American Innovation $1 Coin Act became law 535 days after introduction, with cosponsors split almost evenly between the parties
Written by the Congressional Research Service [2]. 140 words.
American Innovation $1 Coin Act
(Sec. 2) This bill directs the Department of the Treasury, over a 14-year period beginning in 2019, to mint and issue "American Innovation" $1 coins commemorating innovation and innovators from each state, each U.S. territory, and the District of Columbia. Such coins shall be issued in the order in which the states ratified the Constitution or were admitted into the Union. After all such coins are issued, coins shall be issued for the District of Columbia and the territories. Treasury shall issue four coins per year until a coin has been issued for each jurisdiction. Neither the bust of any person nor the portrait of any living person may be included in the design of the coins. The bill instructs Interior to continue to mint and issue $1 coins honoring Native Americans and their contributions.
- Committees
- House Financial Services Committee
Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee - Policy area
- Finance and Financial Sector: 53 of 3,256 bills became law, 113th–118th (1.6%)
- Sponsor
- 2 of 65 bills enacted since 2013
- Text versions
- 6, from enrolled bill to public law · 1,686 words
- Subjects
- Advanced technology and technological innovationsCurrency
- Latest action
- Jul 20, 2018: Became Public Law No: 115-197.
- Records
- Congress.gov · Bill text
Each bill appears once, under its strongest link. 2 in all.
Related, per CRS or House · 2
- 115th S. 1326 American Innovation $1 Coin Act D · Introduced
- 115th S. 2399 American Innovation $1 Coin Act D · Introduced