Civil War Battlefield Commemorative Coin Act of 1992
PL 102-379 (H.R.5126), enacted 10/05/1992

106 STAT. 1362 
PUBLIC LAW 102-379—OCT. 5, 1992 
Public Law 102-379 
102d Congress 
An Act 
Oct 5 1992 
'^^ direct the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in commemoration of the 
100th anniversary of the beginning of the protection of Civil War battlefields, 
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^^^ fjjj, Qj.j^gj. purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
Civil War 
^^g United States of America in Congress assembled. 
Battlefield 
Commemorative 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
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This Act may be cited as the "Civil War Battlefield Commemo-
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rative Coin Act of 1992". 
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SEC. 2. COIN SPECIFICATIONS. 
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(a) FIVE DOLLAR GTOLD COINS.—The Secretary of the Treasury 
(hereaher in this Act referred to as the "Secretary") shall issue 
not more than 300,000 five dollar coins which shall— 
(1) weigh 8.359 grams, 
(2) have a diameter of 0.850 inches, and 
(3) contain 90 percent gold and 10 percent alloy. 
(b) ONE DOLLAR SILVER COINS.—^The Secretary shall issue not 
more than 1,000,000 one 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. 
(c) HALF DOLLAR CLAD COINS.—^The Secretary shall issue not 
more than 2,000,000 half dollar coins which shall be minted to 
the specifications for half dollar coins contained in section 5112(b) 
of title 31, United States Code. 
(d) DESIGN.— 
(1) DESIGN REQUIREMENTS.—The design of the coins author-
ized under this Act shall be emblematic of the Civil War. 
On each such coin there shall be a designation of the value 
of the coin, an inscription of the year "1995", and inscriptions 
of the words "Liberty", "In God We Trust", "United States 
of America", and "E Pluribus Unum". 
(2) SELECTION OF DESIGN.—The Secretary shall select the 
design of each coin authorized under this Act after consultation 
with the Secretary of the Interior, the Commission of Fine 
Arts, and the Civil War Battlefield Foundation (hereafter in 
this Act referred to as the "Foundation"). 
(e) LEGAL TENDER.—^The coins issued under this Act shall be 
legal tender as provided in section 5103 of title 31, United States 
Code. 
(0 TERMINATION OF AUTHORITY.—Coins may not be minted 
under this Act after December 31,1995. 
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(g) PROOF AND UNCIRCULATED COINS.—The coins authorized 
under this section shall be issued in uncirculated and proof 
qualities. 
(h) BUREAU OF THE MINT.—^Not more than 1 facility of the 
Bureau of the Mint may be used to strike any particvilar combina-
tion of denomination and quality of coins under this Act. 
SEC. 3. SOURCES OF BULUON. 
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(a) GOLD.—^The Secretary shall obtain gold for the coins minted "°*®' 
under this Act pursuant to the authority of the Secretary under 
existing law. 
(b) SILVER.—^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.y. 
SEC. 4. SALE OF COINS. 
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(a) SALE PRICE.—^Notwithstanding any other provision of law, "° ' 
the coins issued imder this Act shall be sold by the Secretary 
at a price equal to the face value, used in minting such coins, 
plus the cost of designing and issuing such coins (including labor, 
materials, dies, use of machinery, overhead expenses, marketing, 
and shipping). 
(b) BULK SALES.—^The Secretary shall make bulk sales of coins 
issued iinder this Act at a reasonable discount. 
(c) PREPAID ORDERS AT A DiscouNT.^The Secretary shall 
accept prepaid orders for the coins issued under this Act prior 
to the issuance of such coins. Sales under this subsection shall 
be at a reasonable discount. 
(d) SURCHARGE REQUIRED.—^All sales of coins issued under this 
Act shall include a surcharge of $35 per coin for the five dollar 
coins, $7 per coin for the one dollar coins, and $2 per coin for 
the half dollar coins. 
(e) MARKETING.—^The Secretary, in cooperation with the 
Foundation, shall develop and implement a marketing program 
to promote and sell the coins authorized under this Act both within 
the United States and internationally. 
SEC. 5. COINAGE PROFIT FUND. 
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(a) DEPOSITS.—^All amounts received from the sale of coins 
issued imder this Act shall be deposited into the coinage profit 
fund. 
(b) PAYMENTS.—^The Secretary shall pay the amounts author-
ized under section 6 from the coinage profit fund. 
(c) EXPENDITURES.—^The Secretary shall charge the coinage 
profit fund with all expenditures under this Act. 
SEC. 6. DISTRIBUTION AND USE OF SURCHARGES. 
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(a) DISTRIBUTION.—^Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
the total surcharges received by the Secretary from the sale of 
coins issued under this Act shall be promptly paid by the Secretary 
to the Foundation and used by the Foimdation for the preservation 
of historically significant Civil War battlefields. 
(b) APPROVAL OF EXPENDITURES REQUIRED.—The Foundation 
may not expend any amount attributable to amounts paid to the 
Foundation imder this section unless the Secretary of the Interior 
approves that expenditure. 
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(c) ACCOUNTING.—^The Foundation shall account for all sums 
received by the Foundation under this section in accordance with 
generally accepted accounting principles and shall utilize such sums 
in a prudent manner to achieve battlefield protection. The books 
and records of the Foundation shall be made available to the 
Secretary and the Secretary of the Interior upon request. 
(d) AUDITS.—The Comptroller General of the United States 
shall have the right to examine such books, records, documents, 
and other data of the Foundation as may be related to the expendi-
ture of amounts paid to the Foimdation under this section. 
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SEC. 7. GENERAL WAIVER OF PROCUREMENT REGULATIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—^Except as provided in subsection (b), no provi-
sion of law governing procurement or public contracts shall be 
applicable to the procurement of goods or services necessary for 
canying out the provisions of this Act. 
(b) EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY.—Subsection (a) shall 
not relieve any person entering into a contract under the authority 
of this Act from complying with any law relating to equal employ-
ment opportunity. 
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SEC. 8. FINANCIAL ASSURANCES. 
(a) No NET COST.—^The Secretary shall take such actions as 
may be necessary to ensure that the minting and issuance of 
coins under this Act will not result in any net cost to the Federal 
Government. 
(b) FULL PAYMENT.—^No coin shall be issued under this Act 
unless the Secretary has received— 
(1) full pa3nnent for the coin; 
(2) security satisfactory to the Secretary to indemnify the 
United States for full payment; or 
(3) a guarantee of 
full payment satisfactory to the Secretary 
from a depository institution the deposits of which are insured 
bv the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or the National 
Credit Union Administration. 
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SEC. 9. REPORTS TO CONGRESS. 
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(a) REPORTS REQUIRED.—Not later than 15 days after the last 
day of each calendar quarter which ends before April 1, 1996, 
the Secretary shall transmit to the Committee on Banking, Finance 
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and Urban Affairs of the House of Representatives and the Commit-
tee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate a report 
detaUing activities carried out under this Act during such quarter, 
(b) CONTENTS OF REPORT.—The report shall include a review 
of all marketing activities under section 4 and a 
financial 
statement. 
Approved October 5,1992. 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.R. 5126: 
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 138 (1992): 
June 30, considered and passed House. 
Sept. 18, considered and passed Senate. 
WEEKLY COMPILATION OF PRESIDENTIAL DOCUMENTS, Vol. 28 (1992): 
Oct. 5, Presidential statement.