HR 2575 101th Congress House Public Lands and Natural Resources Anniversaries Awards, medals, prizes Bicentennial of the Constitution California Coins and coinage Endangered plants Foundations Hawaii Japan Law Military medals, decorations, etc. National parks Public debt Trails Trees World War II

Yosemite National Park Centennial Medal Act

Introduced: June 7, 1989 See on congress.gov

Everywhere this bill has been 25 steps

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Passed House

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To President

Became law

Sep 5, 1990

Message on Senate action sent to the House.

Aug 4, 1990

Passed Senate with an amendment by Voice Vote.

Aug 4, 1990

Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Voice Vote.

Aug 4, 1990

Amendment SP 2579 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.

Aug 4, 1990

Amendment SP 2579 proposed by Senator Simpson for Senator Heinz.

Aug 4, 1990

Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent.

Aug 1, 1990

Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 759.

Jul 30, 1990

Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

Jul 30, 1990

The title of the measure was amended. Agreed to without objection.

Jul 30, 1990

On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.

Jul 30, 1990

Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.

Jul 30, 1990

Considered as unfinished business.

Jul 30, 1990

DEBATE - Subsequently, pursuant to a unanimous consent agreement by Mr. Montgomery, the ordering of the yeas and nays was vacated and the question will be put to a voice vote.

Jul 30, 1990

At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 5, rule I, the chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.

Jul 30, 1990

DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate.

Jul 30, 1990

On ordering a second Agreed to without objection.

Jul 30, 1990

Considered under suspension of the rules.

Jul 30, 1990

Mr. Hiler demanded a second on the motion to suspend the rules.

Jul 30, 1990

Mr. Lehman (CA) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.

Jul 26, 1990

Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.

Jul 26, 1990

Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended).

Jun 27, 1990

Subcommittee Hearings Held.

Jun 15, 1989

Referred to the Subcommittee on Consumer Affairs and Coinage.

Jun 7, 1989

Referred to the House Committee on Banking, Finance + Urban Affrs.

Jun 7, 1989

Introduced in House

Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Title I: Congressional Medal for Veterans of the Attack on Pearl Harbor - Authorizes the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President pro tempore of the Senate to present a bronze medal to individuals: (1) who were members of the armed forces and were present in Hawaii on December 7, 1941; and (2) who participated in combat operations that day against Japanese military forces attacking Hawaii.

Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to strike such medals.

Authorizes appropriations.

Title II: Yosemite National Park Centennial Medal - Yosemite National Park Centennial Medal Act - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to strike and sell medals in commemoration of the centennial of Yosemite National Park, California, in 1990.

Requires that all sales of such medals include a surcharge of $2 each. Requires that all surcharges be paid to an endowment fund for the benefit of the Park to be administered by the National Park Foundation. Requires that the net income from the fund be paid to the Secretary of the Interior to fund special supplemental projects relating to back country trail development and rehabilitation and the preservation of Sequoia groves within the boundaries of the Park.

Requires the Secretaries to enter into a memorandum of agreement to allow: (1) the Secretary of the Treasury to deliver medals to the Secretary of the Interior; and (2) the Secretary of the Interior to provide for the sale of the medals in National Park facilities.

Grants the Comptroller General the right to examine all records of the National Park Foundation which are related to such medals.

Title III: Commemorating the United States Constitution - Amends Federal law to: (1) change the design on the reverse side of certain coins; (2) authorize the redesign of one or more coins at one time (requires the first designated coin to have a design commemorating the two hundredth anniversary of the United States Constitution for a two-year period, after which such coin shall be redesigned again); and (3) require the design on the obverse side of such coins to contain the likenesses of those currently displayed, although these shall also be considered for redesign.

Directs the Secretary of the Treasury in selecting the new design to consider thematic representations of certain defined constitutional concepts.

Amends Federal law to require the Secretary to deposit in the general fund of the Treasury any profits received from the sale of uncirculated and proof sets of coins for reduction of the national debt.

What's happening now September 5, 1990

Message on Senate action sent to the House.

Committees of jurisdiction 2