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Message:: [QUOTE="ajm229, post: 94131, member: 3350"]That's absolutely right, Dockwalliper: a Sense of the Congress is split into two parts. The House has passed a "Sense of the House", and the Senate has passed a "Sense of the Senate". Each piece can also be called a Sense of the Congress, but it is more common to refer to the House that way. In fact, here it is for you, since it's kind of a pain to navagate all over the place for it:SEC. 104. SENSE OF THE CONGRESS. It is the sense of the Congress that--(1) the enactment of this Act will serve to increase the use of $1 coins generally, which will increase the circulation of the so-called `Sacagawea-design' $1 coins that have been and will continue to be minted and issued; (2) the continued minting and issuance of the so-called `Sacagawea-design' $1 coins will serve as a lasting tribute to the role of women and Native Americans in the history of the United States; (3) while the American tradition of not issuing a coin with the image of a living person has served the country well and deserves to be continued as a general practice, in a series of coins commemorating former Presidents, all former Presidents should be so honored notwithstanding such tradition; (4) the full circulation potential and cost-savings benefit projections for the $1 coins are not likely to be achieved unless the coins are delivered in ways useful to ordinary commerce; (5) in order for the circulation of $1 coins to achieve maximum potential-- (A) the coins should be as attractive as possible; and (B) the Director of the United States Mint should take all reasonable steps to ensure that all $1 coins minted and issued remain tarnish-free for as long as possible without incurring undue expense; (6) if the Secretary of the Treasury determines to include on any $1 coin minted under section 5112(n) of title 31, United States Code (as added by section 102 of this Act) a mark denoting the United States Mint facility at which the coin was struck, such mark should be edge-incused; (7) at such time as the Secretary of Treasury determines to be appropriate, and after consultation with the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and the submission of notice to the Congress, the Secretary should declare to be obsolete any circulating $1 coin that bears the design of the $1 coins being issued immediately before the issuance of coins with the design referred to in section 5112(n)(7) of title 31, United States Code; (8) in connection with the introduction of the $1 coins under the Presidential $1 Coin Program-- (A) the coins should not be introduced with an overly expensive taxpayer-funded public relations campaign; and (B) the Director of the United States Mint, a bureau in the Department of the Treasury, should work with consumer groups, media outlets, and schools to ensure an adequate amount of news coverage about the start of the coin program so consumers will know of the availability of the coins; (9) the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and the Secretary of the Treasury should take steps to ensure that an adequate supply of $1 coins are available for commerce and collectors at such places and in such quantities as are appropriate by-- (A) meeting, from time to time but no less frequently than quarterly, with a coin users group that includes representatives of merchants who would benefit from the increased usage of $1 coins, vending machine and other coin acceptor manufacturers, vending machine owners and operators, transit officials, municipal parking officials, depository institutions, coin and currency handlers, armored-car operators, car wash operators, and coin collectors and dealers to accurately gauge demand for coins and to anticipate and eliminate obstacles to the easy and efficient distribution and circulation of $1 coins as well as all other circulating coins; (B) submitting a semiannual report to the Congress containing an assessment of the remaining obstacles to the efficient and timely circulation of coins, and particularly $1 coins, together with such recommendations for legislative action the Board and the Secretary may determine to be appropriate; (C) consulting with industry representatives to encourage operators of vending machines and other automated coin-accepting devices in the United States to accept coins issued under the Presidential $1 Coin Program and the so-called `Sacagawea-design' $1 coins, and to include notices on the machines and devices of such acceptability; (D) ensuring that during an introductory period, all institutions that want unmixed supplies of each newly-issued design of $1 coins are able to obtain such unmixed supplies; and (E) consulting with representatives of depository institutions and armored-car operators to support the availability of $1 coins in packaging of sizes and types appropriate for and useful to ordinary commerce, including rolled coins; and (10) the Director of the United States Mint should take all steps necessary to expand the marketplace for bullion coins, and reduce barriers to the sale of bullion coins, by ensuring that-- (A) the greatest number possible of reputable, reliable, and responsible dealers are qualified to offer for sale all bullion coins struck and issued by the United States Mint; and (B) all such dealers and their customers have equal and timely access to all new issues of such bullion coins. ~AJ[/QUOTE]

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