American Innovation $1 Coin Act
Latest action · Sep 14, 2016 Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
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.
- IntroducedSep 14, 2016
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
American Innovation $1 Coin Act
This bill directs the Department of the Treasury to mint and issue American Innovation $1 coins commemorating an innovation, an individual innovator or pioneer, or a group of innovators or pioneers from each state, the District of Columbia, and U.S. territory.
Four such coins shall be issued each year for 14 years until one coin for each of the states, the District of Columbia, and the territories has been issued. Such coins shall be issued in alphabetic order of the jurisdiction represented.
Cosponsors 18
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Sep 14, 2016 to Dec 13, 2016; 5 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-IL | Bill Foster | Original | Sep 14, 2016 |
| D-WI | Gwen Moore | Original | Sep 14, 2016 |
| R-IL | Robert J. Dold | Original | Sep 14, 2016 |
| R-MN | Tom Emmer | Original | Sep 14, 2016 |
| R-FL | Vern Buchanan | Original | Sep 14, 2016 |
| R-FL | Bill Posey | Sep 26, 2016 | |
| R-TN | Charles J. "Chuck" Fleischmann | Sep 26, 2016 | |
| D-TN | Jim Cooper | Sep 28, 2016 | |
| R-OH | Steve Stivers | Sep 28, 2016 | |
| R-OH | David P. Joyce | Nov 14, 2016 | |
| R-TN | David P. Roe | Nov 14, 2016 | |
| R-OH | Patrick J. Tiberi | Nov 14, 2016 | |
| D-CA | Scott H. Peters | Nov 14, 2016 | |
| R-PA | Scott Perry | Nov 14, 2016 | |
| R-TX | Kenny Marchant | Nov 16, 2016 | |
| R-NY | Peter T. King | Nov 16, 2016 | |
| R-MO | Blaine Luetkemeyer | Dec 6, 2016 | |
| R-NY | Lee M. Zeldin | Dec 13, 2016 |
Committees 1
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 Sep 14, 2016 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Sep 14, 2016Introduced in House
- Sep 14, 2016Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
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
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 162, no. 139, September 14, 2016, page H5501.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 770 | American Innovation $1 Coin Act | Reintroduced Bill | Jul 20, 2018 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in recognition of American innovation and significant innovation and pioneering efforts of individuals or groups from each of the 50 States, the District of Columbia, and the United States territories, to promote the importance of innovation in the United States, the District of Columbia, and the United States territories, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- American Innovation $1 Coin Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Sep 14, 2016Introduced 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.
