text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
  
      This Act may be cited as the ``Native American $1 Coin Act''.
  
  SEC. 2. NATIVE AMERICAN $1 COIN PROGRAM.
  
      (a) In General.--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 2009.--Effective beginning 
          January 1, 2009, 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--
                      ``(A) have as the designs on the obverse the so-
                  called `Sakakawea design'; and
                      ``(B) have a design on the reverse selected in 
                  accordance with paragraph (2)(A), subject to paragraph 
                  (3)(A).
              ``(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--
                              ``(i) be chosen by the Secretary, after 
                          consultation with the Commission of Fine Arts 
                          and review by the Citizens Coinage Advisory 
                          Committee; and
                              ``(ii) contain the so-called `Sakakawea 
                          design' and the inscription `Liberty'.
                      ``(C) Edge-incused inscriptions.--
                              ``(i) In general.--The inscription of the 
                          year of minting and issuance of the coin and 
                          the inscriptions `E Pluribus Unum' and `In God 
                          We Trust' shall be edge-incused into the coin.
                              ``(ii) Preservation of distinctive edge.--
                          The edge-incusing of the inscriptions under 
                          clause (i) on coins issued under this 
                          subsection shall be done in a manner that 
                          preserves the distinctive edge of the coin so 
                          that the denomination of the coin is readily 
                          discernible, including by individuals who are 
                          blind or visually impaired.
                      ``(D) Reverse design selection.--The designs 
                  selected for the reverse of the coins described under 
                  this subsection--
                              ``(i) shall be chosen by the Secretary 
                          after consultation with the Committee on Indian 
                          Affairs of the Senate, the Congressional Native 
                          American Caucus of the House of 
                          Representatives, the Commission of Fine Arts, 
                          and the National Congress of American Indians;
                              ``(ii) shall be reviewed by the Citizens 
                          Coinage Advisory Committee;
                              ``(iii) may depict individuals and events 
                          such as--
                                      ``(I) the creation of Cherokee 
                                  written language;
                                      ``(II) the Iroquois Confederacy;
                                      ``(III) Wampanoag Chief Massasoit;
                                      ``(IV) the `Pueblo Revolt';
                                      ``(V) Olympian Jim Thorpe;
                                      ``(VI) Ely S. Parker, a general on 
                                  the staff of General Ulysses S. Grant 
                                  and later head of the Bureau of Indian 
                                  Affairs; and
                                      ``(VII) code talkers who served the 
                                  United States Armed Forces during World 
                                  War I and World War II; and
                              ``(iv) in the case of a design depicting 
                          the contribution of an individual Native 
                          American to the development of the United 
                          States and the history of the United States, 
                          shall not depict the individual in a size such 
                          that the coin could be considered to be a `2-
                          headed' coin.
              ``(3) Issuance of coins commemorating 1 native american 
          event during each year.--
                      ``(A) In general.--Each design for the reverse of 
                  the $1 coins issued during each year shall be 
                  emblematic of 1 important Native American or Native 
                  American contribution each year.
                      ``(B) Issuance period.--Each $1 coin minted with a 
                  design on the reverse in accordance with this 
                  subsection for any year shall be issued during the 1-
                  year period beginning on January 1 of that year and 
                  shall be available throughout the entire 1-year period.
                      ``(C) Order of issuance of designs.--Each coin 
                  issued under this subsection commemorating Native 
                  Americans and their contributions--
                              ``(i) shall be issued, to the maximum 
                          extent practicable, in the chronological order 
                          in which the Native Americans lived or the 
                          events occurred, until the termination of the 
                          coin program described in subsection (n); and
                              ``(ii) thereafter shall be issued in any 
                          order determined to be appropriate by the 
                          Secretary, after consultation with the 
                          Committee on Indian Affairs of the Senate, the 
                          Congressional Native American Caucus of the 
                          House of Representatives, and the National 
                          Congress of American Indians.
              ``(4) Issuance of numismatic coins.--The Secretary may mint 
          and issue such number of $1 coins of each design selected under 
          this subsection in uncirculated and proof qualities as the 
          Secretary determines to be appropriate.
              ``(5) Quantity.--The number of $1 coins minted and issued 
          in a year with the design in accordance with this subsection 
          shall be not less than 20 percent of the total number of $1 
          coins minted and issued in such year under this subsection and 
          subsection (n).''.
      (b) Marketing Program.--
              (1) In general.--The Secretary of the Treasury shall carry 
          out a cost-effective, continuing campaign to encourage 
          commercial enterprises to accept and dispense $1 coins that 
          have as designs on the obverse the so-called ``Sakakawea 
          design''.
              (2) Report.--The Secretary of the Treasury shall submit to 
          Congress an annual report on the success of the efforts 
          described in paragraph (1).
  
  SEC. 3. TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.
  
      (a) Presidential $1 Coin Program.--Section 5112(n) of title 31, 
  United States Code, is amended--
              (1) in paragraph (1)--
                      (A) by striking the paragraph designation and 
                  heading and all that follows through ``Notwithstanding 
                  subsection (d)'' and inserting the following:
              ``(1) Redesign beginning in 2007.--Notwithstanding 
          subsection (d)'';
                      (B) by striking subparagraph (B); and
                      (C) by redesignating clauses (i) and (ii) as 
                  subparagraphs (A) and (B), respectively, and indenting 
                  the subparagraphs appropriately; and
              (2) by striking ``Sacagawea-design'' each place it appears 
          and inserting ``Sakakawea-design''.
      (b) Removal of Barriers to Circulation of $1 Coin.--Section 5112(p) 
  of title 31, United States Code, is amended in paragraphs (3)(C) and 
  (5) by striking ``Sacagawea-design'' each place it appears and 
  inserting ``Sakakawea-design''.
target: Native American $1 Coin Act - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to mint and issue $1 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. Requires the issuance of such coins during each year to be emblematic of one important Native American or Native American contribution.
feat_title: A bill 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.