District of Columbia and United States Territories Circulating Quarter Dollar Program Act
Latest action · Jan 24, 2007 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
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 10, 2007
- Passed HouseJan 23, 2007
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)
District of Columbia and United States Territories Circulating Quarter Dollar Program Act - (Sec. 2) Requires quarter dollar coins issued during 2009 to have designs on the reverse side which are emblematic of the District of Columbia and the territories.
Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to issue during 2009 redesigned quarter dollars commemorating the District of Columbia and the U.S. Territories, including the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the United States Virgin Islands, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.
Requires the design on the reverse side of each quarter dollar issued during 2009 to be emblematic of one of the following: The District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the United States Virgin Islands, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.
Prohibits inclusion in the design of any quarter dollar any head and shoulders portrait or bust of any person, living or dead, including any portrait of a living person.
Sets forth a timing and order of issuance in equal sequential intervals.
Cosponsors 7
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Jan 10, 2007.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MA | Barney Frank | Original | Jan 10, 2007 |
| D-VI | Donna M. Christensen | Original | Jan 10, 2007 |
| D-AS | Eni F. H. Faleomavaega | Original | Jan 10, 2007 |
| R-PR | Luis G. Fortuno | Original | Jan 10, 2007 |
| D-IL | Luis V. Gutierrez | Original | Jan 10, 2007 |
| D-GU | Madeleine Z. Bordallo | Original | Jan 10, 2007 |
| R-DE | Michael N. Castle | Original | Jan 10, 2007 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Financial Services Committee | Referred Jan 10, 2007 |
| Senate | Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee | Referred Jan 24, 2007 |
Actions 9
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jan 24, 2007Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
- Jan 23, 2007Mr. Gutierrez moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
- Jan 23, 2007Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H851-855)
- Jan 23, 2007DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 392.
- Jan 23, 2007Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H851-852)
- Jan 23, 2007Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Jan 10, 2007Introduced in House
- Jan 10, 2007Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E68)
- Jan 10, 2007Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
In the Congressional Record 3
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Extensions | Debate and remarks E181, E192 | Sheila Jackson Lee D-TX, Spencer Bachus R-AL | Jan 24, 2007 |
| House | Debate and remarks H851–H855Text printed H851 | — | Jan 23, 2007 |
| Extensions | Debate and remarks E68 | Eleanor Holmes Norton D-DC | Jan 10, 2007 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To provide for a circulating quarter dollar coin program to honor the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the United States Virgin Islands, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- District of Columbia and United States Territories Circulating Quarter Dollar Program Act
- Short Titles as Passed House
- District of Columbia and United States Territories Circulating Quarter Dollar Program Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector.
Text 3
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jan 24, 2007Referred in Senate
- Jan 23, 2007Engrossed in House
- Jan 10, 2007Introduced in House
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