S. 976 108th Congress Senate

Jamestown 400th Anniversary Commemorative Coin Act of 2003

Official title: A bill to provide for the issuance of a coin to commemorate the 400th anniversary of the Jamestown settlement.

Introduced: March 22, 2004 See on congress.gov

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Everywhere this bill has been 6 steps

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Jul 14, 2004

Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 633.

Jul 14, 2004

Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Reported by Senator Shelby without amendment. Without written report.

Jun 17, 2004

Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.

May 1, 2003

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S5667-5668)

May 1, 2003

Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S5667)

May 1, 2003

Introduced in Senate

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Latest action July 14, 2004

Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 633.

Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Jamestown 400th Anniversary Commemorative Coin Act of 2003 - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to mint and issue not more than 100,000 $5 gold coins and 500,000 $1 silver coins, which shall be emblematic of the settlement of Jamestown, Virginia (the first permanent English settlement in America).

Provides for a $35 per coin surcharge for the $5 dollar coins and $10 per coin for the $1 dollar coins. Directs the Secretary to distribute: (1) 50 percent of the surcharges to the Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation of Virginia to support programs to promote the understanding of the legacies of Jamestown; and (2) 50 percent to sustain the ongoing mission of preserving Jamestown, to enhance national and international educational programs, to improve infrastructure and archeological research activities, and to conduct other programs to support the commemoration of the 400th anniversary of the settlement of Jamestown. States that entities specified for such purposes are the Secretary of the Department of the Interior, the President of the Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities, and the Chairman of the Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation.

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Committees of jurisdiction 1

Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee
Senate

Cosponsors 9

Illinois · Mar 22, 2004

Murkowski, Lisa

Alaska · Feb 10, 2004

Wyden, Ron

Oregon · Feb 2, 2004

Graham, Lindsey

South Carolina · Nov 3, 2003

Schumer, Charles E.

New York · Jul 22, 2003

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