[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 760 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 760

 To include 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 in the 50 States 
                      Commemorative Coin Program.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 25, 1999

 Mr. Murkowski (for himself and Mr. Bingaman) introduced the following 
 bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, 
                       Housing, and Urban Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
 To include 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 in the 50 States 
                      Commemorative Coin Program.

    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 ``Commemorative Coin Amendments Act of 
1999''.

SEC. 2. AMENDMENT TO COIN PROGRAM.

    Section 5112(l) of title 31, United States Code, is amended by 
adding at the end the following:
            ``(8) Inclusion of non-states.--
                    ``(A) In general.--During the 1-year period 
                beginning at the end of the period described in 
                paragraph (1)(A), quarter dollar coins shall be minted 
                and issued having designs on the reverse side that are 
                emblematic of each of the 6 non-States.
                    ``(B) Applicability.--The requirements of 
                paragraphs (2) through (6) shall apply to coins issued 
                in commemoration of the non-States, except that, for 
                purposes of this paragraph--
                            ``(i) references in those paragraphs to 
                        `States' and `the 50 States' shall be construed 
                        to be references to the 6 non-States;
                            ``(ii) references in these paragraphs to 
                        the `10-year period' shall be construed to be 
                        references to the 1-year period described in 
                        subparagraph (A) of this paragraph; and
                            ``(iii) references in those paragraphs to 
                        the `50 designs' shall be construed to be 
                        references to the 6 designs relating to the 
                        non-States.
                    ``(C) Order.--Coins shall be minted and issued for 
                non-States in the order in which they appear in 
                subparagraph (D).
                    ``(D) Definition.--In this paragraph, the term 
                `non-States' means--
                            ``(i) the District of Columbia;
                            ``(ii) the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico;
                            ``(iii) Guam;
                            ``(iv) American Samoa;
                            ``(v) the United States Virgin Islands; and
                            ``(vi) the Commonwealth of the Northern 
                        Mariana Islands.''.
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