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[H.R. 68 Reported in House (RH)]






                                                  Union Calendar No. 81
109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 H. R. 68

                      [Report No. 109-133, Part I]

To require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in commemoration 
     of the 50th anniversary of the establishment of the National 
Aeronautics and Space Administration and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 4, 2005

Mr. Culberson (for himself, Mr. DeLay, Mr. Gene Green of Texas, and Mr. 
   Schiff) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                    Committee on Financial Services

                             June 15, 2005

 Reported with an amendment and referred to the Committee on Ways and 
      Means for a period ending not later than June 17, 2005, for 
  consideration of such provisions of the bill and amendment as fall 
within the jurisdiction of that committee pursuant to clause 1(t), rule 
                                   X
 [Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed 
                               in italic]

                             June 17, 2005

  Additional sponsors: Mr. Sherman, Mr. Al Green of Texas, Mr. Towns, 
Mrs. McCarthy, Mr. Van Hollen, Mr. Davis of Tennessee, Mr. Thompson of 
 California, Mr. Reyes, Mr. Hall, Mr. Pickering, Mr. Gordon, Mr. Brady 
 of Texas, Mr. Cox, Mr. Calvert, Mr. Moore of Kansas, Mr. Serrano, Mr. 
   Weldon of Pennsylvania, Mr. Bartlett of Maryland, Mr. Ehlers, Mr. 
    Wicker, Mr. Simpson, Mr. Cramer, Mr. Taylor of Mississippi, Mr. 
 Boehlert, Ms. Loretta Sanchez of California, Mr. Spratt, Ms. Corrine 
  Brown of Florida, Mr. Hyde, Mr. Boyd, Mr. Goode, Mr. Tancredo, Mr. 
Hoyer, Mr. McCotter, Mr. Gibbons, Mr. Ortiz, Mr. Wolf, Mr. Hastings of 
   Florida, Mr. Ruppersberger, Mrs. Lowey, Mr. McCaul of Texas, Mr. 
   Berman, Mr. Gerlach, Mr. Kucinich, Mr. Bachus, Mr. Shays, Mr. Sam 
    Johnson of Texas, Mrs. Jo Ann Davis of Virginia, Mr. Blunt, Mr. 
    Sweeney, Mr. Johnson of Illinois, Mr. Olver, Mr. Beauprez, Mr. 
Abercrombie, Mr. Aderholt, Mr. Akin, Mr. Barrett of South Carolina, Mr. 
Bass, Mr. Bonner, Mr. Brown of South Carolina, Mr. Burgess, Mr. Carter, 
Mr. Castle, Mr. Chabot, Mr. Cole of Oklahoma, Mr. Cuellar, Mr. Davis of 
  Illinois, Mr. Tom Davis of Virginia, Ms. DeLauro, Mr. Lincoln Diaz-
  Balart of Florida, Mr. Mario Diaz-Balart of Florida, Mr. Doolittle, 
 Mrs. Drake, Mr. Edwards, Mr. English of Pennsylvania, Mr. Feeney, Ms. 
 Foxx, Mr. Franks of Arizona, Mr. Garrett of New Jersey, Mr. Gillmor, 
 Mr. Gohmert, Mr. Gutknecht, Mr. Hensarling, Mr. Hobson, Mr. Hoekstra, 
 Mr. Istook, Mr. Jindal, Mr. Jones of North Carolina, Ms. Kaptur, Mr. 
 Kline, Mr. Linder, Mr. Daniel E. Lungren of California, Mr. Mack, Mr. 
    Marchant, Mr. McHenry, Mr. McKeon, Miss McMorris, Mr. Miller of 
  Florida, Mr. Murphy, Mr. Neugebauer, Mrs. Northup, Mr. Osborne, Mr. 
