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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 2834 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint commemorative coins in |
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| 6 | 6 | | recognition of Selena Quintanilla. |
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| 7 | 7 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 8 | 8 | | APRIL10, 2025 |
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| 9 | 9 | | Ms. D |
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| 10 | 10 | | ELACRUZintroduced the following bill; which was referred to the |
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| 11 | 11 | | Committee on Financial Services |
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| 12 | 12 | | A BILL |
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| 13 | 13 | | To require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint |
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| 14 | 14 | | commemorative coins in recognition of Selena Quintanilla. |
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| 15 | 15 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 16 | 16 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 17 | 17 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 18 | 18 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Selena Commemorative 4 |
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| 19 | 19 | | Coin Act’’. 5 |
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| 20 | 20 | | SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 6 |
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| 21 | 21 | | Congress finds the following: 7 |
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| 22 | 22 | | (1) Selena Quintanilla, born on April 16, 1971, 8 |
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| 23 | 23 | | was a South Texas music artist who greatly contrib-9 |
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| 27 | 27 | | uted to the rise of Tejano music and culture across 1 |
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| 28 | 28 | | the United States. 2 |
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| 29 | 29 | | (2) She was an extremely talented young artist 3 |
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| 30 | 30 | | who started singing at the age of eight. Her parents 4 |
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| 31 | 31 | | took joy in her talent and had her start performing 5 |
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| 32 | 32 | | with her family. The band they formed was known 6 |
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| 33 | 33 | | as Selena y Los Dinos. Selena was just thirteen 7 |
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| 34 | 34 | | years old when she was introduced on the Johnny 8 |
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| 35 | 35 | | Canales Show. 9 |
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| 36 | 36 | | (3) Selena first won the Tejano Music Awards’ 10 |
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| 37 | 37 | | ‘‘Female Vocalist of the Year’’ in 1986 at the age 11 |
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| 38 | 38 | | of fifteen. From 1987 to 1996, she won as ‘‘Female 12 |
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| 39 | 39 | | Entertainer of the Year’’ every year, along with 13 |
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| 40 | 40 | | other awards such as ‘‘Song of the Year’’. 14 |
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| 41 | 41 | | (4) Selena’s musical accomplishments are rec-15 |
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| 42 | 42 | | ognized by the Guinness World Record where she 16 |
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| 43 | 43 | | holds the most wins of Female Entertainer of the 17 |
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| 44 | 44 | | Year at the Tejano Music Awards. 18 |
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| 45 | 45 | | (5) Selena’s album Selena Live! won a Grammy 19 |
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| 46 | 46 | | Award in 1994, making her the first Tejano artist 20 |
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| 47 | 47 | | to win a Grammy. Also in 1994, Texas Monthly 21 |
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| 48 | 48 | | named her one of the twenty most influential Tex-22 |
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| 49 | 49 | | ans. 23 |
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| 50 | 50 | | (6) Selena’s fourth album, Amor Prohibido, be-24 |
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| 51 | 51 | | came the first Tejano record to peak at number one 25 |
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| 55 | 55 | | on the Billboard Top Latin Albums chart. As of Oc-1 |
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| 56 | 56 | | tober 2017, it is the fourth best-selling Latin album 2 |
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| 57 | 57 | | of all time in the United States with over 1.2 million 3 |
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| 58 | 58 | | copies sold. 4 |
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| 59 | 59 | | (7) Selena’s final album, Dreaming of You, was 5 |
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| 60 | 60 | | released after her death in 1995 and was the first 6 |
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| 61 | 61 | | Tejano album to debut atop the United States Bill-7 |
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| 62 | 62 | | board 200. 8 |
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| 63 | 63 | | (8) Aside from her musical contributions, 9 |
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| 64 | 64 | | Selena also was passionate about public service. She 10 |
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| 65 | 65 | | participated with the Texas Prevention Partnership, 11 |
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| 66 | 66 | | sponsored by the Texas Commission on Alcohol and 12 |
