S 2185
114th Congress
Senate
Finance and Financial Sector
Cancer
Currency
Health programs administration and funding
Medical research
Research administration and funding
Women's health
Breast Cancer Awareness Commemorative Coin Act
Introduced: October 20, 2015
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Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Oct 20, 2015
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
Oct 20, 2015
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Breast Cancer Awareness Commemorative Coin Act
This bill directs the Department of the Treasury to mint and issue up to 50,000 $5 gold coins (to be made of "pink gold" containing at least 75% gold), 400,000 $1 silver coins, and 750,000 half-dollar clad coins emblematic of the fight against breast cancer.
Treasury shall:
- select the design for the coins based upon the winning design from a juried, compensated design competition following certain specifications; and
- issue the coins only during the one-year period beginning on January 1, 2018.
All such coin sales must include the following surcharges: $35 per $5 gold coin, $10 per $1 dollar silver coin, and $5 per half-dollar coin.
The Treasury shall pay received surcharges promptly to the Breast Cancer Research Foundation according to a specified distribution formula.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
Committees of jurisdiction
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