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Thomas Alva Edison Sesquicentennial Commemorative Coin Act

Introduced: October 7, 1994 See on congress.gov
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Nov 8, 1994
Referred to the Subcommittee on Consumer Credit and Insurance.
Oct 7, 1994
Referred to the House Committee on Banking, Finance + Urban Affrs.
Oct 7, 1994
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Thomas Alva Edison Sesquicentennial Commemorative Coin Act - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to mint one-dollar silver coins emblematic of the inventions made by Thomas A. Edison in commemoration of the sesquicentennial of his birth.

Instructs the Secretary to conduct an open design competition for the design of the obverse and reverse of the coins.

Terminates the authority to mint such coins after December 31, 1997. Mandates that certain surcharges received from coin sales be distributed to specified entities.

What's happening now November 8, 1994

Referred to the Subcommittee on Consumer Credit and Insurance.

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Pallone, Frank
New Jersey · Oct 7, 1994
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5255: Thomas Alva Edison Sesquicentennial Commemorative Coin Act. 103rd Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/103-HR-5255/
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