[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 160 (Thursday, November 13, 1997)]
[House]
[Pages H10800-H10803]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
50 STATES COMMEMORATIVE COIN PROGRAM ACT
Mr. CASTLE. Madam Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and pass the
Senate bill (S. 1228) to provide for a 10-year circulating
commemorative coin program to commemorate each of the 50 States, and
for other purposes.
The Clerk read as follows:
S. 1228
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 ``50 States Commemorative Coin
Program Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds that--
(1) it is appropriate and timely--
(A) to honor the unique Federal republic of 50 States that
comprise the United States; and
(B) to promote the diffusion of knowledge among the youth
of the United States about the individual States, their
history and geography, and the rich diversity of the national
heritage;
(2) the circulating coinage of the United States has not
been modernized during the 25-year period preceding the date
of enactment of this Act;
(3) a circulating commemorative 25-cent coin program could
produce earnings of $110,000,000 from the sale of silver
proof coins and sets over the 10-year period of issuance, and
would produce indirect earnings of an estimated
$2,600,000,000 to $5,100,000,000 to the United States
Treasury, money that will replace borrowing to fund the
national debt to at least that extent; and
(4) it is appropriate to launch a commemorative circulating
coin program that encourages young people and their families
to collect memorable tokens of all of the States for the face
value of the coins.
SEC. 3. ISSUANCE OF REDESIGNED QUARTER DOLLARS OVER 10-YEAR
PERIOD COMMEMORATING EACH OF THE 50 STATES.
Section 5112 of title 31, United States Code, is amended by
inserting after subsection (k) the following new subsection:
``(l) Redesign and Issuance of Quarter Dollar in
Commemoration of Each of the 50 States.--
``(1) Redesign beginning in 1999.--
``(A) In general.--Notwithstanding the fourth sentence of
subsection (d)(1) and subsection (d)(2), quarter dollar coins
issued during the 10-year period beginning in 1999, shall
have designs on the reverse side selected in accordance with
this subsection which are emblematic of the 50 States.
``(B) Transition provision.--Notwithstanding subparagraph
(A), the Secretary may continue to mint and issue quarter
dollars in 1999 which bear the design in effect before the
redesign required under this subsection and an inscription of
the year `1998' as required to ensure a smooth transition
into the 10-year program under this subsection.
``(2) Single state designs.--The design on the reverse side
of each quarter dollar issued during the 10-year period
referred to in paragraph (1) shall be emblematic of 1 of the
50 States.
``(3) Issuance of coins commemorating 5 states during each
of the 10 years.--
``(A) In general.--The designs for the quarter dollar coins
issued during each year of the 10-year period referred to in
paragraph (1) shall be emblematic of 5 States selected in the
order in which such States ratified the Constitution of the
United States or were admitted into the Union, as the case
may be.
``(B) Number of each of 5 coin designs in each year.--Of
the quarter dollar coins issued during each year of the 10-
year period referred to in paragraph (1), the Secretary of
the Treasury shall prescribe, on the basis of such factors as
the Secretary determines to be appropriate, the number of
quarter dollars which shall be issued with each of the 5
designs selected for such year.
``(4) Selection of design.--
``(A) In general.--Each of the 50 designs required under
this subsection for quarter dollars shall be--
``(i) selected by the Secretary after consultation with--
``(I) the Governor of the State being commemorated, or such
other State officials or group as the State may designate for
such purpose; and
``(II) the Commission of Fine Arts; and
``(ii) reviewed by the Citizens Commemorative Coin Advisory
Committee.
``(B) Selection and approval process.--Designs for quarter
dollars may be submitted in accordance with the design
selection and approval process developed by the Secretary in
the sole discretion of the Secretary.
``(C) Participation.--The Secretary may include
participation by State officials, artists from the States,
engravers of the United States Mint, and members of the
general public.
``(D) Standards.--Because it is important that the Nation's
coinage and currency bear dignified designs of which the
citizens of the United States can be proud, the Secretary
shall not select any frivolous or inappropriate design for
any quarter dollar minted under this subsection.
``(E) Prohibition on certain representations.--No head and
shoulders portrait or bust of any person, living or dead, and
no portrait of a living person may be included in the design
of any quarter dollar under this subsection.
