PUBLIC LAW 110–82—SEPT. 20, 2007
121 STAT. 777
Public Law 110–82 110th Congress An Act To require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint and issue coins in commemoration of Native Americans and the important contributions made by Indian tribes and individual Native Americans to the development of the United States and the history of the United States, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Native American $1 Coin Act’’.
Sept. 20, 2007 [H.R. 2358]
Native American $1 Coin Act. 31 USC 5101 note.
SEC. 2. NATIVE AMERICAN $1 COIN PROGRAM.
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Section 5112 of title 31, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: ‘‘(r) REDESIGN AND ISSUANCE OF CIRCULATING $1 COINS HONORING NATIVE AMERICANS AND THE IMPORTANT CONTRIBUTIONS MADE BY INDIAN TRIBES AND INDIVIDUAL NATIVE AMERICANS IN UNITED STATES HISTORY.— ‘‘(1) REDESIGN BEGINNING IN 2008.— ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Effective beginning January 1, 2008, notwithstanding subsection (d), in addition to the coins to be issued pursuant to subsection (n), and in accordance with this subsection, the Secretary shall mint and issue $1 coins that— ‘‘(i) have as the designs on the obverse the socalled ‘Sacagawea design’; and ‘‘(ii) have a design on the reverse selected in accordance with paragraph (2)(A), subject to paragraph (3)(A). ‘‘(B) DELAYED DATE.—If the date of the enactment of the Native American $1 Coin Act is after August 25, 2007, subparagraph (A) shall be applied by substituting ‘2009’ for ‘2008’. ‘‘(2) DESIGN REQUIREMENTS.—The $1 coins issued in accordance with paragraph (1) shall meet the following design requirements: ‘‘(A) COIN REVERSE.—The design on the reverse shall bear— ‘‘(i) images celebrating the important contributions made by Indian tribes and individual Native Americans to the development of the United States and the history of the United States; ‘‘(ii) the inscription ‘$1’; and ‘‘(iii) the inscription ‘United States of America’. ‘‘(B) COIN OBVERSE.—The design on the obverse shall—
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