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| 67 | 67 | | Drug Abuse Tour to Schools. She was involved with 13 |
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| 68 | 68 | | the D.A.R.E. program and worked with the Coastal 14 |
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| 69 | 69 | | Bend Aids Foundation. Selena also taped a public 15 |
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| 70 | 70 | | service announcement for the Houston Area Wom-16 |
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| 71 | 71 | | en’s Center, a shelter for battered women, in 1993. 17 |
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| 72 | 72 | | (9) After her untimely death at the age of 23, 18 |
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| 73 | 73 | | she was honored in many ways. Then Texas Gov-19 |
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| 74 | 74 | | ernor George W. Bush proclaimed April 16, 1995, 20 |
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| 75 | 75 | | ‘‘Selena Day’’. 21 |
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| 76 | 76 | | (10) Selena, a movie about Selena’s life, was re-22 |
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| 77 | 77 | | leased in 1997 and starred Jennifer Lopez in the 23 |
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| 78 | 78 | | leading role. 24 |
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| 82 | 82 | | (11) The City of Corpus Christi unveiled a life- 1 |
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| 83 | 83 | | size bronze statue of Selena, named ‘‘Mirador de la 2 |
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| 84 | 84 | | Flor’’, or Overlook of the Flower, in 1997 to honor 3 |
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| 85 | 85 | | Selena Quintanilla-Perez and her contributions to 4 |
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| 86 | 86 | | music and Corpus Christi. 5 |
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| 87 | 87 | | (12) In 2011, the United States Postal Service 6 |
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| 88 | 88 | | honored Selena as a ‘‘Latin Legend’’ with the 7 |
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| 89 | 89 | | issuance of a memorial postage stamp. 8 |
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| 90 | 90 | | (13) Selena did not realize all of her dreams, 9 |
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| 91 | 91 | | but she remains a beacon for young Tejanas and 10 |
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| 92 | 92 | | Latinas in Texas and the United States to follow 11 |
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| 93 | 93 | | their dreams. 12 |
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| 94 | 94 | | SEC. 3. COIN SPECIFICATIONS. 13 |
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| 95 | 95 | | (a) D |
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| 96 | 96 | | ENOMINATIONS.—In recognition and celebration 14 |
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| 97 | 97 | | of Selena Quintanilla, the Secretary of the Treasury (here-15 |
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| 98 | 98 | | after in this Act referred to as the ‘‘Secretary’’) shall mint 16 |
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| 99 | 99 | | and issue the following coins: 17 |
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| 100 | 100 | | (1) $5 |
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| 101 | 101 | | GOLD COINS.—Not more than 50,000 $5 18 |
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| 102 | 102 | | coins, which shall— 19 |
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| 103 | 103 | | (A) weigh 8.359 grams; 20 |
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| 104 | 104 | | (B) have a diameter of 0.850 inches; and 21 |
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| 105 | 105 | | (C) contain not less than 90 percent gold. 22 |
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| 106 | 106 | | (2) $1 |
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| 107 | 107 | | SILVER COINS.—Not more than 400,000 23 |
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| 108 | 108 | | $1 coins, which shall— 24 |
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| 109 | 109 | | (A) weigh 26.73 grams; 25 |
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| 113 | 113 | | (B) have a diameter of 1.500 inches; and 1 |
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| 114 | 114 | | (C) contain not less than 90 percent silver. 2 |
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| 115 | 115 | | (3) H |
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| 116 | 116 | | ALF-DOLLAR CLAD COINS .—Not more 3 |
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| 117 | 117 | | than 750,000 half-dollar coins which shall— 4 |
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| 118 | 118 | | (A) weigh 11.34 grams; 5 |
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| 119 | 119 | | (B) have a diameter of 1.205 inches; and 6 |
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| 120 | 120 | | (C) be minted to the specifications for half- 7 |
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| 121 | 121 | | dollar coins contained in section 5112(b) of title 8 |
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| 122 | 122 | | 31, United States Code. 9 |
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| 123 | 123 | | (b) L |
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| 124 | 124 | | EGALTENDER.—The coins minted under this 10 |
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| 125 | 125 | | Act shall be legal tender, as provided in section 5103 of 11 |
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| 126 | 126 | | title 31, United States Code. 12 |
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| 127 | 127 | | (c) N |
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| 128 | 128 | | UMISMATICITEMS.—For purposes of sections 13 |
