12 2 STA T .504 1 PUBLIC LA W 110 – 45 6—DE C.2 3, 200 8‘ ‘ (F)PROHIB I T IO N ON CE RT A IN RE P RE S ENTATIONS .—Nohead a n d s ho ul de r s p or t ra i tor b ust o f an y person , li v in g or dead, no portrait of a living person, and no outline or m apofa S tate may be in c luded in the design on the reverse of any q uarter dollar under this subsection. ‘‘( 4 ) I SS U ANCE O F COINS.— ‘‘( A ) O R D ER OF ISSUANCE.— T he quarter dollar coins issued under this subsection bearing designs of national sites shall be issued in the order in w hich the sites selected under paragraph ( 3 ) were first established as a national site. ‘‘( B ) R ATE OF ISSUANCE.—The quarter dollar coins bearing designs of national sites under this subsection shall be issued at the rate of 5 new designs during each year of the period of issuance under this subsection. ‘‘( C )NU M BER OF EACH OF 5 COIN DESI G NS IN EACH Y EAR.—Of the quarter dollar coins issued during each year of the period of issuance, the Secretary of the Treasury shall prescribe, on the basis of such factors as the Secretary determines to be appropriate, the number of quarter dollars which shall be issued with each of the designs selected for such year. ‘‘(5) TREATMENT AS NUMISMATIC ITEMS.—For purposes of sections 5 1 34 and 513 6 , all coins minted under this subsection shall be considered to be numismatic items. ‘‘(6) ISSUANCE.— ‘‘(A) Q UA L ITY OF COINS.—The Secretary may mint and issue such number of quarter dollars of each design selected under paragraph (3) in uncirculated and proof qualities as the Secretary determines to be appropriate. ‘‘(B) SIL V ER COINS.—Notwithstanding subsection (b), the Secretary may mint and issue such number of quarter dollars of each design selected under paragraph (3) as the Secretary determines to be appropriate, with a content of 90 percent silver and 10 percent copper. ‘‘( 7 ) PERIOD OF ISSUANCE.— ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Sub j ect to paragraph ( 2 ), the pro - gram established under this subsection shall continue in effect until a national site in each State has been honored. ‘‘(B) SECOND ROUND AT DISCRETION OF SECRETARY.— ‘‘(i) D ETERMINATION.—The Secretary may ma k ea determination before the end of the 9-year period beginning when the first quarter dollar is issued under this subsection to continue the period of issuance until a second national site in each State, the District of Columbia, and each territory referred to in this sub- section has been honored with a design on a quarter dollar. ‘‘(ii) NOTICE AND REPORT.— W ithin 30 days after making a determination under clause (i), the Secretary shall submit a written report on such determination to the Committee on Financial Services of the H ouse of Representatives and the Committee on Banking, Housing, and U rban Affairs of the Senate. ‘‘(iii) APPLICABILITY OF PROVISIONS.—If the Sec- retary makes a determination under clause (i), the provisions of this subsection applicable to site and
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