HR 6701
110th Congress
House
Finance and Financial Sector
Currency
Racial and ethnic relations
U.S. history
Civil Rights Quarter Dollar Coin Act of 2008
Introduced: July 31, 2008
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Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jul 31, 2008
Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
Jul 31, 2008
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Civil Rights Quarter Dollar Coin Act of 2008 - Requires quarter dollars to have designs on the reverse emblematic of prominent civil rights leaders and important events that have advanced civil rights in America.
Instructs the Secretary of the Treasury to select such leaders and events. Requires five coin designs in each year of the period of issuance.
Instructs the Secretary to strike and make available for sale silver bullion coins that are exact duplicates of such quarter dollars.
What's happening now
Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
Committees of jurisdiction
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