HR 2627 104th Congress House

Smithsonian Institution Sesquicentennial Commemorative Coin Act of 1995

Official title: To require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in commemoration of the sesquicentennial of the founding of the Smithsonian Institution.

Introduced: December 4, 1995 See on congress.gov

Finance and Financial Sector AnniversariesArts, Culture, ReligionCoins and coinageCommemorations

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District of ColumbiaEconomics and Public FinanceGoldGovernment Operations and PoliticsMoneyMuseumsPlatinumSilverSmithsonian Institution

Everywhere this bill has been 18 steps

Introduced

In committee

Reported out

Passed House

Passed Senate

To President

Became law

Jan 10, 1996

Became Public Law No: 104-96.

Jan 10, 1996

Signed by President.

Dec 29, 1995

Presented to President.

Dec 22, 1995

Message on Senate action sent to the House.

Dec 22, 1995

Passed Senate without amendment by Voice Vote. (consideration: CR S19285)

Dec 22, 1995

Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Voice Vote.(consideration: CR S19285)

Dec 19, 1995

Received in the Senate, read twice.

Dec 19, 1995

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

Dec 19, 1995

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

Dec 19, 1995

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

Dec 19, 1995

DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate.

Dec 19, 1995

Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H15108-15111)

Dec 19, 1995

Mr. Castle moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.

Dec 7, 1995

Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by Voice Vote.

Dec 7, 1995

Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.

Nov 17, 1995

Referred to the Subcommittee on Domestic and International Monetary Policy.

Nov 14, 1995

Referred to the House Committee on Banking and Financial Services.

Nov 14, 1995

Introduced in House

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Latest action January 10, 1996

Became Public Law No: 104-96.

Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Smithsonian Institution Sesquicentennial Commemorative Coin Act - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to issue five-dollar gold coins and one-dollar silver coins emblematic of the scientific, educational, and cultural significance of the Smithsonian Institution.

Mandates that: (1) all but a certain portion of surcharges received from coin sales be paid by the Secretary to the Smithsonian Institution for such purposes as its Board of Regents determines to be appropriate; and (2) a certain portion of such surcharges be dedicated to supporting the operation and activities of the National Numismatic Collection at the National Museum of American History.

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Committees of jurisdiction 2

Domestic and International Monetary Policy Subcommittee
House of Representatives · subcommittee of Financial Services Committee
Financial Services Committee
House of Representatives

Cosponsors 40

Georgia · Dec 4, 1995

Connecticut · Dec 4, 1995

Maryland · Dec 4, 1995

Thompson, Bennie G.

Mississippi · Dec 4, 1995

Velázquez, Nydia M.

New York · Dec 4, 1995

Waters, Maxine

California · Dec 4, 1995

California · Nov 28, 1995

California · Nov 28, 1995

QUINN, JACK

· Nov 28, 1995

Smith, Christopher H.

New Jersey · Nov 28, 1995

Massachusetts · Nov 20, 1995

Clyburn, James E.

South Carolina · Nov 17, 1995

Durbin, Richard J.

Illinois · Nov 17, 1995

Fields, Cleo

Louisiana · Nov 17, 1995

Maryland · Nov 17, 1995

LIPINSKI, WILLIAM

· Nov 17, 1995

Nadler, Jerrold

New York · Nov 17, 1995

Neal, Richard E.

Massachusetts · Nov 17, 1995

NETHERCUTT, GEORGE

· Nov 17, 1995

Norton, Eleanor Holmes

District of Columbia · Nov 17, 1995

Pallone, Frank

New Jersey · Nov 17, 1995

Pelosi, Nancy

California · Nov 17, 1995

Reed, Jack

Rhode Island · Nov 17, 1995

Rogers, Harold

Kentucky · Nov 17, 1995

Scott, Robert C. "Bobby"

Virginia · Nov 17, 1995

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