HR 4448
105th Congress
House
Commemorations
Animals
Anniversaries
Arts, Culture, Religion
Coins and coinage
Economics and Public Finance
Finance and Financial Sector
Foundations
Government trust funds
Minorities
Museums
Native Americans
Silver
Social Welfare
Buffalo Coin Act of 1998
Introduced: August 6, 1998
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Everywhere this bill has been
4 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Aug 7, 1998
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1606)
Aug 6, 1998
Referred to the Subcommittee on Domestic and International Monetary Policy.
Aug 6, 1998
Referred to the House Committee on Banking and Financial Services.
Aug 6, 1998
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Buffalo Coin Act of 1998 - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to mint and issue half-dollar coins based on the original five-cent coin designed by James Earle Fraser and minted from 1913 to 1938.
Mandates that: (1) each coin have a profile representation of a Native American on the obverse side and a representation of a buffalo on the reverse side; (2) coin design be selected by the Secretary and reviewed by the Citizens Commemorative Coin Advisory Committee; and (3) a $3 sales surcharge be imposed per coin and distributed to the National Museum of the American Indian to commemorate its tenth anniversary and to supplement its endowment and educational outreach funds.
What's happening now
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1606)
Committees of jurisdiction
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