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 118 STAT. 1017 PUBLIC LAW 108–289—AUG. 6, 2004 Public Law 108–289 108th Congress An Act To provide for the issuance of a coin to commemorate the 400th anniversary of the Jamestown settlement. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Jamestown 400th Anniversary Commemorative Coin Act of 2004’’. SEC. 2. FINDINGS. The Congress makes the following findings: (1) The founding of the colony at Jamestown, Virginia, in 1607, the first permanent English colony in America, and the capital of Virginia for 92 years, has major significance in the history of the United States. (2) The Jamestown Settlement brought people from throughout the Atlantic Basin together to form a society that drew upon the strengths and characteristics of English, Euro pean, African, and Native American cultures. (3) The economic, political, religious, and social institutions that developed during the first 9 decades of the existence of Jamestown continue to have profound effects on the United States, particularly in English common law and language, cross cultural relationships, manufacturing, and economic structure and status. (4) The National Park Service, the Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities, and the Jamestown York town Foundation of the Commonwealth of Virginia collectively own and operate significant resources related to the early his tory of Jamestown. (5) In 2000, Congress established the Jamestown 400th Commemoration Commission to ensure a suitable national observance of the Jamestown 2007 anniversary and to support and facilitate marketing efforts for a commemorative coin, stamp, and related activities for the Jamestown 2007 observ ances. (6) A commemorative coin will bring national and inter national attention to the lasting legacy of Jamestown, Virginia. (7) The proceeds from a surcharge on the sale of such commemorative coin will assist the financing of a suitable national observance in 2007 of the 400th anniversary of the founding of Jamestown, Virginia. Jamestown 400th Anniversary Commemorative Coin Act of 2004. 31 USC 5112 note. Aug. 6, 2004 [H.R. 1914]

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