``(5) Treatment as numismatic items.--For purposes of
sections 5134 and 5136, all coins minted under this
subsection shall be considered to be numismatic items.
``(6) Issuance.--
``(A) Quality of coins.--The Secretary may mint and issue
such number of quarter dollars of each design selected under
paragraph (4) in uncirculated and proof qualities as the
Secretary determines to be appropriate.
``(B) Silver coins.--Notwithstanding subsection (b), the
Secretary may mint and issue such number of quarter dollars
of each design selected under paragraph (4) as the Secretary
determines to be appropriate, with a content of 90 percent
silver and 10 percent copper.
``(C) Sources of bullion.--The Secretary shall obtain
silver for minting coins under subparagraph (B) from
available resources, including stockpiles established under
the Strategic and Critical Materials Stock Piling Act.
``(7) Application in event of the admission of additional
states.--If any additional State is admitted into the Union
before the end of the 10-year period referred to in paragraph
(1), the Secretary of the Treasury may issue quarter dollar
coins, in accordance with this subsection, with a design
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which is emblematic of such State during any 1 year of such
10-year period, in addition to the quarter dollar coins
issued during such year in accordance with paragraph
(3)(A).''.
SEC. 4. UNITED STATES DOLLAR COINS.
(a) Short Title.--This section may be cited as the ``United
States $1 Coin Act of 1997''.
(b) Weight.--Section 5112(a)(1) of title 31, United States
Code, is amended by striking ``and weighs 8.1 grams''.
(c) Color and Content.--Section 5112(b) of title 31, United
States Code, is amended--
(1) in the first sentence, by striking ``dollar,''; and
(2) by inserting after the fourth sentence the following:
``The dollar coin shall be golden in color, have a
distinctive edge, have tactile and visual features that make
the denomination of the coin readily discernible, be minted
and fabricated in the United States, and have similar
metallic, anti-counterfeiting properties as United States
coinage in circulation on the date of enactment of the United
States $1 Coin Act of 1997.''.
(d) Design.--Section 5112(d)(1) of title 31, United States
Code, is amended by striking the fifth and sixth sentences
and inserting the following: ``The Secretary of the Treasury,
in consultation with the Congress, shall select appropriate
designs for the obverse and reverse sides of the dollar
coin.''.
(e) Production of New Dollar Coins.--
(1) In general.--Upon the depletion of the Government's
supply (as of the date of enactment of this Act) of $1 coins
bearing the likeness of Susan B. Anthony, the Secretary of
the Treasury shall place into circulation $1 coins that
comply with the requirements of subsections (b) and (d)(1) of
section 5112 of title 31, United States Code, as amended by
this section.
(2) Authority of secretary to continue production.--If the
supply of $1 coins bearing the likeness of Susan B. Anthony
is depleted before production has begun of $1 coins which
bear a design which complies with the requirements of
subsections (b) and (d)(1) of section 5112 of title 31,
United States Code, as amended by this section, the Secretary
of the Treasury may continue to mint and issue $1 coins
bearing the likeness of Susan B. Anthony in accordance with
that section 5112 (as in effect on the day before the date of
enactment of this Act) until such time as production begins.
(3) Numismatic sets.--The Secretary may include such $1
coins in any numismatic set produced by the United States
Mint before the date on which the $1 coins authorized by this
section are placed in circulation.
(f) Marketing Program.--
(1) In general.--Before placing into circulation $1 coins
authorized under this section, the Secretary of the Treasury
shall adopt a program to promote the use of such coins by
commercial enterprises, mass transit authorities, and
Federal, State, and local government agencies.
(2) Study required.--The Secretary of the Treasury shall
conduct a study on the progress of the marketing program
adopted in accordance with paragraph (1).
(3) Report.--Not later than March 31, 2001, the Secretary
of the Treasury shall submit a report to the Congress on the
results of the study conducted pursuant to paragraph (2).
SEC. 5. FIRST FLIGHT COMMEMORATIVE COINS.
(a) Coin Specifications.--
(1) Denominations.--The Secretary of the Treasury
(hereafter in this section referred to as the ``Secretary'')
shall mint and issue the following coins:
(A) $10 gold coins.--Not more than 100,000 $10 coins, each
of which shall--
(i) weigh 16.718 grams;
(ii) have a diameter of 1.06 inches; and
(iii) contain 90 percent gold and 10 percent alloy.
