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[H.R. 3616 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]
H.R.3616
One Hundred Third Congress
of the
United States of America
AT THE FIRST SESSION
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday,
the fifth day of January, one thousand nine hundred and ninety-three
An Act
To require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in
commemoration of the 250th anniversary of the birth of Thomas Jefferson,
Americans who have been prisoners of war, the Vietnam Veterans Memorial
on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the Memorial, and the Women
in Military Service for America Memorial, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,

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This title may be cited as the ``Jefferson Commemorative Coin Act of
1993''.

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TITLE I

-THOMAS JEFFERSON COMMEMORATIVE COIN

(a) One-Dollar Silver Coins.--
(1) Issuance.--The Secretary of the Treasury (hereafter in this
title referred to as the ``Secretary'') shall issue not more than
600,000 one-dollar coins, which shall--
(A) weigh 26.73 grams;
(B) have a diameter of 1.500 inches; and
(C) contain 90 percent silver and 10 percent copper.
(2) Design.--The design of the coins issued under this title
shall be emblematic of a profile of Thomas Jefferson and a frontal
view of his home Monticello. On each coin there shall be a
designation of the value of the coin, an inscription of the year
``1993'', and inscriptions of the words ``Liberty'', ``In God We
Trust'', ``United States of America'', and ``E Pluribus Unum''.
(b) Legal Tender.--The coins issued under this title shall be legal
tender, as provided in section 5103 of title 31, United States Code.
(c) Numismatic Items.--For purposes of section 5132(a)(1) of title
31, United States Code, all coins minted under this title shall be
considered to be numismatic items.

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The Secretary shall obtain silver for the coins minted under this
title only from stockpiles established under the Strategic and Critical
Minerals Stock Piling Act.

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Subject to section 102(a)(2), the design for the coins authorized by
this title shall be--
(1) selected by the Secretary after consultation with the
Executive Director of the Thomas Jefferson Memorial Foundation and
the Commission of Fine Arts; and
(2) reviewed by the Citizens Commemorative Advisory Committee.

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(a) Quality of Coins.--Coins minted under this title shall be issued
in uncirculated and proof qualities.
(b) Mint Facility.--Only 1 facility of the United States Mint may be
used to strike any particular quality of the coins minted under this
title.
(c) Period for Issuance.--The Secretary may issue coins minted under
this title during the period beginning on May 1, 1994, and ending on
April 30, 1995.

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(a) Sale Price.--The coins authorized under this title shall be sold
by the Secretary at a price equal to the sum of the face value of the
coins, the surcharge provided in subsection (c) with respect to such
coins, and the cost of designing and issuing the coins (including labor,
materials, dies, use of machinery, overhead expenses, marketing, and
shipping).
(b) Prepaid Orders.--The Secretary shall accept prepaid orders for
the coins authorized under this title prior to the issuance of such
coins. Sale prices with respect to such prepaid orders shall be at a
reasonable discount.
(c) Surcharges.--All sales shall include a surcharge of $10 per
coin.

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(a) In General.--Except as provided in subsection (b), no provision
of law governing procurement or public contracts shall be applicable to
the procurement of goods and services necessary for carrying out the
provisions of this title.
(b) Equal Employment Opportunity.--Subsection (a) shall not relieve
any person entering into a contract under the authority of this title
from complying with any law relating to equal employment opportunity.

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All surcharges received by the Secretary from the sale of coins
issued under this title shall be promptly paid by the Secretary--
(1) in the case of surcharges received in connection with the
sale of the first 500,000 coins issued, to the Jefferson Endowment
Fund, to be used--
(A) to establish and maintain an endowment to be a permanent
source of support for Monticello and its historic furnishings;
and
(B) for the Jefferson Endowment Fund's educational programs,
including the International Center for Jefferson Studies; and
(2) in the case of surcharges received in connection with the
sale of all other such coins, to the Corporation for Jefferson's
Poplar Forest, to be used for the restoration and maintenance of
Poplar Forest.

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The Comptroller General of the United States shall have the right to
examine such books, records, documents, and other data of the entities
specified in section 108, as may be related to the expenditures of
amounts paid under section 108.

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(a) No Net Cost to the Government.--The Secretary shall take such
actions as may be necessary to ensure that minting and issuing coins
under this title will not result in any net cost to the United States
Government.
(b) Payment for Coins.--A coin shall not be issued under this title
unless the Secretary has received--
(1) full payment for the coin;
(2) security satisfactory to the Secretary to indemnify the
United States for full payment; or
(3) a guarantee of full payment satisfactory to the Secretary
from a depository institution whose deposits are insured by the
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or the National Credit Union
Administration Board.

