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H.R. 6162 111th Congress House

Coin Modernization, Oversight, and Continuity Act of 2010

Official title: To provide research and development authority for alternative coinage materials to the Secretary of the Treasury, increase congressional oversight over coin pr… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To provide research and development authority for alternative coinage materials to the Secretary of the Treasury, increase congressional oversight over coin production, and ensure the continuity of certain numismatic items.

Introduced: September 22, 2010 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 18 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Dec 14, 2010
Signed by President.
Dec 14, 2010
Became Public Law No: 111-302.
Dec 3, 2010
Presented to President.
Dec 1, 2010
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Nov 30, 2010
Cleared for White House.
Nov 30, 2010
Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
Nov 30, 2010
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
Nov 30, 2010
Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs discharged by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S8292)
Nov 30, 2010
Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs discharged by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S8292)
Sep 29, 2010
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
Sep 29, 2010
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Sep 29, 2010
On passage Passed without objection.
Sep 29, 2010
Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed without objection.
Sep 29, 2010
Considered by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR H7312-7313; text of measure as introduced: CR H7312)
Sep 29, 2010
Committee on Financial Services discharged.
Sep 29, 2010
Mr. Watt asked unanimous consent to discharge from committee and consider.
Sep 22, 2010
Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
Sep 22, 2010
Introduced in House
 Amendments to this bill 1

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AmendmentSponsorPurposeStatusLatest action
HAMDT 782 – Amendment inserts a complete new text. Agreed to Sep 29, 2010
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 Latest action December 14, 2010

Became Public Law No: 111-302.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

(This measure has not been amended since it was passed by the House on September 29, 2010. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Coin Modernization, Oversight, and Continuity Act of 2010 - Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to report biennially to specified congressional committees on production costs for each circulating coin, cost trends, and possible new metallic materials or technologies for the production of circulating coins. Requires detailed recommendations in such reports for: (1) changes to the metallic content of circulating coins; (2) changes in coin production methodology that would further reduce the costs of production; and (3) legislative changes necessary to achieve such goals.

Prohibits the Secretary from including any recommendation for specifications: (1) for producing a circulating coin that would require significant change to coin-accepting and coin-handling equipment to accommodate changes to all circulating coins simultaneously; or (2) that would facilitate or allow the use of a coin with a lesser value produced, minted, or issued by another country, or the use of any token or other easily or regularly produced metal device of minimal value, in the place of a circulating coin produced by the Secretary.

Authorizes the Secretary, in order to complete the first biennial report and to develop and evaluate the use of new metallic materials for circulating coin production, to: (1) conduct any appropriate testing of appropriate coinage metallic materials; and (2) work with federal and nonfederal entities, including independent research facilities or suppliers of the metallic material used in volume production of circulating coins.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 6162: Coin Modernization, Oversight, and Continuity Act of 2010. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-6162/
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