112th CONGRESS
2d Session
H.R. 2453
In the Senate of the United
States,
September 22 (legislative
day, September 21), 2012.
Amendments:
That the bill from the House of Representatives
(H.R. 2453) entitled An Act to require the Secretary of the Treasury to
mint coins in commemoration of Mark Twain.
, do pass with the
following
On page 7,
strike lines 5 through 7 and insert the
following:
(2)One-quarter of the
surcharges, to the University of California, Berkeley, California, for the
benefit of the Mark Twain Project at the Bancroft Library to support programs
to study and promote the legacy of Mark Twain.
At the end, add the
following:
8.The Secretary shall take
such actions as may be necessary to ensure that—
(1)minting and issuing coins
under this Act will not result in any net cost to the United States Government;
and
(2)no funds, including
applicable surcharges, are disbursed to any recipient designated in section 7
until the total cost of designing and issuing all of the coins authorized by
this Act (including labor, materials, dies, use of machinery, overhead
expenses, marketing, and shipping) is recovered by the United States Treasury,
consistent with sections 5112(m) and 5134(f) of title 31, United States
Code.
Secretary