110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 392
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 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 ‘‘District of Columbia 
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and United States Territories Circulating Quarter Dollar 
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Program Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. ISSUANCE OF REDESIGNED QUARTER DOLLARS 
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HONORING THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA AND 
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EACH OF THE TERRITORIES. 
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Section 5112 of title 31, United States Code, is 
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amended by adding at the end the following new sub-
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section: 
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‘‘(r) REDESIGN
AND ISSUANCE
OF CIRCULATING 
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QUARTER DOLLAR HONORING THE DISTRICT OF COLUM-
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BIA AND EACH OF THE TERRITORIES.—
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‘‘(1) REDESIGN IN 2009.—
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‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—Notwithstanding the 
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fourth sentence of subsection (d)(1) and sub-
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section (d)(2) and subject to paragraph (6)(B), 
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quarter dollar coins issued during 2009, shall 
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have designs on the reverse side selected in ac-
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cordance with this subsection which are em-
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blematic of the District of Columbia and the 
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territories. 
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‘‘(B) FLEXIBILITY
WITH
REGARD
TO 
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PLACEMENT
OF
INSCRIPTIONS.—Notwith-
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standing subsection (d)(1), the Secretary may 
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select a design for quarter dollars issued during 
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2009 in which—
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‘‘(i) the inscription described in the 
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second sentence of subsection (d)(1) ap-
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pears on the reverse side of any such quar-
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ter dollars; and 
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‘‘(ii) any inscription described in the 
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third sentence of subsection (d)(1) or the 
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designation of the value of the coin ap-
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pears on the obverse side of any such quar-
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ter dollars. 
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‘‘(2) SINGLE
DISTRICT
OR
TERRITORY
DE-
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SIGN.—The design on the reverse side of each quar-
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ter dollar issued during 2009 shall be emblematic of 
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one of the following: The District of Columbia, the 
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Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, American 
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Samoa, the United States Virgin Islands, and the 
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Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. 
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‘‘(3) SELECTION OF DESIGN.—
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‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Each of the 6 designs 
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required under this subsection for quarter dol-
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lars shall be—
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‘‘(i) selected by the Secretary after 
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consultation with—
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‘‘(I) the chief executive of the 
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District of Columbia or the territory 
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being honored, or such other officials 
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or group as the chief executive officer 
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of the District of Columbia or the ter-
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ritory may designate for such purpose; 
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and 
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‘‘(II) the Commission of Fine 
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Arts; and 
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‘‘(ii) reviewed by the Citizens Coinage 
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Advisory Committee. 
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‘‘(B) SELECTION
AND
APPROVAL
PROC-
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ESS.—Designs for quarter dollars may be sub-
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mitted in accordance with the design selection 
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and approval process developed by the Sec-
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retary in the sole discretion of the Secretary. 
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‘‘(C) PARTICIPATION.—The Secretary may 
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include participation by District or territorial 
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officials, artists from the District of Columbia 
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or the territory, engravers of the United States 
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Mint, and members of the general public. 
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‘‘(D) STANDARDS.—Because it is impor-
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tant that the Nation’s coinage and currency 
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bear dignified designs of which the citizens of 
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the United States can be proud, the Secretary 
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shall not select any frivolous or inappropriate 
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design for any quarter dollar minted under this 
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subsection. 
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‘‘(E) PROHIBITION
ON
CERTAIN
REP-
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RESENTATIONS.—No head and shoulders por-
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trait or bust of any person, living or dead, and 
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no portrait of a living person may be included 
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in the design of any quarter dollar under this 
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subsection. 
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‘‘(4) TREATMENT AS NUMISMATIC ITEMS.—For 
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purposes of sections 5134 and 5136, all coins mint-
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ed under this subsection shall be considered to be 
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numismatic items. 
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‘‘(5) ISSUANCE.—
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‘‘(A) QUALITY OF COINS.—The Secretary 
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may mint and issue such number of quarter 
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dollars of each design selected under paragraph 
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(4) in uncirculated and proof qualities as the 
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Secretary determines to be appropriate. 
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‘‘(B) 
SILVER
COINS.—Notwithstanding 
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subsection (b), the Secretary may mint and 
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issue such number of quarter dollars of each 
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design selected under paragraph (4) as the Sec-
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retary determines to be appropriate, with a con-
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tent of 90 percent silver and 10 percent copper. 
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‘‘(C) TIMING AND ORDER OF ISSUANCE.—
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Coins minted under this subsection honoring 
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the District of Columbia and each of the terri-
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tories shall be issued in equal sequential inter-
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vals during 2009 in the following order: the 
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District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of 
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Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the 
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United States Virgin Islands, and the Common-
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wealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. 
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‘‘(6) OTHER PROVISIONS.—
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‘‘(A) APPLICATION IN EVENT OF ADMIS-
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SION AS A STATE.—If the District of Columbia 
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or any territory becomes a State before the end 
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of the 10-year period referred to in subsection 
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(l)(1), subsection (l)(7) shall apply, and this 
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subsection shall not apply, with respect to such 
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State. 
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‘‘(B) APPLICATION
IN
EVENT
OF
INDE-
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PENDENCE.—If any territory becomes inde-
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pendent or otherwise ceases to be a territory or 
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possession of the United States before quarter 
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dollars bearing designs which are emblematic of 
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such territory are minted pursuant to this sub-
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section, this subsection shall cease to apply with 
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respect to such territory. 
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‘‘(7) TERRITORY
DEFINED.—For purposes of 
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this subsection, the term ‘territory’ means the Com-
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monwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, 
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the United States Virgin Islands, and the Common-
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wealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.’’. 
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Passed the House of Representatives January 23, 
2007. 
Attest:
Clerk. 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 392
AN ACT 
To provide for a circulating quarter dollar coin pro-
gram 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.