12 2 STA T .5043PUBLIC LA W 110 – 45 6—DE C. 23 , 200 8LEGIS L AT I V E H IST ORY— H . R. 6184: HO U SE RE P ORTS: No .11 0–7 48 (C o m m.o nFi n a n c ia l S erv ice s) . CONGRESSIONAL RECOR D, Vol. 1 5 4( 2 008): Ju l y9 , consi d ered and p assed House. Dec. 10, considered and passed Sena t e. ‘ ‘ (C)haveincus e d in to the ed g e the f ineness and w eight of the b u l lion coin
‘‘( D ) bea r an inscri p tion of the deno m ination of such coin , which shall be ‘ q uarter dollar ’
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‘‘( E ) not be minted or issued b y the U nited S tates M int as so - called ‘fractional’ bullion coins or in any si z e other than the size described in paragraph ( A ) . ‘‘( 2 )A VAIL A B ILI TYFORS AL E . —B ullion coins minted under paragraph ( 1 )— ‘‘(A) shall become available for sale no sooner than the first day of the calendar year in which the circulating quarter dollar of which such bullion coin is a duplicate is issued; and ‘‘(B) may only be available for sale during the year in which such circulating quarter dollar is issued. ‘‘( 3 ) DISTRIB U TIO N .— ‘‘(A) I N G ENERAL.—In addition to the authorized dealers utilized by the Secretary in distributing bullion coins and solely for purposes of distributing bullion coins issued under this subsection, the Director of the N ational P ar k Service, or the designee of the Director, may purchase numismatic items issued under this subsection, but only in units of no fewer than 1, 0 00 at a time, and the Director, or the Director’s designee, may resell or repackage such numis- matic items as the Director determines to be appropriate. ‘‘(B) R ESALE.— T he Director of the National Park Service, or the designee of the Director, may resell, at cost and without repackaging, numismatic items acquired by the Director or such designee under subparagraph (A) to any party affiliated with any national site honored by a quarter dollar under subsection (t) for repackaging and resale by such party in the same manner and to the same e x tent as such party would be authorized to engage in such activities under subparagraph (A) if the party were acting as the designee of the Director under such subpara- graph.’’. Approved December 23, 200 8 .
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