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119THCONGRESS
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STSESSION H. R. 2834
To require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint commemorative coins in
recognition of Selena Quintanilla.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
APRIL10, 2025
Ms. D
ELACRUZintroduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Financial Services
A BILL
To require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint
commemorative coins in recognition of Selena Quintanilla.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Selena Commemorative 4
Coin Act’’. 5
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 6
Congress finds the following: 7
(1) Selena Quintanilla, born on April 16, 1971, 8
was a South Texas music artist who greatly contrib-9
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uted to the rise of Tejano music and culture across 1
the United States. 2
(2) She was an extremely talented young artist 3
who started singing at the age of eight. Her parents 4
took joy in her talent and had her start performing 5
with her family. The band they formed was known 6
as Selena y Los Dinos. Selena was just thirteen 7
years old when she was introduced on the Johnny 8
Canales Show. 9
(3) Selena first won the Tejano Music Awards’ 10
‘‘Female Vocalist of the Year’’ in 1986 at the age 11
of fifteen. From 1987 to 1996, she won as ‘‘Female 12
Entertainer of the Year’’ every year, along with 13
other awards such as ‘‘Song of the Year’’. 14
(4) Selena’s musical accomplishments are rec-15
ognized by the Guinness World Record where she 16
holds the most wins of Female Entertainer of the 17
Year at the Tejano Music Awards. 18
(5) Selena’s album Selena Live! won a Grammy 19
Award in 1994, making her the first Tejano artist 20
to win a Grammy. Also in 1994, Texas Monthly 21
named her one of the twenty most influential Tex-22
ans. 23
(6) Selena’s fourth album, Amor Prohibido, be-24
came the first Tejano record to peak at number one 25
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on the Billboard Top Latin Albums chart. As of Oc-1
tober 2017, it is the fourth best-selling Latin album 2
of all time in the United States with over 1.2 million 3
copies sold. 4
(7) Selena’s final album, Dreaming of You, was 5
released after her death in 1995 and was the first 6
Tejano album to debut atop the United States Bill-7
board 200. 8
(8) Aside from her musical contributions, 9
Selena also was passionate about public service. She 10
participated with the Texas Prevention Partnership, 11
sponsored by the Texas Commission on Alcohol and 12
Drug Abuse Tour to Schools. She was involved with 13
the D.A.R.E. program and worked with the Coastal 14
Bend Aids Foundation. Selena also taped a public 15
service announcement for the Houston Area Wom-16
en’s Center, a shelter for battered women, in 1993. 17
(9) After her untimely death at the age of 23, 18
she was honored in many ways. Then Texas Gov-19
ernor George W. Bush proclaimed April 16, 1995, 20
‘‘Selena Day’’. 21
(10) Selena, a movie about Selena’s life, was re-22
leased in 1997 and starred Jennifer Lopez in the 23
leading role. 24
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(11) The City of Corpus Christi unveiled a life- 1
size bronze statue of Selena, named ‘‘Mirador de la 2
Flor’’, or Overlook of the Flower, in 1997 to honor 3
Selena Quintanilla-Perez and her contributions to 4
music and Corpus Christi. 5
(12) In 2011, the United States Postal Service 6
honored Selena as a ‘‘Latin Legend’’ with the 7
issuance of a memorial postage stamp. 8
(13) Selena did not realize all of her dreams, 9
but she remains a beacon for young Tejanas and 10
Latinas in Texas and the United States to follow 11
their dreams. 12
SEC. 3. COIN SPECIFICATIONS. 13
(a) D
ENOMINATIONS.—In recognition and celebration 14
of Selena Quintanilla, the Secretary of the Treasury (here-15
after in this Act referred to as the ‘‘Secretary’’) shall mint 16
and issue the following coins: 17
(1) $5
GOLD COINS.—Not more than 50,000 $5 18
coins, which shall— 19
(A) weigh 8.359 grams; 20
(B) have a diameter of 0.850 inches; and 21
(C) contain not less than 90 percent gold. 22
(2) $1
SILVER COINS.—Not more than 400,000 23
$1 coins, which shall— 24
(A) weigh 26.73 grams; 25
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(B) have a diameter of 1.500 inches; and 1
(C) contain not less than 90 percent silver. 2
(3) H
ALF-DOLLAR CLAD COINS .—Not more 3
than 750,000 half-dollar coins which shall— 4
(A) weigh 11.34 grams; 5
(B) have a diameter of 1.205 inches; and 6
(C) be minted to the specifications for half- 7
dollar coins contained in section 5112(b) of title 8
31, United States Code. 9
(b) L
