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108TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 2602 

To provide for a circulating quarter dollar coin program to honor the District 

of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, 

the United States Virgin Islands, and the Commonwealth of the Northern 

Mariana Islands, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JUNE 24, 2004 

Mr. DODD (for himself and Mr. BENNETT) introduced the following bill; which 

was read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 

Urban Affairs 

A BILL 

To provide for a circulating quarter dollar coin program 

to honor the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth 

of Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the United 

States Virgin Islands, and the Commonwealth of the 

Northern Mariana Islands, 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 ‘‘District of Columbia 

5 and United States Territories Circulating Quarter Dollar 

6 Program Act’’. 
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1 SEC. 2. ISSUANCE OF REDESIGNED QUARTER DOLLARS 

2 HONORING THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA AND 

3 EACH OF THE TERRITORIES. 

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

5 amended by inserting after subsection (m) the following 

6 new subsection: 

7 ‘‘(n) REDESIGN AND ISSUANCE OF CIRCULATING

8 QUARTER DOLLAR HONORING THE DISTRICT OF COLUM9 BIA AND EACH OF THE TERRITORIES.— 

10 ‘‘(1) REDESIGN IN 2009.— 

11 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding the 

12 fourth sentence of subsection (d)(1) and sub13 section (d)(2) and subject to paragraph (6)(B), 

14 quarter dollar coins issued during 2009 shall 

15 have designs on the reverse side selected in ac16 cordance with this subsection which are em17 blematic of the District of Columbia and the 

18 territories. 

19 ‘‘(B) FLEXIBILITY WITH REGARD TO

20 PLACEMENT OF INSCRIPTIONS.—Notwith21 standing subsection (d)(1), the Secretary may 

22 select a design for quarter dollars issued during 

23 2009 in which— 

24 ‘‘(i) the inscription described in the 

25 second sentence of subsection (d)(1) ap-
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1 pears on the reverse side of any such quar2 ter dollars; and 

3 ‘‘(ii) any inscription described in the 

4 third sentence of subsection (d)(1) or the 

5 designation of the value of the coin ap6 pears on the obverse side of any such quar7 ter dollars. 

8 ‘‘(2) SINGLE DISTRICT OR TERRITORY DE9 SIGN.—The design on the reverse side of each quar10 ter dollar issued during 2009 shall be emblematic of 

11 one of the following: The District of Columbia, the 

12 Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, American 

13 Samoa, the United States Virgin Islands, and the 

14 Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. 

15 ‘‘(3) SELECTION OF DESIGN.— 

16 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Each of the 6 designs 

17 required under this subsection for quarter dol18 lars shall be— 

19 ‘‘(i) selected by the Secretary after 

20 consultation with— 

21 ‘‘(I) the chief executive of the 

22 District of Columbia or the territory 

23 being honored, or such other officials 

24 or group as the chief executive officer 

25 of the District of Columbia or the ter-
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1 ritory may designate for such purpose; 

2 and 

3 ‘‘(II) the Commission of Fine 

4 Arts; and 

5 ‘‘(ii) reviewed by the Citizens Coinage 

6 Advisory Committee. 

7 ‘‘(B) SELECTION AND APPROVAL PROC8 ESS.—Designs for quarter dollars may be sub9 mitted in accordance with the design selection 

10 and approval process developed by the Sec11 retary in the sole discretion of the Secretary. 

12 ‘‘(C) PARTICIPATION.—The Secretary may 

13 include participation by District of Columbia or 

14 territorial officials, artists from the District of 

15 Columbia or the territory, engravers of the 

16 United States Mint, and members of the gen17 eral public. 

18 ‘‘(D) STANDARDS.—Because it is impor19 tant that the Nation’s coinage and currency 

20 bear dignified designs of which the citizens of 

21 the United States can be proud, the Secretary 

22 shall not select any frivolous or inappropriate 

23 design for any quarter dollar minted under this 

24 subsection. 
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1 ‘‘(E) PROHIBITION ON CERTAIN REP2 RESENTATIONS.—No head and shoulders por3 trait or bust of any person, living or dead, and 

4 no portrait of a living person may be included 

5 in the design of any quarter dollar under this 

6 subsection. 

7 ‘‘(4) TREATMENT AS NUMISMATIC ITEMS.—For 

8 purposes of sections 5134 and 5136, all coins mint9 ed under this subsection shall be considered to be 

10 numismatic items. 

11 ‘‘(5) ISSUANCE.— 

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

13 may mint and issue such number of quarter 

14 dollars of each design selected under paragraph 

15 (4) in uncirculated and proof qualities as the 

16 Secretary determines to be appropriate. 

17 ‘‘(B) SILVER COINS.—Notwithstanding 

18 subsection (b), the Secretary may mint and 

19 issue such number of quarter dollars of each 

20 design selected under paragraph (4) as the Sec21 retary determines to be appropriate, with a con22 tent of 90 percent silver and 10 percent copper. 

23 ‘‘(C) TIMING AND ORDER OF ISSUANCE.— 

24 Coins minted under this subsection honoring 

25 the District of Columbia and each of the terri-
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1 tories shall be issued in equal sequential inter2 vals during 2009 in the following order: the 

3 District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of 

4 Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the 

5 United States Virgin Islands, and the Common6 wealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. 

7 ‘‘(6) OTHER PROVISIONS.— 

8 ‘‘(A) APPLICATION IN EVENT OF ADMIS9 SION AS A STATE.—If the District of Columbia 

10 or any territory becomes a State before the end 

11 of the 10-year period referred to in subsection 

12 (l)(1), subsection (l)(7) shall apply, and this 

13 subsection shall not apply, with respect to such 

14 State. 

15 ‘‘(B) APPLICATION IN EVENT OF INDE16 PENDENCE.—If any territory becomes inde17 pendent or otherwise ceases to be a territory or 

18 possession of the United States before quarter 

19 dollars bearing designs which are emblematic of 

20 such territory are minted pursuant to this sub21 section, this subsection shall cease to apply with 

22 respect to such territory. 

23 ‘‘(7) TERRITORY DEFINED.—For purposes of 

24 this subsection, the term ‘territory’ means the Com25 monwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, 
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1 the United States Virgin Islands, and the Common2 wealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.’’. 

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