HR 5020
102th Congress
House
Finance and Financial Sector
Cemeteries and funerals
Coins and coinage
Federal aid to museums
Georgia
Government trust funds
Money
Prisoners of war
Prisoner-of-War Commemorative Coin Act
Introduced: April 29, 1992
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Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
May 15, 1992
Referred to the Subcommittee on Consumer Affairs and Coinage.
Apr 29, 1992
Referred to the House Committee on Banking, Finance + Urban Affrs.
Apr 29, 1992
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Prisoner-of-War Commemorative Coin Act - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to issue a specified number of one-dollar coins emblematic of the experience of American prisoners of war.
Requires that all sales of such coins include a surcharge of $5 per coin. Requires specified proceeds from such surcharges to be paid to the: (1) Secretary of the Interior for construction of the Andersonville Prisoner-of-War Museum in Andersonville, Georgia; (2) endowment fund established by this Act for the maintenance of such Museum; and (3) Secretary of Veterans Affairs to maintain national cemeteries.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Consumer Affairs and Coinage.
Committees of jurisdiction
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