[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2358 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]
H.R.2358
One Hundred Tenth Congress
of the
United States of America
AT THE FIRST SESSION
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Thursday,
the fourth day of January, two thousand and seven
An Act
To require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint and issue coins in
commemoration of Native Americans and the important contributions made
by Indian tribes and individual Native Americans to the development of
the United States and the history of the United States, 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 ``Native American $1 Coin Act''.
SEC. 2. NATIVE AMERICAN $1 COIN PROGRAM.
Section 5112 of title 31, United States Code, is amended by adding
at the end the following:
``(r) Redesign and Issuance of Circulating $1 Coins Honoring Native
Americans and the Important Contributions Made by Indian Tribes and
Individual Native Americans in United States History.--
``(1) Redesign beginning in 2008.--
``(A) In general.--Effective beginning January 1, 2008,
notwithstanding subsection (d), in addition to the coins to be
issued pursuant to subsection (n), and in accordance with this
subsection, the Secretary shall mint and issue $1 coins that--
``(i) have as the designs on the obverse the so-called
`Sacagawea design'; and
``(ii) have a design on the reverse selected in
accordance with paragraph (2)(A), subject to paragraph
(3)(A).
``(B) Delayed date.--If the date of the enactment of the
Native American $1 Coin Act is after August 25, 2007,
subparagraph (A) shall be applied by substituting `2009' for
`2008'.
``(2) Design requirements.--The $1 coins issued in accordance
with paragraph (1) shall meet the following design requirements:
``(A) Coin reverse.--The design on the reverse shall bear--
``(i) images celebrating the important contributions
made by Indian tribes and individual Native Americans to
the development of the United States and the history of the
United States;
``(ii) the inscription `$1'; and
``(iii) the inscription `United States of America'.
``(B) Coin obverse.--The design on the obverse shall--
``(i) be chosen by the Secretary, after consultation
with the Commission of Fine Arts and review by the Citizens
Coinage Advisory Committee; and
``(ii) contain the so-called `Sacagawea design' and the
inscription `Liberty'.
``(C) Edge-incused inscriptions.--
``(i) In general.--The inscription of the year of
minting and issuance of the coin and the inscriptions `E
Pluribus Unum' and `In God We Trust' shall be edge-incused
into the coin.
``(ii) Preservation of distinctive edge.--The edge-
incusing of the inscriptions under clause (i) on coins
issued under this subsection shall be done in a manner that
preserves the distinctive edge of the coin so that the
denomination of the coin is readily discernible, including
by individuals who are blind or visually impaired.
``(D) Reverse design selection.--The designs selected for
the reverse of the coins described under this subsection--
``(i) shall be chosen by the Secretary after
consultation with the Committee on Indian Affairs of the
Senate, the Congressional Native American Caucus of the
House of Representatives, the Commission of Fine Arts, and
the National Congress of American Indians;
``(ii) shall be reviewed by the Citizens Coinage
Advisory Committee;
``(iii) may depict individuals and events such as--
``(I) the creation of Cherokee written language;
``(II) the Iroquois Confederacy;
``(III) Wampanoag Chief Massasoit;
``(IV) the `Pueblo Revolt';
``(V) Olympian Jim Thorpe;
``(VI) Ely S. Parker, a general on the staff of
General Ulysses S. Grant and later head of the Bureau
of Indian Affairs; and
``(VII) code talkers who served the United States
Armed Forces during World War I and World War II; and
``(iv) in the case of a design depicting the
contribution of an individual Native American to the
development of the United States and the history of the
United States, shall not depict the individual in a size
such that the coin could be considered to be a `2-headed'
coin.
``(3) Issuance of coins commemorating 1 native american event
during each year.--
``(A) In general.--Each design for the reverse of the $1
coins issued during each year shall be emblematic of 1
important Native American or Native American contribution each
year.
``(B) Issuance period.--Each $1 coin minted with a design
on the reverse in accordance with this subsection for any year
shall be issued during the 1-year period beginning on January 1
of that year and shall be available throughout the entire 1-
year period.
``(C) Order of issuance of designs.--Each coin issued under
this subsection commemorating Native Americans and their
contributions--
``(i) shall be issued, to the maximum extent
practicable, in the chronological order in which the Native
Americans lived or the events occurred, until the
termination of the coin program described in subsection
(n); and
``(ii) thereafter shall be issued in any order
determined to be appropriate by the Secretary, after
consultation with the Committee on Indian Affairs of the
Senate, the Congressional Native American Caucus of the
House of Representatives, and the National Congress of
American Indians.
``(4) Issuance of numismatic coins.--The Secretary may mint and
issue such number of $1 coins of each design selected under this
subsection in uncirculated and proof qualities as the Secretary
determines to be appropriate.
``(5) Quantity.--The number of $1 coins minted and issued in a
year with the Sacagawea-design on the obverse shall be not less
than 20 percent of the total number of $1 coins minted and issued
in such year.''.
SEC. 3. TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.
Section 5112(n)(1) of title 31, United States Code, is amended--
(1) by striking the paragraph designation and heading and all
that follows through ``Notwithstanding subsection (d)'' and
inserting the following:
``(1) Redesign beginning in 2007.--Notwithstanding subsection
(d)'';
(2) by striking subparagraph (B); and
(3) by redesignating clauses (i) and (ii) as subparagraphs (A)
and (B), respectively, and indenting the subparagraphs
appropriately.
SEC. 4. REMOVAL OF BARRIERS TO CIRCULATION OF $1 COIN.
(a) In General.--In order to remove barriers to circulation, the
Secretary of the Treasury shall carry out an aggressive, cost-
effective, continuing campaign to encourage commercial enterprises to
accept and dispense $1 coins that have as designs on the obverse the
so-called ``Sacagawea design''.
(b) Report.--The Secretary of the Treasury shall submit to Congress
an annual report on the success of the efforts described in subsection
(a).
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.