HR 258 · 108th Congress 2003–2005, ended

American 5-Cent Coin Design Continuity Act of 2003

Introduced Jan 8, 2003 Originated House Sponsor Eric Cantor R-VA

Fact sheet

Latest action · Apr 23, 2003 Became Public Law No: 108-15.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

IntroducedJan 8, 2003
Passed HouseFeb 26, 2003
Passed SenateApr 11, 2003
To the PresidentApr 15, 2003
Became lawApr 23, 2003

Summary

(This measure has not been amended since it was passed by the House on February 26, 2003. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

American 5-Cent Coin Design Continuity Act of 2003 - Title I: United States American 5-Cent Coin Design Continuity - (Sec. 101) Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to change the design on the obverse and reverse sides of five-cent coins issued in 2003, 2004, and 2005, in recognition of the bicentennial of the Louisiana Purchase and the expedition of Meriwether Lewis and William Clark.

States that if the Secretary elects to change: (1) the obverse of 5-cent coins issued during 2003, 2004, and 2005, the design shall depict a likeness of President Thomas Jefferson, different from the likeness that appeared on the obverse of the 5-cent coins issued during 2002, in recognition of his role with respect to the Louisiana Purchase and the commissioning of the Lewis and Clark expedition; and (2) the reverse of the 5-cent coins issued during such years, the design selected shall depict images emblematic of the Louisiana Purchase or the expedition of Meriwether Lewis and William Clark.

(Sec. 102) Requires the obverse of any 5-cent coin issued after December 31, 2005, to bear the likeness of Thomas Jefferson and the reverse of such coin bear an image of the home of Thomas Jefferson at Monticello.

(Sec. 103) Establishes a seven-member Coin Design Advisory Committee to advise the Secretary on coin themes and designs.

Abolishes the Citizens Commemorative Coin Advisory Committee. Authorizes certain Committee members to continue serving the remainder of their appointed term as a member of the Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee as determined by the Secretary.

Title II: Technical and Clarifying Provisions - (Sec. 201) Amends Federal law to revise the requirements for payment of surcharges to recipient organizations.

Requires deposit into the Treasury as unpaid receipts certain unpaid amounts derived from surcharge proceeds.

Recorded votes 1

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Roll call	Question	Result	Date
House 36	On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended	Passed412–5	Feb 26, 2003

Cosponsors 12

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 8, 2003 to Feb 26, 2003, with 10 there on the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
R-VA	Bob Goodlatte	Original	Jan 8, 2003
R-VA	Edward L. Schrock	Original	Jan 8, 2003
R-VA	Frank R. Wolf	Original	Jan 8, 2003
R-VA	J. Randy Forbes	Original	Jan 8, 2003
D-VA	James P. Moran	Original	Jan 8, 2003
R-VA	Jo Ann Davis	Original	Jan 8, 2003
D-VA	Rick Boucher	Original	Jan 8, 2003
D-VA	Robert C. "Bobby" Scott	Original	Jan 8, 2003
R-VA	Tom Davis	Original	Jan 8, 2003
D-VA	Virgil H. Goode Jr.	Original	Jan 8, 2003
R-DE	Michael N. Castle		Feb 11, 2003
D-IN	Baron P. Hill		Feb 26, 2003

Actions 22

Everything that happened, newest first.

Apr 23, 2003Became Public Law No: 108-15.
Apr 23, 2003Signed by President.
Apr 15, 2003Presented to President.
Apr 12, 2003Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Apr 11, 2003Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S5391)

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Related bills 2

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
S 471	American 5-Cent Coin Design Continuity Act of 2003	Related bill	Feb 27, 2003
S 474	American 5-Cent Coin Design Continuity Act of 2003	Related bill	Feb 27, 2003

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