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[CITE: 31USC5135]

 
                       TITLE 31--MONEY AND FINANCE
 
                           SUBTITLE IV--MONEY
 
                     CHAPTER 51--COINS AND CURRENCY
 
                   SUBCHAPTER III--UNITED STATES MINT
 
Sec. 5135. Citizens Commemorative Coin Advisory Committee

    (a) Establishment Required.--
        (1) In general.--The Secretary of the Treasury shall establish a 
    Citizens Commemorative Coin Advisory Committee (hereafter in this 
    section referred to as the ``Advisory Committee'') to advise the 
    Secretary on the selection of subjects and designs for commemorative 
    coins.
        (2) Oversight of advisory committee.--The Advisory Committee 
    shall be subject to the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury.
        (3) Membership.--
            (A) Voting members.--The Advisory Committee shall consist of 
        7 members appointed by the Secretary of the Treasury--
                (i) 3 of whom shall be appointed from among individuals 
            specially qualified to serve on the committee by reason of 
            their education, training, or experience in art, art 
            history, museum or numismatic collection curation, or 
            numismatics;
                (ii) 1 of whom shall be appointed from among officers or 
            employees of the United States Mint who will represent the 
            interests of the Mint; and
                (iii) 3 of whom shall be appointed from among 
            individuals who will represent the interest of the general 
            public.

            (B) Nonvoting member.--A member of the Commission of Fine 
        Arts may participate in the proceedings of the Advisory 
        Committee as a nonvoting member.

        (4) Terms.--
            (A) In general.--Each individual appointed to the Advisory 
        Committee under clause (i) or (iii) of paragraph (3)(A) shall be 
        appointed for a term of 4 years.
            (B) Interim appointments.--Any member appointed to fill a 
        vacancy occurring before the expiration of the term for which 
        such member's predecessor was appointed shall be appointed only 
        for the remainder of such term.
            (C) Continuation of service.--Each member appointed under 
        clause (i) or (iii) of paragraph (3)(A) may continue to serve 
        after the expiration of the term to which such member was 
        appointed until a successor has been appointed and qualified.

        (5) Compensation; travel expenses.--
            (A) No compensation.--Members of the Advisory Committee 
        shall serve without pay.
            (B) Travel expenses.--Members of the Advisory Committee 
        shall be entitled to receive travel or transportation expenses, 
        or a per diem allowance in lieu of expenses, while away from 
        such member's home or place of business in connection with such 
        member's service on the Advisory Committee.

        (6) Funding.--The expenses of the Advisory Committee which the 
    Secretary of the Treasury determines are reasonable and appropriate 
    shall be paid by the Secretary in the manner provided in section 
    5134.
        (7) Chairperson.--
            (A) In general.--Subject to subparagraph (B), the 
        Chairperson of the Advisory Committee shall be elected by the 
        members of the Advisory Committee from among such members.
            (B) Exception.--The member appointed pursuant to paragraph 
        (3)(A)(ii) (or the alternate to that member) may not serve as 
        the Chairperson of the Advisory Committee, beginning on June 1, 
        1999.

    (b) Duties.--
        (1) Preparation of proposals for commemorative coins for 5-year 
    period.--The Advisory Committee shall--
            (A) designate annually the events, persons, or places that 
        the Advisory Committee recommends be commemorated by the 
        issuance of commemorative coins in each of the 5 calendar years 
        succeeding the year in which such designation is made;
            (B) make recommendations with respect to the mintage level 
        for any commemorative coin recommended under subparagraph (A); 
        and
            (C) submit a report to the Congress containing a description 
        of the events, persons, or places which the Committee recommends 
        be commemorated by a coin, the mintage level recommended for any 
        such commemorative coin, and the committee's reasons for such 
        recommendations.

        (2) Design selection.--The Advisory Committee shall review 
    proposed designs for commemorative coins and provide recommendations 
    to the Secretary of the Treasury with respect to such proposals.

    (c) Federal Advisory Committee Act Not Applicable.--The Federal 
Advisory Committee Act shall not apply to the Advisory Committee.

(Added Pub. L. 102-390, title II, Sec. 229(a), Oct. 6, 1992, 106 Stat. 
1631; amended Pub. L. 104-208, div. A, title I, Sec. 101(f) [title V, 
Sec. 529(d)], Sept. 30, 1996, 110 Stat. 3009-314, 3009-352; Pub. L. 104-
329, title III, Sec. 303(a), Oct. 20, 1996, 110 Stat. 4014.)

                       References in Text

    The Federal Advisory Committee Act, referred to in subsec. (c), is 
Pub. L. 92-463, Oct. 6, 1972, 86 Stat. 770, as amended, which is set out 
in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.


                               Amendments

    1996--Subsec. (a)(4). Pub. L. 104-329 reenacted heading without 
change and amended text generally. Prior to amendment, text read as 
follows: ``Each member appointed under clause (i) or (iii) of paragraph 
(3)(A) shall be appointed for a term of 4 years.''
    Pub. L. 104-208, Sec. 101(f) [title V, Sec. 529(d)(1)], reenacted 
heading without change and amended text generally. Prior to amendment, 
text read as follows: ``No individual shall be appointed to serve as a 
member of the Advisory Committee for a term in excess of 5 years.''
    Subsec. (a)(7). Pub. L. 104-208, Sec. 101(f) [title V, 
Sec. 529(d)(2)], added par. (7).


  Staggered Terms for Members of Citizens Commemorative Coin Advisory 
                                Committee

    Section 303(b) of Pub. L. 104-329 provided that: ``Of the members 
appointed to the Citizens Commemorative Coin Advisory Committee under 
clause (i) or (iii) of section 5135(a)(3)(A) of title 31, United States 
Code, who are serving on the Advisory Committee as of the date of the 
enactment of this Act [Oct. 20, 1996]--
        ``(1) 1 member appointed under clause (i) and 1 member appointed 
    under clause (iii), as designated by the Secretary, shall be deemed 
    to have been appointed to a term which ends on December 31, 1997;
        ``(2) 1 member appointed under clause (i) and 1 member appointed 
    under clause (iii), as designated by the Secretary, shall be deemed 
    to have been appointed to a term which ends on December 31, 1998; 
    and
        ``(3) 1 member appointed under clause (i) and 1 member appointed 
    under clause (iii), as designated by the Secretary, shall be deemed 
    to have been appointed to a term which ends on December 31, 1999.''


   Status of Members of Citizens Commemorative Coin Advisory Committee

    Section 303(c) of Pub. L. 104-329 provided that: ``The members 
appointed to the Citizens Commemorative Coin Advisory Committee under 
clause (i) or (iii) of section 5135(a)(3)(A) of title 31, United States 
Code, shall not be treated as special Government employees.''

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 5134 of this title.
