[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 127 (Friday, August 3, 2007)]
[Senate]
[Pages S10979-S10980]
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                      NATIVE AMERICAN $1 COIN ACT

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Banking 
Committee be discharged from further consideration of H.R. 2358, and 
the Senate proceed to its consideration.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The clerk 
will report the bill by title.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       A bill (H.R. 2358) to require the Secretary of the Treasury 
     to mint and issue coins in commemoration of Native Americans 
     and the important contributions made by Indian tribes and 
     individual Native Americans to the development of the United 
     States and the history of the United States, and for other 
     purposes.

  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the bill.
  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I understand there is an amendment at the 
desk. I ask unanimous consent that the amendment be considered and 
agreed to; that the bill, as amended, be read three times, passed, and 
the motion to reconsider be laid upon the table; and that any 
statements relating to the bill be printed in the Record, with no 
intervening action or debate.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The amendment (No. 2653) was agreed to, as follows:

              (Purpose: To provide a complete substitute)

       Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the 
     following:

     SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

       This Act may be cited as the ``Native American $1 Coin 
     Act''.

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     SEC. 2. NATIVE AMERICAN $1 COIN PROGRAM.

       Section 5112 of title 31, United States Code, is amended by 
     adding at the end the following:
       ``(r) Redesign and Issuance of Circulating $1 Coins 
     Honoring Native Americans and the Important Contributions 
     Made by Indian Tribes and Individual Native Americans in 
     United States History.--
       ``(1) Redesign beginning in 2008.--
       ``(A) In general.--Effective beginning January 1, 2008, 
     notwithstanding subsection (d), in addition to the coins to 
     be issued pursuant to subsection (n), and in accordance with 
     this subsection, the Secretary shall mint and issue $1 coins 
     that--
       ``(i) have as the designs on the obverse the so-called 
     `Sacagawea design'; and
       ``(ii) have a design on the reverse selected in accordance 
     with paragraph (2)(A), subject to paragraph (3)(A).
       ``(B) Delayed date.--If the date of the enactment of the 
     Native American $1 Coin Act is after August 25, 2007, 
     subparagraph (A) shall be applied by substituting `2009' for 
     `2008'.
       ``(2) Design requirements.--The $1 coins issued in 
     accordance with paragraph (1) shall meet the following design 
     requirements:
       ``(A) Coin reverse.--The design on the reverse shall bear--
       ``(i) images celebrating the important contributions made 
     by Indian tribes and individual Native Americans to the 
     development of the United States and the history of the 
     United States;
       ``(ii) the inscription `$1' ; and
       ``(iii) the inscription `United States of America'.
       ``(B) Coin obverse.--The design on the obverse shall--
       ``(i) be chosen by the Secretary, after consultation with 
     the Commission of Fine Arts and review by the Citizens 
     Coinage Advisory Committee; and
       ``(ii) contain the so-called `Sacagawea design' and the 
     inscription `Liberty'.
       ``(C) Edge-incused inscriptions.--
       ``(i) In general.--The inscription of the year of minting 
     and issuance of the coin and the inscriptions `E Pluribus 
     Unum' and `In God We Trust' shall be edge-incused into the 
     coin.
       ``(ii) Preservation of distinctive edge.--The edge-incusing 
     of the inscriptions under clause (i) on coins issued under 
     this subsection shall be done in a manner that preserves the 
     distinctive edge of the coin so that the denomination of the 
     coin is readily discernible, including by individuals who are 
     blind or visually impaired.
       ``(D) Reverse design selection.--The designs selected for 
     the reverse of the coins described under this subsection--
       ``(i) shall be chosen by the Secretary after consultation 
     with the Committee on Indian Affairs of the Senate, the 
     Congressional Native American Caucus of the House of 
     Representatives, the Commission of Fine Arts, and the 
     National Congress of American Indians;
       ``(ii) shall be reviewed by the Citizens Coinage Advisory 
     Committee;
       ``(iii) may depict individuals and events such as--

       ``(I) the creation of Cherokee written language;
       ``(II) the Iroquois Confederacy;
       ``(III) Wampanoag Chief Massasoit;
       ``(IV) the `Pueblo Revolt';
       ``(V) Olympian Jim Thorpe;
       ``(VI) Ely S. Parker, a general on the staff of General 
     Ulysses S. Grant and later head of the Bureau of Indian 
     Affairs; and
       ``(VII) code talkers who served the United States Armed 
     Forces during World War I and World War II; and

       ``(iv) in the case of a design depicting the contribution 
     of an individual Native American to the development of the 
     United States and the history of the United States, shall not 
     depict the individual in a size such that the coin could be 
     considered to be a `2-headed' coin.
       ``(3) Issuance of coins commemorating 1 native american 
     event during each year.--
       ``(A) In general.--Each design for the reverse of the $1 
     coins issued during each year shall be emblematic of 1 
     important Native American or Native American contribution 
     each year.
       ``(B) Issuance period.--Each $1 coin minted with a design 
     on the reverse in accordance with this subsection for any 
     year shall be issued during the 1-year period beginning on 
     January 1 of that year and shall be available throughout the 
     entire 1-year period.
       ``(C) Order of issuance of designs.--Each coin issued under 
     this subsection commemorating Native Americans and their 
     contributions--
       ``(i) shall be issued, to the maximum extent practicable, 
     in the chronological order in which the Native Americans 
     lived or the events occurred, until the termination of the 
     coin program described in subsection (n); and
       ``(ii) thereafter shall be issued in any order determined 
     to be appropriate by the Secretary, after consultation with 
     the Committee on Indian Affairs of the Senate, the 
     Congressional Native American Caucus of the House of 
     Representatives, and the National Congress of American 
     Indians.
       ``(4) Issuance of numismatic coins.--The Secretary may mint 
     and issue such number of $1 coins of each design selected 
     under this subsection in uncirculated and proof qualities as 
     the Secretary determines to be appropriate.
       ``(5) Quantity.--The number of $1 coins minted and issued 
     in a year with the Sacagawea-design on the obverse shall be 
     not less than 20 percent of the total number of $1 coins 
     minted and issued in such year.''.

     SEC. 3. TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.

       Section 5112(n)(1) of title 31, United States Code, is 
     amended--
       (1) by striking the paragraph designation and heading and 
     all that follows through ``Notwithstanding subsection (d)'' 
     and inserting the following:
       ``(1) Redesign beginning in 2007.--Notwithstanding 
     subsection (d)'';
       (2) by striking subparagraph (B); and
       (3) by redesignating clauses (i) and (ii) as subparagraphs 
     (A) and (B), respectively, and indenting the subparagraphs 
     appropriately.

     SEC. 4. REMOVAL OF BARRIERS TO CIRCULATION OF $1 COIN.

       (a) In General.--In order to remove barriers to 
     circulation, the Secretary of the Treasury shall carry out an 
     aggressive, cost-effective, continuing campaign to encourage 
     commercial enterprises to accept and dispense $1 coins that 
     have as designs on the obverse the so-called ``Sacagawea 
     design''.
       (b) Report.--The Secretary of the Treasury shall submit to 
     Congress an annual report on the success of the efforts 
     described in subsection (a).

  The amendment was ordered to be engrossed, and the bill to be read a 
third time.
  The bill (H.R. 2358) was read the third time and passed.

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