In the Senate of the United States, 

June 20, 2018. 

Resolved, That the bill from the House of Representatives (H.R. 770) entitled ‘‘An Act to require the Secretary of 

the Treasury to mint coins in recognition of American innovation and significant innovation and pioneering efforts of individuals or groups from each of the 50 States, the District 

of Columbia, and the United States territories, to promote 

the importance of innovation in the United States, the District of Columbia, and the United States territories, and for 

other purposes.’’, do pass with the following 

AMENDMENT: 

Beginning on page 6, strike line 8 and all that follows through page 8, line 5, and insert the following: 

1 ‘‘(A) ORDER OF ISSUANCE.— 

2 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The coins issued 

3 under this subsection commemorating either 

4 an innovation, an individual innovator, or 

5 a group of innovators, from each State, the 
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1 District of Columbia, or a territory shall be 

2 issued in the following order: 

3 ‘‘(I) STATE.—With respect to each 

4 State, the coins shall be issued in the 

5 order in which the States ratified the 

6 Constitution of the United States or 

7 were admitted into the Union, as the 

8 case may be. 

9 ‘‘(II) DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA AND

10 TERRITORIES.—After all coins are 

11 issued under subclause (I), the coins 

12 shall be issued for the District of Co13 lumbia and the territories in the fol14 lowing order: the District of Columbia, 

15 the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, 

16 Guam, American Samoa, the United 

17 States Virgin Islands, and the Com18 monwealth of the Northern Mariana 

19 Islands. 

20 ‘‘(ii) APPLICATION IN EVENT OF THE

21 ADMISSION OF ADDITIONAL STATES.—Not22 withstanding clause (i), if any additional 

23 State is admitted into the Union before the 

24 end of the 14-year period referred to in 

25 paragraph (1), the Secretary of the Treas-
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1 ury may issue a $1 coin with respect to the 

2 additional State in accordance with clause 

3 (i)(I). 

4 ‘‘(iii) APPLICATION IN THE EVENT OF

5 INDEPENDENCE OR ADDING OF A TERRI6 TORY.—Notwithstanding clause (i)— 

7 ‘‘(I) if any territory becomes inde8 pendent or otherwise ceases to be a ter9 ritory of the United States before $1 

10 coins are minted pursuant to this sub11 section, the subsection shall cease to 

12 apply with respect to such territory; 

13 and 

14 ‘‘(II) if any new territory is 

15 added to the United States, $1 coins 

16 shall be issued for such territories in 

17 the order in which the new the terri18 tories are added, beginning after the $1 

19 coin is issued for the Commonwealth of 

20 the Northern Mariana Islands. 

21 ‘‘(B) ISSUANCE OF COINS COMMEMORATING

22 FOUR INNOVATIONS OR INNOVATORS DURING

23 EACH OF 14 YEARS.— 

24 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Four $1 coin de25 signs as described in this subsection shall be 
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1 issued during each year of the period re2 ferred to in paragraph (1) until 1 coin fea3 turing 1 innovation, an individual inno4 vator, or a group of innovators, from each 

5 of the States, the District of Columbia, and 

6 territories has been issued. 

7 ‘‘(ii) NUMBER OF COINS OF EACH DE8 SIGN.—The Secretary shall prescribe, on the 

9 basis of such factors as the Secretary deter10 mines to be appropriate, the number of $1 

11 coins that shall be issued with each of the 

12 designs selected for each year of the period 

13 referred to in paragraph (1). 

Attest: 

Secretary. 

115TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H.R. 770 

AMENDMENT