A bill to require the Secretary to mint coins in commemoration of the sesquicentennial of the birth of Thomas Alva Edison, to redesign the half dollar circulating coin for 1997 to commemorate Thomas Edison, and for other purposes.
TABLE OF CONTENTS:
Title I: Commemorative Coins
Title II: Circulating Coins
Thomas Alva Edison Sesquicentennial Commemorative Coin Act - Title I: Commemorative Coins - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to mint one-dollar silver coins emblematic of the inventions made by Thomas Alva Edison in commemoration of the sesquicentennial of his birth.
Directs the Secretary to conduct an open design competition for the design of the obverse and reverse of the coins.
Terminates the authority to mint such coins after December 31, 1997. Requires that certain surcharges received from coin sales be distributed to specified entities.
Title II: Circulating Coins - Amends Federal law to declare that the obverse side of half-dollar coins minted between specified dates shall have the same likeness of Thomas Alva Edison as the commemorative coins minted under this Act.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Domestic and International Monetary Policy.
Introduced in Senate
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S12310)
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking.
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