115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 770 
AN ACT 
To require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins 
in recognition of American innovation and significant 
innovation and pioneering efforts of individuals or groups 
from each of the 50 States, the District of Columbia, 
and the United States territories, to promote the impor-
tance of innovation in the United States, the District 
of Columbia, and the United States territories, and for 
other purposes. 
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 ‘‘American Innovation 
$1 Coin Act’’. 
SEC. 2. AMERICAN INNOVATION $1 COIN PROGRAM. 
Section 5112 of title 31, United States Code, is 
amended by inserting after subsection (v) the following 
new subsection: 
‘‘(w) REDESIGN AND ISSUANCE OF $1 COINS HON-
ORING
INNOVATION
AND
INNOVATORS
FROM
EACH 
STATE, THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, AND EACH TERRI-
TORY.— 
‘‘(1) REDESIGN BEGINNING IN 2019.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding sub-
section (d)(1) and subsection (d)(2) and in ac-
cordance with the provisions of this subsection, 
during the 14-year period beginning on January 
1, 2019 (or such later date as provided under 
subparagraph (B)(ii)), the Secretary of the 
Treasury shall mint and issue $1 coins to be 
known as ‘American Innovation $1 coins’, 
that— 
‘‘(i) have designs on the obverse se-
lected 
in 
accordance 
with 
paragraph 
(2)(A); and
‘‘(ii) have a design on the reverse se-
lected 
in 
accordance 
with 
paragraph 
(2)(B). 
‘‘(B) CONTINUITY PROVISIONS.— 
‘‘(i) IN
GENERAL.—Notwithstanding 
subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall con-
tinue to mint and issue $1 coins honoring 
Native Americans and their contributions 
in accordance with subsection (r). 
‘‘(ii) FIRST
COIN.—Notwithstanding 
subparagraph (A), if the Secretary finds 
that it is feasible and cost-effective, the 
Secretary may mint and issue a $1 coin in 
2018 to introduce the series of coins de-
scribed in this subsection, that— 
‘‘(I) has the obverse described 
under paragraph (2)(A); 
‘‘(II) has a reverse that bears the 
inscription ‘United States of America’ 
and ‘American Innovators’ and a rep-
resentation of the signature of Presi-
dent George Washington on the first 
United States patent issued; 
‘‘(III) has the edge-incusing de-
scribed under paragraph (2)(C); and
‘‘(IV) the design for which has 
reviewed by the Citizens Coinage Ad-
visory Committee. 
‘‘(C) DEFINITION
OF
TERRITORY.—For 
purposes of this subsection, the term ‘territory’ 
means the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, 
Guam, American Samoa, the United States Vir-
gin Islands, and the Commonwealth of the 
Northern Mariana Islands. 
‘‘(2) 
DESIGN
REQUIREMENTS.—Notwith-
standing subsection (d)(1) and subsection (d)(2), the 
$1 coins issued in accordance with paragraph (1)(A) 
shall meet the following design requirements: 
‘‘(A) COIN OBVERSE.—The common design 
on the obverse of each coin issued under this 
subsection shall contain— 
‘‘(i) a likeness of the Statue of Lib-
erty extending to the rim of the coin and 
large enough to provide a dramatic rep-
resentation of Liberty; 
‘‘(ii) the inscription ‘$1’; and 
‘‘(iii) the inscription ‘In God We 
Trust’.
‘‘(B) COIN REVERSE.—The design on the 
reverse of each coin issued under this sub-
section shall bear the following: 
‘‘(i) An image or images emblematic 
of one of the following from one of the 50 
States, the District of Columbia, or the 
territories of the United States: 
‘‘(I) A significant innovation. 
‘‘(II) An innovator. 
‘‘(III) A group of innovators. 
‘‘(ii) The name of the State, the Dis-
trict of Columbia, or territory, as applica-
ble. 
‘‘(iii) The inscription ‘United States 
of America’. 
‘‘(C) EDGE-INCUSED INSCRIPTIONS.— 
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The inscription of 
the year of minting or issuance of the coin, 
the mint mark, and the inscription ‘E 
Pluribus Unum’ shall be edge-incused into 
the coin. 
‘‘(ii) PRESERVATION OF DISTINCTIVE 
EDGE.—The edge-incusing of the inscrip-
tions under clause (i) on coins issued 
under this subsection shall be done in a
manner that preserves the distinctive edge 
of the coin so that the denomination of the 
coin is readily discernible, including by in-
dividuals who are blind or visually im-
paired. 
