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(2) the continued minting and issuance of the 
so-called ‘‘Sacagawea-design’’ $1 coins will serve as 
a lasting tribute to the role of women and Native 
Americans in the history of the United States; 
(3) while the American tradition of not issuing 
a coin with the image of a living person has served 
the country well and deserves to be continued as a 
general practice, in a series of coins commemorating 
former Presidents, all former Presidents should be 
so honored notwithstanding such tradition; 
(4) the full circulation potential and cost-sav-
ings benefit projections for the $1 coins are not like-
ly to be achieved unless the coins are delivered in 
ways useful to ordinary commerce; 
(5) in order for the circulation of $1 coins to 
achieve maximum potential— 
(A) the coins should be as attractive as 
possible; and 
(B) the Director of the United States Mint 
should take all reasonable steps to ensure that 
all $1 coins minted and issued remain tarnish- 
free for as long as possible without incurring 
undue expense; 
(6) if the Secretary of the Treasury determines 
to include on any $1 coin minted under section
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5112(n) of title 31, United States Code (as added 
by section 102 of this Act) a mark denoting the 
United States Mint facility at which the coin was 
struck, such mark should be edge-incused; 
(7) at such time as the Secretary of Treasury 
determines to be appropriate, and after consultation 
with the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve 
System and the submission of notice to the Con-
gress, the Secretary should declare to be obsolete 
any circulating $1 coin that bears the design of the 
$1 coins being issued immediately before the 
issuance of coins with the design referred to in sec-
tion 5112(n)(7) of title 31, United States Code; 
(8) in connection with the introduction of the 
$1 coins under the Presidential $1 Coin Program— 
(A) the coins should not be introduced 
with an overly expensive taxpayer-funded public 
relations campaign; and 
(B) the Director of the United States 
Mint, a bureau in the Department of the Treas-
ury, should work with consumer groups, media 
outlets, and schools to ensure an adequate 
amount of news coverage about the start of the 
coin program so consumers will know of the 
availability of the coins;
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(9) the Board of Governors of the Federal Re-
serve System and the Secretary of the Treasury 
should take steps to ensure that an adequate supply 
of $1 coins are available for commerce and collectors 
at such places and in such quantities as are appro-
priate by— 
(A) meeting, from time to time but no less 
frequently than quarterly, with a coin users 
group that includes representatives of mer-
chants who would benefit from the increased 
usage of $1 coins, vending machine and other 
coin acceptor manufacturers, vending machine 
owners and operators, transit officials, munic-
ipal parking officials, depository institutions, 
coin and currency handlers, armored-car opera-
tors, car wash operators, and coin collectors 
and dealers to accurately gauge demand for 
coins and to anticipate and eliminate obstacles 
to the easy and efficient distribution and cir-
culation of $1 coins as well as all other circu-
lating coins; 
(B) submitting a semiannual report to the 
Congress containing an assessment of the re-
maining obstacles to the efficient and timely 
circulation of coins, and particularly $1 coins,
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together with such recommendations for legisla-
tive action the Board and the Secretary may 
determine to be appropriate; 
(C) consulting with industry representa-
tives to encourage operators of vending ma-
chines and other automated coin-accepting de-
vices in the United States to accept coins issued 
under the Presidential $1 Coin Program and 
the so-called ‘‘Sacagawea-design’’ $1 coins, and 
to include notices on the machines and devices 
of such acceptability; 
(D) ensuring that during an introductory 
period, all institutions that want unmixed sup-
plies of each newly-issued design of $1 coins are 
able to obtain such unmixed supplies; and 
(E) consulting with representatives of de-
pository institutions and armored-car operators 
to support the availability of $1 coins in pack-
aging of sizes and types appropriate for and 
useful to ordinary commerce, including rolled 
coins; and 
(10) the Director of the United States Mint 
should take all steps necessary to expand the mar-
ketplace for bullion coins, and reduce barriers to the 
sale of bullion coins, by ensuring that—
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(A) the greatest number possible of rep-
utable, reliable, and responsible dealers are 
qualified to offer for sale all bullion coins struck 
and issued by the United States Mint; and 
(B) all such dealers and their customers 
have equal and timely access to all new issues 
of such bullion coins. 
TITLE 
II—ABRAHAM 
LINCOLN 
BICENTENNIAL 1-CENT COIN 
REDESIGN 
SEC. 201. FINDINGS. 
The Congress finds as follows: 
(1) Abraham Lincoln, the 16th President, was 
one of the Nation’s greatest leaders, demonstrating 
true courage during the Civil War, one of the great-
est crises in the Nation’s history. 
