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106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
S. 760
To include 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 in the 50 States Com-
memorative Coin Program.
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
MARCH 25, 1999
Mr. MURKOWSKI (for himself and Mr. BINGAMAN) introduced the following
bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking,
Housing, and Urban Affairs
A BILL
To include 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 in the 50 States Commemorative Coin
Program.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
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tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
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This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Commemorative Coin
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Amendments Act of 1999’’.
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SEC. 2. AMENDMENT TO COIN PROGRAM.
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Section 5112(l) of title 31, United States Code, is
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amended by adding at the end the following:
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‘‘(8) INCLUSION OF NON-STATES.—
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‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—During the 1-year pe-
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riod beginning at the end of the period de-
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scribed in paragraph (1)(A), quarter dollar
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coins shall be minted and issued having designs
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on the reverse side that are emblematic of each
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of the 6 non-States.
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‘‘(B) APPLICABILITY.—The requirements
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of paragraphs (2) through (6) shall apply to
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coins issued in commemoration of the non-
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States, except that, for purposes of this
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paragraph—
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‘‘(i) references in those paragraphs to
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‘States’ and ‘the 50 States’ shall be con-
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strued to be references to the 6 non-States;
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‘‘(ii) references in these paragraphs to
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the ‘10-year period’ shall be construed to
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be references to the 1-year period de-
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scribed in subparagraph (A) of this para-
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graph; and
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‘‘(iii) references in those paragraphs
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to the ‘50 designs’ shall be construed to be
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references to the 6 designs relating to the
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non-States.
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‘‘(C) ORDER.—Coins shall be minted and
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issued for non-States in the order in which they
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appear in subparagraph (D).
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‘‘(D) DEFINITION.—In this paragraph, the
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term ‘non-States’ means—
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‘‘(i) the District of Columbia;
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‘‘(ii) the Commonwealth of Puerto
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Rico;
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‘‘(iii) Guam;
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‘‘(iv) American Samoa;
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‘‘(v) the United States Virgin Islands;
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and
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‘‘(vi) the Commonwealth of the North-
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ern Mariana Islands.’’.
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