In the Senate of the United States,
November 18, 2005.
Resolved, That the bill from the House of Representa-
tives (H.R. 358) entitled ‘‘An Act to require the Secretary of
the Treasury to mint coins in commemoration of the 50th an-
niversary of the desegregation of the Little Rock Central
High School in Little Rock, Arkansas, and for other pur-
poses.’’, do pass with the following
AMENDMENT:
Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert:
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Little Rock Central High
School Desegregation 50th Anniversary Commemorative
Coin Act’’.
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SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds the following:
(1) September 2007, marks the 50th anniversary
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 implemen-
tation of the historic decision of the United States Su-
preme 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, Jeffer-
son Thomas, Carlotta Walls, Terrence Roberts, Gloria
Ray, Thelma Mothershed, and Minnijean Brown) who
stood in the face of violence, was influential 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 Af-
rican American from Little Rock Central High
School.
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(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 Treasury
(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 cop-
per.
(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 desegrega-
tion of the Little Rock Central High School and its con-
tribution to civil rights in America.
(b) DESIGNATION AND INSCRIPTIONS.—On each coin
minted under this Act there shall be—
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(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
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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 machinery,
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 be-
fore the issuance of such coins.
(2) DISCOUNT.—Sale prices with respect to pre-
paid orders under paragraph (1) shall be at a reason-
able 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, and subsection (d), all surcharges
which are received by the Secretary from the sale of coins
issued under this Act shall be promptly paid by the Sec-
retary to the Secretary of the Interior for the protection,
preservation, and interpretation of resources and stories as-
sociated with Little Rock Central High School National
Historic Site, including the following:
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(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 ad-
jacent 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 programs
issued during such year to exceed the annual 2 commemora-
tive 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 Secretary of the
Treasury may issue guidance to carry out this subsection.
(d) CREDITABLE FUNDS.—Notwithstanding any other
provision of the law and recognizing the unique partnership
nature of the Department of Interior and the Little Rock
School District at the Little Rock Central High School Na-
tional Historic Site and the significant contributions made
by the Little Rock School District to preserve and maintain
the historic character of the high school, any non-Federal
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funds expended by the school district (regardless of the
source of the funds) for improvements at the Little Rock
Central High School National Historic Site, to the extent
such funds were used for the purposes described in para-
graph (1), (2), or (3) of subsection (b), shall be deemed to
meet the requirement of funds from private sources of sec-
tion 5134(f)(1)(A)(ii) of title 31, United States Code, with
respect to the Secretary of the Interior.
Attest:
Secretary.