(B) $1 silver coins.--Not more than 500,000 $1 coins, each
of which shall--
(i) weigh 26.73 grams;
(ii) have a diameter of 1.500 inches; and
(iii) contain 90 percent silver and 10 percent copper.
(C) Half dollar clad coins.--Not more than 750,000 half
dollar coins each of which shall--
(i) weigh 11.34 grams;
(ii) have a diameter of 1.205 inches; and
(iii) be minted to the specifications for half dollar coins
contained in section 5112(b) of title 31, United States Code.
(b) Legal Tender.--The coins minted under this section
shall be legal tender, as provided in section 5103 of title
31, United States Code.
(c) Sources of Bullion.--The Secretary shall obtain gold
and silver for minting coins under this section pursuant to
the authority of the Secretary under other provisions of law,
including authority relating to the use of silver stockpiles
established under the Strategic and Critical Materials
Stockpiling Act, as applicable.
(d) Design of Coins.--
(1) Design requirements.--
(A) In general.--The design of the coins minted under this
section shall be emblematic of the first flight of Orville
and Wilbur Wright in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, on December
17, 1903.
(B) Designation and inscriptions.--On each coin minted
under this section there shall be--
(i) a designation of the value of the coin;
(ii) an inscription of the year ``2003''; and
(iii) inscriptions of the words ``Liberty'', ``In God We
Trust'', ``United States of America'', and ``E Pluribus
Unum''.
(2) Selection.--The design for the coins minted under this
section shall be--
(A) selected by the Secretary after consultation with the
Board of Directors of the First Flight Foundation and the
Commission of Fine Arts; and
(B) reviewed by the Citizens Commemorative Coin Advisory
Committee.
(e) Period for Issuance of Coins.--The Secretary may issue
coins minted under this section only during the period
beginning on August 1, 2003, and ending on July 31, 2004.
(f) Sale of Coins.--
(1) Sale price.--The coins issued under this section shall
be sold by the Secretary at a price equal to the sum of--
(A) the face value of the coins;
(B) the surcharge provided in paragraph (4) with respect to
such coins; and
(C) the cost of designing and issuing the coins (including
labor, materials, dies, use of machinery, overhead expenses,
marketing, and shipping).
(2) Bulk sales.--The Secretary shall make bulk sales of the
coins issued under this section at a reasonable discount.
(3) Prepaid orders.--
(A) In general.--The Secretary shall accept prepaid orders
for the coins minted under this section before the issuance
of such coins.
(B) Discount.--Sale prices with respect to prepaid orders
under subparagraph (A) shall be at a reasonable discount.
(4) Surcharges.--All sales shall include a surcharge of--
(A) $35 per coin for the $10 coin;
(B) $10 per coin for the $1 coin; and
(C) $1 per coin for the half dollar coin.
SEC. 6. RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.
Nothing in this Act or the amendments made by this Act
shall be construed to evidence any intention to eliminate or
to limit the printing or circulation of United States
currency in the $1 denomination.
(g) General Waiver of Procurement Regulations.--
(1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (2), no
provision of law governing procurement or public contracts
shall be applicable to the procurement of goods and services
necessary for carrying out the provisions of this Act.
(2) Equal employment opportunity.--Paragraph (1) does not
relieve any person entering into a contract under the
authority of this section from complying with any law
relating to equal employment opportunity.
(h) Treatment as Numismatic Items.--For purposes of
sections 5134 and 5136 of title 31, United States Code, all
coins minted under this subsection shall be considered to be
numismatic items.
(i) Distribution of Surcharges.--
(1) In general.--Subject to section 5134 of title 31,
United States Code, all surcharges received by the Secretary
from the sale of coins issued under this section shall be
promptly paid by the Secretary to the First Flight Foundation
for the purposes of--
(A) repairing, refurbishing, and maintaining the Wright
Brothers Monument on the Outer Banks of North Carolina; and
(B) expanding (or, if necessary, replacing) and maintaining
the visitor center and other facilities at the Wright
Brothers National Memorial Park on the Outer Banks of North
Carolina, including providing educational programs and
exhibits for visitors.
