S 2427
116th Congress
Senate
Finance and Financial Sector
Congressional oversight
Currency
Government studies and investigations
U.S. history
Voting rights
Women's rights
Women’s History and Nineteenth Amendment Centennial Quarter Dollar Coin Program Act
Introduced: August 1, 2019
Introduced by:
Cortez Masto, Catherine
Democratic
· Nevada
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Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Aug 1, 2019
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
Aug 1, 2019
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Women's History and Nineteenth Amendment Centennial Quarter Dollar Coin Program Act
This bill requires the Department of the Treasury to mint and issue quarter-dollar coins in commemoration of the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment granting women the right to vote. The design on the reverse of each coin shall be emblematic of the accomplishments and contributions of a prominent woman who was a resident of a state, the District of Columbia, or a U.S. territory.
Such coins shall be issued in alphabetical order of the area represented, starting with the state of Alabama.
Treasury shall
- initiate a program to promote collection of the coins and recognition of their subjects, and
- strike and make available for sale silver bullion coins that are the exact duplicates of the coins.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
Committees of jurisdiction
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