[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1819 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1819

To require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in commemoration 
  of the opening of the International Civil Rights Center and Museum.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            October 21, 2009

  Mrs. Hagan 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 coins in commemoration 
  of the opening of the International Civil Rights Center and Museum.

    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 ``International Civil Rights Center 
and Museum Commemorative Coin Act''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    The Congress finds that--
            (1) on February 1, 1960, 4 African-American students of 
        North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University sat 
        at a white-only lunch counter inside a Greensboro, North 
        Carolina, F.W. Woolworth's store;
            (2) the Greensboro sit-in catalyzed a wave of nonviolent 
        protest against private-sector segregation in the United States 
        that became a hallmark of the American civil rights movement;
            (3) by August of 1961, more than 70,000 people had 
        participated in sit-ins and sit-down demonstrations in more 
        than 60 cities throughout the Southeast;
            (4) the International Civil Rights Center and Museum is 
        located at the site of the F.W. Woolworth's store where the 
        sit-in movement began;
            (5) the International Civil Rights Center and Museum will 
        serve as an archival center and teaching facility exploring the 
        international struggle for civil and human rights, preserving 
        the legacy of the movement for the Nation and future 
        generations; and
            (6) the International Civil Rights Center and Museum will 
        officially open on February 1, 2010, commemorating the 50th 
        anniversary of the beginning of the sit-in movement.

SEC. 3. COIN SPECIFICATIONS.

    (a) $1 Silver Coins.--The Secretary of the Treasury (in this Act 
referred to as the ``Secretary'') shall mint and issue not more than 
1,000 $1 coins in commemoration of the opening of the International 
Civil Rights Center and Museum, 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 sections 5134 and 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.--
            (1) In general.--The design of the coins minted under this 
        Act shall be emblematic of the International Civil Rights 
        Center and Museum.
            (2) Designation and inscriptions.--On each coin minted 
        under this Act, there shall be--
                    (A) a designation of the value of the coin;
                    (B) an inscription of the year ``2010''; and
                    (C) inscriptions of the words ``Liberty'', ``In God 
                We Trust'', ``United States of America'', and ``E 
                Pluribus Unum''.
    (b) Selection.--The design of the coins minted under this Act shall 
be--
            (1) selected by the Secretary, after consultation with the 
        International Civil Rights Center and Museum and the Commission 
        of Fine Arts; and
            (2) reviewed by the Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee.

SEC. 5. ISSUANCE OF COINS.

    (a) Quality of Coins.--Coins minted under this Act shall be issued 
in uncirculated and proof qualities.
    (b) Mint Facility.--
            (1) In general.--Only 1 facility of the United States Mint 
        by be used to strike any particular quality of the coins minted 
        under this Act.
            (2) Use of the united states mint at west point, new 
        york.--It is the sense of Congress that the coins minted under 
        this Act should be struck at the United States Mint at West 
        Point, New York, to the greatest extent possible.
    (c) Period for Minting.--The Secretary may mint coins under this 
Act only during the calendar year beginning on January 1, 2010.

SEC. 6. SALE OF COINS.

    (a) Sale Price.--The coins issued under this Act shall be sold by 
the Secretary at a price equal to the sum of--
            (1) the face value of the coins;
            (2) the surcharge provided in section 7 with respect to 
        such coins; and
            (3) the cost of designing and issuing the coins (including 
        labor, materials, dies, use of machinery, overhead expenses, 
        marketing, and shipping).
    (b) Bulk Sales.--The Secretary shall make bulk sales of the coins 
issued under this Act at a reasonable discount.
    (c) Prepaid Orders.--
            (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 a reasonable discount.

SEC. 7. SURCHARGES.

    (a) In General.--All sales of coins issued under this Act shall 
include a surcharge of $10 per coin.
    (b) Distribution.--Subject to section 5134(f) of title 31, United 
States Code, all surcharges received by the Secretary from the sale of 
coins issued under this Act shall be paid to the International Civil 
Rights Center and Museum, to be made available for program development 
and research.
    (c) Audits.--The Comptroller General of the United States shall 
have the right to examine such books, records, documents, and other 
data of the International Civil Rights Center and Museum as may be 
related to the expenditures of amounts paid under subsection (b).
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