(2) Audits.--The Comptroller General of the United States
shall have the right to examine such books, records,
documents, and other data of the First Flight Foundation as
may be related to the expenditures of amounts paid under
paragraph (1).
(j) Financial Assurances.--The Secretary shall take such
actions as may be necessary to ensure that minting and
issuing coins under this section will not result in any net
cost to the United States Government.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to the rule, the gentleman from
Delaware [Mr. Castle] and the gentleman from Wisconsin [Mr. Barrett]
each will control 20 minutes.
The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Delaware [Mr. Castle].
Mr. CASTLE. Madam Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
(Mr. CASTLE asked and was given permission to revise and extend his
remarks.)
Mr. CASTLE. Madam Speaker, I rise in support of S. 1228, which
includes the language of H.R. 2414, the bill to implement a program to
issue quarter dollars over a 10-year period commemorating each of the
50 States. This bill has passed this House in each of the last two
Congresses, most recently on September 23, 1997, where it passed on a
rollcall vote of 419-6.
S. 1228 passed the Senate by unanimous consent last Sunday night, and
it has been amended to include language redesigning the $1 coin. This
redesign would correct the flaws of the Susan B. Anthony coin by
specifying that the new coin be gold in color and have a distinctive
edge to distinguish it from the quarter.
A difference from the bill that I introduced, H.R. 2637, is that S.
1228 does not specify what image will appear on the $1 coin. Instead,
that decision is
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left to the Secretary of the Treasury. My bill would have had the
Statue of Liberty as the image of the face of the coin, gold, smooth
edge, Statue of Liberty on the face of the coin, but we are going to
leave that decision up, as I said, to the Secretary of the Treasury.
I would also at this time like to thank Senator Alphonse D'Amato, the
chairman of the Senate Banking Committee, who was extremely cooperative
throughout all of this and was very helpful in bringing all of this
legislation to fruition.
In the other House, the word ``clad'' was removed from language
describing that the new dollar coin should have similar properties as
current coinage in circulation. There is nothing in this bill that
should be construed as limiting the mint's choice of technology in
determining the best, most effective coin to meet the public's need and
which is not subject to counterfeiting.
There is some urgency to the dollar coin redesign, in that the mint
has said that they need 30 months to test alloys and prepare production
for the new coin, and there is now only a 30-month supply of the
Anthony dollars remaining in storage at current rates of usage and
issuance. This legislation leaves the paper $1 note unaffected, to
continue to be printed and issued as public demand determines.
The legislative package also includes a commemorative coin that
authorizes coins to be issued commemorating the centennial of the first
flight by the Wright brothers which will be celebrated in 2003. This
commemoration has already been approved by the Citizens Commemorative
Coin Advisory Committee as required under our coin reform legislation
passed last year. It also meets other strictures of those reforms,
including mintage limits and retention of surcharge payments until all
of the Government's costs are recovered from the program.
This bill will reinvigorate our circulating coinage in a responsible,
affordable way, serving the best interests of the general public, the
national economy and the coin collecting community as well.
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It will be educational and fun, will promote pride among the States,
and it will be a winner financially for the Government.
The Mint will earn an estimated $11 million annually, $110 million
over the life of the program, from the sale of silver proof sets of the
quarter, and a study by the accounting firm of Coopers & Lybrand showed
that, as with the Bicentennial quarter, the 50-State quarter will be
very popular with the public.
The study said that fully 75 percent of the 2,000 people surveyed
would collect some or all of the coins. Coopers & Lybrand estimated
that between 2.6 billion and 5.1 billion dollars' worth of quarters
would be taken out of circulation by collectors.
Given that the survey excluded people under the age of 18, the entire
universe of schoolchildren who might be expected to collect the coins,
those figures seem very conservative. Estimates by the General
Accounting Office, the Congressional Budget Office, and the Mint of the
amount that would be collected are generally consistent with the
estimates in the Coopers & Lybrand study.
Treasury Secretary Rubin and I are in agreement that the new State
design should be dignified. To that end, the legislation authorizing
the new quarters stipulates that the Secretary shall not select any
frivolous or inappropriate design.
The bill also specifies that the Governors of the individual States
or such other State officials or group as the State may designate will
consult with the Secretary of the Treasury, who will select the final
designs.
I urge the immediate adoption of S. 1228.