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| 129 | 129 | | 5134 and 5136 of title 31, United States Code, all coins 14 |
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| 130 | 130 | | minted under this Act shall be considered to be numis-15 |
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| 131 | 131 | | matic items. 16 |
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| 132 | 132 | | SEC. 4. DESIGNS OF COINS. 17 |
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| 133 | 133 | | (a) D |
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| 134 | 134 | | ESIGNREQUIREMENTS.— 18 |
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| 135 | 135 | | (1) I |
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| 136 | 136 | | N GENERAL.—The designs for the coins 19 |
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| 137 | 137 | | minted under this Act shall be emblematic of Selena 20 |
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| 138 | 138 | | Quintanilla and her life and accomplishments. At 21 |
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| 139 | 139 | | least one obverse design shall bear the image of 22 |
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| 140 | 140 | | Selena Quintanilla. 23 |
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| 141 | 141 | | (2) D |
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| 142 | 142 | | ESIGNATION AND INSCRIPTIONS .—On 24 |
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| 143 | 143 | | each coin minted under this Act, there shall be— 25 |
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| 147 | 147 | | (A) a designation of the denomination of 1 |
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| 148 | 148 | | the coin; 2 |
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| 149 | 149 | | (B) an inscription of the year ‘‘2029’’; and 3 |
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| 150 | 150 | | (C) inscriptions of the words ‘‘Liberty’’, 4 |
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| 151 | 151 | | ‘‘In God We Trust’’, ‘‘United States of Amer-5 |
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| 152 | 152 | | ica’’, and ‘‘E Pluribus Unum’’. 6 |
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| 153 | 153 | | (b) S |
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| 154 | 154 | | ELECTION.—The designs for the coins minted 7 |
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| 155 | 155 | | under this Act shall be— 8 |
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| 156 | 156 | | (1) selected by the Secretary, after consultation 9 |
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| 157 | 157 | | with the Friends of the Corpus Christi Museum of 10 |
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| 158 | 158 | | Science and History; and 11 |
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| 159 | 159 | | (2) reviewed by the Citizens Coinage Advisory 12 |
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| 160 | 160 | | Committee. 13 |
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| 161 | 161 | | SEC. 5. ISSUANCE OF COINS. 14 |
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| 162 | 162 | | (a) Q |
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| 163 | 163 | | UALITY OFCOINS.—Coins minted under this 15 |
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| 164 | 164 | | Act shall be issued in uncirculated and proof qualities. 16 |
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| 165 | 165 | | (b) P |
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| 166 | 166 | | ERIOD FORISSUANCE.—The Secretary may 17 |
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| 167 | 167 | | issue coins minted under this Act only during the calendar 18 |
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| 168 | 168 | | year beginning on January 1, 2029. 19 |
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| 169 | 169 | | SEC. 6. SALE OF COINS. 20 |
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| 170 | 170 | | (a) S |
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| 171 | 171 | | ALEPRICE.—The coins issued under this Act 21 |
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| 172 | 172 | | shall be sold by the Secretary at a price based upon the 22 |
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| 173 | 173 | | sum of— 23 |
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| 174 | 174 | | (1) the face value of the coins; 24 |
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| 178 | 178 | | (2) the surcharge provided in section 7(a) with 1 |
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| 179 | 179 | | respect to such coins; and 2 |
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| 180 | 180 | | (3) the cost of designing and issuing the coins 3 |
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| 181 | 181 | | (including labor, materials, dies, use of machinery, 4 |
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| 182 | 182 | | overhead expenses, marketing, and shipping). 5 |
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| 183 | 183 | | (b) B |
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| 184 | 184 | | ULKSALES.—The Secretary shall make bulk 6 |
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| 185 | 185 | | sales of the coins issued under this Act at a reasonable 7 |
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| 186 | 186 | | discount. 8 |
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| 187 | 187 | | (c) P |
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| 188 | 188 | | REPAIDORDERS.— 9 |
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| 189 | 189 | | (1) I |
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| 190 | 190 | | N GENERAL.—The Secretary shall accept 10 |
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| 191 | 191 | | prepaid orders for the coins minted under this Act 11 |
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| 192 | 192 | | before the issuance of the coins. 12 |
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| 193 | 193 | | (2) D |
