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105TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 864

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

of the centennial of the birth of Marian Anderson, to redesign the

half dollar circulating coin for 1997 to commemorate Marian Anderson,

and for other purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

FEBRUARY 27, 1997

Mr. BROWN of California (for himself, Mr. WATTS of Oklahoma, Mr.

MALONEY of Connecticut, Ms. NORTON, Mr. FROST, Ms. JACKSON-LEE

of Texas, Mr. FATTAH, Mr. SANDERS, Mr. FILNER, Mr. CONYERS, Mr.

BERMAN, Mr. FOGLIETTA, Mr. DELLUMS, and Ms. SLAUGHTER) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Banking

and Financial Services

A BILL

To require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins

in commemoration of the centennial of the birth of Marian Anderson, to redesign the half dollar circulating coin

for 1997 to commemorate Marian Anderson, 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 ‘‘Marian Anderson Cen5 tennial Commemorative Coin Act’’.
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1 SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

2 The Congress finds that—

3 (1) Marian Anderson, one of the world’s great4 est singers, a champion for civil rights, and a leader

5 in the advancement of global peace, was born on

6 February 27, 1897, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania;

7 (2) Marian Anderson, a master of repertoire ac8 tress operatic, recital, and American traditional

9 genres, played a vital role in the acceptance of Afri10 can-American musicians in the classical music world;

11 (3) in 1963, Marian Anderson was given a

12 Presidential Medal of Freedom;

13 (4) in 1974, Congress passed a resolution to

14 have a special gold medal minted in her name;

15 (5) in 1977, Marian Anderson, who was an al16 ternate delegate to the United Nations, received the

17 U.N. Peace Prize;

18 (6) in 1986, Marian Anderson was awarded the

19 National Arts Medal; and

20 (7) 1997 will mark the centennial of the birth

21 of Marian Anderson.

22 TITLE I—COMMEMORATIVE

23 COINS

24 SEC. 101. COIN SPECIFICATIONS.

25 (a) DENOMINATIONS.—In commemoration of the cen26 tennial of the birth of Marian Anderson, the Secretary of
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1 the Treasury (hereafter in this Act referred to as the ‘‘Sec2 retary’’) shall mint and issue—

3 (1) not more than 350,000 $1 coins, each of

4 which shall—

5 (A) weigh 26.73 grams;

6 (B) have a diameter of 1.500 inches; and

7 (C) contain 90 percent silver and 10 per8 cent copper; and

9 (2) not more than 350,000 half dollar coins,

10 each of which shall—

11 (A) weigh 12.50 grams;

12 (B) have a diameter of 1.205 inches; and

13 (C) contain 90 percent silver and 10 per14 cent copper.

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

16 title shall be legal tender, as provided in section 5103 of

17 title 31, United States Code.

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

19 5134 of title 31, United States Code, all coins minted

20 under this title shall be considered to be numismatic items.

21 SEC. 102. SOURCES OF BULLION.

22 The Secretary shall obtain silver for minting coins

23 under this title only from stockpiles established under the

24 Strategic and Critical Materials Stock Piling Act.
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1 SEC. 103. DESIGN OF COINS.

2 (a) DESIGN REQUIREMENTS.—

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

4 minted under this title shall be emblematic of the

5 many accomplishments of Marian Anderson through6 out her prolific life.

7 (2) DESIGNATION AND INSCRIPTIONS.—On

8 each coin minted under this title there shall be—

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

10 (B) an inscription of the years ‘‘1897–

11 1997’’; and

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

13 ‘‘In God We Trust’’, ‘‘United States of Amer14 ica’’, and ‘‘E Pluribus Unum’’.

15 (3) OBVERSE OF COIN.—The obverse of each

16 coin minted under this title shall bear the likeness

17 of Marian Anderson.

18 (b) DESIGN COMPETITION.—Before the end of the 3-

19 month period beginning on the date of enactment of this

20 Act, the Secretary shall conduct an open design competi21 tion for the design of the obverse and the reverse of the

22 coins minted under this title.

23 (c) SELECTION.—The design for the coins minted

24 under this title shall be—

25 (1) selected by the Secretary after consultation

26 with the Commission of Fine Arts; and
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1 (2) reviewed by the Citizens Commemorative

2 Coin Advisory Committee.

3 SEC. 104. ISSUANCE OF COINS.

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

5 title shall be issued in uncirculated and proof qualities.

