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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;gronnh20, post: 2144976, member: 73224&quot;]He may have a point about the dimes not being commemoratives.</p><p><br /></p><p>Only congress can authorize commemorative coinage.</p><p><br /></p><p><font size="4"><b>Shown Here:</b></font></p><p><font size="4"><b>Public Law (12/18/2012)</b></font></p><p><b>(This measure has not been amended since it was passed by the House on August 1, 2012. The summary of that version is repeated here.)</b></p><p><br /></p><p>March of Dimes Commemorative Coin Act of 2012 - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to mint and issue up to 500,000 $1 silver coins emblematic of the mission and programs of the March of Dimes.</p><p>Requires the design of the coins to be emblematic of the mission and programs of the March of Dimes and its record of generating Americans&#039; support to protect our children&#039;s health.</p><p><br /></p><p>Permits issuance of such coins only during the one-year period beginning on January 1, 2015.</p><p><br /></p><p>Requires all surcharges received by the Secretary from the sale of such coins to be promptly paid to the March of Dimes to help finance research, education, and services aimed at improving the health of women, infants, and children.</p><p><br /></p><p>Subjects the March of Dimes to federal audit requirements.</p><p><br /></p><p>Instructs the Secretary to take necessary action to ensure that: (1) minting and issuing coins under this Act will not result in any net cost to the federal government; and (2) no funds, including applicable surcharges, shall be disbursed to March of Dimes to help finance research, education, and services aimed at improving the health of women, infants, and children until the total cost of designing and issuing the coins authorized by this Act is recovered by the Treasury.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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