National Archives 75th Anniversary Commemorative Coin Act
Referred to the Subcommittee on Domestic and International Monetary Policy, Trade, and Technology.
Congressional Research Service
Official summary
Version 00 · Introduced in House · Sep 29, 2006
National Archives 75th Anniversary Commemorative Coin Act - Instructs the Secretary of the Treasury to mint and issue $1 coins whose design: (1) is emblematic of the National Archives Building; and (2) honors the National Archives and Records Administration as a public trust on which American democracy depends and of the Charters of Freedom that the Administration enshrines for posterity.
Requires the obverse of the coins to be representative of the 75th Anniversary of the National Archives Building.
Requires such coins to feature an image of: (1) the Declaration of Independence; (2) the Constitution of the United States; and (3) the Bill of Rights.
Declares that: (1) only one U.S. Mint facility may be used to strike any particular combination of denomination and quality of such coins; and (2) the coins may be issued only during calendar 2010.
Prescribes guidelines for coin sales and a coin surcharge.
No related bills are listed in this snapshot. This does not establish whether the proposal has appeared in earlier Congresses.
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