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H.R. 2500 110th Congress House

NASA and JPL 50th Anniversary Commemorative Coin Act

Official title: To require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the establishment of the National Aeronautics and Space Admi… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the establishment of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

Introduced: May 24, 2007 See on congress.gov
Commemorations AeronauticsAnniversariesAstronauticsAstronauts
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Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
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Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

NASA and JPL 50th Anniversary Commemorative Coin Act - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury, in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the establishment of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), to mint and issue $50 dollar gold and $1 dollar silver coins emblematic of the fifty years of exemplary and unparalleled achievements of NASA and JPL.

Requires all such coin sales to include a surcharge of $50 per $50 dollar coin, and of $10 per $1 dollar coin.

Requires distribution of the first $4 million to the NASA Family Assistance Fund for financial assistance to the families of NASA personnel who die as a result of injuries suffered in the performance of their official duties.

Requires distribution of: (1) one-half of the next $1 million of the remaining amounts to the Dr. Ronald E. McNair Educational (D.R.E.M.E.) Science Literacy Foundation and the Dorothy Jemison Foundation for Excellence; and (2) the remainder to Save America's Treasures at the National Trust for Historic Preservation.

Authorizes the Secretary to strike and sell bronze duplicates of the $50 gold coins.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 2750 NASA 50th Anniversary Commemorative Coin Act
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 2500: NASA and JPL 50th Anniversary Commemorative Coin Act. 110th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-2500/
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"H.R. 2500: NASA and JPL 50th Anniversary Commemorative Coin Act." 110th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-2500/.
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H.R. 2500, 110th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-2500/.
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