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This title may be cited as the ``United States Veterans
Commemorative Coin Act of 1993''.

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TITLE II

-UNITED STATES VETERANS COMMEMORATIVE COINS

(a) One-Dollar Silver Coins.--
(1) Issuance.--The Secretary of the Treasury (hereafter in this
title referred to as the ``Secretary'') shall issue one-dollar coins
of 3 different designs, which shall--
(A) weigh 26.73 grams;
(B) have a diameter of 1.500 inches; and
(C) contain 90 percent silver and 10 percent copper.
(2) Designation of value and inscriptions.--On each coin there
shall be a designation of the value of the coin, an inscription of
the year ``1994'', and inscriptions of the words ``Liberty'', ``In
God We Trust'', ``United States of America'', and ``E Pluribus
Unum''.
(3) Design of 3 coins.--
(A) Prisoner-of-war commemorative coin.--1 type of coin
issued under this title shall be a prisoner-of-war commemorative
coin the design of which shall be emblematic of the experience
of Americans who have been prisoners-of-war.
(B) Vietnam veterans memorial commemorative coin.--1 type of
coin issued under this title shall be a Vietnam Veterans
Memorial commemorative coin the design of which shall be
emblematic of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
(C) Women in military service for america memorial
commemorative coin.--1 type of coin issued under this title
shall be Women in Military Service for America Memorial
commemorative coin the design of which shall be symbolic of
women's service in the Armed Forces of the United States.
(4) Maximum number for coins of each design.--The Secretary
shall issue no more than 500,000 coins of each design.
(b) Legal Tender.--The coins issued under this title shall be legal
tender, as provided in section 5103 of title 31, United States Code.
(c) Numismatic Items.--For purposes of section 5132(a)(1) of title
31, United States Code, all coins minted under this title shall be
considered to be numismatic items.

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Subject to section 202(a)(3), the design for the coins authorized by
this title shall be--
(1) selected by the Secretary after consultation with the
Commission of Fine Arts and--
(A) in the case of the coin described in section
202(a)(3)(B), the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund; and
(B) in the case of the coin described in section
202(a)(3)(C), the Women in Military Service for America Memorial
Foundation, Incorporated; and
(2) reviewed by the Citizens Commemorative Advisory Committee.

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(a) Sale Price.--The coins issued under this title shall be sold by
the Secretary at a price equal to the face value, plus the cost of
designing and issuing such coins (including labor, materials, dies, use
of machinery, and overhead expenses) and the surcharge provided for in
subsection (d).
(b) Bulk Sales.--The Secretary shall make bulk sales at a reasonable
discount.
(c) Prepaid Orders.--The Secretary shall accept prepaid orders for
the coins issued under this title before the issuance of such coins.
Sales under this subsection shall be at a reasonable discount to reflect
the benefit of prepayment.
(d) Surcharges.--All sales of coins issued under this title shall
include a surcharge of $10 per coin.

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(a) Commencement of Issuance.--The coins minted under this title may
be issued beginning May 1, 1994.
(b) Termination of Authority.--The coins authorized under this title
may not be minted after April 30, 1995.
(c) Proof and Uncirculated Coins.--The coins authorized under this
title shall be issued in uncirculated and proof qualities.
(d) 3-Coin Sets.--
(1) In general.--In addition to any other manner and form of
sales of coins minted under this title, the Secretary shall make a
portion of such coins available for sale in 3-coin sets containing 1
of each of the 3 designs of coins required pursuant to section
202(a)(3).
(2) Number of sets.--The number of 3-coin sets made available
pursuant to paragraph (1) shall be at the discretion of the
Secretary.

