I 
114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6025 
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. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 14, 2016 
Mr. HIMES (for himself, Mr. DOLD, Ms. MOORE, Mr. BUCHANAN, Mr. FOS-
TER, and Mr. EMMER of Minnesota) introduced the following bill; which 
was referred to the Committee on Financial Services 
A BILL 
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 impor-
tance of innovation in the United States, the District 
of Columbia, and the United States territories, and for 
other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘American Innovation 
$1 Coin Act’’. 
SEC. 2. AMERICAN INNOVATION $1 COIN PROGRAM. 
Section 5112 of title 31, United States Code, is 
amended by inserting after subsection (v) the following 
new subsection: 
‘‘(w) REDESIGN AND ISSUANCE OF $1 COINS HON-
ORING INNOVATION, INNOVATORS, AND PIONEERS FROM 
EACH STATE, THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, AND EACH 
TERRITORY.— 
‘‘(1) REDESIGN BEGINNING IN 2017.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding sub-
section (d)(1) and subsection (d)(2) and in ac-
cordance with the provisions of this subsection, 
during the 14-year period beginning on January 
1, 2017 (or such later date as provided under 
subparagraph (B)(ii)), the Secretary of the 
Treasury shall mint and issue $1 coins to be 
known as ‘American Innovation $1 coins’, 
that— 
‘‘(i) have designs on the obverse se-
lected 
in 
accordance 
with 
paragraph 
(2)(A); and 
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‘‘(ii) have a design on the reverse se-
lected 
in 
accordance 
with 
paragraph 
(2)(B). 
‘‘(B) CONTINUITY PROVISIONS.— 
‘‘(i) IN
GENERAL.—Notwithstanding 
subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall con-
tinue to mint and issue $1 coins honoring 
Native Americans and their contributions 
in accordance with subsection (r). 
‘‘(ii) FIRST
YEAR.—Notwithstanding 
subparagraph (A), if the Secretary finds 
that it is not feasible and cost-effective to 
mint and issue American Innovation $1 
coins beginning in 2017, the Secretary 
may mint and issue $1 coins bearing the 
designs of such Presidential $1 coins 
issued pursuant to subsection (n) that the 
Secretary determines to be appropriate. If 
any such Presidential $1 coin design bore 
the inscription ‘In God We Trust’ incused 
on the edge, the Secretary shall modify the 
design to place that inscription on the 
coin’s obverse only, and such modification 
may be done without review by the Citizens 
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Coinage Advisory Committee nor consulta-
tion with the Commission of Fine Arts. 
‘‘(C) DEFINITION
OF
TERRITORY.—For 
purposes of this subsection, the term ‘territory’ 
means the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, 
Guam, American Samoa, the United States Vir-
gin Islands, and the Commonwealth of the 
Northern Mariana Islands. 
‘‘(2) 
DESIGN
REQUIREMENTS.—Notwith-
standing subsection (d)(1) and subsection (d)(2), the 
$1 coins issued in accordance with paragraph (1)(A) 
shall meet the following design requirements: 
‘‘(A) COIN OBVERSE.—The design on the 
obverse of each coin issued under this sub-
section shall contain— 
‘‘(i) a design symbolic of Liberty; and 
‘‘(ii) the inscription ‘In God We 
Trust’. 
‘‘(B) COIN REVERSE.—The design on the 
reverse of each coin issued under this sub-
section shall bear the following: 
‘‘(i) An image or images emblematic 
of one of the following from one of the 50 
States, the District of Columbia, or the 
territories of the United States: 
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‘‘(I) A significant innovation. 
‘‘(II) An innovator or pioneer. 
‘‘(III) A group of innovators or 
pioneers. 
‘‘(ii) The name of the State, the Dis-
trict of Columbia, or territory, as applica-
ble. 
‘‘(iii) 
The 
inscriptions 
‘$1’ 
and 
‘United States of America’. 
‘‘(C) EDGE-INCUSED INSCRIPTIONS.— 
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The inscription of 
the year of minting or issuance of the coin 
and the inscription ‘E Pluribus Unum’ 
shall be edge-incused into the coin. 
‘‘(ii) PRESERVATION OF DISTINCTIVE 
EDGE.—The edge-incusing of the inscrip-
tions under clause (i) on coins issued 
under this subsection shall be done in a 
manner that preserves the distinctive edge 
of the coin so that the denomination of the 
coin is readily discernible, including by in-
dividuals who are blind or visually im-
paired. 
