116th CONGRESS 1st Session |
To require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in commemoration of the Carson City Mint 150th anniversary, and for other purposes.
January 3, 2019
Mr. Amodei introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services
To require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in commemoration of the Carson City Mint 150th anniversary, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
This Act may be cited as the “Carson City Mint 150th Anniversary Commemorative Coin Act of 2019”.
The Congress finds the following:
(a) Denominations.—Notwithstanding any other provision of law, and in commemoration of the Carson City Mint’s 150th Anniversary, the Secretary of the Treasury (hereinafter in this Act referred to as the “Secretary”) shall mint and issue the following coins:
(1) $5 GOLD COINS.—Not more than 100,000 $5 coins, which shall—
(A) weigh 8.359 grams;
(B) have a diameter of 0.850 inches; and
(C) contain 90 percent gold and 10 percent alloy.
(2) $1 SILVER COINS.—Not more than 500,000 $1 coins, which shall—
(A) weigh 26.73 grams;
(B) have a diameter of 1.500 inches; and
(C) contain not less than 90 percent silver.
(b) Legal Tender.—The coins minted under this Act shall be legal tender, as provided in section 5103 of title 31, United States Code.
(c) Numismatic Items.—For purposes of sections 5134 and 5136 of title 31, United States Code, all coins minted under this Act shall be considered to be numismatic items.
(a) In General.—The design of the coins minted under this Act shall be emblematic of the Carson City Mint building, its importance to Nevada and the Nation’s history, and its 150th anniversary.
(b) Designation and Inscriptions.—On each coin minted under this Act, there shall be—
(1) a designation of the value of the coin;
(2) an inscription of the year “2020”; and
(3) inscriptions of the words “Liberty”, “In God We Trust”, “United States of America”, and “E Pluribus Unum”.
(c) Selection.—The design for the coins minted under this Act shall be—
(1) selected by the Secretary, after consultation with the Nevada State Museum Dedicated Trust Fund;
(2) reviewed by the Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee; and
(3) selected in a timely fashion, which allows for the minting of such coins to begin as quickly as possible.
(a) Sale Price.—The coins issued under this Act shall be sold by the Secretary at a price equal to the sum of—
(1) the face value of the coins;
(2) the surcharge provided in section 7(a) with respect to such coins; and
(3) the cost of designing and issuing the coins (including labor, materials, dies, use of machinery, overhead expenses, marketing, and shipping).
(b) Bulk Sales.—The Secretary shall make bulk sales of the coins issued under this Act at a reasonable discount.
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall accept prepaid orders for the coins minted under this Act before the issuance of such coins.
(2) DISCOUNT.—Sale prices with respect to prepaid orders under paragraph (1) shall be at a reasonable discount.
(a) In General.—All sales of coins minted under this Act shall include a surcharge as follows:
(1) A surcharge of $35 per coin for the $5 coin.
(2) A surcharge of $10 per coin for the $1 coin.
(b) Distribution.—Subject to section 5134(f) of title 31, United States Code, all surcharges received by the Secretary from the sale of coins issued under this Act shall be promptly paid to the Nevada State Museum Dedicated Trust Fund, for the purpose of supporting the Nevada State Museum mission.
(c) Audits.—The Nevada State Museum Dedicated Trust Fund shall be subject to the audit requirements of section 5134(f)(2) of title 31, United States Code, with regard to the amounts received under subsection (b).
(d) Limitation.—Notwithstanding subsection (a), no surcharge may be included with respect to the issuance under this Act of any coin during a calendar year if, as of the time of such issuance, the issuance of such coin would result in the number of commemorative coin programs issued during such year to exceed the annual commemorative coin program issuance limitation under section 5112(m)(1) of title 31, United States Code (as in effect on the date of the enactment of this Act). The Secretary of the Treasury may issue guidance to carry out this subsection.
The Secretary shall take such actions as may be necessary to ensure that—
(1) minting and issuing coins under this Act will not result in a net cost to the United States Government; and
(2) no funds, including applicable surcharges, are disbursed to the recipient designated in section 7 until the total cost of designing and issuing all of the coins authorized by this Act (including labor, materials, dies, use of machinery, overhead expenses, marketing, and shipping) is recovered by the United States Treasury, consistent with sections 5112(m) and 5134(f) of title 31, United States Code.