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H.R. 1278 119th Congress House

Coin Metal Modification Authorization and Cost Savings Act of 2025

Official title: To amend title 31, United States Code, to save Federal funds by authorizing changes to the composition of circulating coins, and for other purposes.

Introduced: February 13, 2025 Introduced by: Mark E. Amodei Republican · Nevada See on congress.gov
Finance and Financial Sector
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Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committees on the Budget, and Rules, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Feb 13, 2025
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Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committees on the Budget, and Rules, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Coin Metal Modification Authorization and Cost Savings Act of 2025

This bill authorizes the United States Mint to modify the metallic composition of circulating coins (including by prescribing reasonable manufacturing tolerances with respect to those coins) if a study and analysis conducted by the Mint indicates that the modification will

  • reduce costs incurred by the taxpayers;
  • be seamless, which means that the coins must have the same weight and diameter as current coins and that the coins work interchangeably in most coin acceptors using electromagnetic signature technology; and
  • have as minimal an adverse impact as possible on the public and stakeholders.

The Mint must notify Congress before making the modification and provide a justification for the modification. Congress may disapprove of any proposed modification through a joint resolution.

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 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Democratic 1 Republican 2
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Baird, James R.
Indiana · Mar 4, 2025
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Gottheimer, Josh
New Jersey · Feb 13, 2025
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McCormick, Richard
Georgia · Feb 13, 2025
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1278: Coin Metal Modification Authorization and Cost Savings Act of 2025. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-1278/
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"H.R. 1278: Coin Metal Modification Authorization and Cost Savings Act of 2025." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-1278/.
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H.R. 1278, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-1278/.
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