text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
  
      This Act may be cited as the ``District of Columbia and United 
  States Territories Circulating Quarter Dollar Program Act''.
  
  SEC. 2. ISSUANCE OF REDESIGNED QUARTER DOLLARS COMMEMORATING THE 
                DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA AND EACH OF THE TERRITORIES.
  
      Section 5112 of title 31, United States Code, is amended by 
  inserting after subsection (m) the following new subsection:
      ``(n) Redesign and Issuance of Circulating Quarter Dollar 
  Commemorating the District of Columbia and Each of the Territories.--
              ``(1) Redesign in 2009.--
                      ``(A) In general.--Notwithstanding the fourth 
                  sentence of subsection (d)(1) and subsection (d)(2) and 
                  subject to paragraph (6)(B), quarter dollar coins 
                  issued during 2009, shall have designs on the reverse 
                  side selected in accordance with this subsection which 
                  are emblematic of the District of Columbia and the 
                  territories.
                      ``(B) Flexibility with regard to placement of 
                  inscriptions.--Notwithstanding subsection (d)(1), the 
                  Secretary may select a design for quarter dollars 
                  issued during 2009 in which--
                              (i) the inscription described in the second 
                          sentence of subsection (d)(1) appears on the 
                          reverse side of any such quarter dollars; and
                              (ii) any inscription described in the third 
                          sentence of subsection (d)(1) or the 
                          designation of the value of the coin appears on 
                          the obverse side of any such quarter dollars.
              ``(2) Single district or territory design.--The design on 
          the reverse side of each quarter dollar issued during 2009 
          shall be emblematic of one of the following: The District of 
          Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, American 
          Samoa, the United States Virgin Islands, and the Commonwealth 
          of the Northern Mariana Islands.
              ``(3) Selection of design.--
                      ``(A) In general.--Each of the 6 designs required 
                  under this subsection for quarter dollars shall be 
                  selected by the Secretary after consultation with--
                              ``(i) the chief executive of the District 
                          of Columbia or the territory being 
                          commemorated, or such other officials or group 
                          as the chief executive officer of the District 
                          of Columbia or the territory may designate for 
                          such purpose; and
                              ``(ii) the Commission of Fine Arts.
                      ``(B) Selection and approval process.--Designs for 
                  quarter dollars may be submitted in accordance with the 
                  design selection and approval process developed by the 
                  Secretary in the sole discretion of the Secretary.
                      ``(C) Participation.--The Secretary may include 
                  participation by District or territorial officials, 
                  artists from the District of Columbia or the territory, 
                  engravers of the United States Mint, and members of the 
                  general public.
                      ``(D) Standards.--Because it is important that the 
                  Nation's coinage and currency bear dignified designs of 
                  which the citizens of the United States can be proud, 
                  the Secretary shall not select any frivolous or 
                  inappropriate design for any quarter dollar minted 
                  under this subsection.
                      ``(E) Prohibition on certain representations.--No 
                  head and shoulders portrait or bust of any person, 
                  living or dead, and no portrait of a living person may 
                  be included in the design of any quarter dollar under 
                  this subsection.
              ``(4) Treatment as numismatic items.--For purposes of 
          sections 5134 and 5136, all coins minted under this subsection 
          shall be considered to be numismatic items.
              ``(5) Issuance.--
                      ``(A) Quality of coins.--The Secretary may mint and 
                  issue such number of quarter dollars of each design 
                  selected under paragraph (4) in uncirculated and proof 
                  qualities as the Secretary determines to be 
                  appropriate.
                      ``(B) Silver coins.--Notwithstanding subsection 
                  (b), the Secretary may mint and issue such number of 
                  quarter dollars of each design selected under paragraph 
                  (4) as the Secretary determines to be appropriate, with 
                  a content of 90 percent silver and 10 percent copper.
                      ``(C) Sources of bullion.--The Secretary shall 
                  obtain silver for minting coins under subparagraph (B) 
                  from available resources, including stockpiles 
                  established under the Strategic and Critical Materials 
                  Stock Piling Act.
                      ``(D) Timing and order of issuance.--Coins minted 
                  under this subsection commemorating the District of 
                  Columbia and each of the territories shall be issued in 
                  equal sequential intervals during 2009 in the following 
                  order: the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of 
                  Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the United States 
                  Virgin Islands, and the Commonwealth of the Northern 
                  Mariana Islands.
              ``(6) Other provisions.--
                      ``(A) Application in event of admission as a 
                  state.--If the District of Columbia or any territory 
                  becomes a State before the end of the 10-year period 
                  referred to in subsection (l)(1), subsection (l)(7) 
                  shall apply, and this subsection shall not apply, with 
                  respect to such State.
                      ``(B) Application in event of independence.--If any 
                  territory becomes independent or otherwise ceases to be 
                  a territory or possession of the United States before 
                  quarter dollars bearing designs which are emblematic of 
                  such territory are minted pursuant to this subsection, 
                  this subsection shall cease to apply with respect to 
                  such territory.
              ``(7) Territory defined.--For purposes of this subsection, 
          the term `territory' means the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, 
          Guam, American Samoa, the United States Virgin Islands, and the 
          Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.''.
  
              Passed the House of Representatives October 7, 2002.
  
              Attest:
  
                                                                   Clerk.
target: District of Columbia and United States Territories Circulating Quarter Dollar Program Act - Amends Federal law to authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to mint and issue during 2009 redesigned quarter dollars commemorating the District of Columbia and the U.S. territories.
feat_title: To provide for a circulating quarter dollar coin program to commemorate the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the United States Virgin Islands, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and for other purposes.