Native American $1 Coin Act (Introduced in
House)
Passed by Both House and Senate as presented here. Became Public Law No: 110-82 on September 20, 2007.
H.R. 2358
Native American $1 Coin Act
of 2007
One Hundred Tenth Congress
of the
United States of America
AT THE FIRST SESSION
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Thursday,
the fourth day of January, two thousand and seven
An Act
To require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint and issue
coins in commemoration of Native Americans and the important
contributions made by Indian tribes and individual Native
Americans to the development of the United States and the history
of the United States, 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 `Native American $1 Coin
Act'.
SEC. 2. NATIVE AMERICAN $1 COIN PROGRAM.
Section 5112 of title 31, United States Code, is amended
by adding at the end the following:
`(r) Redesign and Issuance of Circulating $1 Coins
Honoring Native Americans and the Important Contributions
Made by Indian Tribes and Individual Native Americans in
United States History-
`(1) REDESIGN BEGINNING IN 2008-
`(A) IN GENERAL- Effective beginning
January 1, 2008, notwithstanding
subsection (d), in addition to the coins
to be issued pursuant to subsection (n),
and in accordance with this subsection,
the Secretary shall mint and issue $1
coins that--
`(i) have as the designs on the
obverse the so-called `Sacagawea
design'; and
`(ii) have a design on the
reverse selected in accordance
with paragraph (2)(A), subject to
paragraph (3)(A).
`(B) DELAYED DATE- If the date of the
enactment of the Native American $1 Coin
Act is after August 25, 2007,
subparagraph (A) shall be applied by
substituting `2009' for `2008'.
`(2) DESIGN REQUIREMENTS- The $1 coins issued in
accordance with paragraph (1) shall meet the
following design requirements:
`(A) COIN REVERSE- The design on the
reverse shall bear--
`(i) images celebrating the
important contributions made by
Indian tribes and individual
Native Americans to the
development of the United States
and the history of the United
States;
`(ii) the inscription `$1'; and
`(iii) the inscription `United
States of America'.
`(B) COIN OBVERSE- The design on the
obverse shall--
`(i) be chosen by the Secretary,
after consultation with the
Commission of Fine Arts and
review by the Citizens Coinage
Advisory Committee; and
`(ii) contain the so-called
`Sacagawea design' and the
inscription `Liberty'.
`(C) EDGE-INCUSED INSCRIPTIONS-
`(i) IN GENERAL- The inscription
of the year of minting and
issuance of the coin and the
inscriptions `E Pluribus Unum'
and `In God We Trust' shall be
edge-incused into the coin.
`(ii) PRESERVATION OF DISTINCTIVE
EDGE- The edge-incusing of the
inscriptions under clause (i) on
coins issued under this
subsection shall be done in a
manner that preserves the
distinctive edge of the coin so
that the denomination of the coin
is readily discernible, including
by individuals who are blind or
visually impaired.
`(D) REVERSE DESIGN SELECTION- The
designs selected for the reverse of the
coins described under this subsection--
`(i) shall be chosen by the
Secretary after consultation with
the Committee on Indian Affairs
of the Senate, the Congressional
Native American Caucus of the
House of Representatives, the
Commission of Fine Arts, and the
National Congress of American
Indians;
`(ii) shall be reviewed by the
Citizens Coinage Advisory
Committee;
`(iii) may depict individuals and
events such as--
`(I) the creation of
Cherokee written
language;
`(II) the Iroquois
Confederacy;
`(III) Wampanoag Chief
Massasoit;
`(IV) the `Pueblo
Revolt';
`(V) Olympian Jim Thorpe;
`(VI) Ely S. Parker, a
general on the staff of
General Ulysses S. Grant
and later head of the
Bureau of Indian Affairs;
and
`(VII) code talkers who
served the United States
Armed Forces during World
War I and World War II;
and
`(iv) in the case of a design
depicting the contribution of an
individual Native American to the
development of the United States
and the history of the United
States, shall not depict the
individual in a size such that
the coin could be considered to
be a `2-headed' coin.
`(3) ISSUANCE OF COINS COMMEMORATING 1 NATIVE
AMERICAN EVENT DURING EACH YEAR-
`(A) IN GENERAL- Each design for the
reverse of the $1 coins issued during
each year shall be emblematic of 1
important Native American or Native
American contribution each year.
`(B) ISSUANCE PERIOD- Each $1 coin minted
with a design on the reverse in
accordance with this subsection for any
year shall be issued during the 1-year
period beginning on January 1 of that
year and shall be available throughout
the entire 1-year period.
`(C) ORDER OF ISSUANCE OF DESIGNS- Each
coin issued under this subsection
commemorating Native Americans and their
contributions--
`(i) shall be issued, to the
maximum extent practicable, in
the chronological order in which
the Native Americans lived or the
events occurred, until the
termination of the coin program
described in subsection (n); and
`(ii) thereafter shall be issued
in any order determined to be
appropriate by the Secretary,
after consultation with the
Committee on Indian Affairs of
the Senate, the Congressional
Native American Caucus of the
House of Representatives, and the
National Congress of American
Indians.
`(4) ISSUANCE OF NUMISMATIC COINS- The Secretary
may mint and issue such number of $1 coins of
each design selected under this subsection in
uncirculated and proof qualities as the Secretary
determines to be appropriate.
`(5) QUANTITY- The number of $1 coins minted and
issued in a year with the Sacagawea-design on the
obverse shall be not less than 20 percent of the
total number of $1 coins minted and issued in
such year.'.
SEC. 3. TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.
Section 5112(n)(1) of title 31, United States Code, is
amended--
(1) by striking the paragraph designation and
heading and all that follows through
`Notwithstanding subsection (d)' and inserting
the following:
`(1) REDESIGN BEGINNING IN 2007- Notwithstanding
subsection (d)';
(2) by striking subparagraph (B); and
(3) by redesignating clauses (i) and (ii) as
subparagraphs (A) and (B), respectively, and
indenting the subparagraphs appropriately.
SEC. 4. REMOVAL OF BARRIERS TO CIRCULATION OF $1 COIN.
(a) In General- In order to remove barriers to
circulation, the Secretary of the Treasury shall carry
out an aggressive, cost-effective, continuing campaign to
encourage commercial enterprises to accept and dispense
$1 coins that have as designs on the obverse the
so-called `Sacagawea design'.
(b) Report- The Secretary of the Treasury shall submit to
Congress an annual report on the success of the efforts
described in subsection (a).