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103D CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 2467

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

of the Vietnam Women’s Memorial.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

JUNE 18, 1993

Mrs. MORELLA (for herself and Ms. LAMBERT) introduced the following bill;

which was referred to the Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs

A BILL

To require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins

in commemoration of the Vietnam Women’s Memorial.

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 ‘‘Vietnam Women’s Me5 morial Coin Act of 1994’’.

6 SEC. 2. COIN SPECIFICATIONS.

7 (a) ONE-DOLLAR SILVER COINS.—

8 (1) ISSUANCE.—The Secretary of the Treasury

9 (hereafter in this Act referred to as the ‘‘Secretary’’)

10 shall issue not more than 600,000 one-dollar coins,
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1 which shall weigh 26.73 grams, have a diameter of

2 1.500 inches, and contain 90 percent silver and 10

3 percent copper.

4 (2) DESIGN.—The design of the coins issued

5 under this Act shall be emblematic of the Vietnam

6 Women’s Memorial sculpture. On each coin there

7 shall be a designation of the value of the coin, an

8 inscription of the year ‘‘1994’’, and inscriptions of

9 the words ‘‘Liberty’’, ‘‘In God We Trust’’, ‘‘United

10 States of America’’, and ‘‘E Pluribus Unum’’.

11 (b) LEGAL TENDER.—The coins issued under this

12 Act shall be legal tender, as provided in section 5103 of

13 title 31, United States Code.

14 SEC. 3. SOURCES OF BULLION.

15 The Secretary shall obtain silver for the coins minted

16 under this Act only from stockpiles established under the

17 Strategic and Critical Minerals Stock Piling Act (50

18 U.S.C. 98 et seq.).

19 SEC. 4. SELECTION OF DESIGN.

20 The design for the coins authorized by this Act shall

21 be selected by the Secretary after consultation with the

22 Chair of the Vietnam Women’s Memorial Project, Incor23 porated. As required by section 5135 of title 31, United

24 States Code, the design shall also be reviewed by the Citi25 zens Commemorative Advisory Committee.
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1 SEC. 5. ISSUANCE OF COINS.

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

3 Act shall be issued in uncirculated and proof qualities.

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

5 States Mint may be used to strike any particular quality

6 of the coins minted under this Act.

7 (c) PERIOD FOR ISSUANCE.—The coins authorized

8 under this Act shall be available for issue not later than

9 July 4, 1994, and shall be minted only during the 1-year

10 period beginning on such date.

11 SEC. 6. SALE OF COINS.

12 (a) SALE PRICE.—The coins authorized under this

13 Act shall be sold by the Secretary at a price equal to the

14 sum of the face value of the coins, the surcharge provided

15 in subsection (c) with respect to such coins, and the cost

16 of designing and issuing the coins (including labor, mate17 rials, dies, use of machinery, overhead expenses, market18 ing, and shipping).

19 (b) PREPAID ORDERS.—The Secretary shall accept

20 prepaid orders for the coins authorized under this Act

21 prior to the issuance of such coins. Sale prices with respect

22 to such prepaid orders shall be at a reasonable discount.

23 (c) SURCHARGES.—All sales shall include a surcharge

24 of $10 per coin.
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1 SEC. 7. GENERAL WAIVER OF PROCUREMENT REGULA2 TIONS.

3 No provision of law governing procurement or public

4 contracts shall be applicable to the procurement of goods

5 or services necessary for carrying out the provisions of this

6 Act. Nothing in this section shall relieve any person enter7 ing into a contract under the authority of this Act from

8 complying with any law relating to equal employment op9 portunity.

10 SEC. 8. DISTRIBUTION OF SURCHARGES.

11 All surcharges received by the Secretary from the sale

12 of coins issued under this Act shall be promptly paid by

13 the Secretary to the Vietnam Women’s Memorial Project,

14 Incorporated, to be used—

15 (1) to establish and maintain an endowment to

16 be a permanent source of support for the Vietnam

17 Women’s Memorial;

18 (2) for education and research concerning veter19 ans and their families; and

20 (3) for the identification and documentation of

21 the more than 250,000 women who served in the

22 Armed Forces of the United States during the Viet23 nam era.

24 SEC. 9. AUDITS.

25 The Comptroller General shall have the right to ex26 amine such books, records, documents, and other data of
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1 the Vietnam Women’s Memorial Project, Incorporated, as

2 may be related to the expenditures of amounts paid under

3 section 8.

4 SEC. 10. NUMISMATIC PUBLIC ENTERPRISE FUND.

5 The coins issued under this Act are subject to the

6 provisions of section 5134 of title 31, United States Code,

7 relating to the Numismatic Public Enterprise Fund.

8 SEC. 11. FINANCIAL ASSURANCES.

9 It is the sense of the Congress that this coin program

10 shall be self-sustaining, and should be administered to re11 sult in no net cost to the Numismatic Public Enterprise

12 Fund.

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