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103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 3666
To require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint and issue $1 coins in
commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the end of World War II
and General George C. Marshall’s service therein.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
NOVEMBER 22, 1993
Mr. MURPHY (for himself and Mr. MURTHA) introduced the following bill;
which was referred to the Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs
A BILL
To require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint and issue
$1 coins in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of
the end of World War II and General George C. Mar-
shall’s service therein.
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 ‘‘George C. Marshall
Commemorative Coin Act of 1993’’.
SEC. 2. GEORGE C. MARSHALL COMMEMORATIVE COINS.
(a) ONE-DOLLAR SILVER COINS.—
(1) ISSUANCE.—The Secretary of the Treasury
(hereafter in this Act referred to as the ‘‘Secretary’’)
shall mint and issue not more than 500,000 $1 coins
in commemoration of the end of World War II and
General George C. Marshall’s participation in service
during World War II.
(2) SPECIFICATIONS AND DESIGN OF COINS.—
The coins issued under this Act 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.
(3) DESIGN.—The design of the coins issued
under this Act shall have the likeness of George C.
Marshall on obverse side of such coin. On each coin
there shall be a designation of the value of the coin,
an inscription of the year ‘‘1995’’, and inscriptions
of the words ‘‘Liberty’’, ‘‘In God We Trust’’, ‘‘Unit-
ed States of America’’, and ‘‘E Pluribus Unum’’.
(b) LEGAL TENDER.—The coins issued 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
5132(a)(1) of title 31, United States Code, the coins mint-
ed under this Act shall be considered to be numismatic
items.
SEC. 3. SOURCES OF BULLION.
The Secretary shall obtain silver for the coins minted
under this Act only from stockpiles established under the
Strategic and Critical Materials Stock Piling Act.
SEC. 4. SELECTION OF DESIGN.
The design for the coins authorized by this Act shall
be—
(1) selected by the Secretary after consultation
with the Friends of George C. Marshall and the
Commission of Fine Arts; and
(2) reviewed by the Citizens Commemorative
Advisory Committee.
SEC. 5. MINTING AND ISSUANCE OF COINS.
(a) UNCIRCULATED AND PROOF QUALITIES.—The
Secretary may mint and issue the coins authorized under
this Act in uncirculated and proof qualities.
(b) USE OF THE UNITED STATES MINT.—The Sec-
retary may not use more than 1 facility of the United
States Mint to strike each quality of the coins minted
under this Act.
(c) COMMENCEMENT
OF
AUTHORITY
TO
SELL
COINS.—The Secretary may begin selling the coins minted
under this Act on January 1, 1995.
(d) 
TERMINATION
OF
AUTHORITY
TO
MINT
COINS.—The Secretary may not mint the coins authorized
under this Act after December 31, 1995.
SEC. 6. SALE OF COINS.
(a) SALE PRICE.—The coins authorized 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 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) BULK SALES.—The Secretary shall make any
bulk sales of the coins issued under this Act at a reason-
able discount.
(c) PREPAID ORDERS.—The Secretary shall accept
prepaid orders for the coins authorized under this Act be-
fore the issuance of such coins. Sale prices with respect
to such repaid orders shall be at a reasonable discount.
(d) SURCHARGES.—All sales shall include a sur-
charge of $7 per coin.
SEC. 7. DISTRIBUTION OF SURCHARGES.
All surcharges received by the Secretary from the sale
of coins issued under this Act shall be promptly paid by
the Secretary to the Friends of George C. Marshall to be
used solely for the construction of the George C. Marshall
Memorial and Visitor Center in Uniontown, Pennsylvania.
SEC. 8. AUDITS.
The Comptroller General of the United States shall
conduct an annual audit of such books, records, docu-
ments, and other data of the Friends of George C. Mar-
shall, as may be related to the expenditures of amounts
paid under section 7 until all amounts have been received
by the Friends of George C. Marshall and the expenditures
of such amounts have been audited.
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 the minting and issuance of the coins authorized
under this Act shall result in no net costs to the Federal
Government.
(b) PAYMENTS FOR THE COINS.—The Secretary may
not sell a coin minted under this Act unless the Secretary
has received—
(1) full payment for such coin;
(2) security satisfactory to the Secretary to in-
demnify the Federal Government 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 Ad-
ministration Board.
SEC. 10. 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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