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104TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 79
To require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in commemoration
of Associate Justice Thurgood Marshall.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JANUARY 4, 1995
Mr. RANGEL introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Banking and Financial Services
A BILL
To require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins
in commemoration of Associate Justice Thurgood Marshall.
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 ‘‘Thurgood Marshall
Commemorative Coin Act’’.
SEC. 2. COIN SPECIFICATIONS.
(a) $1 SILVER COINS.—The Secretary of the Treas-
ury (hereafter in this Act referred to as the ‘‘Secretary’’)
shall mint and issue not more than 500,000 1 dollar coins,
which shall—
(1) weigh 26.73 grams;
(2) have a diameter of 1.500 inches; and
(3) contain 90 percent silver and 10 percent
copper.
(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
5134 of title 31, United States Code, all coins minted
under this Act shall be considered to be numismatic items.
SEC. 3. SOURCES OF BULLION.
The Secretary shall obtain silver for minting coins
under this Act only from stockpiles established under the
Strategic and Critical Materials Stock Piling Act.
SEC. 4. DESIGN OF COINS.
(a) DESIGN REQUIREMENTS.—
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The design of the coins
minted under this Act shall be emblematic of the
tenure of Associate Justice Thurgood Marshall on
the Supreme Court of the United States.
(2) DESIGNATION
AND
INSCRIPTIONS.—On
each coin minted under this Act there shall be—
(A) a designation of the value of the coin;
(B) an inscription of the year ‘‘1995’’; and
(C) inscriptions of the words ‘‘Liberty’’,
‘‘In God We Trust’’, ‘‘United States of Amer-
ica’’, and ‘‘E Pluribus Unum’’.
(b) SELECTION.—The design for the coins minted
under this Act shall be—
(1) selected by the Secretary after consultation
with the Supreme Court Historical Society, the fam-
ily of the late Thurgood Marshall, and the Commis-
sion of Fine Arts; and
(2) reviewed by the Citizens Commemorative
Coin Advisory Committee.
SEC. 5. ISSUANCE OF COINS.
(a) QUALITY OF COINS.—Coins minted under this
Act shall be issued in uncirculated and proof qualities.
(b) MINT FACILITY.—Only 1 facility of the United
States Mint may be used to strike any particular quality
of the coins minted under this Act.
(c) PERIOD
FOR ISSUANCE.—The Secretary may
issue coins minted under this Act only during the 1-year
period beginning 90 days after the enactment of this Act.
SEC. 6. SALE OF COINS.
(a) SALE PRICE.—The coins issued under this Act
shall be sold by the Secretary at a price equal to the sum
of—
(1) the face value of the coins;
(2) the surcharge provided in subsection (d)
with respect to such coins; and
(3) the cost of designing and issuing the coins
(including labor, materials, dies, use of machinery,
overhead expenses, marketing, and shipping).
(b) BULK SALES.—The Secretary shall make bulk
sales of the coins issued under this Act at a reasonable
discount.
(c) PREPAID ORDERS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall accept
prepaid orders for the coins minted under this Act
before the issuance of such coins.
(2) DISCOUNT.—Sale prices with respect to pre-
paid orders under paragraph (1) shall be at a rea-
sonable discount.
(d) SURCHARGES.—All sales shall include a sur-
charge of $10 per coin.
SEC. 7. 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.
SEC. 8. DISTRIBUTION OF SURCHARGES.
(a) IN GENERAL.—All surcharges received by the
Secretary from the sale of coins issued under this Act shall
be promptly paid by the Secretary to the Historical Pres-
ervation Committee of the Supreme Court Historical Soci-
ety for the purpose of collecting and preserving the phys-
ical history of the Supreme Court, including—
(1) research on the history of the entire judicial
branch of the Federal Government;
(2) the acquisition of objects and documents re-
lating to the events associated with the Supreme
Court of the United States in the course of the
Court’s history; and
(3) the acquisition and preservation of docu-
ments, portraits, and period furnishings of historical
significance affecting the history of the Supreme
Court for the inspiration and benefit of the people
of the United States.
(b) AUDITS.—The Comptroller General of the United
States shall have the right to examine such books, records,
documents, and other data of the Supreme Court Histori-