 Pastor, Mr. Pence, Mr. Pitts, Mr. Poe, Mr. Ramstad, Mr. Rehberg, Mr. 
 Reichert, Mr. Ryun of Kansas, Mr. Schwarz of Michigan, Mr. Sessions, 
    Mr. Smith of New Jersey, Mr. Tiahrt, Mr. Weldon of Florida, Mr. 
Westmoreland, Mr. Whitfield, Mr. Wilson of South Carolina, Mr. Wu, Mr. 
   Cantor, Mr. Everett, Mrs. Kelly, Mr. King of Iowa, Mr. Kennedy of 
Minnesota, Mr. Meehan, Mr. George Miller of California, Mrs. Musgrave, 
 Mr. Norwood, Ms. Eddie Bernice Johnson of Texas, Mr. Radanovich, Mr. 
 Baird, Mr. Baker, Ms. Baldwin, Mrs. Blackburn, Mr. Burton of Indiana, 
  Mr. Buyer, Mr. Cannon, Mrs. Capito, Mr. Chocola, Mr. Clyburn, Mrs. 
 Cubin, Mr. DeFazio, Mr. Dent, Mrs. Emerson, Mr. Ferguson, Mr. Foley, 
 Mr. Gallegly, Mr. Hayworth, Mr. Hostettler, Mr. Issa, Ms. Jackson-Lee 
 of Texas, Mr. Lewis of California, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Miller of North 
Carolina, Mr. Reynolds, Mr. Rohrabacher, Ms. Ros-Lehtinen, Mr. Ryan of 
Wisconsin, Ms. Linda T. Sanchez of California, Mr. Saxton, Mr. Skelton, 
Mr. Snyder, Mr. Stearns, Mr. Terry, Mr. Walsh, Mr. Wamp, Mrs. Wilson of 
 New Mexico, Mr. Jefferson, Mrs. Johnson of Connecticut, Mr. Sullivan, 
    Mr. Duncan, Mr. Cunningham, Mr. Ross, Mr. Meek of Florida, Mr. 
 Manzullo, Mr. Portman, Mr. Fossella, Mr. Putnam, Mr. Hayes, Mr. Ford, 
Mr. Gonzalez, Mr. Deal of Georgia, Mr. Forbes, Ms. Granger, Mr. Graves, 
Mr. Jenkins, Mr. Gary G. Miller of California, Mr. Platts, Mr. Price of 
Georgia, Mr. Rogers of Michigan, Mr. Shadegg, Mr. Shuster, Mr. Smith of 
Texas, Mr. Sherwood, Mr. Shaw, Mr. Alexander, Mr. Boehner, Mr. Bonilla, 
Mrs. Bono, Mr. Fitzpatrick of Pennsylvania, Mr. Goodlatte, Mr. Green of 
   Wisconsin, Mr. Hunter, Mr. Kolbe, Mr. LaTourette, Mr. Markey, Mr. 
 Nunes, Mr. Otter, Mr. Rahall, Mr. Souder, Mr. Thornberry, Mr. Tiberi, 
Mr. Bilirakis, Mr. Rangel, Mr. Crenshaw, Mr. Kingston, Mr. LaHood, Mr. 
 Rogers of Alabama, Ms. Slaughter, Mr. Young of Florida, Mrs. Biggert, 
 Mr. Coble, Mr. Gingrey, Ms. Harris, Mr. Hulshof, Mr. Keller, Mr. King 
of New York, Mr. Kirk, Mr. McHugh, Mrs. Myrick, Mr. Rogers of Kentucky, 
     Mr. Simmons, Mr. Sodrel, Mr. Upton, Mr. Young of Alaska, Mr. 
Knollenberg, Mr. Kildee, Mrs. Tauscher, Mr. Wynn, Mr. Berry, Mr. Bishop 
 of New York, Mr. Blumenauer, Mr. Boren, Mr. Boustany, Mr. Bradley of 
  New Hampshire, Mr. Camp, Mrs. Capps, Mr. Capuano, Mr. Carnahan, Mr. 
Case, Mr. Conyers, Mrs. Davis of California, Mr. Davis of Kentucky, Mr. 
     Dreier, Ms. Eshoo, Mr. Farr, Mr. Frank of Massachusetts, Mr. 
Frelinghuysen, Mr. Gilchrest, Ms. Harman, Mr. Hefley, Mr. Hinojosa, Mr. 
  Holt, Mr. Honda, Mr. Kuhl of New York, Mr. Lantos, Mr. Latham, Mr. 
LoBiondo, Mr. Mollohan, Mr. Moran of Kansas, Mr. Neal of Massachusetts, 
     Mr. Ney, Mr. Oberstar, Mr. Renzi, Mr. Scott of Virginia, Mr. 
  Sensenbrenner, Mr. Shimkus, Mr. Tierney, Mr. Udall of Colorado, Ms. 
Watson, Mr. Boswell, Mr. Conaway, Ms. McCollum of Minnesota, Mr. Price 
of North Carolina, Mr. Weiner, Mr. Doggett, Mr. Porter, and Mr. Cardoza

