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[H.R. 2040 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]

        H.R.2040

                       One Hundred Tenth Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America


                          AT THE SECOND SESSION

          Begun and held at the City of Washington on Thursday,
            the third day of January, two thousand and eight


                                 An Act


 
To require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in commemoration 
 of the semicentennial of the enactment of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

    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 ``Civil Rights Act of 1964 
Commemorative Coin Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
    The Congress hereby finds as follows:
        (1) On December 1, 1955, Rosa Parks' brave act of defiance, 
    refusing to give up her seat to a white person on a segregated bus 
    in Montgomery, Alabama, galvanized the modern civil rights movement 
    and led to the desegregation of the South.
        (2) On February 1, 1960, 4 college students, Joseph McNeil, 
    Franklin McCain, David Richmond, and Ezell Blair, Jr., asked to be 
    served at a lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina, and lunch 
    counter sit-ins began to occur throughout the South to challenge 
    segregation in places of public accommodation.
        (3) On May 4, 1961, the Freedom Rides into the South began to 
    test new court orders barring segregation in interstate 
    transportation, and riders were jailed and beaten by mobs in 
    several places, including Birmingham and Montgomery, Alabama.
        (4) Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., was the leading civil rights 
    advocate of the time, spearheading the civil rights movement in the 
    United States during the 1950s and 1960s with the goal of 
    nonviolent social change and full civil rights for African 
    Americans.
        (5) On August 28, 1963, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., led over 
    250,000 civil rights supporters in the March on Washington and 
    delivered his famous ``I Have A Dream'' speech to raise awareness 
    and support for civil rights legislation.
        (6) Mrs. Coretta Scott King, a leading participant in the 
    American civil rights movement, was side-by-side with her husband, 
    Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., during many civil rights marches, 
    organized Freedom Concerts to draw attention to the Movement, and 
    worked in her own right to create an America in which all people 
    have equal rights.
        (7) The mass movement sparked by Rosa Parks and led by Dr. 
    Martin Luther King, Jr., among others, called upon the Congress and 
    Presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson to pass civil 
    rights legislation which culminated in the enactment of the Civil 
    Rights Act of 1964.
        (8) The Civil Rights Act of 1964 greatly expanded civil rights 
    protections, outlawing racial discrimination and segregation in 
    public places and places of public accommodation, in federally 
    funded programs, and employment and encouraging desegregation in 
    public schools, and has served as a model for subsequent anti-
    discrimination laws.
        (9) We are an eminently better Nation because of Rosa Parks, 
    Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and all those men and women who have 
    confronted, and continue to confront, injustice and inequality 
    wherever they see it.
        (10) Equality in education was one of the cornerstones of the 
    civil rights movement.
        (11) On September 10, 1961, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., wrote 
    that African American ``students are coming to understand that 
    education and learning have become tools for shaping the future and 
    not devices of privilege for an exclusive few''.
        (12) Over its long and distinguished history, the United Negro 
    College Fund has provided scholarships and operating funds to its 
    member colleges that have enabled more than 300,000 young African 
    Americans to earn college degrees and become successful members of 
    society.
        (13) Those graduates include Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., as 
    well as leaders in the fields of education, science, medicine, law, 
    entertainment, literature, the military, and politics who have made 
    major contributions to the civil rights movement and the creation 
    of a more equitable society.
        (14) Congress has an obligation to lead America's continued 
    struggle to fight discrimination and ensure equal rights for all.
        (15) The year 2014 will mark the semicentennial of the passage 
    of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
SEC. 3. COIN SPECIFICATIONS.
    (a) Denominations.--The Secretary of the Treasury (hereinafter in 
this Act referred to as the ``Secretary'') shall mint and issue not 
more than 350,000 $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 section 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.--The design of the coins minted under this 
Act shall be emblematic of the enactment of the Civil Rights Act of 
1964 and its contribution to civil rights in America.
    (b) Designation and Inscriptions.--On each coin minted under this 
Act there shall be--
        (1) a designation of the value of the coin;
        (2) an inscription of the year ``2014''; and
        (3) inscriptions of the words ``Liberty'', ``In God We Trust'', 
    ``United States of America'', and ``E Pluribus Unum''.
    (c) 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
        (2) reviewed by the Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee 
    established under section 5135 of title 31, United States Code.
SEC. 5. ISSUANCE OF COINS.
    (a) Quality of Coins.--Coins minted under this Act shall be issued 
in uncirculated and proof qualities.
    (b) Commencement of Issuance.--The Secretary may issue coins minted 
under this Act beginning January 1, 2014, except that the Secretary may 
initiate sales of such coins, without issuance, before such date.
    (c) Termination of Minting Authority.--No coins shall be minted 
under this Act after December 31, 2014.
SEC. 6. SALE OF COINS.
    (a) Sale Price.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
coins issued under this Act shall be sold by the Secretary at a price 
equal to the sum of the face value of the coins, the surcharge required 
under section 7(a) for the coins, and the cost of designing and issuing 
such coins (including labor, materials, dies, use of machinery, 
overhead expenses, and marketing).
    (b) Bulk Sales.--The Secretary shall make bulk sales of the coins 
issued under this Act at a reasonable discount.
    (c) Prepaid Orders at a Discount.--
        (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.
SEC. 7. SURCHARGES.
    (a) Surcharge Required.--All sales shall include a surcharge of $10 
per coin.
    (b) Distribution.--Subject to section 5134(f) of title 31, United 
States Code, all surcharges which are received by the Secretary from 
the sale of coins issued under this Act shall be promptly paid by the 
Secretary to the United Negro College Fund (UNCF) to carry out the 
purposes of the Fund, including providing scholarships and internships 
for minority students and operating funds and technology enhancement 
services for 39 member historically black colleges and universities.
    (c) Audits.--The United Negro College 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 by the Fund 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.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

                            Vice President of the United States and    
                                               President of the Senate.