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| 194 | 194 | | ISCOUNT.—Sale prices with respect to pre-13 |
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| 195 | 195 | | paid orders under paragraph (1) shall be at a rea-14 |
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| 196 | 196 | | sonable discount. 15 |
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| 197 | 197 | | SEC. 7. SURCHARGES. 16 |
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| 198 | 198 | | (a) I |
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| 199 | 199 | | NGENERAL.—All sales of coins minted under 17 |
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| 200 | 200 | | this Act shall include a surcharge as follows: 18 |
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| 201 | 201 | | (1) A surcharge of $35 per coin for the $5 coin. 19 |
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| 202 | 202 | | (2) A surcharge of $10 per coin for the $1 coin. 20 |
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| 203 | 203 | | (3) A surcharge of $5 per coin for the half-dol-21 |
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| 204 | 204 | | lar coin. 22 |
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| 205 | 205 | | (b) D |
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| 206 | 206 | | ISTRIBUTION.—Subject to section 5134(f) of 23 |
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| 207 | 207 | | title 31, United States Code, all surcharges received by 24 |
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| 208 | 208 | | the Secretary from the sale of coins issued under this Act 25 |
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| 212 | 212 | | shall be paid to the Friends of the Corpus Christi Museum 1 |
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| 213 | 213 | | of Science and History for application to general expenses 2 |
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| 214 | 214 | | associated with the fulfillment of the mission of the 3 |
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| 215 | 215 | | Friends the Corpus Christi Museum of Science and His-4 |
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| 216 | 216 | | tory, including costs associated with— 5 |
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| 217 | 217 | | (1) museum operations; and 6 |
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| 218 | 218 | | (2) a Selena exhibit. 7 |
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| 219 | 219 | | (c) A |
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| 220 | 220 | | UDITS.—The Friends of the Corpus Christi Mu-8 |
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| 221 | 221 | | seum of Science and History shall be subject to the audit 9 |
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| 222 | 222 | | requirements of section 5134(f)(2) of title 31, United 10 |
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| 223 | 223 | | States Code, with regard to the amounts received under 11 |
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| 224 | 224 | | subsection (b). 12 |
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| 225 | 225 | | (d) L |
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| 226 | 226 | | IMITATION.—Notwithstanding subsection (a), 13 |
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| 227 | 227 | | no surcharge may be included with respect to the issuance 14 |
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| 228 | 228 | | under this Act of any coin during a calendar year if, as 15 |
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| 229 | 229 | | of the time of such issuance, the issuance of such coin 16 |
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| 230 | 230 | | would result in the number of commemorative coin pro-17 |
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| 231 | 231 | | grams issued during such year to exceed the annual 2 18 |
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| 232 | 232 | | commemorative coin program issuance limitation under 19 |
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| 233 | 233 | | section 5112(m)(1) of title 31, United States Code. The 20 |
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| 234 | 234 | | Secretary may issue guidance to carry out this subsection. 21 |
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| 235 | 235 | | SEC. 8. FINANCIAL ASSURANCES. 22 |
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| 236 | 236 | | The Secretary shall take such actions as may be nec-23 |
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| 237 | 237 | | essary to ensure that— 24 |
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| 241 | 241 | | (1) minting and issuing coins under this Act 1 |
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| 242 | 242 | | will not result in any net cost to the Federal Govern-2 |
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| 243 | 243 | | ment; and 3 |
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| 244 | 244 | | (2) no funds, including applicable surcharges, 4 |
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| 245 | 245 | | are disbursed to any recipient designated in section 5 |
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| 246 | 246 | | 7(b) until to the total cost of designing and issuing 6 |
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| 247 | 247 | | all of the coins authorized by this Act, including 7 |
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| 248 | 248 | | labor, materials, dies, use of machinery, overhead ex-8 |
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| 249 | 249 | | penses, marketing, and shipping is recovered by the 9 |
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| 250 | 250 | | United States Treasury, consistent with sections 10 |
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| 251 | 251 | | 5112(m) and 5134(f) of title 31, United States 11 |
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| 252 | 252 | | Code. 12 |
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