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50 States Commemorative Coin Program Act

Introduced: September 26, 1997 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 22 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Dec 1, 1997
Became Public Law No: 105-124.
Dec 1, 1997
Signed by President.
Nov 19, 1997
Presented to President.
Nov 13, 1997
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Nov 13, 1997
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.
Nov 13, 1997
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.
Nov 13, 1997
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate.
Nov 13, 1997
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H10800-10803)
Nov 13, 1997
Mr. Castle moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
Nov 10, 1997
Held at the desk.
Nov 9, 1997
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Nov 9, 1997
Received in the House.
Nov 9, 1997
Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.
Nov 9, 1997
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.
Nov 9, 1997
The committee substitute as amended agreed to by Unanimous Consent.
Nov 9, 1997
Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S12430-12434)
Oct 31, 1997
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 244.
Oct 31, 1997
Committee on Banking. Reported to Senate by Senator D'Amato with an amendment. With written report No. 105-130. Additional views filed.
Oct 23, 1997
Committee on Banking. Ordered to be reported with an amendment favorably.
Sep 26, 1997
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking.
Sep 26, 1997
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S10060-10061)
Sep 26, 1997
Introduced in Senate
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

50 States Commemorative Coin Program Act - Amends Federal law to mandate redesign of quarter-dollar coins issued during the ten-year period beginning 1999, with the reverse side emblematic of five of the 50 States each year during such period, selected in the order of their ratification of the U.S. Constitution or their admission to the Union.

United States $1 Coin Act of 1997 - Amends Federal law to mandate that the dollar coin shall: (1) be golden in color, have a distinctive edge, with tactile and visual features making it readily discernible; (2) be minted and fabricated in the United States; and (3) have similar metallic anticounterfeiting properties as U.S. clad coinage in circulation on the date of enactment of this Act.

Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to place into circulation $1 coins that comply with such mandate upon depletion of the Government's supply of $1 coins bearing the likeness of Susan B. Anthony.

Authorizes the Secretary to continue to mint and issue $1 Susan B. Anthony coins if they are depleted before production has begun of the new $1 coins mandated by this Act.

Directs the Secretary to: (1) adopt a marketing program promoting the use of $1 coins by commercial enterprises, mass transit authorities, and Federal, State, and local government agencies; and (2) conduct a marketing study and report its progress results to the Congress.

Directs the Secretary to mint and issue for a limited period ten-dollar gold coins, one-dollar silver coins, and half-dollar clad coins emblematic of the first flight of Orville and Wilbur Wright in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, on December 17, 1903.

Instructs the Secretary to ensure: (1) establishment of a coin marketing plan; and (2) availability of adequate funds to cover the costs of implementing such plan.

Mandates prompt payment of all surcharges received from coin sales to the First Flight Foundation to: (1) maintain the Wright Brothers Monument on the Outer Banks of North Carolina; and (2) expand and maintain the visitor center and other facilities at the Wright Brothers National Memorial Park.

What's happening now December 1, 1997

Became Public Law No: 105-124.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Republican 1