[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4324 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4324

To require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in commemoration 
 of the 200th anniversary of the signing of the Treaty of Greene Ville 
                      at Fort Greene Ville, Ohio.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 3, 1994

 Mr. Boehner introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
            Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
To require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in commemoration 
 of the 200th anniversary of the signing of the Treaty of Greene Ville 
                      at Fort Greene Ville, Ohio.

    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 ``Treaty of Greene Ville 200th 
Anniversary Commemorative Coin Act''.

SEC. 2. CONGRESSIONAL FINDINGS.

    The Congress finds the following:
            (1) The rapid westward expansion of the United States led 
        to warfare between white settlers and the Native Americans.
            (2) During the early 1790s, British traders in the 
        Northwest Territory encouraged Native Americans to attack 
        frontier settlements.
            (3) After twice defeating United States Army expeditions, 
        the Native Americans in the Northwest Territory were finally 
        defeated in 1794 by General Anthony Wayne at the Battle of 
        Fallen Timbers.
            (4) On August 3, 1795, 1 year after General Wayne's defeat 
        of the Native Americans at Fallen Timbers, Ohio, General Wayne 
        and the chiefs of the Delaware, Shawnee, Wyandot, Miami 
        Confederacy, and other tribes negotiated the Treaty of Greene 
        Ville.
            (5) In the Treaty, a definite boundary was established 
        between Indian lands and the lands open to settlement, and the 
        defeated tribes surrendered the southern two-thirds of what is 
        now the State of Ohio and the southern part of what is now the 
        State of Indiana and agreed to move west into the northern part 
        of what is now the State of Indiana.
            (6) Because of the Treaty, the British were forced into 
        what is now Canada and their influence over the Native 
        Americans in the region was eliminated.
            (7) The Treaty of Greene Ville provided for the start of 
        westward expansion in the United States.
            (8) In historical importance, the events at Fort Greene 
        Ville rank next to the events at Bunker Hill, Yorktown, 
        Appomattox, and Gettysburg.

SEC. 3. COIN SPECIFICATIONS.

    (a) $1 Silver Coins.--To commemorate the 200th anniversary of 
signing of the Treaty of Greene Ville at Fort Greene Ville in 
Greenville, Ohio, the Secretary of the Treasury (hereafter in this Act 
referred to as the ``Secretary'') shall mint and issue not more than 
1,000,000 $1 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. 4. 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. 5. DESIGN OF COINS.

    (a) Design Requirements.--
            (1) In general.--The design of the coins minted under this 
        Act shall be emblematic of the Treaty of Greene Ville.
            (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 America'', 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 
        Treaty of Greene Ville Bicentennial Commission, Incorporated, 
        and the Commission of Fine Arts; and
            (2) reviewed by the Citizens Commemorative Coin Advisory 
        Committee.

SEC. 6. 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 period beginning on January 1, 1995, and 
ending on December 31, 1995.

SEC. 7. 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 prepaid orders 
        under paragraph (1) shall be at a reasonable discount.
    (d) Surcharges.--All sales shall include a surcharge of $5 per 
coin.

SEC. 8. GENERAL WAIVER OF PROCUREMENT REGULATIONS.

    (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.--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 employment opportunity.

SEC. 9. 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 Treaty of Greene Ville Bicentennial Commission, 
Incorporated, for the purpose of building a monument to commemorate the 
200th Anniversary of the Treaty of Greene Ville.
    (b) Audits.--The Comptroller General of the United States shall 
have the right to examine such books, records, documents, and other 
data of the Treaty of Greene Ville Bicentennial Commission, 
Incorporated, as may be related to the expenditures of amounts paid 
under subsection (a).

SEC. 10. FINANCIAL ASSURANCES.

    (a) No Net Cost to the Government.--The Secretary shall take such 
actions as may be necessary to ensure that minting and issuing coins 
under this Act will not result in any net cost to the United States 
Government.
    (b) Payment for Coins.--A coin shall not be issued under this Act 
unless the Secretary has received--
            (1) full payment 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 whose deposits are 
        insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or the 
        National Credit Union Administration Board.

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