HR 2872 109th Congress House Commemorations Anniversaries Associations, institutions, etc. Blind Coins and coinage Copper Disabled Elementary and secondary education Finance and Financial Sector Intellectual property Inventors Literacy programs Reading Silver

Louis Braille Bicentennial--Braille Literacy Commemorative Coin Act

Introduced: February 8, 2006 See on congress.gov

Everywhere this bill has been 18 steps

Introduced

In committee

Reported out

Passed House

Passed Senate

To President

Became law

Jul 27, 2006

Signed by President.

Jul 27, 2006

Became Public Law No: 109-247.

Jul 19, 2006

Presented to President.

Jul 13, 2006

Message on Senate action sent to the House.

Jul 12, 2006

Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs discharged by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S7444)

Jul 12, 2006

Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.

Jul 12, 2006

Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.

Jul 12, 2006

Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs discharged by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S7444)

Mar 1, 2006

Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.

Feb 28, 2006

DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 2872.

Feb 28, 2006

Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H403-404)

Feb 28, 2006

Mr. Ney moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.

Feb 28, 2006

Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H403-407)

Feb 28, 2006

Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

Feb 28, 2006

On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H403-404)

Jul 29, 2005

Referred to the Subcommittee on Domestic and International Monetary Policy, Trade, and Technology.

Jun 13, 2005

Introduced in House

Jun 13, 2005

Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.

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(This measure has not been amended since it was passed by the House on February 28, 2006. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Louis Braille Bicentennial--Braille Literacy Commemorative Coin Act - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to mint and issue $1 coins emblematic of the life and legacy of Louis Braille.

Requires the design on the obverse to bear a representation of the image of Louis Braille.

Requires the design on the reverse to emphasize Braille literacy and to include the word for Braille in Braille code in a way that substantially complies with Specification 800 of the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped of the Library of Congress specifications for Braille, and is tactilely indiscernible from printed or written Braille.

Authorizes the Secretary to issue such coins only during 2009.

Subjects all coin sales to a surcharge of $10 per coin, except when issuance of a coin would exceed the annual two commermorative coin program issuance limitation.

Requires all surcharges to be promptly paid by the Secretary to the National Federation of the Blind to further its programs to promote Braille literacy.

What's happening now July 27, 2006

Became Public Law No: 109-247.

Related & companion bills 1

Bill text 5 versions

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Committees of jurisdiction 3

Domestic Monetary Policy and Technology Subcommittee
House of Representatives · subcommittee of Financial Services Committee
Financial Services Committee
House of Representatives
Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee
Senate

Cosponsors 85

DeGette, Diana

Colorado · Feb 28, 2006

Neal, Richard E.

Massachusetts · Feb 28, 2006

Graves, Sam

Missouri · Feb 14, 2006

Reichert, David

· Feb 14, 2006

Waters, Maxine

California · Feb 14, 2006

California · Feb 8, 2006

Matsui, Doris O.

California · Feb 8, 2006

Rogers, Harold

Kentucky · Feb 8, 2006

Alabama · Jan 31, 2006

Sánchez, Linda T.

California · Jan 31, 2006

Aderholt, Robert B.

Alabama · Dec 16, 2005

Davis, Danny K.

Illinois · Dec 16, 2005

Herseth Sandlin, Stephanie

· Dec 16, 2005

Hoyer, Steny H.

Maryland · Dec 16, 2005

Larsen, Rick

Washington · Dec 16, 2005

Lynch, Stephen F.

Massachusetts · Dec 16, 2005

Moore, Gwen

Wisconsin · Dec 16, 2005

Nadler, Jerrold

New York · Dec 16, 2005

Pelosi, Nancy

California · Dec 16, 2005

SNYDER, VICTOR

· Dec 16, 2005

Thompson, Mike

California · Dec 16, 2005

Velázquez, Nydia M.

New York · Dec 16, 2005

WEINER, ANTHONY

· Dec 16, 2005

Cole, Tom

Oklahoma · Dec 8, 2005

Lucas, Frank D.

Oklahoma · Dec 8, 2005

McGovern, James P.

Massachusetts · Dec 8, 2005

Shuster, Bill

· Dec 6, 2005

Thompson, Bennie G.

Mississippi · Dec 6, 2005

BAIRD, BRIAN

· Nov 4, 2005

Boozman, John

Arkansas · Nov 4, 2005

Scott, Robert C. "Bobby"

Virginia · Nov 4, 2005

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