[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 392 Referred in Senate (RFS)]
1st Session
H. R. 392
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
January 24, 2007
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking,
Housing, and Urban Affairs
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AN ACT
To provide for a circulating quarter dollar coin program to honor the
District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, American
Samoa, the United States Virgin Islands, and the Commonwealth of the
Northern Mariana Islands, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``District of Columbia and United
States Territories Circulating Quarter Dollar Program Act''.
SEC. 2. ISSUANCE OF REDESIGNED QUARTER DOLLARS HONORING THE DISTRICT OF
COLUMBIA AND EACH OF THE TERRITORIES.
Section 5112 of title 31, United States Code, is amended by adding
at the end the following new subsection:
``(r) Redesign and Issuance of Circulating Quarter Dollar Honoring
the District of Columbia and Each of the Territories.--
``(1) Redesign in 2009.--
``(A) In general.--Notwithstanding the fourth
sentence of subsection (d)(1) and subsection (d)(2) and
subject to paragraph (6)(B), quarter dollar coins
issued during 2009, shall have designs on the reverse
side selected in accordance with this subsection which
are emblematic of the District of Columbia and the
territories.
``(B) Flexibility with regard to placement of
inscriptions.--Notwithstanding subsection (d)(1), the
Secretary may select a design for quarter dollars
issued during 2009 in which--
``(i) the inscription described in the
second sentence of subsection (d)(1) appears on
the reverse side of any such quarter dollars;
and
``(ii) any inscription described in the
third sentence of subsection (d)(1) or the
designation of the value of the coin appears on
the obverse side of any such quarter dollars.
``(2) Single district or territory design.--The design on
the reverse side of each quarter dollar issued during 2009
shall be emblematic of one of the following: The District of
Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, American
Samoa, the United States Virgin Islands, and the Commonwealth
of the Northern Mariana Islands.
``(3) Selection of design.--
``(A) In general.--Each of the 6 designs required
under this subsection for quarter dollars shall be--
``(i) selected by the Secretary after
consultation with--
``(I) the chief executive of the
District of Columbia or the territory
being honored, or such other officials
or group as the chief executive officer
of the District of Columbia or the
territory may designate for such
purpose; and
``(II) the Commission of Fine Arts;
and
``(ii) reviewed by the Citizens Coinage
Advisory Committee.
``(B) Selection and approval process.--Designs for
quarter dollars may be submitted in accordance with the
design selection and approval process developed by the
Secretary in the sole discretion of the Secretary.
``(C) Participation.--The Secretary may include
participation by District or territorial officials,
artists from the District of Columbia or the territory,
engravers of the United States Mint, and members of the
general public.
``(D) Standards.--Because it is important that the
Nation's coinage and currency bear dignified designs of
which the citizens of the United States can be proud,
the Secretary shall not select any frivolous or
inappropriate design for any quarter dollar minted
under this subsection.
``(E) Prohibition on certain representations.--No
head and shoulders portrait or bust of any person,
living or dead, and no portrait of a living person may
be included in the design of any quarter dollar under
this subsection.
``(4) Treatment as numismatic items.--For purposes of
sections 5134 and 5136, all coins minted under this subsection
shall be considered to be numismatic items.
``(5) Issuance.--
``(A) Quality of coins.--The Secretary may mint and
issue such number of quarter dollars of each design
selected under paragraph (4) in uncirculated and proof
qualities as the Secretary determines to be
appropriate.
``(B) Silver coins.--Notwithstanding subsection
(b), the Secretary may mint and issue such number of
quarter dollars of each design selected under paragraph
(4) as the Secretary determines to be appropriate, with
a content of 90 percent silver and 10 percent copper.
``(C) Timing and order of issuance.--Coins minted
under this subsection honoring the District of Columbia
and each of the territories shall be issued in equal
sequential intervals during 2009 in the following
order: the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of
Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the United States
Virgin Islands, and the Commonwealth of the Northern
Mariana Islands.
``(6) Other provisions.--
``(A) Application in event of admission as a
state.--If the District of Columbia or any territory
becomes a State before the end of the 10-year period
referred to in subsection (l)(1), subsection (l)(7)
shall apply, and this subsection shall not apply, with
respect to such State.
``(B) Application in event of independence.--If any
territory becomes independent or otherwise ceases to be
a territory or possession of the United States before
quarter dollars bearing designs which are emblematic of
such territory are minted pursuant to this subsection,
this subsection shall cease to apply with respect to
such territory.
``(7) Territory defined.--For purposes of this subsection,
the term `territory' means the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico,
Guam, American Samoa, the United States Virgin Islands, and the
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.''.
Passed the House of Representatives January 23, 2007.
Attest:
KAREN L. HAAS,
Clerk.