[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
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[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.