Boys Town Centennial Commemorative Coin Act
Latest action · Mar 25, 2015 Held at the desk.
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 29, 2015
- Passed SenateMar 24, 2015
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)
Boys Town Centennial Commemorative Coin Act
Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to mint and issue up to 50,000 $5 gold coins, 350,000 $1 silver coins, and 300,000 half-dollar clad coins to commemorate the centennial of the founding of Father Flanagan's Boys Town.
Requires the design of the coins to be emblematic of the 100 years of Boys Town, one of the largest nonprofit child care agencies in the United States.
Permits issuance of such coins only between January 1, 2017, and December 31, 2017.
Subjects all coin sales to specified surcharges, which shall be paid to Boys Town to carry out its cause of caring for and assisting children and families in underserved communities across America.
Directs the Secretary to ensure that: (1) minting and issuing such coins will not result in any net cost to the federal government; and (2) no funds, including surcharges, will be disbursed to Boys Town until the total cost of designing and issuing all authorized coins is recovered by the Treasury.
Cosponsors 73
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 4, 2015 to Mar 23, 2015.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NH | Jeanne Shaheen | Feb 4, 2015 | |
| R-WY | Michael B. Enzi | Feb 4, 2015 | |
| R-MO | Roy Blunt | Feb 4, 2015 | |
| D-FL | Bill Nelson | Feb 5, 2015 | |
| D-NY | Charles E. Schumer | Feb 5, 2015 | |
| R-AK | Lisa Murkowski | Feb 5, 2015 | |
| R-FL | Marco Rubio | Feb 5, 2015 | |
| D-MD | Barbara A. Mikulski | Feb 9, 2015 | |
| D-CT | Christopher Murphy | Feb 9, 2015 | |
| R-AL | Jeff Sessions | Feb 9, 2015 | |
| D-RI | Sheldon Whitehouse | Feb 9, 2015 | |
| D-CA | Dianne Feinstein | Feb 10, 2015 | |
| D-MA | Elizabeth Warren | Feb 10, 2015 | |
| D-MT | Jon Tester | Feb 10, 2015 | |
| R-NH | Kelly Ayotte | Feb 10, 2015 | |
| D-HI | Brian Schatz | Feb 11, 2015 | |
| D-MA | Edward J. Markey | Feb 11, 2015 | |
| R-KS | Jerry Moran | Feb 11, 2015 | |
| R-GA | Johnny Isakson | Feb 11, 2015 | |
| D-VA | Mark R. Warner | Feb 11, 2015 | |
| R-KS | Pat Roberts | Feb 11, 2015 | |
| I-ME | Angus S. King Jr. | Feb 12, 2015 | |
| R-LA | David Vitter | Feb 12, 2015 | |
| D-MI | Gary C. Peters | Feb 12, 2015 | |
| D-NY | Kirsten E. Gillibrand | Feb 12, 2015 | |
| D-NM | Martin Heinrich | Feb 12, 2015 | |
| D-CT | Richard Blumenthal | Feb 12, 2015 | |
| R-MS | Roger F. Wicker | Feb 12, 2015 | |
| R-MS | Thad Cochran | Feb 12, 2015 | |
| D-CO | Michael F. Bennet | Feb 27, 2015 | |
| D-WV | Joe Manchin III | Mar 3, 2015 | |
| R-SD | John Thune | Mar 3, 2015 | |
| R-MT | Steve Daines | Mar 3, 2015 | |
| D-PA | Robert P. Casey Jr. | Mar 11, 2015 | |
| R-AR | Tom Cotton | Mar 11, 2015 | |
| R-WY | John Barrasso | Mar 12, 2015 | |
| D-IL | Richard J. Durbin | Mar 12, 2015 | |
| R-WV | Shelley Moore Capito | Mar 12, 2015 | |
| R-ME | Susan M. Collins | Mar 12, 2015 | |
| R-SC | Tim Scott | Mar 12, 2015 | |
| D-CA | Barbara Boxer | Mar 16, 2015 | |
| R-LA | Bill Cassidy | Mar 16, 2015 | |
| D-ND | Heidi Heitkamp | Mar 16, 2015 | |
| D-RI | Jack Reed | Mar 16, 2015 | |
| R-OK | James M. Inhofe | Mar 16, 2015 | |
| R-ND | John Hoeven | Mar 16, 2015 | |
| R-TN | Lamar Alexander | Mar 16, 2015 | |
| D-VA | Tim Kaine | Mar 16, 2015 | |
| D-MN | Al Franken | Mar 17, 2015 | |
| R-CO | Cory Gardner | Mar 17, 2015 | |
| R-AK | Dan Sullivan | Mar 17, 2015 | |
| R-NV | Dean Heller | Mar 17, 2015 | |
| R-ID | James E. Risch | Mar 17, 2015 | |
| R-AR | John Boozman | Mar 17, 2015 | |
| R-TX | John Cornyn | Mar 17, 2015 | |
| R-AZ | John McCain | Mar 17, 2015 | |
| R-IA | Joni Ernst | Mar 17, 2015 | |
| R-UT | Orrin G. Hatch | Mar 17, 2015 | |
| D-NJ | Robert Menendez | Mar 17, 2015 | |
| D-NJ | Cory A. Booker | Mar 18, 2015 | |
| R-SC | Lindsey Graham | Mar 18, 2015 | |
| R-IL | Mark Kirk | Mar 18, 2015 | |
| R-ID | Mike Crapo | Mar 18, 2015 | |
| R-SD | Mike Rounds | Mar 18, 2015 | |
| R-NC | Richard Burr | Mar 18, 2015 | |
| D-NM | Tom Udall | Mar 18, 2015 | |
| D-MD | Benjamin L. Cardin | Mar 19, 2015 | |
| D-DE | Christopher A. Coons | Mar 19, 2015 | |
| D-WA | Maria Cantwell | Mar 19, 2015 | |
| D-HI | Mazie K. Hirono | Mar 19, 2015 | |
| R-AL | Richard C. Shelby | Mar 19, 2015 | |
| D-OH | Sherrod Brown | Mar 19, 2015 | |
| D-MN | Amy Klobuchar | Mar 23, 2015 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee | Referred Jan 29, 2015Discharged Mar 24, 2015 |
Actions 8
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 25, 2015Message on Senate action sent to the House.
- Mar 25, 2015Received in the House.
- Mar 25, 2015Held at the desk.
- Mar 24, 2015Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs discharged by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S1830-1831)
- Mar 24, 2015Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs discharged by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S1830-1831)
In the Congressional Record 1
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 S1830Text printed S1831 | Shelley Moore Capito R-WV | Mar 24, 2015 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 893 | Boys Town Centennial Commemorative Coin Act | Identical bill | Jul 6, 2015 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in commemoration of the centennial of Boys Town, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Boys Town Centennial Commemorative Coin Act
- Short Titles as Passed Senate
- Boys Town Centennial Commemorative Coin Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector.
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 24, 2015Engrossed in Senate
- Jan 29, 2015Introduced in Senate
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