[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
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[S. 585 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 585

  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.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           February 14, 2007

  Mr. Dorgan (for himself, Mr. Inhofe, and Mr. Harkin) introduced the 
 following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on 
                  Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
  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.

    (a) In General.--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 2009.--Effective beginning 
        January 1, 2009, 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--
                    ``(A) have as the designs on the obverse the so-
                called `Sakakawea design'; and
                    ``(B) have a design on the reverse selected in 
                accordance with paragraph (2)(A), subject to paragraph 
                (3)(A).
            ``(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 design in accordance with this subsection 
        shall be not less than 20 percent of the total number of $1 
        coins minted and issued in such year under this subsection and 
        subsection (n).''.
    (b) Marketing Program.--
            (1) In general.--The Secretary of the Treasury shall carry 
        out a 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''.
            (2) Report.--The Secretary of the Treasury shall submit to 
        Congress an annual report on the success of the efforts 
        described in paragraph (1).

SEC. 3. TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.

    (a) Presidential $1 Coin Program.--Section 5112(n) of title 31, 
United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (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; and
            (2) by striking ``Sacagawea-design'' each place it appears 
        and inserting ``Sakakawea-design''.
    (b) Removal of Barriers to Circulation of $1 Coin.--Section 5112(p) 
of title 31, United States Code, is amended in paragraphs (3)(C) and 
(5) by striking ``Sacagawea-design'' each place it appears and 
inserting ``Sakakawea-design''.
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