[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 770 Engrossed Amendment Senate (EAS)]

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                  In the Senate of the United States,

                                                         June 20, 2018.
    Resolved, That the bill from the House of Representatives (H.R. 
770) entitled ``An Act to require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint 
coins in recognition of American innovation and significant innovation 
and pioneering efforts of individuals or groups from each of the 50 
States, the District of Columbia, and the United States territories, to 
promote the importance of innovation in the United States, the District 
of Columbia, and the United States territories, and for other 
purposes.'', do pass with the following

                               AMENDMENT:

            Beginning on page 6, strike line 8 and all that follows 
      through page 8, line 5, and insert the following:

                    ``(A) Order of issuance.--
                            ``(i) In general.--The coins issued under 
                        this subsection commemorating either an 
                        innovation, an individual innovator, or a group 
                        of innovators, from each State, the District of 
                        Columbia, or a territory shall be issued in the 
                        following order:
                                    ``(I) State.--With respect to each 
                                State, the coins shall be issued in the 
                                order in which the States ratified the 
                                Constitution of the United States or 
                                were admitted into the Union, as the 
                                case may be.
                                    ``(II) District of columbia and 
                                territories.--After all coins are 
                                issued under subclause (I), the coins 
                                shall be issued for the District of 
                                Columbia and the territories in the 
                                following order: the District of 
                                Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto 
                                Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the United 
                                States Virgin Islands, and the 
                                Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana 
                                Islands.
                            ``(ii) Application in event of the 
                        admission of additional states.--
                        Notwithstanding clause (i), if any additional 
                        State is admitted into the Union before the end 
                        of the 14-year period referred to in paragraph 
                        (1), the Secretary of the Treasury may issue a 
                        $1 coin with respect to the additional State in 
                        accordance with clause (i)(I).
                            ``(iii) Application in the event of 
                        independence or adding of a territory.--
                        Notwithstanding clause (i)--
                                    ``(I) if any territory becomes 
                                independent or otherwise ceases to be a 
                                territory of the United States before 
                                $1 coins are minted pursuant to this 
                                subsection, the subsection shall cease 
                                to apply with respect to such 
                                territory; and
                                    ``(II) if any new territory is 
                                added to the United States, $1 coins 
                                shall be issued for such territories in 
                                the order in which the new the 
                                territories are added, beginning after 
                                the $1 coin is issued for the 
                                Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana 
                                Islands.
                    ``(B) Issuance of coins commemorating four 
                innovations or innovators during each of 14 years.--
                            ``(i) In general.--Four $1 coin designs as 
                        described in this subsection shall be issued 
                        during each year of the period referred to in 
                        paragraph (1) until 1 coin featuring 1 
                        innovation, an individual innovator, or a group 
                        of innovators, from each of the States, the 
                        District of Columbia, and territories has been 
                        issued.
                            ``(ii) Number of coins of each design.--The 
                        Secretary shall prescribe, on the basis of such 
                        factors as the Secretary determines to be 
                        appropriate, the number of $1 coins that shall 
                        be issued with each of the designs selected for 
                        each year of the period referred to in 
                        paragraph (1).

            Attest:

                                                             Secretary.
115th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                                H.R. 770

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                               AMENDMENT