                             June 17, 2005

 Committee on Ways and Means discharged; committed to the Committee of 
  the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on January 
                                4, 2005]

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                                 A BILL


 
To require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in commemoration 
     of the 50th anniversary of the establishment of the National 
Aeronautics and Space Administration and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

    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 ``NASA and JPL 50th Anniversary 
Commemorative Coin Act''.

SEC. 2. COIN SPECIFICATIONS.

    (a) Denominations.--In commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the 
establishment of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration and 
the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, the Secretary of the Treasury (hereafter 
in this Act referred to as the ``Secretary) shall mint and issue the 
following coins:
            (1) $50 gold coins.--Not more than 50,000 $50 gold coins 
        which shall--
                    (A) weigh 33.931 grams;
                    (B) have a diameter of 32.7 millimeters; and
                    (C) contain 1 troy ounce of fine gold.
            (2) $1 silver coins.--Not more than 400,000 $1 coins of 
        each of the 9 designs specified in section 3(a)(3)(B), which 
        shall--
                    (A) weigh 26.73 grams;
                    (B) have a diameter of 1.500 inches; and
                    (C) 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. 3. DESIGN OF COINS.

    (a) Design Requirements.--
            (1) In general.--The design of the coins minted under this 
        Act shall be emblematic of the 50 years of exemplary and 
        unparalleled achievements of the National Aeronautics and Space 
        Administration and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
            (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 ``2008''; and
                    (C) inscriptions of the words ``Liberty'', ``In God 
                We Trust'', ``United States of America'', and ``E 
                Pluribus Unum'', and such other inscriptions as the 
                Secretary may determine to be appropriate for the 
                designs of the coins.
            (3) Coin images.--
                    (A) $50 coins.--
                            (i) Obverse.--The obverse of the $50 coins 
                        issued under this Act shall bear an image of 
                        the sun.
                            (ii) Reverse.--The reverse of the $50 coins 
                        issued under this Act shall bear a design 
                        emblematic of the sacrifice of the United 
                        States astronauts who lost their lives in the 
                        line of duty over the course of the space 
                        program.
                            (iii) Edge.--The edge of the $50 coins 
                        issued under this Act shall bear the names and 
                        dates of the spacecraft missions on which 
                        United States astronauts lost their lives over 
                        the course of the space program.
                            (iv) High relief.--The design and 
                        inscriptions on the obverse and reverse of the 
                        $50 coins issued under this Act shall be in 
                        high relief.
                    (B) $1 coins.--
                            (i) Obverse.--The obverse of the $1 coins 
                        issued under this Act shall bear 9 different 
                        designs each of which shall consist of an image 
                        of 1 of the 9 planets of the solar system, 
                        including Earth.
                            (ii) Reverse.--
                                    (I) 8 planets other than earth.--
                                The reverse of the $1 coins issued 
                                under this Act, other than the $1 coins 
                                which bear an image of the Earth on the 
                                obverse, shall bear 8 different designs 
                                each of which shall be emblematic of 
                                the discoveries and missions of the Jet 
                                Propulsion Laboratory to the planet 
                                depicted on the obverse.
                                    (II) Earth coin.--At least 1 of the 
                                designs on the reverse of the $1 coins 
                                issued under this Act which bear an 
                                image of the Earth on the obverse shall 
                                bear images emblematic of, and 
                                honoring, the discoveries and missions 
                                of the National Aeronautics and Space 
                                Administration, the Mercury, Gemini and 
                                Space Shuttle missions and other manned 
                                Earth-orbiting missions, and the Apollo 
                                missions to the Moon.
                            (iii) Edge.--It is the sense of the 
                        Congress that, to the extent practicable, the 
                        edge of each $1 coin should bear the names and 
                        dates or range of dates of missions or mission 
                        types to the planet depicted on the reverse
            (4) Realistic and scientifically accurate depictions.--The 
        images for the designs of coins issued under this Act shall be 
        selected on the basis of the realism and scientific accuracy of 
        the images and on the extent to which the images are 
        reminiscent of the dramatic and beautiful artwork on coins of 
        the so-called ``Golden Age of Coinage'' in the United States, 
        at the beginning of the Twentieth Century, with the 
        participation of such noted sculptors and medallic artists as 
        James Earle Fraser, Augustus Saint-Gaudens, Victor David 
        Brenner, Adolph A. Weinman, Charles E. Barber, and George T. 
        Morgan.
    (b) Selection.--The design for the coins minted under this Act 
shall be--
            (1) selected by the Secretary after consultation with the 
        Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space 
        Administration, the Director of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, 
        and the Commission of Fine Arts; and
            (2) reviewed by the Citizens Coin Advisory Committee.

