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Marian Anderson Centennial Commemorative Coin Act

Introduced: February 27, 1997 See on congress.gov
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Became law
Apr 9, 1997
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H1386-1387)
Mar 14, 1997
Referred to the Subcommittee on Domestic and International Monetary Policy.
Feb 27, 1997
Referred to the House Committee on Banking and Financial Services.
Feb 27, 1997
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E344)
Feb 27, 1997
Introduced in House
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TABLE OF CONTENTS:

Title I: Commemorative Coins

Title II: Circulating Coins

Marian Anderson Centennial Commemorative Coin Act - Title I: Commemorative Coins - Instructs the Secretary of the Treasury to: (1) mint and issue one-dollar and half-dollar coins in commemoration of the centennial of the birth of Marian Anderson; and (2) allocate sales surcharges to the Smithsonian Institution, the Public Broadcasting Fund, and the National Museum of American History for the support of the National Numismatic Collection.

Title II: Circulating Coins - Amends Federal currency law to provide that at the Secretary's discretion, half-dollar coins minted after specified dates may bear the same design as the commemorative coins minted under this Act.

What's happening now April 9, 1997

Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H1386-1387)

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