Madam Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
Mr. BARRETT of Wisconsin. Madam Speaker, I yield myself such time as
I may consume.
Madam Speaker, I rise in support of S. 1228 and urge all of my
colleagues to support this bill which authorizes three worthy coin
programs.
First we will commemorate Kitty Hawk in 2002. All Americans recognize
the importance of flight and the importance of the Wright brothers'
breakthrough at Kitty Hawk, NC. This coin will be a fitting tribute and
is one of the first coins to abide by our new rules governing
commemoratives.
I am also pleased that this bill incorporates a redesign of the Susan
B. Anthony dollar coin and the circulating commemorative quarter
series. As a father of three young kids, this last one, the 50-State
quarter, is a personal favorite of mine, and I think that this is going
to be a tremendous hit throughout this country. I think we are going to
see school kids by the millions who are going to know the States in
this country better than they ever have before, and they are going to
do so for a quarter apiece.
So it is a tremendous program and one of the finest programs, I
think, teaching programs, I have seen in awhile to really teach kids
about our country.
The gentleman from Delaware [Mr. Castle] along with the gentleman
from New York [Mr. Flake] have to be commended because they have
brought sensible coin reform during the last 3 years. Mr. Castle, in
particular, has worked hard to bring value and enjoyment to coin
collecting, and I am proud to say that these last two measures are his
ideas.
I urge the House to support this bill, and I wish to personally
congratulate the gentleman from Delaware [Mr. Castle] on his personal
accomplishments in this bill.
Looking around, I see no other speakers. So, Madam Speaker, I yield
back the balance of my time.
Mr. CASTLE. Madam Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
Madam Speaker, I also will yield back in a moment, but I would just
like to say that we of course already miss the gentleman from New York
[Mr. Flake] who is not with us today. He has always been a stalwart
over there in support of what we have done, with Sean Peterson, his
staff, and others who have helped with him.
But the gentleman from Wisconsin [Mr. Barrett] is a very worthy
substitute, and there is now an opening for the ranking member of this
particular subcommittee. I hope the gentleman from Wisconsin [Mr.
Barrett], who is one of our most distinguished members, will consider
filling that, and we appreciate his kind words today.
We do believe this is good legislation, we do believe the interests
are valid in terms of educating children as well as helping with our
Treasury and in making American coinage more interesting to all
citizens of the United States of America, so we would encourage passage
of the legislation.
Ms. NORTON. Mr. Speaker, I support the 50-State Commemorative Coin
Program Act and want to call attention to Chairman Castle's promise to
include the District of Columbia and the four insular areas in this
privilege in forthcoming legislation. The Chair has agreed to cosponsor
with the other delegates and me a bill that would allow us the same
privilege as the 50 States, namely, the ability to choose a design for
the reverse side of the quarter coin in order to commemorate each
jurisdiction.
The Act provides that all quarter coins issued for the 10 years
beginning in 1999 would carry designs from five States each year. The
side of the 25-cent piece with George Washington's image would remain
unchanged. The quarter would have to carry the existing slogans.
Approval of each State's design by the Federal Government is required.
Earnings from silver collectors of $110 million and indirect earnings
of $2.6-$5 billion are estimated.
I supported this bill on the House floor in September when it was
agreed that the District of Columbia and the four insular areas would
be included in a subsequent bill. We asked to be included in the bill
while it was on the floor at that time. However, the Chairman wanted to
take the matter back to the Treasury Department and through the rest of
the process in order to avoid objections to the bill that might inhibit
fast passage of this bill in the Senate. We are writing our bill now
and intend to introduce it when Congress reconvenes early next year.
Although the residents of the District and the insular areas are
American citizens, there are some differences between us and the
States. However, qualification to be part of a program to redesign
quarters to commemorate home jurisdictions is not one of them.
As to the District, the Congress has no trouble including us when it
comes to collecting Federal income taxes. The four territories or
insular areas do not pay Federal incomes taxes, but they have earned
the right to this privilege in many ways, among them, because of the
larger numbers of their citizens who have fought or died for their
country.
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I look forward to supporting a bill adding the District and the other
four insular areas when we return next year.
Mr. KOLBE. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in reluctant opposition to S.
1228, a bill that does a number of things, including calling for the
redesign of the Susan B. Anthony dollar coin.