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(a) Prisoner-of-War Commemorative Coins.--Except as provided in
subsection (d), an amount equal to the surcharges received by the
Secretary from the sale of prisoner-of-war commemorative coins described
in section 202(a)(3)(A) shall be promptly paid by the Secretary in the
order that follows:
(1) Amounts to be made available for construction of museum.--
The Secretary of the Treasury shall make available to the Secretary
of the Interior the first $3,000,000 of such surcharges for the
construction of the Andersonville Prisoner-of-War Museum in
Andersonville, Georgia.
(2) Amounts to be paid to endowment fund.--After payment of the
amount required by paragraph (1), the Secretary of the Treasury
shall pay 50 percent of the remaining surcharges to the endowment
fund established pursuant to section 209(a).
(3) Amounts to be paid to maintain national cemeteries.--After
payment of the amount required by paragraph (1), the Secretary shall
pay 50 percent of the remaining surcharges to the Secretary of
Veterans Affairs for purposes of maintaining national cemeteries
pursuant to chapter 24 of title 38, United States Code.
(b) Vietnam Veterans Memorial Commemorative Coins.--Except as
provided in subsection (d), an amount equal to the surcharges received
by the Secretary from the sale of Vietnam Veterans Memorial
commemorative coins described in section 202(a)(3)(B) shall be promptly
paid by the Secretary to the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund to assist
the Fund's efforts to raise an endowment to be a permanent source of
support for the repair, maintenance, and addition of names to the
Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
(c) Women in Military Service for America Memorial Commemorative
Coins.--Except as provided in subsection (d), an amount equal to the
surcharges received by the Secretary from the sale of Women in Military
Service for America Memorial commemorative coins described in section
202(a)(3)(C) shall be promptly paid by the Secretary to the Women in
Military Service for America Memorial Foundation, Inc., for the purpose
of creating, endowing, and dedicating the Women in Military Service for
America Memorial.
(d) Surcharges From 3-Coin Sets.--In the case of surcharges derived
from the sale of 3-coin sets pursuant to section 206(d)--
(1) \1/3\ of such amount shall be distributed as provided in
subsection (a);
(2) \1/3\ shall be distributed as provided in subsection (b);
and
(3) \1/3\ shall be distributed as provided in subsection (c).

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(a) Establishment.--There is hereby established in the Department of
the Interior an endowment fund (hereinafter in this section referred to
as the ``fund'') to be administered by the Secretary of the Interior and
to consist of the amounts deposited under subsection (b).
(b) Deposit Into Fund.--
(1) Deposit from surcharges.--There shall be deposited into the
fund such amounts that are paid by the Secretary under section
208(a)(2).
(2) Investment.--The Secretary of the Interior shall have the
authority to invest the portion of the fund that is not, in the
determination of such Secretary, required to meet the current needs
of the fund, in obligations of the United States or in obligations
guaranteed as to the principal and interest by the United States. In
making such investments, the Secretary of the Interior shall select
obligations having maturities suitable to the needs of the fund.
(c) Expenditures.--The Secretary of the Interior may use the amounts
deposited in the fund under this title to pay for the maintenance of the
Andersonville Prisoner-of-War Museum in Andersonville, Georgia.

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The Comptroller General of the United States shall have the right to
examine such books, records, documents, and other data of the entities
specified in section 208, as may be related to the expenditures of
amounts paid under section 208.

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(a) Findings.--The Congress hereby makes the following findings:
(1) Congress has authorized 18 commemorative coin programs in
the 9 years since 1984.
(2) There are more meritorious causes, events, and people worthy
of commemoration than can be honored with commemorative coinage.
(3) Commemorative coin legislation has increased at a pace
beyond that which the numismatic community can reasonably be
expected to absorb.
(4) It is in the interests of all Members of Congress that a
policy be established to control the flow of commemorative coin
legislation.
(b) Declaration.--It is the sense of the Congress that the Committee
on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs of the House of Representatives
and the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate
should not report or otherwise clear for consideration by the House of
Representatives or the Senate legislation providing for more than 2
commemorative coin programs for any year, unless the committee
determines, on the basis of a recommendation by the Citizens
Commemorative Coin Advisory Committee, that extraordinary merit exists
for an additional commemorative coin program.

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TITLE III

-REFORM OF COMMEMORATIVE COIN PROGRAMS

(a) Quarterly Financial Report.--
(1) In general.--Each person who receives, after the date of the
enactment of this Act, any surcharge derived from the sale of
commemorative coins under any Act of Congress shall submit a
quarterly financial report to the Director of the United States Mint
and the Comptroller General of the United States describing in
detail the expenditures made by such person from the proceeds of the
surcharge.
(2) Information to be included.--The report under paragraph (1)
shall include information on the proportion of the surcharges
received during the period covered by the report to the total
revenue of such person during such period, expressed as a
percentage, and the percentage of total revenue during such period
which was spent on administrative expenses (including salaries,
travel, overhead, and fund raising).
(3) Due dates.--Quarterly reports under this subsection shall be
due at the end of the 30-day period beginning on the last day of any
calendar quarter during which any surcharge derived from the sale of
commemorative coins is received by any person.
(b) Final Report.--Each person who receives, after the date of the
enactment of this Act, any surcharge derived from the sale of
commemorative coins under any Act of Congress shall submit a final
report on the expenditures made by such person from the proceeds of all
surcharges received by such person, including information described in
subsection (a)(2), before the end of the 1-year period beginning on the
last day on which sales of such coins may be made.

