PUBLIC LAW 95-229—FEB. 14, 1978
92 STAT. 27
Whereas it is recognized that one means to generate a greater awareness of the events and personalities who helped form our national fabric is to commemorate these events and personalities on medals to be struck by the Secretary of the Treasury and made available for purchase by the citizenry; Now, therefore, be it Resolved by the Senate arid House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That, in commemoration Historic event or of the Bicentennial of the founding of the United States of America personality and the adoption of the Constitution of the United States of America during 1777 and of those individuals who participated in the American Revolu- Bicentennial tion, the Secretary of the Treasury shall strike and furnish to the commemorative United States Capitol Historical Society (hereinafter referred to as medals. the "Society") no more than 104,000 medals with suitable designs, emblems and inscriptions to be determined by the Society, with the concurrence of the Commission of Fine Arts, subject to the approval of the Secretary of the Treasury. The medals shall be made and issued at such times and in such quantities as may be required by the Society and subject to the approval of the Secretary of the Treasury but no medals shall be made after December 31, 1978. The medals shall be considered to be national medals within the meaning of section 3551 of the Revised Statutes (31 U.S.C. 368). SEC. 2. The medals shall be furnished by the Secretary of the Cost. Treasury to the Society at a price equal to the cost of manufacture, including labor, materials, dies, use of machinery, and overhead expenses, plus a surcharge equal to 25 per centum of such cost of manufacture. Such surcharge shall be deposited in the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts. Security satisfactory to the Director of the Mint shall be furnished by the Society to indemnify the United States for full payment of the costs of manufacture. SEC. 3. The medals authorized to be issued pursuant to this Act shall be struck in bronze, silver and gold and shall be of such size or sizes as is determined by the Secretary of the Treasury in consultation with the Society. Approved February 14, 1978.
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: SENATE REPORT No. 95-611 (Comm. on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs). CONGRESSIONAL RECORD: Vol. 123 (1977): Sept. 27, considered and passed House. Vol. 124 (1978): Jan. 23, considered and passed Senate, amended. Jan. 31, House concurred in Senate amendments.
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