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S. 1123 99th Congress Senate

Currency Design Act

Official title: A bill to affirm the authority of the Congress to approve the design of currency.

Introduced: May 10, 1985 Introduced by: Chuck Grassley Republican · Iowa See on congress.gov
Finance and Financial Sector Coins and coinageMonetary policyMoney
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May 10, 1985
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking.
May 10, 1985
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 Latest action May 10, 1985

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Currency Design Act - Amends the Federal Reserve Act to prohibit the Secretary of the Treasury from adopting any new form, tenor, or design of Federal reserve notes after January 1, 1984, unless such change has been authorized by law.

Prohibits the Secretary from adopting any new design for coins unless it has been authorized by law. Prohibits the Secretary from minting any such new coin unless the design has been approved by the Commission of Fine Arts.

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  • HR 48 Identical bill Currency Design Act
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1123: Currency Design Act. 99th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/99-S-1123/
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