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 ‘‘District of Columbia
and United States Territories Circulating Quarter Dollar
Program Act’’.
SEC. 2. ISSUANCE OF REDESIGNED QUARTER DOLLARS
HONORING THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA AND
EACH OF THE TERRITORIES.
Section 5112 of title 31, United States Code, is
amended by inserting after subsection (m) the following
new subsection:
‘‘(n) REDESIGN
AND ISSUANCE
OF CIRCULATING
QUARTER DOLLAR HONORING THE DISTRICT OF COLUM-
BIA AND EACH OF THE TERRITORIES.—
‘‘(1) REDESIGN IN 2009.—
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—Notwithstanding the
fourth sentence of subsection (d)(1) and sub-
section (d)(2) and subject to paragraph (6)(B),
quarter dollar coins issued during 2009, shall
have designs on the reverse side selected in ac-
cordance with this subsection which are em-
blematic of the District of Columbia and the
territories.
‘‘(B) FLEXIBILITY
WITH
REGARD
TO
PLACEMENT
OF
INSCRIPTIONS.—Notwith-
standing subsection (d)(1), the Secretary may
select a design for quarter dollars issued during
2009 in which—
(i) the inscription described in the sec-
ond sentence of subsection (d)(1) appears
on the reverse side of any such quarter
dollars; and
(ii) any inscription described in the
third sentence of subsection (d)(1) or the
designation of the value of the coin ap-
pears on the obverse side of any such quar-
ter dollars.
‘‘(2) SINGLE
DISTRICT
OR
TERRITORY
DE-
SIGN.—The design on the reverse side of each quar-
ter dollar issued during 2009 shall be emblematic of
one of the following: The District of Columbia, the
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, American
Samoa, the United States Virgin Islands, and the
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.
‘‘(3) SELECTION OF DESIGN.—
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Each of the 6 designs
required under this subsection for quarter dol-
lars shall be—
‘‘(i) selected by the Secretary after
consultation with—
‘‘(I) the chief executive of the
District of Columbia or the territory
being honored, or such other officials
or group as the chief executive officer
of the District of Columbia or the ter-
ritory may designate for such purpose;
and
‘‘(II) the Commission of Fine
Arts; and
‘‘(ii) reviewed by the Citizens Coinage
Advisory Committee.
‘‘(B) SELECTION
AND
APPROVAL
PROC-
ESS.—Designs for quarter dollars may be sub-
mitted in accordance with the design selection
and approval process developed by the Sec-
retary in the sole discretion of the Secretary.
‘‘(C) PARTICIPATION.—The Secretary may
include participation by District or territorial
officials, artists from the District of Columbia
or the territory, engravers of the United States
Mint, and members of the general public.
‘‘(D) STANDARDS.—Because it is impor-
tant that the Nation’s coinage and currency
bear dignified designs of which the citizens of
the United States can be proud, the Secretary
shall not select any frivolous or inappropriate
design for any quarter dollar minted under this
subsection.
‘‘(E) PROHIBITION
ON
CERTAIN
REP-
RESENTATIONS.—No head and shoulders por-
trait or bust of any person, living or dead, and
no portrait of a living person may be included
in the design of any quarter dollar under this
subsection.
‘‘(4) TREATMENT AS NUMISMATIC ITEMS.—For
purposes of sections 5134 and 5136, all coins mint-
ed under this subsection shall be considered to be
numismatic items.
‘‘(5) ISSUANCE.—
‘‘(A) QUALITY OF COINS.—The Secretary
may mint and issue such number of quarter
dollars of each design selected under paragraph
(4) in uncirculated and proof qualities as the
Secretary determines to be appropriate.
‘‘(B) 
SILVER
COINS.—Notwithstanding
subsection (b), the Secretary may mint and
issue such number of quarter dollars of each
design selected under paragraph (4) as the Sec-
retary determines to be appropriate, with a con-
tent of 90 percent silver and 10 percent copper.
‘‘(C) TIMING AND ORDER OF ISSUANCE.—
Coins minted under this subsection honoring
the District of Columbia and each of the terri-
tories shall be issued in equal sequential inter-
vals during 2009 in the following order: the
District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of
Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the
United States Virgin Islands, and the Common-
wealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.
‘‘(6) OTHER PROVISIONS.—
‘‘(A) APPLICATION IN EVENT OF ADMIS-
SION AS A STATE.—If the District of Columbia
or any territory becomes a State before the end
of the 10-year period referred to in subsection
(l)(1), subsection (l)(7) shall apply, and this
subsection shall not apply, with respect to such
State.
‘‘(B) APPLICATION
IN
EVENT
OF
INDE-
PENDENCE.—If any territory becomes inde-
pendent or otherwise ceases to be a territory or
possession of the United States before quarter
dollars bearing designs which are emblematic of
such territory are minted pursuant to this sub-
section, this subsection shall cease to apply with
respect to such territory.
‘‘(7) TERRITORY
DEFINED.—For purposes of
this subsection, the term ‘territory’ means the Com-
monwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa,
the United States Virgin Islands, and the Common-
wealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.’’.
Passed the House of Representatives March 25,
2004.
Attest:
Clerk.
108TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 2993
AN ACT
To provide for a circulating quarter dollar coin pro-
gram to honor the District of Columbia, the
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, American
Samoa, the United States Virgin Islands, and the
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands,
and for other purposes.