‘‘(3) ISSUANCE OF COINS COMMEMORATING IN-
NOVATION, INNOVATORS, AND PIONEERS.— 
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‘‘(A) ORDER
OF
ISSUANCE.—The coins 
issued under this subsection commemorating ei-
ther an innovation, an individual innovator or 
pioneer, or a group of innovators or pioneers, 
from each State, the District of Columbia, or a 
territory shall be issued in alphabetic order of 
the State, the District, or territory represented, 
starting with Alabama. 
‘‘(B) ISSUANCE
OF
COINS
COMMEMO-
RATING FOUR INNOVATIONS, INNOVATORS, AND 
PIONEERS DURING EACH OF 14 YEARS.— 
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Four $1 coin de-
signs as described in this subsection shall 
be issued during each year of the period 
referred to in paragraph (1) until one coin 
featuring one innovation, an individual in-
novator 
or 
pioneer, 
or 
a 
group 
of 
innovators or pioneers, from each of the 
States, the District of Columbia, and terri-
tories has been issued. 
‘‘(ii) NUMBER OF COIN DESIGNS IN 
EACH
YEAR.—The Secretary shall pre-
scribe, on the basis of such factors as the 
Secretary determines to be appropriate, the 
number of $1 coins that shall be issued 
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with each of the designs selected for each 
year of the period referred to in paragraph 
(1). 
‘‘(iii) APPLICATION IN EVENT OF THE 
ADMISSION OF ADDITIONAL STATES.—Not-
withstanding clause (i), if any additional 
State or territory is admitted into the 
Union before the end of the 14-year period 
referred to in paragraph (1), the Secretary 
of the Treasury may issue $1 coins, in ac-
cordance with this subsection during any 
one year of such 14-year period, in addi-
tion to the four $1 coins issued during 
such year in accordance with clause (i). 
‘‘(iv) APPLICATION IN THE EVENT OF 
INDEPENDENCE.—Notwithstanding 
para-
graph (3)(B)(i), if any State or territory 
becomes independent or otherwise ceases to 
be a State or territory of the United States 
before $1 coins are minted pursuant to 
this subsection, the subsection shall cease 
to apply with respect to such State or ter-
ritory. 
‘‘(4) SELECTION OF CONCEPT AND DESIGN.— 
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‘‘(A) CONCEPT.—With respect to each 
State, the District of Columbia, and territory to 
be honored with a coin under this subsection, 
the selection of the significant innovation, inno-
vator or pioneer, or group of innovators or pio-
neers to be borne on the reverse of such coin 
shall be made by the Secretary of the Treasury, 
after consultation with the Governor or other 
chief executive of the State, the District of Co-
lumbia, or territory with respect to which a coin 
is to be issued under this subsection. 
‘‘(B) DESIGN.—Each of the designs re-
quired under this subsection shall be selected by 
the Secretary after— 
‘‘(i) consultation with— 
‘‘(I) the Governor or other chief 
executive of the State, the District of 
Columbia, or territory with respect to 
which a coin is to be issued under this 
subsection; and 
‘‘(II) the Commission of Fine 
Arts; and 
‘‘(ii) review by the Citizens Coinage 
Advisory Committee. 
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‘‘(C) SELECTION
AND
APPROVAL
PROC-
ESS.—Designs for $1 coins under this sub-
section may be submitted in accordance with 
the design selection and approval process devel-
oped by the Secretary in the sole discretion of 
the Secretary. 
‘‘(D) STANDARDS.—Because it is impor-
tant that the Nation’s coinage and currency 
bear dignified designs of which the citizens of 
the United States can be proud, the Secretary 
shall not select any frivolous or inappropriate 
design for any $1 coin minted under this sub-
section. 
‘‘(E) PROHIBITION
ON
CERTAIN
REP-
RESENTATIONS.—No head and shoulders por-
trait or bust of any person, living or dead, and 
no portrait of a living person may be included 
in the design of any coin issued under this sub-
section. 
‘‘(5) TREATMENT AS NUMISMATIC ITEMS.—For 
purposes of sections 5134 and 5136, all $1 coins 
minted under this subsection shall be considered to 
be numismatic items. 
‘‘(6) ISSUANCE
OF
NUMISMATIC
COINS.—The 
Secretary may mint and issue such number of $1 
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coins of each design selected under this subsection 
in uncirculated and proof qualities as the Secretary 
determines to be appropriate. 
‘‘(7) 
TERMINATION
OF
PROGRAM.—The 
issuance of coins under this subsection shall termi-
nate when one innovation, an individual innovator or 
pioneer, or a group of innovators or pioneers, from 
each State, the District of Columbia, and territory 
has been honored and may not be resumed except by 
an Act of Congress.’’. 
Æ 
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