EGALTENDER.—The coins minted under this 10
Act shall be legal tender, as provided in section 5103 of 11
title 31, United States Code. 12
(c) N
UMISMATICITEMS.—For purposes of sections 13
5134 and 5136 of title 31, United States Code, all coins 14
minted under this Act shall be considered to be numis-15
matic items. 16
SEC. 4. DESIGNS OF COINS. 17
(a) D
ESIGNREQUIREMENTS.— 18
(1) I
N GENERAL.—The designs for the coins 19
minted under this Act shall be emblematic of Selena 20
Quintanilla and her life and accomplishments. At 21
least one obverse design shall bear the image of 22
Selena Quintanilla. 23
(2) D
ESIGNATION AND INSCRIPTIONS .—On 24
each coin minted under this Act, there shall be— 25
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(A) a designation of the denomination of 1
the coin; 2
(B) an inscription of the year ‘‘2029’’; and 3
(C) inscriptions of the words ‘‘Liberty’’, 4
‘‘In God We Trust’’, ‘‘United States of Amer-5
ica’’, and ‘‘E Pluribus Unum’’. 6
(b) S
ELECTION.—The designs for the coins minted 7
under this Act shall be— 8
(1) selected by the Secretary, after consultation 9
with the Friends of the Corpus Christi Museum of 10
Science and History; and 11
(2) reviewed by the Citizens Coinage Advisory 12
Committee. 13
SEC. 5. ISSUANCE OF COINS. 14
(a) Q
UALITY OFCOINS.—Coins minted under this 15
Act shall be issued in uncirculated and proof qualities. 16
(b) P
ERIOD FORISSUANCE.—The Secretary may 17
issue coins minted under this Act only during the calendar 18
year beginning on January 1, 2029. 19
SEC. 6. SALE OF COINS. 20
(a) S
ALEPRICE.—The coins issued under this Act 21
shall be sold by the Secretary at a price based upon the 22
sum of— 23
(1) the face value of the coins; 24
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(2) the surcharge provided in section 7(a) with 1
respect to such coins; and 2
(3) the cost of designing and issuing the coins 3
(including labor, materials, dies, use of machinery, 4
overhead expenses, marketing, and shipping). 5
(b) B
ULKSALES.—The Secretary shall make bulk 6
sales of the coins issued under this Act at a reasonable 7
discount. 8
(c) P
REPAIDORDERS.— 9
(1) I
N GENERAL.—The Secretary shall accept 10
prepaid orders for the coins minted under this Act 11
before the issuance of the coins. 12
(2) D
ISCOUNT.—Sale prices with respect to pre-13
paid orders under paragraph (1) shall be at a rea-14
sonable discount. 15
SEC. 7. SURCHARGES. 16
(a) I
NGENERAL.—All sales of coins minted under 17
this Act shall include a surcharge as follows: 18
(1) A surcharge of $35 per coin for the $5 coin. 19
(2) A surcharge of $10 per coin for the $1 coin. 20
(3) A surcharge of $5 per coin for the half-dol-21
lar coin. 22
(b) D
ISTRIBUTION.—Subject to section 5134(f) of 23
title 31, United States Code, all surcharges received by 24
the Secretary from the sale of coins issued under this Act 25
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shall be paid to the Friends of the Corpus Christi Museum 1
of Science and History for application to general expenses 2
associated with the fulfillment of the mission of the 3
Friends the Corpus Christi Museum of Science and His-4
tory, including costs associated with— 5
(1) museum operations; and 6
(2) a Selena exhibit. 7
(c) A
UDITS.—The Friends of the Corpus Christi Mu-8
seum of Science and History shall be subject to the audit 9
requirements of section 5134(f)(2) of title 31, United 10
States Code, with regard to the amounts received under 11
subsection (b). 12
(d) L
IMITATION.—Notwithstanding subsection (a), 13
no surcharge may be included with respect to the issuance 14
under this Act of any coin during a calendar year if, as 15
of the time of such issuance, the issuance of such coin 16
would result in the number of commemorative coin pro-17
grams issued during such year to exceed the annual 2 18
commemorative coin program issuance limitation under 19
section 5112(m)(1) of title 31, United States Code. The 20
Secretary may issue guidance to carry out this subsection. 21
SEC. 8. FINANCIAL ASSURANCES. 22
The Secretary shall take such actions as may be nec-23
essary to ensure that— 24
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(1) minting and issuing coins under this Act 1
will not result in any net cost to the Federal Govern-2
ment; and 3
(2) no funds, including applicable surcharges, 4
are disbursed to any recipient designated in section 5
7(b) until to the total cost of designing and issuing 6
all of the coins authorized by this Act, including 7
labor, materials, dies, use of machinery, overhead ex-8
penses, marketing, and shipping is recovered by the 9
United States Treasury, consistent with sections 10
5112(m) and 5134(f) of title 31, United States 11
Code. 12
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