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[H.R. 2768 Reported in House (RH)]

                                                 Union Calendar No. 348
108th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 2768

                  [Report No. 108-473, Parts I and II]

To require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in commemoration 
                    of Chief Justice John Marshall.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 17, 2003

  Mr. Bachus (for himself, Mr. Leach, Mr. Marshall, Mr. Michaud, Mr. 
Isakson, Mr. Gingrey, Mr. Frost, Mr. Burns, Mr. Moran of Virginia, Ms. 
Majette, Mr. Davis of Florida, Mrs. Capito, Mr. Gerlach, Mrs. Wilson of 
   New Mexico, Mr. Allen, Mr. Cooper, Mr. Duncan, Mr. Culberson, Mr. 
  Cantor, Mr. Matheson, Mr. Gephardt, Mr. Terry, Mr. Wilson of South 
 Carolina, Mr. Goode, and Mr. Jenkins) introduced the following bill; 
       which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services

                             April 27, 2004

           Reported from the Committee on Financial Services

                             April 27, 2004

 Referred sequentially to the House Committee on Ways and Means for a 
  period ending not later than July 6, 2004 for consideration of such 
    provisions of the bill as fall within the jurisdiction of that 
               committee pursuant to clause 1(s), rule X

                              July 6, 2004

  Additional sponsors: Mr. Forbes, Mr. Knollenberg, Mr. Portman, Mr. 
   Hoeffel, Mr. Schrock, Mrs. Myrick, Mr. Kingston, Mr. Conyers, Mr. 
Rangel, Mr. DeMint, Mr. Wolf, Mr. Rogers of Michigan, Mr. Norwood, Mr. 
 McCotter, Mr. Turner of Texas, Mr. Langevin, Mr. Carter, Mr. Emanuel, 
Mr. Bishop of Georgia, Mr. Delahunt, Mrs. Maloney, Mr. Moore, Mr. Udall 
 of Colorado, Mr. Coble, Mr. Green of Texas, Mr. Skelton, Mr. Spratt, 
 Mr. Brown of South Carolina, Mr. Doggett, Mrs. Lowey, Mr. Nadler, Mr. 
Lynch, Mrs. Cubin, Ms. Velazquez, Mr. Udall of New Mexico, Mr. Sanders, 
Mr. Larson of Connecticut, Mr. Barrett of South Carolina, Mr. Clyburn, 
  Ms. DeGette, Mr. Clay, Mr. Crowley, Mr. Sessions, Mr. Capuano, Mr. 
Hinchey, Mr. Carson of Oklahoma, Mr. McGovern, Mr. Pearce, Mr. Hulshof, 
Mr. McDermott, Mr. Lampson, Ms. Slaughter, Mr. Towns, Mr. Manzullo, Mr. 
Everett, Mr. Boehner, Ms. Harris, Mrs. Blackburn, Mr. Deal of Georgia, 
   Ms. Hart, Mr. Wicker, Mr. Pickering, Mr. Tauzin, Mrs. Kelly, Mr. 
 Neugebauer, Mr. Cole, Mr. Lucas of Oklahoma, Mrs. Miller of Michigan, 
  Mrs. Musgrave, Mr. Greenwood, Mr. Nunes, Mr. Pombo, Mr. Blunt, Mr. 
Crenshaw, Mr. Gibbons, Ms. Hooley of Oregon, Ms. Waters, Mr. Baird, Mr. 
  Fossella, Mr. Levin, Mrs. Jo Ann Davis of Virginia, Mr. LaHood, Mr. 
Hyde, Mr. Shadegg, Mr. Hensarling, Mr. Regula, Mr. Linder, Mr. Hobson, 
     Mr. Bereuter, Mr. Smith of Michigan, Mr. Shays, Mr. Lewis of 
California, Mr. Ballenger, Mr. Toomey, Mr. Sweeney, Mr. Radanovich, Mr. 
LaTourette, Mr. English, Mr. Kolbe, Mr. Sabo, Mr. Bonner, Mr. Scott of 
Virginia, Mr. Hoekstra, Mr. King of New York, Mr. Moran of Kansas, Ms. 
  Pryce of Ohio, Mr. Boucher, Mr. Berman, Mr. Goodlatte, Mr. Jones of 
  North Carolina, Mr. Inslee, Mr. Petri, Mr. Osborne, Mr. Baker, Mr. 
