HR 4332
116th Congress
House
Finance and Financial Sector
Art, artists, authorship
Currency
Literature
Music
Performing arts
Paul Laurence Dunbar Commemorative Coin Act
Introduced: September 13, 2019
Introduced by:
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
Democratic
· District of Columbia
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Introduced
In committee
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Sep 13, 2019
Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
Sep 13, 2019
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1149-1150)
Sep 13, 2019
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Paul Laurence Dunbar Commemorative Coin Act
This bill directs the Department of the Treasury to mint and issue $5 gold coins, $1 silver coins, and half-dollar clad coins in recognition and celebration of Paul Laurence Dunbar, one of the first influential African-American poets in American literature and the composer of the lyrics to In Dahomey, the first all African-American musical produced on Broadway.
All surcharges received from sales of such coins shall be paid to the Dunbar Alumni Federation.
What's happening now
Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
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