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HR 535 103th Congress House

Prisoner-of-War Commemorative Coin Act

Official title: To provide for the minting of coins in commemoration of Americans who have been prisoners of war, and for other purposes.

Introduced: March 16, 1993 See on congress.gov
Finance and Financial Sector Cemeteries and funeralsCoins and coinageCommemorationsEx-prisoners of war
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 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Nov 10, 1993
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Feb 1, 1993
Referred to the Subcommittee on Consumer Credit and Insurance.
Jan 21, 1993
Referred to the House Committee on Banking, Finance + Urban Affrs.
Jan 21, 1993
Introduced in House
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 Latest action November 10, 1993

Subcommittee Hearings Held.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

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.

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  • S 483 Identical bill Prisoner-of-War Commemorative Coin Act
 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 30
All 30 Democratic 17 Independent 1
BEREUTER, DOUGLAS
· Jul 23, 1993
CRANE, PHILIP
· Jun 24, 1993
GOSS, PORTER
· Jun 24, 1993
DEUTSCH, PETER
· May 6, 1993
 D
Cantwell, Maria
Washington · Apr 2, 1993
GEPHARDT, RICHARD
· Mar 31, 1993
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Mar 31, 1993
STENHOLM, CHARLES
· Mar 31, 1993
 D
Markey, Edward J.
Massachusetts · Mar 30, 1993
 D
Reed, Jack
Rhode Island · Mar 24, 1993
 D
Wyden, Ron
Oregon · Mar 24, 1993
 D
Hoyer, Steny H.
Maryland · Mar 18, 1993
TAUZIN, W.
· Mar 18, 1993
 D
Clyburn, James E.
South Carolina · Mar 16, 1993
COLLINS, MAC
· Mar 16, 1993
DOOLEY, CAL
· Mar 16, 1993
DUNN, JENNIFER
· Mar 16, 1993
 D
Durbin, Richard J.
Illinois · Mar 16, 1993
 D
Fields, Cleo
Louisiana · Mar 16, 1993
LIPINSKI, WILLIAM
· Mar 16, 1993
 D
Mfume, Kweisi
Maryland · Mar 16, 1993
 D
Pallone, Frank
New Jersey · Mar 16, 1993
 D
Scott, Robert C. "Bobby"
Virginia · Mar 16, 1993
 D
Velázquez, Nydia M.
New York · Mar 16, 1993
 D
Waters, Maxine
California · Mar 16, 1993
 D
Bishop, Sanford D.
Georgia · Mar 3, 1993
 D
DeLauro, Rosa L.
Connecticut · Mar 3, 1993
 I
Sanders, Bernard
Vermont · Mar 3, 1993
FROST, MARTIN
· Mar 2, 1993
 D
Neal, Richard E.
Massachusetts · Mar 2, 1993
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 535: Prisoner-of-War Commemorative Coin Act. 103rd Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/103-HR-535/
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