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103D CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4324
To require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in commemoration
of the 200th anniversary of the signing of the Treaty of Greene Ville
at Fort Greene Ville, Ohio.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MAY 3, 1994
Mr. BOEHNER 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 200th anniversary of the sign-
ing of the Treaty of Greene Ville at Fort Greene Ville,
Ohio.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Treaty of Greene Ville
200th Anniversary Commemorative Coin Act’’.
SEC. 2. CONGRESSIONAL FINDINGS.
The Congress finds the following:
(1) The rapid westward expansion of the United
States led to warfare between white settlers and the
Native Americans.
(2) During the early 1790s, British traders in
the Northwest Territory encouraged Native Ameri-
cans to attack frontier settlements.
(3) After twice defeating United States Army
expeditions, the Native Americans in the Northwest
Territory were finally defeated in 1794 by General
Anthony Wayne at the Battle of Fallen Timbers.
(4) On August 3, 1795, 1 year after General
Wayne’s defeat of the Native Americans at Fallen
Timbers, Ohio, General Wayne and the chiefs of the
Delaware, Shawnee, Wyandot, Miami Confederacy,
and other tribes negotiated the Treaty of Greene
Ville.
(5) In the Treaty, a definite boundary was es-
tablished between Indian lands and the lands open
to settlement, and the defeated tribes surrendered
the southern two-thirds of what is now the State of
Ohio and the southern part of what is now the State
of Indiana and agreed to move west into the north-
ern part of what is now the State of Indiana.
(6) Because of the Treaty, the British were
forced into what is now Canada and their influence
over the Native Americans in the region was elimi-
nated.
(7) The Treaty of Greene Ville provided for the
start of westward expansion in the United States.
(8) In historical importance, the events at Fort
Greene Ville rank next to the events at Bunker Hill,
Yorktown, Appomattox, and Gettysburg.
SEC. 3. COIN SPECIFICATIONS.
(a) $1 SILVER COINS.—To commemorate the 200th
anniversary of signing of the Treaty of Greene Ville at
Fort Greene Ville in Greenville, Ohio, the Secretary of the
Treasury (hereafter in this Act referred to as the ‘‘Sec-
retary’’) shall mint and issue not more than 1,000,000
$1 coins, which shall—
(1) weigh 26.73 grams;
(2) have a diameter of 1.500 inches; and
(3) contain 90 percent silver and 10 percent
copper.
(b) LEGAL TENDER.—The coins minted under this
Act shall be legal tender, as provided in section 5103 of
title 31, United States Code.
(c) NUMISMATIC ITEMS.—For purposes of section
5134 of title 31, United States Code, all coins minted
under this Act shall be considered to be numismatic items.
SEC. 4. SOURCES OF BULLION.
The Secretary shall obtain silver for minting coins
under this Act only from stockpiles established under the
Strategic and Critical Materials Stock Piling Act.
SEC. 5. DESIGN OF COINS.
(a) DESIGN REQUIREMENTS.—
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The design of the coins
minted under this Act shall be emblematic of the
Treaty of Greene Ville.
(2) DESIGNATION
AND
INSCRIPTIONS.—On
each coin minted under this Act there shall be—
(A) a designation of the value of the coin;
(B) an inscription of the year ‘‘1995’’; and
(C) inscriptions of the words ‘‘Liberty’’,
‘‘In God We Trust’’, ‘‘United States of Amer-
ica’’, and ‘‘E Pluribus Unum’’.
(b) SELECTION.—The design for the coins minted
under this Act shall be—
(1) selected by the Secretary after consultation
with the Treaty of Greene Ville Bicentennial Com-
mission, Incorporated, and the Commission of Fine
Arts; and
(2) reviewed by the Citizens Commemorative
Coin Advisory Committee.
SEC. 6. ISSUANCE OF COINS.
(a) QUALITY OF COINS.—Coins minted under this
Act shall be issued in uncirculated and proof qualities.
(b) MINT FACILITY.—Only 1 facility of the United
States Mint may be used to strike any particular quality
of the coins minted under this Act.
(c) PERIOD
FOR ISSUANCE.—The Secretary may
issue coins minted under this Act only during the period
beginning on January 1, 1995, and ending on December
31, 1995.
SEC. 7. SALE OF COINS.
(a) SALE PRICE.—The coins issued under this Act
shall be sold by the Secretary at a price equal to the sum
of—
(1) the face value of the coins;
(2) the surcharge provided in subsection (d)
with respect to such coins; and
(3) the cost of designing and issuing the coins
(including labor, materials, dies, use of machinery,
overhead expenses, marketing, and shipping).
(b) BULK SALES.—The Secretary shall make bulk
sales of the coins issued under this Act at a reasonable
discount.
(c) PREPAID ORDERS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall accept
prepaid orders for the coins minted under this Act
before the issuance of such coins.
(2) DISCOUNT.—Sale prices with respect to pre-
paid orders under paragraph (1) shall be at a rea-
sonable discount.
(d) SURCHARGES.—All sales shall include a sur-
charge of $5 per coin.
SEC. 8. GENERAL WAIVER OF PROCUREMENT REGULA-
TIONS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in subsection
(b), no provision of law governing procurement or public
contracts shall be applicable to the procurement of goods
and services necessary for carrying out the provisions of
this Act.
(b) EQUAL
EMPLOYMENT
OPPORTUNITY.—Sub-
section (a) shall not relieve any person entering into a con-
tract under the authority of this Act from complying with
any law relating to equal employment opportunity.
SEC. 9. DISTRIBUTION OF SURCHARGES.
(a) IN GENERAL.—All surcharges received by the
Secretary from the sale of coins issued under this Act shall
be promptly paid by the Secretary to the Treaty of Greene
Ville Bicentennial Commission, Incorporated, for the pur-
pose of building a monument to commemorate the 200th
Anniversary of the Treaty of Greene Ville.
(b) AUDITS.—The Comptroller General of the United
States shall have the right to examine such books, records,
documents, and other data of the Treaty of Greene Ville
Bicentennial Commission, Incorporated, as may be related
to the expenditures of amounts paid under subsection (a).
SEC. 10. FINANCIAL ASSURANCES.
(a) NO NET COST TO THE GOVERNMENT.—The Sec-
retary shall take such actions as may be necessary to
ensure that minting and issuing coins under this Act will
not result in any net cost to the United States
Government.
(b) PAYMENT FOR COINS.—A coin shall not be issued
under this Act unless the Secretary has received—
(1) full payment for the coin;
(2) security satisfactory to the Secretary to in-
demnify the United States for full payment; or
(3) a guarantee of full payment satisfactory to
the Secretary from a depository institution whose
deposits are insured by the Federal Deposit Insur-
ance Corporation or the National Credit Union
Administration Board.
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