[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2358 Referred in Senate (RFS)]
1st Session
H. R. 2358
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
June 13, 2007
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing,
and Urban Affairs
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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 `Sakakawea 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 July 31,
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 `Sakakawea
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 Sakakawea-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 of title 31, United States Code, is amended--
(1) in subsection (n)(1)--
(A) 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)'';
(B) by striking subparagraph (B); and
(C) by redesignating clauses (i) and (ii) as
subparagraphs (A) and (B), respectively, and indenting
the subparagraphs appropriately;
(2) in subsection (n), by striking ``Sacagawea-design''
each place such term appears and inserting ``Sakakawea-
design''; and
(3) in paragraphs (3)(C) and (5) of subsection (p), by
striking ``Sacagawea-design'' each place such term appears and
inserting ``Sakakawea-design''.
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 ``Sakakawea 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).
Passed the House of Representatives June 12, 2007.
Attest:
LORRAINE C. MILLER,
Clerk.