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HRES 385 104th Congress House Finance and Financial Sector Blind Counterfeiting Crime and Law Enforcement Disabled Economics and Public Finance Money Security measures

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding tactile currency for the blind and visually impaired.

Introduced: March 14, 1996 See on congress.gov
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Introduced
In committee
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Agreed to (House)
Mar 22, 1996
Referred to the Subcommittee on Domestic and International Monetary Policy.
Mar 14, 1996
Referred to the House Committee on Banking and Financial Services. period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Mar 14, 1996
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E367)
Mar 14, 1996
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Declares that the House of Representatives: (1) endorses efforts by the Bureau of Engraving and Printing to upgrade the currency for security reasons; and (2) strongly encourages the Secretary of the Treasury and the Bureau to incorporate cost-effective, tactile features into the design changes, thereby including the blind and visually impaired in independent currency usage.

What's happening now March 22, 1996

Referred to the Subcommittee on Domestic and International Monetary Policy.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • SRES 250 Identical bill A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate regarding tactile currency for the blind and visually impaired.
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 7
All 7 Democratic 5 Republican 1 Independent 1
D
Thompson, Bennie G.
Mississippi · May 7, 1996
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Apr 24, 1996
 R
Smith, Christopher H.
New Jersey · Mar 20, 1996
 D
Pallone, Frank
New Jersey · Mar 19, 1996
 I
Sanders, Bernard
Vermont · Mar 14, 1996
 D
Schumer, Charles E.
New York · Mar 14, 1996
 D
Velázquez, Nydia M.
New York · Mar 14, 1996
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H. Res. 385: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding tactile currency for the blind and visually impaired.. 104th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/104-HRES-385/
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"H. Res. 385: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding tactile currency for the blind and visually impaired.." 104th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/104-HRES-385/.
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H. Res. 385, 104th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/104-HRES-385/.
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