‘‘(3) ISSUANCE OF COINS COMMEMORATING IN-
NOVATION OR INNOVATORS.— 
‘‘(A) ORDER
OF
ISSUANCE.—The coins 
issued under this subsection commemorating ei-
ther an innovation, an individual innovator, or 
a group of innovators, from each State, the Dis-
trict of Columbia, or a territory shall be issued 
in alphabetic order of the State, the District, or 
territory represented, starting with Alabama, 
and with the District of Columbia following 
Delaware. 
‘‘(B) ISSUANCE
OF
COINS
COMMEMO-
RATING
FOUR
INNOVATIONS
OR
INNOVATORS 
DURING EACH OF 14 YEARS.— 
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Four $1 coin de-
signs as described in this subsection shall 
be issued during each year of the period 
referred to in paragraph (1) until one coin 
featuring one innovation, an individual in-
novator, or a group of innovators, from
each of the States, the District of Colum-
bia, and territories has been issued. 
‘‘(ii) NUMBER OF COINS OF EACH DE-
SIGN.—The Secretary shall prescribe, on 
the basis of such factors as the Secretary 
determines to be appropriate, the number 
of $1 coins that shall be issued with each 
of the designs selected for each year of the 
period referred to in paragraph (1). 
‘‘(iii) APPLICATION IN EVENT OF THE 
ADMISSION
OF
ADDITIONAL
STATES
OR 
TERRITORIES.—Notwithstanding clause (i), 
if any additional State or territory is ad-
mitted into the Union before the end of the 
14-year period referred to in paragraph 
(1), the Secretary of the Treasury may 
issue $1 coins with respect to such addi-
tional State or territory, in accordance 
with this subsection during any one year of 
such 14-year period, in addition to the four 
$1 coins issued during such year in accord-
ance with clause (i). 
‘‘(iv) APPLICATION IN THE EVENT OF 
INDEPENDENCE.—Notwithstanding 
para-
graph (3)(B)(i), if any territory becomes
independent or otherwise ceases to be a 
territory of the United States before $1 
coins are minted pursuant to this sub-
section, the subsection shall cease to apply 
with respect to such territory. 
‘‘(4) SELECTION OF CONCEPT AND DESIGN.— 
‘‘(A) CONCEPT.—With respect to each 
State, the District of Columbia, and each terri-
tory to be honored with a coin under this sub-
section, the selection of the significant innova-
tion, innovator, or group of innovators to be 
borne on the reverse of such coin shall be made 
by the Secretary of the Treasury, after con-
sultation with the Governor or other chief exec-
utive of the State, the District of Columbia, or 
territory with respect to which a coin is to be 
issued under this subsection. 
‘‘(B) DESIGN.—Each of the designs re-
quired under this subsection shall be selected by 
the Secretary after— 
‘‘(i) consultation with— 
‘‘(I) the Governor or other chief 
executive of the State, the District of 
Columbia, or territory with respect to
which a coin is to be issued under this 
subsection; and 
‘‘(II) the Commission of Fine 
Arts; and 
‘‘(ii) review by the Citizens Coinage 
Advisory Committee. 
‘‘(C) SELECTION
AND
APPROVAL
PROC-
ESS.—Proposals for designs for $1 coins under 
this subsection may be submitted in accordance 
with the design selection and approval process 
developed by the Secretary in the sole discretion 
of the Secretary. 
‘‘(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 $1 coin minted under this sub-
section. 
‘‘(E) PROHIBITION
ON
CERTAIN
REP-
RESENTATIONS.—No head and shoulders por-
trait or bust of any person and no portrait of 
a living person may be included in the design 
of any coin issued under this subsection.
‘‘(5) TREATMENT AS NUMISMATIC ITEMS.—For 
purposes of sections 5134 and 5136, all $1 coins 
minted under this subsection shall be considered to 
be numismatic items. 
‘‘(6) ISSUANCE
OF
NUMISMATIC
COINS.—The 
Secretary may mint and issue such number of $1 
coins of each design selected under this subsection 
in uncirculated and proof qualities as the Secretary 
determines to be appropriate. 
‘‘(7) 
TERMINATION
OF
PROGRAM.—The 
issuance of coins under this subsection shall termi-
nate when one innovation, an individual innovator, 
or a group of innovators, from each State, the Dis-
trict of Columbia, and each territory has been hon-
ored and may not be resumed except by an Act of 
Congress.’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives January 16, 
2018. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 770 
AN ACT 
To require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint 
coins in recognition of American innovation and 
significant innovation and pioneering efforts of 
individuals or groups from each of the 50 States, 
the District of Columbia, and the United States 
territories, to promote the importance of innova-
tion in the United States, the District of Colum-
bia, and the United States territories, and for 
other purposes.