PUBLIC LAW 106-126—DEC. 6, 1999 113 STAT. 1647 (2) DISCOUNT. —Sale prices with respect to prepaid orders under paragraph (1) shall oe at a reasonable discount, (d) SURCHARGES.— All sales under this title shall include a surcharge established by the Secretary, in an amount equal to not more than— (1) $50 per coin for the $10 coin or $35 per coin for the $5 coin; (2) $10 per coin for the $1 coin; and (3) $3 per coin for the half dollar coin. SEC. 208. DISTRIBUTION OF SURCHARGES. All surcharges received by the Secretary from the sale of coins minted under this title shall be deposited in the Capitol Preservation Fund in accordance with section 5134(f) of title 31, United States Code, and shall be made available to the Commission for the purpose of aiding in the construction, maintenance, and preservation of a Capitol Visitor Center. TITLE III—LEWIS AND CLARK EXPEDITION COMMEMORATIVE COIN SEC. 301. SHORT TITLE. This title may be cited as the "Lewis and Clark Expedition Bicentennial Commemorative Coin Act". SEC. 302. FINDINGS. The Congress finds that— (1) the expedition commanded by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark, which came to be called "The Corps of Discovery", was one of the most remarkable and productive scientific and military exploring expeditions in all American history; (2) President Thomas Jefferson gave Lewis and Clark the mission to "explore the Missouri River & such principal stream of it, as, by its course and communication with the waters of the Pacific Ocean, whether the Columbia, Oregon, Colorado, or any other river may offer the most direct and practical water communication across this continent for the purposes of commerce"; (3) the Expedition, in response to President Jefferson's directive, greatly advanced our geographical knowledge of the continent and prepared the way for the extension of the American fur trade with American Indian tribes throughout the land; (4) President Jefferson directed the explorers to take note of and carefully record the natural resources of the newly acquired territory known as Louisiana, as well as diligently report on the native inhabitants of the land; (5) the Expedition departed St. Louis, Missouri on May 14, 1804; (6) the Expedition held its first meeting with American Indians at Coxuicil Bluff near present-day Fort Calhoun, Nebraska, in August 1804, spent its first winter at Fort Mandan, North Dakota, crossed the Rocky Mountains by the mouth of the Columbia River in mid-November of that year. Lewis and Clark Expedition Bicentennial Commemorative Coin Act. 31 USC 5112 note. 69-194-01-5:QL3Part3
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