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District of Columbia and United States Territories Circulating Quarter Dollar Program Act

Introduced: January 10, 2007 Introduced by: Norton, Eleanor Holmes Democratic · District of Columbia See on congress.gov
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Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jan 24, 2007
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
Jan 23, 2007
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Jan 23, 2007
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H851-852)
Jan 23, 2007
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H851-852)
Jan 23, 2007
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 392.
Jan 23, 2007
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H851-855)
Jan 23, 2007
Mr. Gutierrez moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
Jan 10, 2007
Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
Jan 10, 2007
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E68)
Jan 10, 2007
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)

District of Columbia and United States Territories Circulating Quarter Dollar Program Act - (Sec. 2) Requires quarter dollar coins issued during 2009 to have designs on the reverse side which are emblematic of the District of Columbia and the territories.

Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to issue during 2009 redesigned quarter dollars commemorating the District of Columbia and the U.S. Territories, including the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the United States Virgin Islands, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.

Requires the design on the reverse side of each quarter dollar issued during 2009 to be emblematic of one of the following: The District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the United States Virgin Islands, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.

Prohibits inclusion in the design of any quarter dollar any head and shoulders portrait or bust of any person, living or dead, including any portrait of a living person.

Sets forth a timing and order of issuance in equal sequential intervals.

What's happening now January 24, 2007

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

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