[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 11]
[Senate]
[Page 14850]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                   MARK TWAIN COMMEMORATIVE COIN ACT

  Mr. PRYOR. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Banking 
Committee be discharged from further consideration of H.R. 2453 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. 2453) to require the Secretary of the Treasury 
     to mint coins in commemoration of Mark Twain.

  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the bill.
  Mr. PRYOR. I ask unanimous consent that the Blumenthal amendment 
which is at the desk be agreed to; the bill, as amended, be read a 
third time and passed, the motion to reconsider be laid upon the table, 
with no intervening action or debate, and any related statements be 
printed in the Record.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The amendment (No. 2865) was agreed to, as follows:

       On page 7, strike lines 5 through 7 and insert the 
     following:
       (2) One-quarter of the surcharges, to the University of 
     California, Berkeley, California, for the benefit of the Mark 
     Twain Project at the Bancroft Library to support programs to 
     study and promote the legacy of Mark Twain.
       At the end, add the following:

     SEC. 8. NO NET COST.

       The Secretary shall take such actions as may be necessary 
     to ensure that--
       (1) minting and issuing coins under this Act will not 
     result in any net cost to the United States Government; and
       (2) no funds, including applicable surcharges, are 
     disbursed to any recipient designated in section 7 until the 
     total cost of designing and issuing all of the coins 
     authorized by this Act (including labor, materials, dies, use 
     of machinery, overhead expenses, marketing, and shipping) is 
     recovered by the United States Treasury, consistent with 
     sections 5112(m) and 5134(f) of title 31, United States Code.

  The amendment was ordered to be engrossed and the bill to be read a 
third time.
  The bill (H.R. 2453), as amended, was read the third time, and 
passed, as follows:

                               H.R. 2453

       Resolved, That the bill from the House of Representatives 
     (H.R. 2453) entitled ``An Act to require the Secretary of the 
     Treasury to mint coins in commemoration of Mark Twain.'', do 
     pass with the following amendments:
       On page 7, strike lines 5 through 7 and insert the 
     following:
       (2) One-quarter of the surcharges, to the University of 
     California, Berkeley, California, for the benefit of the Mark 
     Twain Project at the Bancroft Library to support programs to 
     study and promote the legacy of Mark Twain.
       At the end, add the following:

     SEC. 8. NO NET COST.

       The Secretary shall take such actions as may be necessary 
     to ensure that--
       (1) minting and issuing coins under this Act will not 
     result in any net cost to the United States Government; and
       (2) no funds, including applicable surcharges, are 
     disbursed to any recipient designated in section 7 until the 
     total cost of designing and issuing all of the coins 
     authorized by this Act (including labor, materials, dies, use 
     of machinery, overhead expenses, marketing, and shipping) is 
     recovered by the United States Treasury, consistent with 
     sections 5112(m) and 5134(f) of title 31, United States Code.

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