[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1698 Referred in Senate (RFS)]

114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1698


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             June 24, 2015

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, 
                           and Urban Affairs

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                                 AN ACT


 
 To amend design and content requirements for certain gold and silver 
                     coins, 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 ``Bullion and Collectible Coin 
Production Efficiency and Cost Savings Act''.

SEC. 2. TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS.

    Title 31, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in section 5112--
                    (A) in subsection (q)--
                            (i) by striking paragraphs (3) and (8); and
                            (ii) by redesignating paragraphs (4), (5), 
                        (6), and (7) as paragraphs (3), (4), (5), and 
                        (6), respectively;
                    (B) in subsection (t)(6)(B), by striking ``90 
                percent silver and 10 percent copper'' and inserting 
                ``not less than 90 percent silver''; and
                    (C) in subsection (v)--
                            (i) in paragraph (1), by striking ``Subject 
                        to'' and all that follows through ``the 
                        Secretary shall'' and inserting ``The Secretary 
                        shall'';
                            (ii) in paragraph (2)(A), by striking ``The 
                        Secretary'' and inserting ``To the greatest 
                        extent possible, the Secretary'';
                            (iii) in paragraph (5), by inserting after 
                        ``may issue'' the following: ``collectible 
                        versions of''; and
                            (iv) by striking paragraph (8); and
            (2) in section 5132(a)(2)(B)(i), by striking ``90 percent 
        silver and 10 percent copper'' and inserting ``not less than 90 
        percent silver''.

SEC. 3. AMERICAN EAGLE SILVER BULLION 30TH ANNIVERSARY.

    Proof and uncirculated versions of coins issued by the Secretary of 
the Treasury pursuant to subsection (e) of section 5112 of title 31, 
United States Code, during calendar year 2016 shall have a smooth edge 
incused with a designation that notes the 30th anniversary of the first 
issue of coins under such subsection.

            Passed the House of Representatives June 23, 2015.

            Attest:

                                                 KAREN L. HAAS,

                                                                 Clerk.