S 611
108th Congress
Senate
Taxation
Capital gains tax
Coins and coinage
Finance and Financial Sector
Gold
Income tax
Law
Platinum
Precious metals
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Silver
Tax rates
Trusts and trustees
Fair Treatment for Precious Metals Investors Act
Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 13, 2003
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S3732)
Mar 13, 2003
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3732)
Mar 13, 2003
Introduced in Senate
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Plain-English summary
Fair Treatment for Precious Metals Investors Act - Amends Internal Revenue Code maximum capital gains rate provisions to eliminate the exception for gold, silver, and platinum coins.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S3732)
Bill text
1 version
- Introduced in Senate Formatted Text PDF
Committees of jurisdiction
1
Cosponsors
1
Cite this page
U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 611: Fair Treatment for Precious Metals Investors Act. 108th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/108-S-611/
"S. 611: Fair Treatment for Precious Metals Investors Act." 108th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/108-S-611/.
S. 611, 108th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/108-S-611/.
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