,in the ,senate of the ,united ,states1 
,june #bj1 #bjah4  ,amendment3  ,that   
the bill from the ,house of             
,representatives 7,h4,r4 #ggj7 entitled 
,an ,act to require the ,secretary of   
the ,treasury to mint coins in          
recognition of ,american innovation and 
significant innovation and pioneering   
efforts of individuals or groups from   
each of the #ej ,states1 the ,district  
of ,columbia1 and the ,united ,states   
territories1 to promote the importance  
of innovation in the ,united ,states1   
the ,district of ,columbia1 and the     
,united ,states territories1 and for    
other purposes41 do pass with the       
following ,beginning on page #f1 strike 
line #h and all that follows through    
page #h1 line #e1 and insert the        
following3  7,a7 ,order of issuance  7i7
 ,in general ,the coins issued under    
this subsection commemorating either an 
innovation1 an individual innovator1 or 
a group of innovators1 from each ,state1
 the ,district of ,columbia1 or a       

territory shall be issued in the        
following order3 7,i7 ,state ,with      
respect to each ,state1 the coins shall 
be issued in the order in which the     
,states ratified the ,constitution of   
the ,united ,states or were admitted    
into the ,union1 as the case may be4    
7,,ii7 ,district of columbia and        
territories ,after all coins are issued 
under subclause 7,i71 the coins shall be
 issued for the ,district of ,columbia  
and the territories in the following    
order3 the ,district of ,columbia1 the  
,commonwealth of ,puerto ,rico1 ,guam1  
,american ,samoa1 the ,united ,states   
,virgin ,islands1 and the ,commonwealth 
of the ,northern ,mariana ,islands4     
7ii7 ,application in event of the       
admission of additional ,states         
,notwithstanding clause 7i71 if any     
additional ,state is admitted into the  
,union before the end of the #ad-year   
period referred to in paragraph 7#a71   
the ,secretary of the ,treasury may     
issue a #a coin with respect to the     

additional ,state in accordance with    
clause 7i77,i74  7iii7 ,application in  
the event of independence or adding of a
 territory ,notwithstanding clause 7i7--
 7,i7 if any territory becomes          
independent or otherwise ceases to be a 
territory of the ,united ,states before 
#a coins are minted pursuant to this    
subsection1 the subsection shall cease  
to apply with respect to such territory2
 and  7,,ii7 if any new territory is    
added to the ,united ,states1 #a coins  
shall be issued for such territories in 
the order in which the new the          
territories are added1 beginning after  
the #a coin is issued for the           
,commonwealth of the ,northern ,mariana 
,islands4  7,b7 ,issuance of coins      
commemorating four innovations or       
innovators during each of #ad years  7i7
 ,in general ,four #a coin designs as   
described in this subsection shall be   
issued during each year of the period   
referred to in paragraph 7#a7 until #a  
coin featuring #a innovation1 an        

individual innovator1 or a group of     
innovators1 from each of the ,states1   
the ,district of ,columbia1 and         
territories has been issued4  7ii7      
,number of coins of each design ,the    
,secretary shall prescribe1 on the basis
 of such factors as the ,secretary      
determines to be appropriate1 the number
 of #a coins that shall be issued with  
each of the designs selected for each   
year of the period referred to in       
paragraph 7#a74  ,secretary