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(C) WOMEN IN MILITARY SERVICE FOR AMERICA MEMO-
RIAL COMMEMORATIVE COIN.—1 type of coin issued under
this title shall be Women in Military Service for America
Memorial commemorative coin the design of which shall
be symbolic of women’s service in the Armed Forces of
the United States.
(4) MAXIMUM NUMBER FOR COINS OF EACH DESIGN.—The
Secretary shall issue no more than 500,000 coins of each design.
(b) LEGAL TENDER.—The coins issued under this title shall
be legal tender, as provided in section 5103 of title 31, United
States Code.
(c) NUMISMATIC ITEMS.—For purposes of section 5132(a)(1) of
title 31, United States Code, all coins minted under this title
shall be considered to be numismatic items.
SEC. 203. SOURCES OF BULLION.
The Secretary shall obtain silver for the coins minted under
this title only from stockpiles established under the Strategic and
Critical Minerals Stock Piling Act.
SEC. 204. SELECTION OF DESIGN.
Subject to section 202(a)(3), the design for the coins authorized
by this title shall be—
(1) selected by the Secretary after consultation with the
Commission of Fine Arts and—
(A) in the case of the coin described in section
202(a)(3)(B), the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund; and
(B) in the case of the coin described in section
202(a)(3)(C), the Women in Military Service for America
Memorial Foundation, Incorporated; and
(2) reviewed by the Citizens Commemorative Advisory
Committee.
SEC. 205. SALE OF COINS.
(a) SALE PRICE.—The coins issued under this title shall be
sold by the Secretary at a price equal to the face value, plus
the cost of designing and issuing such coins (including labor, mate-
rials, dies, use of machinery, and overhead expenses) and the sur-
charge provided for in subsection (d).
(b) BULK SALES.—The Secretary shall make bulk sales at a
reasonable discount.
(c) PREPAID ORDERS.—The Secretary shall accept prepaid orders
for the coins issued under this title before the issuance of such
coins. Sales under this subsection shall be at a reasonable discount
to reflect the benefit of prepayment.
(d) SURCHARGES.—All sales of coins issued under this title
shall include a surcharge of $10 per coin.
SEC. 206. ISSUANCE OF THE COINS.
(a) COMMENCEMENT
OF ISSUANCE.—The coins minted under
this title may be issued beginning May 1, 1994.
(b) TERMINATION OF AUTHORITY.—The coins authorized under
this title may not be minted after April 30, 1995.
(c) PROOF AND UNCIRCULATED COINS.—The coins authorized
under this title shall be issued in uncirculated and proof qualities.
(d) 3-COIN SETS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—In addition to any other manner and
form of sales of coins minted under this title, the Secretary
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shall make a portion of such coins available for sale in 3-
coin sets containing 1 of each of the 3 designs of coins required
pursuant to section 202(a)(3).
(2) NUMBER OF SETS.—The number of 3-coin sets made
available pursuant to paragraph (1) shall be at the discretion
of the Secretary.
SEC. 207. GENERAL WAIVER OF PROCUREMENT REGULATIONS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in subsection (b), no provi-
sion 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 title.
(b) EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY.—Subsection (a) shall
not relieve any person entering into a contract under the authority
of this title from complying with any law relating to equal employ-
ment opportunity.
SEC. 208. DISTRIBUTION OF SURCHARGES.
(a) PRISONER-OF-WAR COMMEMORATIVE COINS.—Except as pro-
vided in subsection (d), an amount equal to the surcharges received
by the Secretary from the sale of prisoner-of-war commemorative
coins described in section 202(a)(3)(A) shall be promptly paid by
the Secretary in the order that follows:
(1) AMOUNTS TO BE MADE AVAILABLE FOR CONSTRUCTION
OF MUSEUM.—The Secretary of the Treasury shall make avail-
able to the Secretary of the Interior the first $3,000,000 of
such surcharges for the construction of the Andersonville Pris-
oner-of-War Museum in Andersonville, Georgia.
(2) AMOUNTS TO BE PAID TO ENDOWMENT FUND.—After pay-
ment of the amount required by paragraph (1), the Secretary
of the Treasury shall pay 50 percent of the remaining sur-
charges to the endowment fund established pursuant to section
209(a).
(3) AMOUNTS TO BE PAID TO MAINTAIN NATIONAL CEME-
TERIES.—After payment of the amount required by paragraph
(1), the Secretary shall pay 50 percent of the remaining sur-
charges to the Secretary of Veterans Affairs for purposes of
maintaining national cemeteries pursuant to chapter 24 of title
38, United States Code.
(b) VIETNAM VETERANS MEMORIAL COMMEMORATIVE COINS.—
Except as provided in subsection (d), an amount equal to the sur-
charges received by the Secretary from the sale of Vietnam Veterans
Memorial commemorative coins described in section 202(a)(3)(B)
shall be promptly paid by the Secretary to the Vietnam Veterans
Memorial Fund to assist the Fund’s efforts to raise an endowment
to be a permanent source of support for the repair, maintenance,
and addition of names to the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
(c) WOMEN
IN MILITARY SERVICE
FOR AMERICA MEMORIAL
COMMEMORATIVE COINS.—Except as provided in subsection (d), an
amount equal to the surcharges received by the Secretary from
the sale of Women in Military Service for America Memorial
commemorative coins described in section 202(a)(3)(C) shall be
promptly paid by the Secretary to the Women in Military Service
for America Memorial Foundation, Inc., for the purpose of creating,
endowing, and dedicating the Women in Military Service for Amer-
ica Memorial.
