I
103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 3616
To require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in commemoration
of the 250th anniversary of the birth of Thomas Jefferson, Americans
who have been prisoners of war, the Vietnam Veterans Memorial on
the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the Memorial, and the Women
in Military Service for America Memorial, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
NOVEMBER 22, 1993
Mr. KENNEDY introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs
NOVEMBER 23 (legislative day, NOVEMBER 22), 1993
Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs discharged, consisidered
and passed
A BILL
To require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins
in commemoration of the 250th anniversary of the birth
of Thomas Jefferson, Americans who have been prisoners
of war, the Vietnam Veterans Memorial on the occasion
of the 10th anniversary of the Memorial, and the Women
in Military Service for America Memorial, and for other
purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
TITLE I—THOMAS JEFFERSON
COMMEMORATIVE COIN
SEC. 101. SHORT TITLE.
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Jefferson Commemo-
rative Coin Act of 1993’’.
SEC. 102. COIN SPECIFICATIONS.
(a) ONE-DOLLAR SILVER COINS.—
(1) ISSUANCE.—The Secretary of the Treasury
(hereafter in this title referred to as the ‘‘Sec-
retary’’) shall issue not more than 600,000 one-
dollar coins, which shall—
(A) weigh 26.73 grams;
(B) have a diameter of 1.500 inches; and
(C) contain 90 percent silver and 10 per-
cent copper.
(2) DESIGN.—The design of the coins issued
under this title shall be emblematic of a profile of
Thomas Jefferson and a frontal view of his home
Monticello. On each coin there shall be a designation
of the value of the coin, an inscription of the year
‘‘1993’’, and inscriptions of the words ‘‘Liberty’’,
‘‘In God We Trust’’, ‘‘United States of America’’,
and ‘‘E Pluribus Unum’’.
(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 mint-
ed under this title shall be considered to be numismatic
items.
SEC. 103. 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. 104. SELECTION OF DESIGN.
Subject to section 102(a)(2), the design for the coins
authorized by this title shall be—
(1) selected by the Secretary after consultation
with the Executive Director of the Thomas Jefferson
Memorial Foundation and the Commission of Fine
Arts; and
(2) reviewed by the Citizens Commemorative
Advisory Committee.
SEC. 105. ISSUANCE OF COINS.
(a) QUALITY OF COINS.—Coins minted under this
title 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 title.
(c) PERIOD
FOR ISSUANCE.—The Secretary may
issue coins minted under this title during the period begin-
ning on May 1, 1994, and ending on April 30, 1995.
SEC. 106. SALE OF COINS.
(a) SALE PRICE.—The coins authorized under this
title shall be sold by the Secretary at a price equal to the
sum of the face value of the coins, the surcharge provided
in subsection (c) with respect to such coins, and the cost
of designing and issuing the coins (including labor, mate-
rials, dies, use of machinery, overhead expenses, market-
ing, and shipping).
(b) PREPAID ORDERS.—The Secretary shall accept
prepaid orders for the coins authorized under this title
prior to the issuance of such coins. Sale prices with respect
to such prepaid orders shall be at a reasonable discount.
(c) SURCHARGES.—All sales shall include a surcharge
of $10 per coin.
SEC. 107. 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 title.
(b) EQUAL
EMPLOYMENT
OPPORTUNITY.—Sub-
section (a) shall not relieve any person entering into a con-
tract under the authority of this title from complying with
any law relating to equal employment opportunity.
SEC. 108. DISTRIBUTION OF SURCHARGES.
All surcharges received by the Secretary from the sale
of coins issued under this title shall be promptly paid by
the Secretary—
(1) in the case of surcharges received in connec-
tion with the sale of the first 500,000 coins issued,
to the Jefferson Endowment Fund, to be used—
(A) to establish and maintain an endow-
ment to be a permanent source of support for
Monticello and its historic furnishings; and
(B) for the Jefferson Endowment Fund’s
educational programs, including the Inter-
national Center for Jefferson Studies; and
(2) in the case of surcharges received in connec-
tion with the sale of all other such coins, to the Cor-
poration for Jefferson’s Poplar Forest, to be used
for the restoration and maintenance of Poplar
Forest.
SEC. 109. 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 108, as
may be related to the expenditures of amounts paid under
section 108.
SEC. 110. 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 title 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 title 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.
TITLE II—U.S. VETERANS
COMMEMORATIVE COINS
SEC. 201. SHORT TITLE.
This title may be cited as the ‘‘United States Veter-
ans Commemorative Coin Act of 1993’’.
SEC. 202. COIN SPECIFICATIONS.
(a) ONE-DOLLAR SILVER COINS.—
(1) ISSUANCE.—The Secretary of the Treasury
(hereafter in this title referred to as the ‘‘Sec-
retary’’) shall issue one-dollar coins of 3 different
designs, which shall—
(A) weigh 26.73 grams;
(B) have a diameter of 1.500 inches; and
(C) contain 90 percent silver and 10 per-
cent copper.
(2) DESIGNATION
OF
VALUE
AND
INSCRIP-
TIONS.—On each coin there shall be a designation of
the value of the coin, an inscription of the year
‘‘1994’’, and inscriptions of the words ‘‘Liberty’’,
‘‘In God We Trust’’, ‘‘United States of America’’,
and ‘‘E Pluribus Unum’’.
(3) DESIGN OF 3 COINS.—
(A) PRISONER-OF-WAR
COMMEMORATIVE
COIN.—1 type of coin issued under this title
shall be a prisoner-of-war commemorative coin
the design of which shall be emblematic of the
experience of Americans who have been pris-
oners-of-war.
