S 559
102th Congress
Senate
Finance and Financial Sector
Armed forces abroad
Coins and coinage
Iraq
Kuwait
Military intervention
Military occupation
Money
Persian Gulf
Saudi Arabia
Silver
Operation Desert Shield/Desert Storm Commemorative Coin Act
Introduced: March 5, 1991
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Mar 5, 1991
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking.
Mar 5, 1991
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Operation Desert Shield/Desert Storm Commemorative Coin Act - Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to issue one dollar coins emblematic of the U.S. military's participation in Operation Desert Shield/Desert Storm. Sets a termination date for the Secretary's authority.
Mandates that the: (1) minting and issuing of such coins will not result in any net cost to the Federal Government; (2) surcharges received from the sale of such coins be used to defray the costs of Operation Desert Shield/Desert Storm; and (3) Congress receive annual reports on all surcharge funds expenditures.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking.
Committees of jurisdiction
1
Cosponsors
1