Native American $1 Coin Act
PL 110-82 (H.R.2358), enacted 09/20/2007

121 STAT. 777 
PUBLIC LAW 110–82—SEPT. 20, 2007 
Public Law 110–82 
110th Congress 
An Act 
To require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint and issue coins in commemoration 
of Native Americans and the important contributions made by Indian tribes 
and individual Native Americans to the development of the United States and 
the history of the United States, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Native American $1 Coin Act’’. 
SEC. 2. NATIVE AMERICAN $1 COIN PROGRAM. 
Section 5112 of title 31, United States Code, is amended by 
adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(r) REDESIGN AND ISSUANCE OF CIRCULATING $1 COINS HON-
ORING NATIVE AMERICANS
AND
THE IMPORTANT CONTRIBUTIONS 
MADE BY INDIAN TRIBES AND INDIVIDUAL NATIVE AMERICANS IN 
UNITED STATES HISTORY.— 
‘‘(1) REDESIGN BEGINNING IN 2008.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Effective beginning January 1, 2008, 
notwithstanding subsection (d), in addition to the coins 
to be issued pursuant to subsection (n), and in accordance 
with this subsection, the Secretary shall mint and issue 
$1 coins that— 
‘‘(i) have as the designs on the obverse the so- 
called ‘Sacagawea design’; and 
‘‘(ii) have a design on the reverse selected in 
accordance with paragraph (2)(A), subject to paragraph 
(3)(A). 
‘‘(B) DELAYED DATE.—If the date of the enactment of 
the Native American $1 Coin Act is after August 25, 2007, 
subparagraph (A) shall be applied by substituting ‘2009’ 
for ‘2008’. 
‘‘(2) DESIGN REQUIREMENTS.—The $1 coins issued in accord-
ance with paragraph (1) shall meet the following design require-
ments: 
‘‘(A) COIN REVERSE.—The design on the reverse shall 
bear— 
‘‘(i) images celebrating the important contributions 
made by Indian tribes and individual Native Americans 
to the development of the United States and the history 
of the United States; 
‘‘(ii) the inscription ‘$1’; and 
‘‘(iii) the inscription ‘United States of America’. 
‘‘(B) COIN OBVERSE.—The design on the obverse shall— 
Applicability. 
Native American 
$1 Coin Act. 
31 USC 5101 
note. 
Sept. 20, 2007 
[H.R. 2358] 
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121 STAT. 778 
PUBLIC LAW 110–82—SEPT. 20, 2007 
‘‘(i) be chosen by the Secretary, after consultation 
with the Commission of Fine Arts and review by the 
Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee; and 
‘‘(ii) contain the so-called ‘Sacagawea design’ and 
the inscription ‘Liberty’. 
‘‘(C) EDGE-INCUSED INSCRIPTIONS.— 
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The inscription of the year of 
minting and issuance of the coin and the inscriptions 
‘E Pluribus Unum’ and ‘In God We Trust’ shall be 
edge-incused into the coin. 
‘‘(ii) PRESERVATION
OF
DISTINCTIVE
EDGE.—The 
edge-incusing of the inscriptions 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 individuals who are blind or 
visually impaired. 
‘‘(D) REVERSE DESIGN SELECTION.—The designs selected 
for the reverse of the coins described under this sub-
section— 
‘‘(i) shall be chosen by the Secretary after consulta-
tion with the Committee on Indian Affairs of the 
Senate, the Congressional Native American Caucus of 
the House of Representatives, the Commission of Fine 
Arts, and the National Congress of American Indians; 
‘‘(ii) shall be reviewed by the Citizens Coinage 
Advisory Committee; 
‘‘(iii) may depict individuals and events such as— 
‘‘(I) the creation of Cherokee written language; 
‘‘(II) the Iroquois Confederacy; 
‘‘(III) Wampanoag Chief Massasoit; 
‘‘(IV) the ‘Pueblo Revolt’; 
‘‘(V) Olympian Jim Thorpe; 
‘‘(VI) Ely S. Parker, a general on the staff 
of General Ulysses S. Grant and later head of 
the Bureau of Indian Affairs; and 
‘‘(VII) code talkers who served the United 
States Armed Forces during World War I and 
World War II; and 
‘‘(iv) in the case of a design depicting the contribu-
tion of an individual Native American to the develop-
ment of the United States and the history of the United 
States, shall not depict the individual in a size such 
that the coin could be considered to be a ‘2-headed’ 
coin. 
‘‘(3) ISSUANCE OF COINS COMMEMORATING 1 NATIVE AMER-
ICAN EVENT DURING EACH YEAR.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Each design for the reverse of the 
$1 coins issued during each year shall be emblematic of 
1 important Native American or Native American contribu-
tion each year. 
‘‘(B) ISSUANCE PERIOD.—Each $1 coin minted with a 
design on the reverse in accordance with this subsection 
for any year shall be issued during the 1-year period begin-
ning on January 1 of that year and shall be available 
throughout the entire 1-year period. 
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121 STAT. 779 
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‘‘(C) ORDER OF ISSUANCE OF DESIGNS.—Each coin issued 
under this subsection commemorating Native Americans 
and their contributions— 
‘‘(i) shall be issued, to the maximum extent prac-
ticable, in the chronological order in which the Native 
Americans lived or the events occurred, until the termi-
nation of the coin program described in subsection 
(n); and 
‘‘(ii) thereafter shall be issued in any order deter-
mined to be appropriate by the Secretary, after con-
sultation with the Committee on Indian Affairs of the 
Senate, the Congressional Native American Caucus of 
the House of Representatives, and the National Con-
gress of American Indians. 
‘‘(4) 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. 
‘‘(5) QUANTITY.—The number of $1 coins minted and issued 
in a year with the Sacagawea-design on the obverse shall 
be not less than 20 percent of the total number of $1 coins 
minted and issued in such year.’’. 
SEC. 3. TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS. 
Section 5112(n)(1) of title 31, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) by striking the paragraph designation and heading and 
all that follows through ‘‘Notwithstanding subsection (d)’’ and 
inserting the following: 
‘‘(1) REDESIGN BEGINNING IN 2007.—Notwithstanding sub-
section (d)’’; 
(2) by striking subparagraph (B); and 
(3) by redesignating clauses (i) and (ii) as subparagraphs 
(A) and (B), respectively, and indenting the subparagraphs 
appropriately. 
SEC. 4. REMOVAL OF BARRIERS TO CIRCULATION OF $1 COIN. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—In order to remove barriers to circulation, 
the Secretary of the Treasury shall carry out an aggressive, cost- 
effective, continuing campaign to encourage commercial enterprises 
to accept and dispense $1 coins that have as designs on the obverse 
the so-called ‘‘Sacagawea design’’. 
31 USC 5112 
note. 
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121 STAT. 780 
PUBLIC LAW 110–82—SEPT. 20, 2007 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.R. 2358: 
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 153 (2007): 
June 12, considered and passed House. 
Aug. 3, considered and passed Senate, amended. 
Sept. 4, House concurred in Senate amendment. 
(b) REPORT.—The Secretary of the Treasury shall submit to 
Congress an annual report on the success of the efforts described 
in subsection (a). 
Approved September 20, 2007. 
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