I 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4833 
To require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in commemoration 
of the quadricentennial of the City of Santa Fe, New Mexico. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 18, 2007 
Mr. UDALL of New Mexico (for himself, Mrs. WILSON of New Mexico, and 
Mr. PEARCE) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Financial Services 
A BILL 
To require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins 
in commemoration of the quadricentennial of the City 
of Santa Fe, New Mexico. 
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 ‘‘Santa Fe 
Quadricentennial Commemorative Coin Act’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
The Congress finds as follows: 
(1) Santa Fe, New Mexico, the site of native 
occupation centuries before European incursions, 
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was officially elevated from a plaza established in 
1608 to a villa and capital city in 1610 and has been 
the meeting place and home of many cultures. 
(2) The Palace of the Governors, built in the 
early 17th century, served as the governor’s quarters 
and seat of government under 3 flags and is the old-
est continuously used public building in the United 
States. 
(3) La Fiesta de Santa Fe, a cultural, religious, 
and social celebration, commemorating the resettle-
ment of Santa Fe by General Don Diego de Vargas 
in 1692 continues today as an attraction for tourists 
and locals alike. 
(4) At the nexus of 3 historically important 
trails, Santa Fe brought people and goods together 
over the Santa Fe Trail to and from Missouri, Cali-
fornia, and Mexico City. 
(5) Commerce on the Santa Fe Trail brought a 
much needed boost to the American Midwest’s econ-
omy during the recession of the early 19th century. 
(6) Santa Fe was the rendezvous place for trad-
ers, mountain men, and ‘‘Forty-Niners’’ on route to 
California and is today home to a multicultural citi-
zenry and world class art market. 
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(7) The Santa Fe area has long attracted tour-
ists, artists, and writers, and is a center of market 
activity for arts and culture year round, culminating 
in the world-renowned Indian Market, Spanish Colo-
nial Art Market, and International Folk Art Market. 
(8) New Mexico is the home to the oldest and 
continuously inhabited indigenous communities in 
North America. 
(9) Native communities now residing in New 
Mexico include the following: Acoma Pueblo; Alamo 
Navajo Chapter; Canoncito Navajo Chapter; Cochiti 
Pueblo; Isleta Pueblo; Jemez Pueblo; Jicarilla 
Apache Tribe; Laguna Pueblo; Mescalero Apache 
Tribe; Nambe Pueblo; Picuris Pueblo; Pojoaque 
Pueblo; Ramah Navajo Chapter; San Felipe Pueblo; 
San Ildefonso Pueblo; San Juan Pueblo; Sandia 
Pueblo; Santa Ana Pueblo; Santa Clara Pueblo; 
Santo Domingo Pueblo; Taos Pueblo; Tesuque Pueb-
lo; Zia Pueblo; and Zuni Pueblo. 
(10) Many other native communities or groups 
disappeared or were moved after European contact. 
(11) The Pueblo Revolt of 1680 is known to be 
one of the first ‘‘American Revolutions’’ when the 
Pueblo people ousted Spanish colonists from New 
Mexico. 
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(12) The Santa Fe area has long attracted 
tourists, artists, and writers: the classic novel Ben 
Hur was written, in part, by then Governor Lew 
Wallace, in the Palace of the Governors. 
(13) A commemorative coin will help to foster 
an understanding and appreciation of New Mexico, 
its history and culture, and the importance of Santa 
Fe and New Mexico to the history of the United 
States and the world. 
SEC. 3. COIN SPECIFICATIONS. 
(a) DENOMINATIONS.—In commemoration of the 
quadricentennial of the establishment of the City of Santa 
Fe, New Mexico, the Secretary of the Treasury (hereafter 
in this Act referred to as the ‘‘Secretary’’) shall mint and 
issue the following coins: 
(1) $5 GOLD COINS.—Not more than 100,000 
$5 coins, which shall— 
(A) weigh 8.359 grams; 
(B) have a diameter of 0.850 inches; and 
(C) contain 90 percent gold and 10 percent 
alloy. 
(2) $1 SILVER COINS.—Not more than 500,000 
$1 coins, which shall— 
(A) weigh 26.73 grams; 
(B) have a diameter of 1.500 inches; and 
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