HR 2978 · 114th Congress 2015–2017, ended

Thirteenth Amendment Commemorative Coin Act

Introduced Jul 8, 2015 Originated House Sponsor Danny K. Davis D-IL

Latest action · Jul 8, 2015 Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

Progress

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IntroducedJul 8, 2015
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Thirteenth Amendment Commemorative Coin Act

Directs the Department of the Treasury to mint and issue the following coins in commemoration of the sesquicentennial anniversary of the passage of the Thirteenth Amendment to the Constitution:

up to 250,000 $50 bi-metallic platinum and gold coins,
up to 250,000 $20 gold coins, and
up to 500,000 $1 silver coins.

Requires such coins to be considered legal tender and numismatic items.

Permits Treasury to issue such coins only during the one-year period beginning January 1 of the issuance year, except that sales may be initiated, without issuance, before such date.

Requires specified surcharges that Treasury receives from the sale of such coins to be paid to the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture.

Directs Treasury to ensure that: (1) the minting and issuing of such coins will not result in any net cost to the U.S. government; and (2) no funds, including applicable surcharges, are disbursed to the Museum until the total cost of designing and issuing all such coins is recovered by the Treasury.

Cosponsors 80

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jul 8, 2015 to Dec 10, 2015; 59 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
D-WA	Adam Smith	Original	Jul 8, 2015
D-TX	Al Green	Original	Jul 8, 2015
D-FL	Alcee L. Hastings	Original	Jul 8, 2015
D-IN	André Carson	Original	Jul 8, 2015
D-AZ	Ann Kirkpatrick	Original	Jul 8, 2015
D-NH	Ann M. Kuster	Original	Jul 8, 2015
D-MS	Bennie G. Thompson	Original	Jul 8, 2015
D-IL	Bobby L. Rush	Original	Jul 8, 2015
D-NJ	Bonnie Watson Coleman	Original	Jul 8, 2015
D-MI	Brenda L. Lawrence	Original	Jul 8, 2015
D-NY	Brian Higgins	Original	Jul 8, 2015
D-PA	Chaka Fattah	Original	Jul 8, 2015
D-NY	Charles B. Rangel	Original	Jul 8, 2015
D-IL	Cheri Bustos	Original	Jul 8, 2015
D-FL	Corrine Brown	Original	Jul 8, 2015
D-IL	Daniel Lipinski	Original	Jul 8, 2015
D-MD	Donna F. Edwards	Original	Jul 8, 2015
R-CA	Edward R. Royce	Original	Jul 8, 2015
D-DC	Eleanor Holmes Norton	Original	Jul 8, 2015
D-MD	Elijah E. Cummings	Original	Jul 8, 2015
D-MO	Emanuel Cleaver	Original	Jul 8, 2015
D-NC	G. K. Butterfield	Original	Jul 8, 2015
D-NY	Gregory W. Meeks	Original	Jul 8, 2015
D-WI	Gwen Moore	Original	Jul 8, 2015
D-GA	Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr.	Original	Jul 8, 2015
D-MA	James P. McGovern	Original	Jul 8, 2015
D-RI	James R. Langevin	Original	Jul 8, 2015
D-NY	Jerrold Nadler	Original	Jul 8, 2015
D-WA	Jim McDermott	Original	Jul 8, 2015
D-MI	John Conyers, Jr.	Original	Jul 8, 2015
D-GA	John Lewis	Original	Jul 8, 2015
R-IL	John Shimkus	Original	Jul 8, 2015
D-NY	Joseph Crowley	Original	Jul 8, 2015
D-OH	Joyce Beatty	Original	Jul 8, 2015
D-CA	Karen Bass	Original	Jul 8, 2015
D-MN	Keith Ellison	Original	Jul 8, 2015
D-IL	Luis V. Gutierrez	Original	Jul 8, 2015
R-KS	Lynn Jenkins	Original	Jul 8, 2015
D-GU	Madeleine Z. Bordallo	Original	Jul 8, 2015
D-WI	Mark Pocan	Original	Jul 8, 2015
D-PA	Matt Cartwright	Original	Jul 8, 2015
D-CA	Michael M. Honda	Original	Jul 8, 2015
D-NM	Michelle Lujan Grisham	Original	Jul 8, 2015
D-IL	Mike Quigley	Original	Jul 8, 2015
D-CA	Mike Thompson	Original	Jul 8, 2015
D-VT	Peter Welch	Original	Jul 8, 2015
D-AZ	Raúl M. Grijalva	Original	Jul 8, 2015
D-PA	Robert A. Brady	Original	Jul 8, 2015
D-VA	Robert C. "Bobby" Scott	Original	Jul 8, 2015
D-TX	Ruben Hinojosa	Original	Jul 8, 2015
D-CA	Sam Farr	Original	Jul 8, 2015
D-GA	Sanford D. Bishop, Jr.	Original	Jul 8, 2015
D-MA	Stephen F. Lynch	Original	Jul 8, 2015
D-TN	Steve Cohen	Original	Jul 8, 2015
D-CA	Susan A. Davis	Original	Jul 8, 2015
D-CA	Tony Cárdenas	Original	Jul 8, 2015
D-MA	William R. Keating	Original	Jul 8, 2015
D-MO	Wm. Lacy Clay	Original	Jul 8, 2015
D-NY	Yvette D. Clarke	Original	Jul 8, 2015
R-AS	Aumua Amata Coleman Radewagen		Jul 10, 2015
R-NY	Peter T. King		Jul 15, 2015
D-FL	Frederica S. Wilson		Jul 16, 2015
D-FL	Kathy Castor		Jul 16, 2015
D-OH	Marcy Kaptur		Jul 16, 2015
D-FL	Patrick Murphy		Jul 16, 2015
D-TX	Sheila Jackson Lee		Jul 16, 2015
D-CA	Maxine Waters		Jul 20, 2015
D-MA	Michael E. Capuano		Jul 20, 2015
D-NY	Nita M. Lowey		Jul 20, 2015
D-NC	Alma S. Adams		Jul 21, 2015
D-PA	Brendan F. Boyle		Jul 21, 2015
D-CA	Adam B. Schiff		Jul 28, 2015
D-MN	Betty McCollum		Jul 29, 2015
D-TN	Jim Cooper		Oct 28, 2015
D-GA	David Scott		Dec 10, 2015
D-CA	Juan Vargas		Dec 10, 2015
D-NY	Kathleen M. Rice		Dec 10, 2015
D-OH	Marcia L. Fudge		Dec 10, 2015
D-MI	Sander M. Levin		Dec 10, 2015
D-CA	Ted Lieu		Dec 10, 2015

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 Jul 8, 2015
House	Budget Committee	Referred Jul 8, 2015

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

Jul 8, 2015Introduced in House
Jul 8, 2015Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

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.

Constitutional authority

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article I, Section 8, Clause 5 The Congress shall have Power to coin Money, regulate the Value thereof, and of foreign Coin, and fix the Standard of Weights and Measures.

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 161, no. 105, July 8, 2015, page H4956.

Titles 2

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced: To require the Treasury to mint coins in commemoration of the Sesquicentennial Anniversary of the adoption of the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, which officially marked the abolishment of slavery in the United States.
Short Titles as Introduced: Thirteenth Amendment Commemorative Coin Act

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector.

Text 1

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Jul 8, 2015Introduced in House

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