While I enthusiastically support the portion of this legislation
providing for the minting of 50 different circulating commemorative
quarters, I have serious concerns about the portion dealing with the
redesign of the Susan B. Anthony dollar coin.
For over a decade, I have been the principal sponsor of legislation
calling for the redesign of the Anthony dollar and for the phaseout of
the $1 Federal Reserve note. While S. 1228 addresses the issue of the
look and feel of our Nation's $1 coin, it neglects the important issue
of what to do with the $1 note.
S. 1228 recognizes one of the great myths about the Anthony dollar--
that size was not the problem with the coin. It maintains the Anthony's
dimensions, but changes the color to golden and calls for a distinctive
edge--exactly what I've been proposing for the last decade. With the
changes, the newly-designed dollar will be easier to distinguish from a
quarter than a quarter from the current nickel.
Unfortunately, S. 1228 will not remove the $1 bill from circulation.
Ever since Congressman Mo Udall and I introduced the first dollar
coin legislation in 1986, I have argued that the Anthony dollar failed
for two reasons: it looked and felt like a quarter and the $1 bill was
not taken out of circulation. So, this legislation takes a first and
very important step in the effort to introduce a circulating $1 coin.
However, I fear that the new dollar coin will be doomed to the fate of
the Anthony dollar since the $1 note remains in circulation and no
provision for its phase-out is included in the legislation.
I've been delivering this unpopular message for a decade, and it has
been my experience that the general public understands the necessity of
a phaseout when given the facts.
Mr. Speaker, I have been raked over the coals by those who opposed
the phaseout of the $1 note. My efforts have been attacked through
sound bites that instill fear and tell the public that elimination of
the $1 note is taking about the choice. Well, when those delivering
that message introduce legislation to create paper pennies, nickels,
dimes, and quarters, and $1, $2, $5, $10, $20, $50, and $100 coins, I
will be convinced they truly believe in giving choice to the American
public.
Sadly, the smear campaigns that have been going on for over a decade
leave Congress in a situation where we can take only incremental steps
to implement good currency policy. Sadly, this and prior
administrations have forwarded no comprehensive policy objectives
related to modernizing our currency.
I still read and hear about the stunning success of the Canadian
``loon'' dollar coin which was introduced in 1987. Make no mistake. The
coin was extremely unpopular in concept before its introduction. And
the coin did not widely circulate until late in 1989--when the $1 bill
was removed from circulation. The retail industry was very reluctant to
use the $1 coin, and it did not circulate widely for that reason.
I traveled to Ottawa several years ago to meet with officials of the
Royal Canadian Mint, the Canadian banking industry, the Canadian
Parliament, and Canadian retail executives. While they were very proud
of the accomplishment, they did acknowledge one significant error in
their planning. The said that the prolonged cocirculation of both the
``loon'' coin and the $1 bill made the transition more difficult and
unpopular than it should have been.
That is my fear about S. 1228. Congress cannot idly sit back and
expect the mere introduction of a redesigned dollar coin will develop
it own momentum. And no amount of marketing by the Mint will make the
coin succeed. As a matter of fact, heavy simultaneous circulation of
both the redesigned dollar coin and $1 bills will become a major
nuisance to retailer, mass transit, and the visually impaired. I expect
Congress will be hearing from them before long.
Let me finally add that unlike my legislation, H.R. 1174, there is
little budgetary savings associated with legislation that only has
redesignated the Anthony dollar without phasing out the $1 note. While
passage of H.R. 1174 would ultimately result in about $12 billion in
savings to taxpayers over 30 years, I understand that the language in
S. 1228 will result in minimal budgetary savings.
I commend Chairman Castle for his continuing attention to coinage
matters--especially the circulating commemorative quarter legislation.
And frankly, I am relieved to know that the Mint will be saved from the
embarrassment of having to produce more Anthony dollars. However, I
remain convinced that the absence of a plan to address the necessary
action of removing the $1 bill from circulation will doom us to the
same embarrassment.
Mr. CASTLE. Madam Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the motion offered by the
gentleman from Delaware [Mr. Castle] that the House suspend the rules
and pass the Senate bill, S. 1228.
The question was taken; and (two-thirds having voted in favor
thereof) the rules were suspended and the Senate bill was passed.
A motion to reconsider was laid on the table.
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