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Before the end of the 1-year period beginning on the last day on
which sales of commemorative coins may be made under the Act of Congress
which authorized such coins, the Comptroller General of the United
States shall submit a financial accounting statement to the Congress on
the payment of any surcharges derived from the sale of such coins and
the use and expenditure of the proceeds of such surcharges by any
recipient (other than a recipient which is an agency or department of
the Federal Government) based on the reports filed by such recipient
with the Comptroller General in accordance with section 302 and any
audit of such recipient which is conducted by the Comptroller General
with respect to the use and expenditure of such proceeds.
ACT

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This title may be cited as the ``Bicentennial of the United States
Capitol Commemorative Coin Act''.

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TITLE IV

-BICENTENNIAL OF THE UNITED STATES CAPITOL COMMEMORATIVE COIN

(a) One-Dollar Silver Coins.--
(1) Issuance.--The Secretary of the Treasury (hereinafter in
this title referred to as the ``Secretary'') shall mint and issue
not more than 500,000 one-dollar coins each of which shall--
(A) weigh 26.73 grams;
(B) have a diameter of 1.500 inches; and
(C) be composed of 90 percent silver and 10 percent copper.
(2) Design.--The design of the one-dollar coins shall, in
accordance with section 404, be emblematic of the bicentennial of
the United States Capitol. Each one-dollar coin shall bear a
designation of the value of the coin, an inscription of the year
``1994'', and inscriptions of the words ``Liberty'', ``In God We
Trust'', ``United States of America'', and ``E Pluribus Unum''.
(b) Legal Tender.--The coins minted under this title shall be legal
tender as provided in section 5103 of title 31, United States Code.
(c) Numismatic Items.--For purposes of section 5132(a)(1) of title
31, United States Code, all coins minted under this title shall be
considered to be numismatic items.

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The Secretary shall obtain silver for minting coins under this title
only from stockpiles established under the Strategic and Critical
Minerals Stock Piling Act.

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The design for the coin authorized by this title shall be selected
by the Secretary after consultation with the Speaker of the House of
Representatives, the President pro tempore of the Senate, and the
Commission of Fine Arts.

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(a) One-Dollar Coins.--The one-dollar coins minted under this title
may be issued in uncirculated and proof qualities, except that not more
than 1 facility of the United States Mint may be used to strike any
particular quality.
(b) Commencement of Issuance.--The Secretary may issue the coins
minted under this title beginning May 1, 1994.
(c) Termination of Authority.--Coins may not be minted under this
title after April 30, 1995.
(d) Contracts.--Any contract to be made by the Secretary involving
the promotion, advertising, or marketing of any coins authorized under
this title shall be valid only upon approval by the United States
Capitol Preservation Commission.

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(a) In General.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the
Secretary shall sell the coins minted under this title at a price equal
to the face value, plus the cost of designing and issuing the coins
(including labor, materials, dies, use of machinery, and overhead
expenses).
(b) Bulk Sales.--The Secretary shall make any bulk sales of the
coins minted under this title at a reasonable discount.
(c) Prepaid Orders.--The Secretary shall accept prepaid orders for
the coins minted under this title prior to the issuance of such coins.
Sale prices with respect to such prepaid orders shall be at a reasonable
discount.
(d) Surcharges.--All sales of coins minted under this title shall
include a surcharge of $15 per coin.

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(a) Use of Surcharges.--All surcharges that are received by the
Secretary from the sale of coins minted under this title shall be
deposited in the Capitol Preservation Fund and be available to the
United States Capitol Preservation Commission.
(b) Technical Amendment.--Section 8(b)(1) of Public Law 100-673 is
amended to read as follows:
``(2) Limitations on reimbursements.--No amount received by the
Commission from the Capitol Preservation Fund from the sale of coins
minted under this Act may be used to pay representational expenses
of the Commission.''.

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(a) In General.--Except as provided in subsection (b), no provision
of law governing procurement or public contracts shall be applicable to
the procurement of goods and services necessary for carrying out the
provisions of this title.
(b) Equal Employment Opportunity.--Subsection (a) shall not relieve
any person entering into a contract under the authority of this title
from complying with any law relating to equal employment opportunity.
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.

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Bicentennial of the United States Capitol Commemorative Coin Act

To require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in commemoration of the 250th anniversary of the birth of Thomas Jefferson, Americans who have been prisoners of war, the Vietnam Veterans Memorial on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the Memorial, and the Women in Military Service for America Memorial, and for other purposes.

Bicentennial of the United States Capitol Commemorative Coin Act

Other Sections

TITLE I

TITLE II

TITLE III

TITLE IV

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