(B) VIETNAM VETERANS MEMORIAL COM-
MEMORATIVE
COIN.—1 type of coin issued
under this title shall be a Vietnam Veterans
Memorial commemorative coin the design of
which shall be emblematic of the Vietnam Vet-
erans Memorial.
(C) WOMEN
IN
MILITARY
SERVICE
FOR
AMERICA MEMORIAL COMMEMORATIVE COIN.—1
type of coin issued under this title shall be
Women in Military Service for America Memo-
rial 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 mint-
ed 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 sec-
tion 
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, materials, dies, use of machinery, and
overhead expenses) and the surcharge provided for in sub-
section (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 au-
thorized 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 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 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 title.
(b) EQUAL
EMPLOYMENT
OPPORTUNITY.—Sub-
section (a) shall not relieve any person entering into a con-
tract under the authority of this title from complying with
any law relating to equal employment opportunity.
SEC. 208. DISTRIBUTION OF SURCHARGES.
(a) PRISONER-OF-WAR COMMEMORATIVE COINS.—
Except as provided 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 available to the Secretary of
the Interior the first $3,000,000 of such surcharges
for the construction of the Andersonville Prisoner-of-
War Museum in Andersonville, Georgia.
(2) AMOUNTS
TO
BE
PAID
TO
ENDOWMENT
FUND.—After payment of the amount required by
paragraph (1), the Secretary of the Treasury shall
pay 50 percent of the remaining surcharges to the
endowment fund established pursuant to section
209(a).
(3) AMOUNTS TO BE PAID TO MAINTAIN NA-
TIONAL
CEMETERIES.—After 
payment 
of 
the
amount required by paragraph (1), the Secretary
shall pay 50 percent of the remaining surcharges 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 COMMEMORA-
TIVE COINS.—Except as provided in subsection (d), an
amount equal to the surcharges received by the Secretary
from the sale of Vietnam Veterans Memorial commemora-
tive coins described in section 202(a)(3)(B) shall be
promptly paid by the Secretary to the Vietnam Veterans
SEC. 209. ANDERSONVILLE PRISONER-OF-WAR MUSEUM EN-
DOWMENT FUND.
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is hereby established in
the Department of the Interior an endowment fund (here-
inafter in this section referred to as the ‘‘fund’’) to be
administered by the Secretary of the Interior and to con-
sist 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 Inte-
rior 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 obli-
gations guaranteed as to the principal and interest
by the United States. In making such investments,
the Secretary 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 Sec-
retary shall take such actions as may be necessary to en-
sure that minting and issuing coins under this title 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 title 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.
TITLE 
III—REFORM 
OF 
COM-
MEMORATIVE 
COIN 
PRO-
GRAMS
SEC. 301. SENSE OF CONGRESS RESOLUTION.
(A) FINDINGS.—The Congress hereby makes the fol-
lowing findings:
(1) Congress has authorized 18 commemorative
coin programs in the 9 years since 1984.
(2) There are more meritorious causes, events,
and people worthy of commemoration than can be
honored with commemorative coinage.
(3) Commemorative coin legislation has in-
creased 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 Con-
gress 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 Af-
fairs 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 Commemora-
tive Coin Advisory Committee, that extraordinary merit
exists for an additional commemorative coin program.
SEC. 302. REPORTS BY RECIPIENTS OF COMMEMORATIVE
COIN SURCHARGES.
(a) QUARTERLY FINANCIAL REPORT.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Each person who receives,
after the date of the enactment of this Act, any sur-
charge 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 re-
port under paragraph (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 dur-
ing 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 pe-
riod beginning on the last day of any calendar quar-
ter during which any surcharge derived from the
sale of commemorative coins is received by any per-
son.
(b) FINAL REPORT.—Each person who receives, after
the date of the enactment of this Act, any surcharge de-
rived 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 1-year period
beginning on the last day on which sales of such coins
may be made.
SEC. 303. GAO REPORTS TO CONGRESS.
Before the end of the 1-year period beginning on the
last day on which sales of commemorative coins may be
made under the Act of Congress which authorized such
coins, the Comptroller General of the United States shall
submit a financial accounting statement to the Congress
on the payment of any surcharges derived from the sale
of such coins and the use and expenditure of the proceeds
of such surcharges by any recipient (other than a recipient
which is an agency or department of the Federal Govern-
ment) based on the reports filed by such recipient with
the Comptroller General in accordance with section 302
and any audit of such recipient which is conducted by the
Comptroller General with respect to the use and expendi-
ture of such proceeds.
TITLE 
IV—BICENTENNIAL 
OF
THE UNITED STATES CAPITOL
COMMEMORATIVE COIN ACT
SEC. 401. SHORT TITLE.
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Bicentennial of the
United States Capitol Commemorative Coin Act’’.
SEC. 402. SPECIFICATIONS OF COINS.
(a) ONE DOLLAR SILVER COINS.—
(1) ISSUANCE.—The Secretary of the Treasury
(hereinafter in this title referred to as the ‘‘Sec-
retary’’), shall mint and issue not more than
500,000 one dollar coins each of which shall—
(A) weigh 26.73 grams;
(B) have a diameter of 1.500 inches; and
(C) be composed of 90 percent silver and
10 percent copper.
(2) DESIGN.—The design of the one dollar
coins shall, in accordance with section 404, be em-
blematic of the bicentennial of the United States
Capitol. Each one dollar coin shall bear a designa-
tion of the value of the coin, an inscription of the
year ‘‘1994’’, and inscriptions of the words ‘‘Lib-