(2) Born of humble roots in Hardin County 
(present-day LaRue County), Kentucky, on Feb-
ruary 12, 1809, Abraham Lincoln rose to the Presi-
dency through a combination of honesty, integrity, 
intelligence, and commitment to the United States. 
(3) With the belief that all men are created 
equal, Abraham Lincoln led the effort to free all 
slaves in the United States.
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(4) Abraham Lincoln had a generous heart, 
with malice toward none and with charity for all. 
(5) Abraham Lincoln gave the ultimate sacrifice 
for the country he loved, dying from an assassin’s 
bullet on April 15, 1865. 
(6) All Americans could benefit from studying 
the life of Abraham Lincoln, for Lincoln’s life is a 
model for accomplishing the ‘‘American dream’’ 
through honesty, integrity, loyalty, and a lifetime of 
education. 
(7) The year 2009 will be the bicentennial anni-
versary of the birth of Abraham Lincoln. 
(8) Abraham Lincoln was born in Kentucky, 
grew to adulthood in Indiana, achieved fame in Illi-
nois, and led the nation in Washington, D.C. 
(9) The so-called ‘‘Lincoln cent’’ was introduced 
in 1909 on the 100th anniversary of Lincoln’s birth, 
making the obverse design the most enduring on the 
nation’s coinage. 
(10) President Theodore Roosevelt was so im-
pressed by the talent of Victor David Brenner that 
the sculptor was chosen to design the likeness of 
President Lincoln for the coin, adapting a design 
from a plaque Brenner had prepared earlier.
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(11) In the nearly 100 years of production of 
the ‘‘Lincoln cent’’, there have been only 2 designs 
on the reverse: the original, featuring 2 wheat-heads 
in memorial style enclosing mottoes, and the current 
representation of the Lincoln Memorial in Wash-
ington, D.C. 
(12) On the occasion of the bicentennial of 
President Lincoln’s birth and the 100th anniversary 
of the production of the Lincoln cent, it is entirely 
fitting to issue a series of 1-cent coins with designs 
on the reverse that are emblematic of the 4 major 
periods of President Lincoln’s life. 
SEC. 202. REDESIGN OF LINCOLN CENT FOR 2009. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—During the year 2009, the Sec-
retary of the Treasury shall issue 1-cent coins in accord-
ance with the following design specifications: 
(1) OBVERSE.—The obverse of the 1-cent coin 
shall continue to bear the Victor David Brenner like-
ness of President Abraham Lincoln. 
(2) REVERSE.—The reverse of the coins shall 
bear 4 different designs each representing a dif-
ferent aspect of the life of Abraham Lincoln, such 
as— 
(A) his birth and early childhood in Ken-
tucky;
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(B) his formative years in Indiana; 
(C) his professional life in Illinois; and 
(D) his presidency, in Washington, D.C. 
(b) ISSUANCE OF REDESIGNED LINCOLN CENTS IN 
2009.— 
(1) ORDER.—The 1-cent coins to which this 
section applies shall be issued with 1 of the 4 de-
signs referred to in subsection (a)(2) beginning at 
the start of each calendar quarter of 2009. 
(2) NUMBER.—The Secretary shall prescribe, 
on the basis of such factors as the Secretary deter-
mines to be appropriate, the number of 1-cent coins 
that shall be issued with each of the designs selected 
for each calendar quarter of 2009. 
(c) DESIGN SELECTION.—The designs for the coins 
specified in this section shall be chosen by the Secretary— 
(1) after consultation with the Abraham Lin-
coln Bicentennial Commission and the Commission 
of Fine Arts; and 
(2) after review by the Citizens Coinage Advi-
sory Committee. 
SEC. 203. REDESIGN OF REVERSE OF 1-CENT COINS AFTER 
2009. 
The design on the reverse of the 1-cent coins issued 
after December 31, 2009, shall bear an image emblematic
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of President Lincoln’s preservation of the United States 
of America as a single and united country. 
SEC. 204. NUMISMATIC PENNIES WITH THE SAME METAL-
LIC CONTENT AS THE 1909 PENNY. 
The Secretary of the Treasury shall issue 1-cent coins 
in 2009 with the exact metallic content as the 1-cent coin 
contained in 1909 in such number as the Secretary deter-
mines to be appropriate for numismatic purposes. 
SEC. 205. SENSE OF THE CONGRESS. 
It is the sense of the Congress that the original Victor 
David Brenner design for the 1-cent coin was a dramatic 
departure from previous American coinage that should be 
reproduced, using the original form and relief of the like-
ness of Abraham Lincoln, on the 1-cent coins issued in 
2009. 
Passed the House of Representatives April 27, 2005. 
Attest: 
JEFF TRANDAHL, 
Clerk.