Costello, Mr. Sullivan, Mr. Berry, Ms. Pelosi, Mr. Snyder, Mr. Platts, 
 Mr. Cummings, Mr. Ramstad, Mr. Houghton, Mr. Weiner, Mr. Ehlers, Mr. 
McKeon, Ms. DeLauro, Mrs. McCarthy of New York, Mr. Hall, Mr. McNulty, 
Mr. Gonzalez, Mr. Van Hollen, Mr. Visclosky, Mr. Serrano, Mr. Pomeroy, 
    Mr. Bishop of New York, Mr. Taylor of Mississippi, Mr. Davis of 
 Alabama, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Pastor, Mr. Blumenauer, Ms. Roybal-Allard, 
Mr. Pallone, Mr. Holt, Mr. Brown of Ohio, Mr. Dooley of California, Mr. 
Frank of Massachusetts, Mr. Israel, Mr. Ryan of Ohio, Ms. McCollum, Mr. 
   Smith of Washington, Mr. Kennedy of Rhode Island, Mr. Waxman, Mr. 
Dingell, Mr. Andrews, Mr. Lucas of Kentucky, Mr. Boozman, Mr. Boyd, Mr. 
  Oberstar, Mr. Smith of Texas, Mr. Stark, Mr. Lewis of Georgia, Mr. 
Akin, Ms. Kilpatrick, Mr. Davis of Tennessee, Mr. Markey, Mr. Meeks of 
New York, Mr. Kildee, Mr. Boehlert, Mr. Gordon, Mr. Shaw, Mr. Burr, Mr. 
 Scott of Georgia, Mr. Tanner, Mr. Kline, Mr. McIntyre, Mr. Hoyer, Mr. 
Stupak, Mr. McHugh, Mr. Kennedy of Minnesota, Mr. Cardin, Mr. Wynn, Mr. 
  Ruppersberger, Mr. Tom Davis of Virginia, Mr. Meehan, Mr. Aderholt, 
 Mrs. Capps, Mr. Rodriguez, Mr. Collins, Ms. Eddie Bernice Johnson of 
 Texas, Mr. Reynolds, Mr. Camp, Mr. Ackerman, Mr. Baca, Mrs. Jones of 
 Ohio, Mr. Ross, Mr. Becerra, Ms. Jackson-Lee of Texas, Mr. Watt, Mr. 
 Farr, Mr. Mollohan, Mr. Burgess, Mrs. Davis of California, Mr. Wamp, 
Mr. Miller of North Carolina, Mr. Sandlin, Mr. Edwards, Mr. Etheridge, 
Mr. Hayes, Mr. Holden, Mr. Gutierrez, Mr. Cramer, Mr. Abercrombie, Mr. 
  Castle, Mr. Davis of Illinois, Mr. Evans, Mr. Hill, Mr. Jackson of 
    Illinois, Mr. Jefferson, Ms. Kaptur, Ms. Lee, Mr. Sherman, Ms. 
   Millender-McDonald, Mr. Bradley of New Hampshire, Mr. Owens, Mr. 
   Kleczka, Mr. Price of North Carolina, Mr. Rush, Mr. Grijalva, Mr. 
Hastings of Florida, Ms. Corrine Brown of Florida, Mr. Young of Alaska, 
Mr. Cardoza, Ms. McCarthy of Missouri, Mr. Kanjorski, Ms. Lofgren, Mr. 
   Reyes, Mr. Young of Florida, Mr. George Miller of California, Mr. 
 Bilirakis, Mr. Obey, Mr. Dicks, Mr. Rothman, Mr. Kucinich, Mr. Bell, 
  Mr. Foley, Mr. Bishop of Utah, Mr. Stenholm, Mr. Kirk, Ms. Loretta 
Sanchez of California, Mr. Cannon, Mrs. Tauscher, Mr. Filner, Mr. Ford, 
  Mr. Otter, Mr. Schiff, Mr. Wexler, Ms. Berkley, Mr. Gutknecht, Mr. 
Olver, Mr. Franks of Arizona, Mrs. Emerson, Mr. Gilchrest, Mr. Meek of 
     Florida, Mr. John, Mr. Boswell, Mr. Tierney, Mr. Thompson of 
  Mississippi, Mr. Brady of Texas, Ms. Eshoo, Mr. Sensenbrenner, Ms. 
    Solis, Mr. Renzi, Mr. Shimkus, Mrs. Johnson of Connecticut, Mr. 
        Simmons, Mr. Wu, Mr. Beauprez, Mr. Bass, and Mr. Porter

                              July 6, 2004

   Reported from the Committee on Ways and Means with an amendment; 
committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union 
                       and ordered to be printed
                  [Insert the part printed in italic]

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                                 A BILL


 
To require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in commemoration 
                    of Chief Justice John Marshall.

