[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5010 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5010

To provide for a circulating quarter dollar coin program to commemorate 
   the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, 
American Samoa, the United States Virgin Islands, and the Commonwealth 
        of the Northern Mariana Islands, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 27, 2000

    Mr. Bachus (for himself, Mr. Leach, Ms. Norton, Ms. Waters, Mr. 
LaFalce, Mr. Faleomavaega, Mr. Underwood, Mrs. Christensen, Mr. Romero-
   Barcelo, and Mr. Castle) introduced the following bill; which was 
      referred to the Committee on Banking and Financial Services

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                                 A BILL


 
To provide for a circulating quarter dollar coin program to commemorate 
   the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, 
American Samoa, the United States Virgin Islands, and the Commonwealth 
        of the Northern Mariana Islands, 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 ``District of Columbia and United 
States Territories Circulating Quarter Dollar Program Act''.

SEC. 2. ISSUANCE OF REDESIGNED QUARTER DOLLARS COMMEMORATING THE 
              DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA AND EACH OF THE TERRITORIES.

    Section 5112 of title 31, United States Code, is amended by 
inserting after subsection (m) the following new subsection:
    ``(n) Redesign and Issuance of Circulating Quarter Dollar 
Commemorating the District of Columbia and Each of the Territories.--
            ``(1) Redesign beginning in 2009.--Notwithstanding the 
        fourth sentence of subsection (d)(1) and subsection (d)(2) and 
        subject to paragraph (6)(B), quarter dollar coins issued 
        beginning in 2009, shall have designs on the reverse side 
        selected in accordance with this subsection which are 
        emblematic of the District of Columbia and the territories.
            ``(2) Single district or territory design.--The design on 
        the reverse side of each quarter dollar issued beginning in 
        2009 shall be emblematic of 1 of the following: The District of 
        Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, American 
        Samoa, the United States Virgin Islands, and the Commonwealth 
        of the Northern Mariana Islands.
            ``(3) Selection of design.--
                    ``(A) In general.--Each of the 6 designs required 
                under this subsection for quarter dollars shall be--
                            ``(i) selected by the Secretary after 
                        consultation with--
                                    ``(I) the chief executive of the 
                                District of Columbia or the territory 
                                being commemorated, or such other 
                                officials or group as the District of 
                                Columbia or the territory may designate 
                                for such purpose; and
                                    ``(II) the Commission of Fine Arts; 
                                and
                            ``(ii) reviewed by the Citizens 
                        Commemorative Coin Advisory Committee.
                    ``(B) Selection and approval process.--Designs for 
                quarter dollars may be submitted in accordance with the 
                design selection and approval process developed by the 
                Secretary in the sole discretion of the Secretary.
                    ``(C) Participation.--The Secretary may include 
                participation by District or territorial officials, 
                artists from the District of Columbia or the territory, 
                engravers of the United States Mint, and members of the 
                general public.
                    ``(D) Standards.--Because it is important that the 
                Nation's coinage and currency bear dignified designs of 
                which the citizens of the United States can be proud, 
                the Secretary shall not select any frivolous or 
                inappropriate design for any quarter dollar minted 
                under this subsection.
                    ``(E) Prohibition on certain representations.--No 
                head and shoulders portrait or bust of any person, 
                living or dead, and no portrait of a living person may 
                be included in the design of any quarter dollar under 
                this subsection.
            ``(4) Treatment as numismatic items.--For purposes of 
        sections 5134 and 5136, all coins minted under this subsection 
        shall be considered to be numismatic items.
            ``(5) Issuance.--
                    ``(A) Quality of coins.--The Secretary may mint and 
                issue such number of quarter dollars of each design 
                selected under paragraph (4) in uncirculated and proof 
                qualities as the Secretary determines to be 
                appropriate.
                    ``(B) Silver coins.--Notwithstanding subsection 
                (b), the Secretary may mint and issue such number of 
                quarter dollars of each design selected under paragraph 
                (4) as the Secretary determines to be appropriate, with 
                a content of 90 percent silver and 10 percent copper.
                    ``(C) Sources of bullion.--The Secretary shall 
                obtain silver for minting coins under subparagraph (B) 
                from available resources, including stockpiles 
                established under the Strategic and Critical Materials 
                Stock Piling Act.
                    ``(D) Timing and order of issuance.--Coins minted 
                under this subsection commemorating the District of 
                Columbia and each of the territories shall be issued 
                during 10-week intervals in the following order: the 
                District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, 
                Guam, American Samoa, the United States Virgin Islands, 
                and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.
            ``(6) Other provisions.--
                    ``(A) Application in event of admission as a 
                state.--If the District of Columbia or any territory 
                becomes a State before the end of the 10-year period 
                referred to in subsection (l)(1), subsection (l)(7) 
                shall apply, and this subsection shall not apply, with 
                respect to such State.
                    ``(B) Application in event of independence.--If any 
                territory becomes independent or otherwise ceases to be 
                a territory or possession of the United States before 
                quarter dollars bearing designs which are emblematic of 
                such territory are minted pursuant to this subsection, 
                this subsection shall cease to apply with respect to 
                such territory.
                    ``(C) Termination of program.--This subsection 
                shall cease to apply as of the end of the 10-week 
                period beginning on the date quarter dollars 
                commemorating the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana 
                Islands are first issued.
            ``(7) Territory defined.--For purposes of this subsection, 
        the term `territory' means the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, 
        Guam, American Samoa, the United States Virgin Islands, and the 
        Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.''.
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