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103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2467
To require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in commemoration
of the Vietnam Women’s Memorial.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JUNE 18, 1993
Mrs. MORELLA (for herself and Ms. LAMBERT) introduced the following bill;
which was referred to the Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs
A BILL
To require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins
in commemoration of the Vietnam Women’s Memorial.
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 ‘‘Vietnam Women’s Me-
morial Coin Act of 1994’’.
SEC. 2. COIN SPECIFICATIONS.
(a) ONE-DOLLAR SILVER COINS.—
(1) ISSUANCE.—The Secretary of the Treasury
(hereafter in this Act referred to as the ‘‘Secretary’’)
shall issue not more than 600,000 one-dollar coins,
which shall weigh 26.73 grams, have a diameter of
1.500 inches, and contain 90 percent silver and 10
percent copper.
(2) DESIGN.—The design of the coins issued
under this Act shall be emblematic of the Vietnam
Women’s Memorial sculpture. On each coin there
shall be a designation of the value of the coin, an
inscription of the year ‘‘1994’’, and inscriptions of
the words ‘‘Liberty’’, ‘‘In God We Trust’’, ‘‘United
States of America’’, and ‘‘E Pluribus Unum’’.
(b) LEGAL TENDER.—The coins issued under this
Act shall be legal tender, as provided in section 5103 of
title 31, United States Code.
SEC. 3. SOURCES OF BULLION.
The Secretary shall obtain silver for the coins minted
under this Act only from stockpiles established under the
Strategic and Critical Minerals Stock Piling Act (50
U.S.C. 98 et seq.).
SEC. 4. SELECTION OF DESIGN.
The design for the coins authorized by this Act shall
be selected by the Secretary after consultation with the
Chair of the Vietnam Women’s Memorial Project, Incor-
porated. As required by section 5135 of title 31, United
States Code, the design shall also be reviewed by the Citi-
zens Commemorative 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 coins authorized
under this Act shall be available for issue not later than
July 4, 1994, and shall be minted only during the 1-year
period beginning on such date.
SEC. 6. SALE OF COINS.
(a) SALE PRICE.—The coins authorized under this
Act shall be sold by the Secretary at a price equal to the
sum of the face value of the coins, the surcharge provided
in subsection (c) with respect to such coins, and the cost
of designing and issuing the coins (including labor, mate-
rials, dies, use of machinery, overhead expenses, market-
ing, and shipping).
(b) PREPAID ORDERS.—The Secretary shall accept
prepaid orders for the coins authorized under this Act
prior to the issuance of such coins. Sale prices with respect
to such prepaid orders shall be at a reasonable discount.
(c) SURCHARGES.—All sales shall include a surcharge
of $10 per coin.
SEC. 7. GENERAL WAIVER OF PROCUREMENT REGULA-
TIONS.
No provision of law governing procurement or public
contracts shall be applicable to the procurement of goods
or services necessary for carrying out the provisions of this
Act. Nothing in this section shall relieve any person enter-
ing into a contract under the authority of this Act from
complying with any law relating to equal employment op-
portunity.
SEC. 8. DISTRIBUTION OF SURCHARGES.
All surcharges received by the Secretary from the sale
of coins issued under this Act shall be promptly paid by
the Secretary to the Vietnam Women’s Memorial Project,
Incorporated, to be used—
(1) to establish and maintain an endowment to
be a permanent source of support for the Vietnam
Women’s Memorial;
(2) for education and research concerning veter-
ans and their families; and
(3) for the identification and documentation of
the more than 250,000 women who served in the
Armed Forces of the United States during the Viet-
nam era.
SEC. 9. AUDITS.
The Comptroller General shall have the right to ex-
amine such books, records, documents, and other data of
the Vietnam Women’s Memorial Project, Incorporated, as
may be related to the expenditures of amounts paid under
section 8.
SEC. 10. NUMISMATIC PUBLIC ENTERPRISE FUND.
The coins issued under this Act are subject to the
provisions of section 5134 of title 31, United States Code,
relating to the Numismatic Public Enterprise Fund.
SEC. 11. FINANCIAL ASSURANCES.
It is the sense of the Congress that this coin program
shall be self-sustaining, and should be administered to re-
sult in no net cost to the Numismatic Public Enterprise
Fund.
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