SEC. 4. SYMBOLIC INCLUSION OF METALS THAT HAVE FLOWN IN SPACE.

    (a) Collection.--Each Federal agency and instrumentality of the 
United States, including the Department of Defense, the Smithsonian 
Institution, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, and the 
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, that has in its possession any craft, or any 
part of a craft, that flew in space shall--
            (1) retrieve such gold, silver, copper, and other metals 
        that the Director of the United States Mint determines are 
        appropriate for use in the production of any coins under this 
        Act, from such craft or part, that can be retrieved without 
        harming any such craft or part that may be of continuing use 
        for its original purpose or for research, or whose preservation 
        is appropriate for historical purposes; and
            (2) deposit such metals so retrieved with the Director of 
        the United States Mint.
    (b) Use of Metals in Production of Coins.--Any metals deposited 
with the Director of the United States Mint under subsection (a) shall 
be used in the production of the coins struck under this Act by 
blending such metals with other metal necessary for the production of 
such coins so that all of the coins produced under this Act will 
contain some proportion of the bullion obtained from craft or parts of 
crafts that flew in space in an amount appropriate for the types and 
denominations of the coins and the amount of metals so deposited.
    (c) Recordkeeping.--It is the sense of the Congress that each 
Federal agency and instrumentality of the United States which retrieves 
any metals in accordance with subsection (a) should maintain accurate 
and complete records of the retrieval and deposit of any such metals 
sufficient to allow the Director of the United States Mint to provide 
certificates of authenticity with coins issued under this Act that some 
proportion of the contents of such coins were obtained from craft or 
parts of crafts that flew in space.

SEC. 5. ISSUANCE OF COINS.

    (a) Quality of Coins.--Coins minted under this Act shall be issued 
in proof quality only.
    (b) Mint Facility.--Only 1 facility of the United States Mint may 
be used to strike any particular combination of denomination and 
quality of the coins minted under this Act.
    (c) Commencement of Issuance.--The Secretary may issue coins minted 
under this Act beginning January 1, 2008.
    (d) Termination of Minting Authority.--No coins may be minted under 
this Act after December 31, 2008.

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) 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.
    (c) Presentation.--In addition to the issuance of coins under this 
Act in such other methods of presentation as the Secretary of the 
Treasury determines to be appropriate, the Secretary shall provide, as 
a sale option, a presentation case which displays the $50 gold coin in 
the center surrounded by the $1 silver coins in an elliptical orbit.

SEC. 7. SURCHARGES.

    (a) In General.--All sales of coins minted under this Act shall 
include a surcharge as follows:
            (1) A surcharge of $50 per coin for the $50 coin.
            (2) A surcharge of $10 per coin for the $1 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 NASA Family Assistance Fund for the purposes of providing need-
based financial assistance to the families of NASA personnel who die as 
a result of injuries suffered in the performance of their official 
duties.
    (c) Audits.--The NASA Family Assistance Fund shall be subject to 
the audit requirements of section 5134(f)(2) of title 31, United States 
Code, with regard to the amounts received under subsection (b).
                                                  Union Calendar No. 81

109th CONGRESS

  1st Session

                                H. R. 68

                      [Report No. 109-133, Part I]

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                                 A BILL

To require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in commemoration 
     of the 50th anniversary of the establishment of the National 
Aeronautics and Space Administration and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

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                             June 17, 2005

 Committee on Ways and Means discharged; committed to the Committee of 
  the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed