I
104TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1776
To require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in commemoration
of black revolutionary war patriots.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JUNE 7, 1995
Mrs. JOHNSON of Connecticut (for herself, Mr. PAYNE of New Jersey, Mr.
WATTS of Oklahoma, Mr. WOLF, Mr. RANGEL, Mr. BONIOR, Mr. DEL-
LUMS, Mrs. MEEK of Florida, Ms. VELA´ZQUEZ, Mr. CONYERS, Mr.
MFUME, Mr. LAZIO of New York, Mr. TUCKER, Mr. CLYBURN, Mr.
WYNN, Mr. FROST, Mr. FILNER, Mr. JEFFERSON, Mr. WARD, Mr.
SPRATT, Mr. HASTINGS of Florida, Mr. MARTINI, Mr. LIPINSKI, Mr.
THOMPSON, Ms. JACKSON-LEE, Mr. DIXON, Mr. STOKES, Mr. OWENS,
Mr. ACKERMAN, Mr. BRYANT of Texas, Mr. FATTAH, Mr. SERRANO,
Mrs. KENNELLY, Mr. REED, Mr. GONZALEZ, and Mr. BENTSEN) intro-
duced 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 black revolutionary war patriots.
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 ‘‘Black Revolutionary
War Patriots Commemorative Coin Act’’.
SEC. 2. COIN SPECIFICATIONS.
(a) $1 SILVER COINS.—The Secretary of the Treas-
ury (hereafter in this Act referred to as the ‘‘Secretary’’)
shall mint and issue not more than 500,000 1 dollar 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. 3. 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. 4. DESIGN OF COINS.
(a) DESIGN REQUIREMENTS.—
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The design of the coins
minted under this Act shall be emblematic of the
Black Revolutionary War Patriots Memorial.
(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 Black Revolutionary War Patriots Founda-
tion and the Commission of Fine Arts; and
(2) reviewed by the Citizens Commemorative
Coin Advisory Committee.
SEC. 5. 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 May 15, 1995, and ending May 15, 1996.
SEC. 6. 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 $10 per coin.
SEC. 7. 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. 8. 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 Black Revolu-
tionary War Patriots for the purpose of raising an endow-
ment to support the construction of a Black Revolutionary
War Patriots Memorial.
(b) AUDITS.—The Comptroller General of the United
States shall have the right to examine such books, records,
documents, and other data of the Black Revolutionary
War Patriots Foundation as may be related to the expend-
itures of amounts paid under subsection (a).
SEC. 9. FINANCIAL ASSURANCES.
(a) NO NET COST TO THE GOVERNMENT.—The Sec-
retary shall take such actions as may be necessary to en-
sure that minting and issuing coins under this Act will
not result in any net cost to the United States Govern-
ment.
(b) PAYMENT FOR COINS.—A coin shall not be issued
under this Act unless the Secretary has received—
(1) full payment for the coin;