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106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2663
To require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in commemoration
of the fiftieth anniversary of the Korean War to honor the United
States Marine Corps participation.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JULY 30, 1999
Mr. MURTHA introduced 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 the fiftieth anniversary of the Ko-
rean War to honor the United States Marine Corps
participation.
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 ‘‘United States Marine
Corps Commemorative Korean War Coin Act’’.
SEC. 2. COIN SPECIFICATIONS.
(a) $10 GOLD COINS.—Not more than 100,000 $10
coins, each of which shall—
(1) weigh 16.718 grams;
(2) have a diameter of 1.06 inches; and
(3) contain 90 percent gold and 10 percent
alloy.
(b) $1 SILVER COINS.—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.
(c) LEGAL TENDER.—The coins minted under this
Act shall be legal tender, as provided in section 5103 of
title 31, United States Code.
(d) 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. 3. SOURCES OF BULLION.
The Secretary may obtain silver for minting coins
under this Act from any available source, including stock-
piles established under the Strategic and Critical Mate-
rials 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
Marine Corps Landing at Inchon during the Korean
War.
(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 ‘‘2001’’; 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 Marine Corps Foundation and the Commis-
sion 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) COMMENCEMENT OF ISSUANCE.—The Secretary
may issue coins minted under this Act beginning January
1, 2001.
(d) TERMINATION
OF MINTING AUTHORITY.—No
coins may be minted under this Act after December 31,
2001.
SEC. 6. NO SURCHARGES AUTHORIZED.
No surcharge may be included in the cost of any coin
issued under this Act.
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.
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