[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 137 (Monday, August 2, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Page S5609]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2194. Ms. ERNST submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 2137 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for Ms. Sinema (for herself, 
Mr. Portman, Mr. Manchin, Mr. Cassidy, Mrs. Shaheen, Ms. Collins, Mr. 
Tester, Ms. Murkowski, Mr. Warner, and Mr. Romney)) to the bill H.R. 
3684, to authorize funds for Federal-aid highways, highway safety 
programs, and transit programs, and for other purposes; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

        At the appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. ___. METAL COMPOSITION OF CERTAIN COINS.

       (a) In General.--Section 5112(b) of title 31, United States 
     Code, is amended--
       (1) by inserting ``(1)'' after ``(b)''; and
       (2) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(2) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), the Secretary may 
     prescribe a composition of materials in, and a construction 
     of, the half dollar, quarter dollar, dime, or 5-cent coin 
     that varies from the composition and construction required 
     under that paragraph with respect to the coin (including by 
     using different metals in the alloy for the coin than those 
     required under that paragraph) if that action by the 
     Secretary--
       ``(A) reduces the overall cost of minting the coin; and
       ``(B) does not affect--
       ``(i) the diameter and weight of the coin specified under 
     subsection (a); or
       ``(ii) the functionality of the coin, including the 
     electromagnetic signature with respect to the acceptance of 
     the coin.''.
       (b) Transfers of Savings to the Highway Trust Fund.--
     Section 9503(b) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is 
     amended by inserting after paragraph (2) the following new 
     paragraph:
       ``(3) Savings from metal composition of coins.--There are 
     hereby appropriated to the Highway Trust Fund amounts 
     equivalent to cost savings achieved as a result of 
     alternation in the composition or construction of coins 
     pursuant to section 5112(b)(2) of title 31, United States 
     Code.''.
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