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S. 1986 110th Congress Senate

Coinage Materials Modernization Act of 2007

Official title: A bill to authorize the Secretary of Treasury to prescribe the weights and the compositions of circulating coins, and for other purposes.

Introduced: July 25, 2008 See on congress.gov
Finance and Financial Sector Administrative procedureCoins and coinageDepartment of the TreasuryGovernment Operations and PoliticsLaw
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Aug 3, 2007
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
Aug 3, 2007
Introduced in Senate
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 Latest action August 3, 2007

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

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Coinage Materials Modernization Act of 2007 - Removes restrictions on the weight of, and requirements concerning the metal in, the U.S. half dollar, quarter, dime, nickel, and penny.

Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to prescribe the weight and composition of the dollar, half dollar, quarter, dime, five-cent, and one-cent coins. (Currently, the Secretary is authorized to prescribe the weight and the composition of copper and zinc in the alloy of the penny in specified circumstances.)

Authorizes the Secretary to prescribe manufacturing tolerances for the nickel and penny.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 3330 Coinage Materials Modernization Act of 2007
 Bill text 1 version

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Barrasso, John
Wyoming · Jul 25, 2008
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