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
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4 steps
Introduced
In committee
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
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
Plain-English summary
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
Referred to the Subcommittee on Domestic and International Monetary Policy.
Committees of jurisdiction
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