109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 358
AN ACT 
To require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins 
in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the deseg-
regation of the Little Rock Central High School in Little 
Rock, Arkansas, and for other purposes.
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 ‘‘Little Rock Central 
High School Desegregation 50th Anniversary Commemo-
rative Coin Act’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
The Congress finds the following: 
(1) September 2007, marks the 50th anniver-
sary of the desegregation of Little Rock Central 
High School in Little Rock, Arkansas. 
(2) In 1957, Little Rock Central High was the 
site of the first major national test for the imple-
mentation of the historic decision of the United 
States Supreme Court in Brown, et al. v. Board of 
Education of Topeka, et al., 347 U.S. 483 (1954). 
(3) The courage of the ‘‘Little Rock Nine’’ (Er-
nest Green, Elizabeth Eckford, Melba Pattillo, Jef-
ferson Thomas, Carlotta Walls, Terrence Roberts, 
Gloria Ray, Thelma Mothershed, and Minnijean 
Brown) who stood in the face of violence, was influ-
ential to the Civil Rights movement and changed 
American history by providing an example on which 
to build greater equality. 
(4) The desegregation of Little Rock Central 
High by the 9 African American students was recog-
nized by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. as such a sig-
nificant event in the struggle for civil rights that in
May 1958, he attended the graduation of the first 
African American from Little Rock Central High 
School. 
(5) A commemorative coin will bring national 
and international attention to the lasting legacy of 
this important event. 
SEC. 3. COIN SPECIFICATIONS. 
(a) DENOMINATIONS.—The Secretary of the Treas-
ury (hereinafter in this Act referred to as the ‘‘Secretary’’) 
shall mint and issue not more than 500,000 $1 coins each 
of 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 
5136 of title 31, United States Code, all coins minted 
under this Act shall be considered to be numismatic items. 
SEC. 4. DESIGN OF COINS. 
(a) DESIGN REQUIREMENTS.—The design of the 
coins minted under this Act shall be emblematic of the
desegregation of the Little Rock Central High School and 
its contribution to civil rights in America. 
(b) DESIGNATION AND INSCRIPTIONS.—On each coin 
minted under this Act there shall be—
(1) a designation of the value of the coin; 
(2) an inscription of the year ‘‘2007’’; and 
(3) inscriptions of the words ‘‘Liberty’’, ‘‘In 
God We Trust’’, ‘‘United States of America’’, and 
‘‘E Pluribus Unum’’. 
(c) SELECTION.—The design for the coins minted 
under this Act shall be—
(1) selected by the Secretary after consultation 
with the Commission of Fine Arts; and 
(2) reviewed by the Citizens Coinage Advisory 
Committee established under section 5135 of title 
31, United States Code. 
SEC. 5. ISSUANCE OF COINS. 
(a) QUALITY OF COINS.—Coins minted under this 
Act shall be issued in uncirculated and proof qualities. 
(b) COMMENCEMENT OF ISSUANCE.—The Secretary 
may issue coins minted under this Act beginning January 
1, 2007, except that the Secretary may initiate sales of 
such coins, without issuance, before such date.
(c) TERMINATION
OF MINTING AUTHORITY.—No 
coins shall be minted under this Act after December 31, 
2007. 
SEC. 6. SALE OF COINS. 
(a) SALE PRICE.—Notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, the coins issued under this Act shall be sold 
by the Secretary at a price equal to the sum of the face 
value of the coins, the surcharge required under section 
7(a) for the coins, and the cost of designing and issuing 
such coins (including labor, materials, dies, use of machin-
ery, overhead expenses, and marketing). 
(b) BULK SALES.—The Secretary shall make bulk 
sales of the coins issued under this Act at a reasonable 
discount. 
(c) PREPAID ORDERS AT A DISCOUNT.—
(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. 
SEC. 7. SURCHARGES. 
(a) SURCHARGE REQUIRED.—All sales shall include 
a surcharge of $10 per coin.
(b) DISTRIBUTION.—Subject to section 5134(f) of 
title 31, United States Code, all surcharges which are re-
ceived by the Secretary from the sale of coins issued under 
this Act shall be promptly paid by the Secretary to the 
Secretary of the Interior for the protection, preservation, 
and interpretation of resources and stories associated with 
Little Rock Central High School National Historic Site, 
including the following: 
(1) Site improvements at Little Rock Central 
High School National Historic Site. 
(2) Development of interpretive and education 
programs and historic preservation projects. 
(3) Establishment of cooperative agreements to 
preserve or restore the historic character of the Park 
Street and Daisy L. Gatson Bates Drive corridors 
adjacent to the site. 
(c) LIMITATION.—Notwithstanding subsection (a), no 
surcharge may be included with respect to the issuance 
under this Act of any coin during a calendar year if, as 
of the time of such issuance, the issuance of such coin 
would result in the number of commemorative coin pro-
grams issued during such year to exceed the annual 2 
commemorative coin program issuance limitation under 
section 5112(m)(1) of title 31, United States Code (as in 
effect on the date of the enactment of this Act). The Sec-