(d) SURCHARGES FROM 3-COIN SETS.—In the case of surcharges
derived from the sale of 3-coin sets pursuant to section 206(d)—
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(1) 1⁄3 of such amount shall be distributed as provided
in subsection (a);
(2) 1⁄3 shall be distributed as provided in subsection (b);
and
(3) 1⁄3 shall be distributed as provided in subsection (c).
SEC. 209. ANDERSONVILLE PRISONER-OF-WAR MUSEUM ENDOWMENT
FUND.
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is hereby established in the Depart-
ment of the Interior an endowment fund (hereinafter in this section
referred to as the ‘‘fund’’) to be administered by the Secretary
of the Interior and to consist of the amounts deposited under
subsection (b).
(b) DEPOSIT INTO FUND.—
(1) DEPOSIT FROM SURCHARGES.—There shall be deposited
into the fund such amounts that are paid by the Secretary
under section 208(a)(2).
(2) INVESTMENT.—The Secretary of the Interior shall have
the authority to invest the portion of the fund that is not,
in the determination of such Secretary, required to meet the
current needs of the fund, in obligations of the United States
or in obligations guaranteed as to the principal and interest
by the United States. In making such investments, the Sec-
retary of the Interior shall select obligations having maturities
suitable to the needs of the fund.
(c) EXPENDITURES.—The Secretary of the Interior may use the
amounts deposited in the fund under this title to pay for the
maintenance of the Andersonville Prisoner-of-War Museum in
Andersonville, Georgia.
SEC. 210. AUDITS.
The Comptroller General of the United States shall have the
right to examine such books, records, documents, and other data
of the entities specified in section 208, as may be related to the
expenditures of amounts paid under section 208.
SEC. 211. FINANCIAL ASSURANCES.
(a) NO NET COST TO THE GOVERNMENT.—The Secretary shall
take such actions as may be necessary to ensure that minting
and issuing coins under this title will not result in any net cost
to the United States Government.
(b) PAYMENT FOR COINS.—A coin shall not be issued under
this title unless the Secretary has received—
(1) full payment for the coin;
(2) security satisfactory to the Secretary to indemnify 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 Insurance Corporation or the National
Credit Union Administration Board.
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TITLE III—REFORM OF
COMMEMORATIVE COIN PROGRAMS
SEC. 301. SENSE OF CONGRESS RESOLUTION.
(a) FINDINGS.—The Congress hereby makes the following find-
ings:
(1) Congress has authorized 18 commemorative coin pro-
grams in the 9 years since 1984.
(2) There are more meritorious causes, events, and people
worthy of commemoration than can be honored with commemo-
rative coinage.
(3) Commemorative coin legislation has increased at a pace
beyond that which the numismatic community can reasonably
be expected to absorb.
(4) It is in the interests of all Members of Congress that
a policy be established to control the flow of commemorative
coin legislation.
(b) DECLARATION.—It is the sense of the Congress that the
Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs of the House
of Representatives and the Committee on Banking, Housing, and
Urban Affairs of the Senate should not report or otherwise clear
for consideration by the House of Representatives or the Senate
legislation providing for more than 2 commemorative coin programs
for any year, unless the committee determines, on the basis of
a recommendation by the Citizens Commemorative Coin Advisory
Committee, that extraordinary merit exists for an additional
commemorative coin program.
SEC. 302. REPORTS BY RECIPIENTS OF COMMEMORATIVE COIN SUR-
CHARGES.
(a) QUARTERLY FINANCIAL REPORT.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Each person who receives, after the date
of the enactment of this Act, any surcharge derived from the
sale of commemorative coins under any Act of Congress shall
submit a quarterly financial report to the Director of the United
States Mint and the Comptroller General of the United States
describing in detail the expenditures made by such person
from the proceeds of the surcharge.
(2) INFORMATION TO BE INCLUDED.—The report under para-
graph (1) shall include information on the proportion of the
surcharges received during the period covered by the report
to the total revenue of such person during such period,
expressed as a percentage, and the percentage of total revenue
during such period which was spent on administrative expenses
(including salaries, travel, overhead, and fund raising).
(3) DUE DATES.—Quarterly reports under this subsection
shall be due at the end of the 30-day period beginning on
the last day of any calendar quarter during which any sur-
charge derived from the sale of commemorative coins is received
by any person.
(b) FINAL REPORT.—Each person who receives, after the date
of the enactment of this Act, any surcharge derived from the sale
of commemorative coins under any Act of Congress shall submit
a final report on the expenditures made by such person from the
proceeds of all surcharges received by such person, including
information described in subsection (a)(2), before the end of the
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