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Thomas Alva Edison Sesquicentennial Commemorative Coin Act

Introduced: February 10, 1995 See on congress.gov
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Feb 24, 1995
Referred to the Subcommittee on Domestic and International Monetary Policy.
Feb 10, 1995
Referred to the House Committee on Banking and Financial Services.
Feb 10, 1995
Introduced in House
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TABLE OF CONTENTS:

Title I: Commemorative Coins

Title II: Circulating Coins

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

Directs 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. Requires that certain surcharges received from coin sales be distributed to specified entities.

Title II: Circulating Coins - Amends Federal law to declare that the obverse side of half-dollar coins minted between specified dates shall have the same likeness of Thomas Alva Edison as the commemorative coins minted under this Act.

What's happening now February 24, 1995

Referred to the Subcommittee on Domestic and International Monetary Policy.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Democratic 3