B) have a design on the reverse selected 

19 in accordance with paragraph (2)(A), subject to 

20 paragraph (3)(A). 

21 ‘‘(2) DESIGN REQUIREMENTS.—The $1 coins 

22 issued in accordance with paragraph (1) shall meet 

23 the following design requirements: 

24 ‘‘(A) COIN REVERSE.—The design on the 

25 reverse shall bear— 


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1 ‘‘(i) images celebrating the important 

2 contributions made by Indian tribes and 

3 individual Native Americans to the devel4 opment of the United States and the his5 tory of the United States; 

6 ‘‘(ii) the inscription ‘$1’ ; and 

7 ‘‘(iii) the inscription ‘United States of 

8 America’. 

9 ‘‘(B) COIN OBVERSE.—The design on the 

10 obverse shall— 

11 ‘‘(i) be chosen by the Secretary, after 

12 consultation with the Commission of Fine 

13 Arts and review by the Citizens Coinage 

14 Advisory Committee; and 

15 ‘‘(ii) contain the so-called ‘Sakakawea 

16 design’ and the inscription ‘Liberty’. 

17 ‘‘(C) EDGE-INCUSED INSCRIPTIONS.— 

18 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The inscription of 

19 the year of minting and issuance of the 

20 coin and the inscriptions ‘E Pluribus 

21 Unum’ and ‘In God We Trust’ shall be 

22 edge-incused into the coin. 

23 ‘‘(ii) PRESERVATION OF DISTINCTIVE

24 EDGE.—The edge-incusing of the inscrip25 tions under clause (i) on coins issued 


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1 under this subsection shall be done in a 

2 manner that preserves the distinctive edge 

3 of the coin so that the denomination of the 

4 coin is readily discernible, including by in5 dividuals who are blind or visually im6 paired. 

7 ‘‘(D) REVERSE DESIGN SELECTION.—The 

8 designs selected for the reverse of the coins de9 scribed under this subsection— 

10 ‘‘(i) shall be chosen by the Secretary 

11 after consultation with the Committee on 

12 Indian Affairs of the Senate, the Congres13 sional Native American Caucus of the 

14 House of Representatives, the Commission 

15 of Fine Arts, and the National Congress of 

16 American Indians; 

17 ‘‘(ii) shall be reviewed by the Citizens 

18 Coinage Advisory Committee; 

19 ‘‘(iii) may depict individuals and 

20 events such as— 

21 ‘‘(I) the creation of Cherokee 

22 written language; 

23 ‘‘(II) the Iroquois Confederacy; 

24 ‘‘(III) Wampanoag Chief 

25 Massasoit; 


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1 ‘‘(IV) the ‘Pueblo Revolt’; 

2 ‘‘(V) Olympian Jim Thorpe; 

3 ‘‘(VI) Ely S. Parker, a general 

4 on the staff of General Ulysses S. 

5 Grant and later head of the Bureau of 

6 Indian Affairs; and 

7 ‘‘(VII) code talkers who served 

8 the United States Armed Forces dur9 ing World War I and World War II; 

10 and 

11 ‘‘(iv) in the case of a design depicting 

12 the contribution of an individual Native 

13 American to the development of the United 

14 States and the history of the United 

15 States, shall not depict the individual in a 

16 size such that the coin could be considered 

17 to be a ‘2-headed’ coin. 

18 ‘‘(3) ISSUANCE OF COINS COMMEMORATING 1

19 NATIVE AMERICAN EVENT DURING EACH YEAR.— 

20 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Each design for the 

21 reverse of the $1 coins issued during each year 

22 shall be emblematic of 1 important Native 

23 American or Native American contribution each 

24 year. 


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1 ‘‘(B) ISSUANCE PERIOD.—Each $1 coin 

2 minted with a design on the reverse in accord3 ance with this subsection for any year shall be 

4 issued during the 1-year period beginning on 

5 January 1 of that year and shall be available 

6 throughout the entire 1-year period. 

7 ‘‘(C) ORDER OF ISSUANCE OF DESIGNS.— 

8 Each coin issued under this subsection com9 memorating Native Americans and their con10 tributions— 

11 ‘‘(i) shall be issued, to the maximum 

12 extent practicable, in the chronological 

13 order in which the Native Americans lived 

14 or the events occurred, until the termi15 nation of the coin program described in 

16 subsection (n); and 

17 ‘‘(ii) thereafter shall be issued in any 

18 order determined to be appropriate by the 

19 Secretary, after consultation with the Com20 mittee on Indian Affairs of the Senate, the 

21 Congressional Native American Caucus of 

22 the House of Representatives, and the Na23 tional Congress of American Indians. 

24 ‘‘(4) ISSUANCE OF NUMISMATIC COINS.—The 

25 Secretary may mint and issue such number of $1 


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1 coins of each design selected under this subsection 

2 in uncirculated and proof qualities as the Secretary 

3 determines to be appropriate. 

4 ‘‘(5) QUANTITY.—The number of $1 coins 

5 minted and issued in a year with the design in ac6 cordance with this subsection shall be not less than 

7 20 percent of the total number of $1 coins minted 

8 and issued in such year under this subsection and 

9 subsection (n).’’. 

10 (b) MARKETING PROGRAM.— 

11 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Treas12 ury shall carry out a cost-effective, continuing cam13 paign to encourage commercial enterprises to accept 

14 and dispense $1 coins that have as designs on the 

15 obverse the so-called ‘‘Sakakawea design’’. 

16 (2) REPORT.—The Secretary of the Treasury 

17 shall submit to Congress an annual report on the 

18 success of the efforts described in paragraph (1). 

19 SEC. 3. TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS. 

20 (a) PRESIDENTIAL $1 COIN PROGRAM.—Section 

21 5112(n) of title 31, United States Code, is amended— 

22 (1) in paragraph (1)— 

23 (A) by striking the paragraph designation 

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1 withstanding subsection (d)’’ and inserting the 

2 following: 

3 ‘‘(1) REDESIGN BEGINNING IN 2007.—Notwith4 standing subsection (d)’’; 

5 (B) by striking subparagraph (B); and 

6 (C) by redesignating clauses (i) and (ii) as 

7 subparagraphs (A) and (B), respectively, and 

8 indenting the subparagraphs appropriately; and 

9 (2) by striking ‘‘Sacagawea-design’’ each place 

10 it appears and inserting ‘‘Sakakawea-design’’. 

11 (b) REMOVAL OF BARRIERS TO CIRCULATION OF $1 

12 COIN.—Section 5112(p) of title 31, United States Code, 

13 is amended in paragraphs (3)(C) and (5) by striking 

14 ‘‘Sacagawea-design’’ each place it appears and inserting 

15 ‘‘Sakakawea-design’’. 

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