America's Beautiful National Parks Quarter Dollar Coin Act of 2008
Latest action · Dec 23, 2008 Became Public Law No: 110-456.
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.
- IntroducedJun 4, 2008
- Passed HouseJul 9, 2008
- Passed SenateDec 10, 2008
- To the PresidentDec 12, 2008
- Became lawDec 23, 2008Public Law 110-456
Summary
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)
America's Beautiful National Parks Quarter Dollar Coin Act of 2008 - Requires quarter dollars, issued beginning in 2010, to have designs on the reverse emblematic of one national site in each state, territory of the United States, and the District of Columbia.
Instructs the Secretary of the Treasury to select in each state a national park or other national site to be honored with a coin. Requires five coin designs in each year of the period of issuance.
Instructs the Secretary to strike and make available for sale silver bullion coins that are exact duplicates of such quarter dollars.
Authorizes the Director of the National Park Service to purchase for resale or distribution numismatic items issued under this Act.
Recorded votes 1
Newest first. Open one to see how every member voted.
| Roll call | Question | Result | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House 479 | On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass | Passed419–0 | Jul 9, 2008 |
Cosponsors 7
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 4, 2008 to Jun 23, 2008; 2 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NY | Carolyn B. Maloney | Original | Jun 4, 2008 |
| D-IL | Luis V. Gutierrez | Original | Jun 4, 2008 |
| D-AZ | Raúl M. Grijalva | Jun 11, 2008 | |
| D-OH | Betty Sutton | Jun 17, 2008 | |
| D-TX | Charles A. Gonzalez | Jun 17, 2008 | |
| R-IN | Mark E. Souder | Jun 17, 2008 | |
| D-PA | Joe Sestak | Jun 23, 2008 |
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 Jun 4, 2008Markup Jun 25, 2008Reported Jul 8, 2008 |
| Senate | Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee | Referred Jul 10, 2008Discharged Dec 10, 2008 |
Actions 22
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Dec 23, 2008Signed by President.
- Dec 23, 2008Became Public Law No: 110-456.
- Dec 12, 2008Presented to President.
- Dec 10, 2008Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs discharged by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S10885)
- Dec 10, 2008Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs discharged by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S10885)
- Dec 10, 2008Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
- Dec 10, 2008Message on Senate action sent to the House.
- Dec 10, 2008Cleared for White House.
- Jul 10, 2008Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
- Jul 9, 2008Mrs. Maloney (NY) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
- Jul 9, 2008Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H6278-6285)
- Jul 9, 2008DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 6184.
- Jul 9, 2008At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.
- Jul 9, 2008Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H6305-6306)
- Jul 9, 2008Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 419 - 0 (Roll no. 479). (text: CR H6278-6280)
- Jul 9, 2008Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Jul 8, 2008Reported by the Committee on Financial Services. H. Rept. 110-748.
- Jul 8, 2008Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 474.
- Jun 25, 2008Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Jun 25, 2008Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 58 - 0.
- Jun 4, 2008Introduced in House
- Jun 4, 2008Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
In the Congressional Record 2
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | Debate and remarks S10885 | Richard J. Durbin D-IL | Dec 10, 2008 |
| House | Debate and remarks H6278–H6285Text printed H6278–H6280Recorded votes H6305enact | Carolyn B. Maloney D-NY, Greg Walden R-OR, Jose E. Serrano D-NY, Michael N. Castle R-DE, Peter T. King R-NY, Tom Price R-GA | Jul 9, 2008 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Committee report
Congressional Budget Office cost estimates 2
- Jul 8, 2008H.R. 6184, America's Beautiful National Parks Quarter Dollar Coin Act of 2008<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Financial Service on June 25, 2008</p>
- Jul 8, 2008H.R. 6184, America's Beautiful National Parks Quarter Dollar Coin Act of 2008Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Financial Service on June 25, 2008
CRS reports 3
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 3
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| RL34139 | Criminal Restitution Proposals in the 110th Congress Archived | Report | Jan 13, 2009 |
| RS22709 | Criminal Restitution in the 110th Congress: A Sketch Archived | Report | Jan 13, 2009 |
| RL34092 | Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies: FY2008 Appropriations Archived | Report | Mar 17, 2008 |
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 3214 | America's Beautiful National Parks Quarter Dollar Coin Act of 2008 | Related bill | Jun 26, 2008 |
| S 3290 | America's Beautiful National Parks Quarter Dollar Coin Act of 2008 | Related bill | Jul 21, 2008 |
Titles 4
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To provide for a program for circulating quarter dollar coins that are emblematic of a national park or other national site in each State, the District of Columbia, and each territory of the United States, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- America's Beautiful National Parks Quarter Dollar Coin Act of 2008
- Short Titles as Reported to House
- America's Beautiful National Parks Quarter Dollar Coin Act of 2008
- Short Titles as Passed House
- America's Beautiful National Parks Quarter Dollar Coin Act of 2008
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector.
Text 5
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Dec 10, 2008Enrolled Bill
- Jul 10, 2008Referred in Senate
- Jul 9, 2008Engrossed in House
- Jul 8, 2008Reported in House
- Jun 4, 2008Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