    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 ``John Marshall Commemorative Coin 
Act''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    The Congress hereby finds as follows:
            (1) John Marshall served as the Chief Justice of the United 
        States Supreme Court from 1801 to 1835, the longest tenure of 
        any Chief Justice in the Nation's history.
            (2) John Marshall authored more than 500 opinions, 
        including virtually all of the most important cases decided by 
        the Supreme Court during his tenure.
            (3) Under his leadership, the Supreme Court of the United 
        States gave shape to the fundamental principles of the 
        Constitution, most notably the principle of judicial review.
            (4) John Marshall's service to the United States--not only 
        as a Chief Justice, but also as a soldier in the Revolutionary 
        War, as a Member of Congress, and as Secretary of State--truly 
        makes him one of the most important figures in our Nation's 
        history.

SEC. 3. COIN SPECIFICATIONS.

    (a) Denomination.--In commemoration of the 250th anniversary of the 
birth of Chief Justice John Marshall, the Secretary of the Treasury 
(hereafter in this Act referred to as the ``Secretary'') shall mint and 
issue not more than 400,000 $1 coins, each of 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 sections 5134 and 5136 of 
title 31, United States Code, all coins minted under this Act shall be 
considered to be numismatic items.

SEC. 4. DESIGN OF COINS.

    (a) Design Requirements.--
            (1) In general.--The design of the coins minted under this 
        Act shall be emblematic of Chief Justice John Marshall and his 
        immeasurable contributions to the Constitution of the United 
        States and the Supreme Court of the United States.
            (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 ``2005''; 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 
        Commission of Fine Arts, and the Supreme Court Historical 
        Society; and
            (2) reviewed by the Citizens Coin Advisory Committee.

SEC. 5. 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) Commencement of Issuance.--The Secretary may issue coins minted 
under this Act beginning January 1, 2005.
    (d) Termination of Minting Authority.--No coins may be minted under 
this Act after December 31, 2005.

SEC. 6. 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 section 7(a) 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) Marketing.--The Secretary, in cooperation with the Legacy Fund 
of the Library of Congress, shall develop and implement a marketing 
program to promote and sell the coins issued under this Act both within 
the United States and internationally.

SEC. 7. SURCHARGES.

    (a) In General.--All sales of coins minted under this Act shall 
include a surcharge of $10 per coin.
    (b) Distribution.--Subject to section 5134(f) of title 31, United 
States Code, all surcharges received by the Secretary from the sale of 
coins issued under this Act shall be promptly paid by the Secretary to 
the Supreme Court Historical Society for the purposes of--
            (1) supporting historical research and educational programs 
        about the Supreme Court and the Constitution of the United 
        States and related topics;
            (2) supporting fellowship programs, internships, and 
        docents at the Supreme Court; and
            (3) collecting and preserving antiques, artifacts, and 
        other historical items related to the Supreme Court and the 
        Constitution of the United States and related topics.
    (c) Audits.--The Supreme Court Historical Society shall be subject 
to the audit requirements of section 5134(f)(2) of title 31, United 
States Code, with regard to the amounts received by the Society under 
subsection (b).
    (d) Limitation.--Notwithstanding subsection (a), no surcharge may 
be included with respect to the issuance under this Act of any coin 
during a calendar year if, as of the time of such issuance, the 
issuance of such coin would result in the number of commemorative coin 
programs issued during such year to exceed the annual 2 commemorative 
coin program issuance limitation under section 5112(m)(1) of title 31, 
United States Code (as in effect on the date of the enactment of this 
Act). The Secretary of the Treasury may issue guidance to carry out 
this subsection.




                                                 Union Calendar No. 348

108th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                               H. R. 2768

                  [Report No. 108-473, Parts I and II]

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL

To require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in commemoration 
                    of Chief Justice John Marshall.

_______________________________________________________________________

                              July 6, 2004

   Reported from the Committee on Ways and Means with an amendment; 
committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union 
                       and ordered to be printed