[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 111 (Friday, August 7, 1998)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1606]
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                INTRODUCTION OF BUFFALO COIN ACT OF 1998

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                       HON. GEORGE E. BROWN, JR.

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, August 6, 1998

  Mr. BROWN of California. Mr. Speaker, this year marks the sixtieth 
anniversary of the issuing of the Buffalo Nickel. This nickel is still 
very popular and widely collected today. It remains a respected and 
cherished symbol.
  That is why it is my pleasure to introduce the House companion bill 
to S. 1112, sponsored by Senator Ben Nighthorse Campbell of Colorado. 
S. 1112 authorizes the minting of the original Buffalo Nickel design on 
a new commemorative silver half-dollar coin to help honor our nation's 
Native Americans. While this coin will be minted at no cost to the 
government, it will help raise funds for the Smithsonian's National 
Museum of the American Indian, which is scheduled to open in 2002. 
These funds will be used to set up an endowment and an educational 
outreach fund.
  This coin has already received the full endorsement of the U.S. 
Mint's Citizens Commemorative Coin Advisory Committee and now needs our 
support in order for it to be minted in 2001.
  This legislation is a bipartisan effort and has 17 original 
cosponsors. I ask my colleagues to join us in supporting the Buffalo 
Coin Act of 1998.

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