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

7 States Mint may be used to strike any particular quality

8 of the coins minted under this title.

9 (c) COMMENCEMENT OF ISSUANCE.—The Secretary

10 may issue coins minted under this title beginning on and

11 after the date of enactment of this Act.

12 (d) TERMINATION OF MINTING AUTHORITY.—No

13 coins may be minted under this title after July 31, 1998.

14 SEC. 105. SALE OF COINS.

15 (a) SALE PRICE.—The coins issued under this title

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

17 of—

18 (1) the face value of the coins;

19 (2) the surcharge provided in subsection (d)

20 with respect to such coins; and

21 (3) the cost of designing and issuing the coins

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

23 overhead expenses, marketing, and shipping).
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1 (b) BULK SALES.—The Secretary shall make bulk

2 sales of the coins issued under this title at a reasonable

3 discount.

4 (c) PREPAID ORDERS.—

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

6 prepaid orders for the coins minted under this title

7 before the issuance of such coins.

8 (2) DISCOUNT.—Sale prices with respect to pre9 paid orders under paragraph (1) shall be at a rea10 sonable discount.

11 (d) SURCHARGES.—All sales of coins minted under

12 this title shall include a surcharge of—

13 (1) $14 per coin for the $1 coin; and

14 (2) $7 per coin for the half dollar coin.

15 SEC. 106. GENERAL WAIVER OF PROCUREMENT

16 REGULATIONS.

17 (a) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in subsection

18 (b), no provision of law governing procurement or public

19 contracts shall be applicable to the procurement of goods

20 and services necessary for carrying out this title.

21 (b) EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY.—Sub22 section (a) shall not relieve any person entering into a con23 tract under the authority of this title from complying with

24 any law relating to equal employment opportunity.
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1 SEC. 107. DISTRIBUTION OF SURCHARGES.

2 (a) IN GENERAL.—Subject to section 5134(f) of title

3 31, United States Code, the first $2,000,000 of the sur4 charges received by the Secretary from the sale of coins

5 issued under this title shall be promptly paid by the Sec6 retary as follows:

7 (1) SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION.—50 percent to

8 the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institu9 tion, for exhibits on African-American art, history,

10 and culture.

11 (2) CORPORATION FOR PUBLIC BROADCAST12 ING.—50 percent to the Public Broadcasting Fund

13 established under section 396(k) of the Communica14 tions Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 396(k)), for edu15 cational programs on African-American art, history,

16 and culture and on the life of Marian Anderson.

17 (b) EXCESS PAYABLE TO THE NATIONAL NUMIS18 MATIC COLLECTION.—After payment of the amounts re19 quired under subsection (a), the Secretary shall pay the

20 remaining surcharges to the National Museum of Amer21 ican History in Washington, D.C., for the support of the

22 National Numismatic Collection at the museum.

23 (c) AUDITS.—Each organization that receives any

24 payment from the Secretary under this section shall be

25 subject to the audit requirements of section 5134(f)(2) of

26 title 31, United States Code.
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1 SEC. 108. FINANCIAL ASSURANCES.

2 (a) NO NET COST TO THE GOVERNMENT.—The Sec3 retary shall take such actions as may be necessary to en4 sure that minting and issuing coins under this title will

5 not result in any net cost to the United States Govern6 ment.

7 (b) PAYMENT FOR COINS.—A coin shall not be issued

8 under this title unless the Secretary has received—

9 (1) full payment for the coin;

10 (2) security satisfactory to the Secretary to in11 demnify the United States for full payment; or

12 (3) a guarantee of full payment satisfactory to

13 the Secretary from a depository institution whose

14 deposits are insured by the Federal Deposit Insur15 ance Corporation or the National Credit Union Ad16 ministration Board.

17 TITLE II—CIRCULATING COINS

18 SEC. 201. AUTHORITY TO REDESIGN HALF DOLLAR CIR19 CULATING COINS.

20 Section 5112(d) of title 31, United States Code, is

21 amended by inserting after the 6th sentence the following:

22 ‘‘At the discretion of the Secretary, half dollar coins mint23 ed after December 31, 1996, and before July 31, 1998,

24 may bear the same design as the commemorative coins

25 minted under title I of the Marian Anderson Centennial
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1 Commemorative Coin Act, as established under section

2 103 of that Act.’’.

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