[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 203 (Monday, December 16, 2019)]
[Senate]
[Page S7058]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




          PRESIDENT GEORGE H.W. BUSH AND BARBARA BUSH COIN ACT

  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs be discharged from 
further consideration of S. 457 and the Senate proceed to its immediate 
consideration.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the bill by title.
  The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows:

       A bill (S. 457) to require that $1 coins issued during 2019 
     honor President George H.W. Bush and to direct the Secretary 
     of the Treasury to issue bullion coins during 2019 in honor 
     of Barbara Bush.

  There being no objection, the committee was discharged and the Senate 
proceeded to consider the bill.
  Mr. McCONNELL. I ask unanimous consent that the Cornyn substitute 
amendment at the desk be considered and agreed to; that the bill, as 
amended, be considered read a third time and passed; and that the 
motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The amendment (No. 1257) was agreed to as follows:

                (Purpose: In the nature of a substitute)

       Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the 
     following:

     SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

       This Act may be cited as the ``President George H.W. Bush 
     and First Spouse Barbara Bush Coin Act''.

     SEC. 2. COINS HONORING PRESIDENT GEORGE H.W. BUSH AND FIRST 
                   SPOUSE BARBARA BUSH.

       (a) Circulating $1 Coins Honoring President George H.W. 
     Bush.--Notwithstanding subsections (d), (n)(2)(E), (n)(3), 
     (n)(4), and (n)(8) of section 5112 of title 31, United States 
     Code, in addition to the coins to be issued under subsections 
     (r) and (w) of such section 5112, and in accordance with the 
     other provisions of subsection (n) of such section 5112, the 
     Secretary of the Treasury, beginning on January 1, 2020, 
     shall mint and issue $1 coins that bear--
       (1) the image of President George H.W. Bush; and
       (2) an inscription of the year ``2020''.
       (b) Bullion Coins Honoring First Spouse Barbara Bush.--
     Notwithstanding paragraphs (1) and (5)(C) of section 5112(o) 
     of title 31, United States Code, and in accordance with the 
     other provisions of such section 5112(o), the Secretary of 
     the Treasury, beginning on January 1, 2020, shall mint and 
     issue bullion coins that bear--
       (1) the image of First Spouse Barbara Bush; and
       (2) an inscription of the year ``2020''.

     SEC. 3. FINANCIAL ASSURANCES.

       The Secretary of the Treasury shall take such actions as 
     may be necessary to ensure that the minting and issuing of 
     coins under this Act will not result in any net cost to the 
     United States Government.

  The bill (S. 457), as amended, was ordered to be engrossed for a 
third reading, was read the third time, and passed.

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