US SB2185 | 2015-2016 | 114th Congress

Status

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 43-23-2)
Status: Introduced on October 20 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-10-20 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
Pending: Senate Banking, Housing, And Urban Affairs Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Summary

Breast Cancer Awareness Commemorative Coin Act This bill directs the Department of the Treasury to mint and issue up to 50,000 $5 gold coins (to be made of "pink gold" containing at least 75% gold), 400,000 $1 silver coins, and 750,000 half-dollar clad coins emblematic of the fight against breast cancer. Treasury shall: select the design for the coins based upon the winning design from a juried, compensated design competition following certain specifications; and issue the coins only during the one-year period beginning on January 1, 2018. All such coin sales must include the following surcharges: $35 per $5 gold coin, $10 per $1 dollar silver coin, and $5 per half-dollar coin. The Treasury shall pay received surcharges promptly to the Breast Cancer Research Foundation according to a specified distribution formula.

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Title

Breast Cancer Awareness Commemorative Coin Act

Sponsors

Sen. Heidi Heitkamp [D-ND]Sen. Kelly Ayotte [R-NH]Sen. Susan Collins [R-ME]Sen. Shelley Capito [R-WV]
Sen. John Hoeven [R-ND]Sen. Dianne Feinstein [D-CA]Sen. Amy Klobuchar [D-MN]Sen. Mazie Hirono [D-HI]
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand [D-NY]Sen. Tammy Baldwin [D-WI]Sen. Debbie Stabenow [D-MI]Sen. Barbara Mikulski [D-MD]
Sen. Patty Murray [D-WA]Sen. Jeanne Shaheen [D-NH]Sen. Claire McCaskill [D-MO]Sen. Barbara Boxer [D-CA]
Sen. Lisa Murkowski [R-AK]Sen. Benjamin Cardin [D-MD]Sen. Patrick Leahy [D-VT]Sen. Jeff Merkley [D-OR]
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse [D-RI]Sen. Maria Cantwell [D-WA]Sen. Christopher Coons [D-DE]Sen. Edward Markey [D-MA]
Sen. Tom Udall [D-NM]Sen. Angus King [I-ME]Sen. Robert Casey [D-PA]Sen. Elizabeth Warren [D-MA]
Sen. Cory Booker [D-NJ]Sen. Joe Manchin [D-WV]Sen. Richard Blumenthal [D-CT]Sen. Gary Peters [D-MI]
Sen. Richard Durbin [D-IL]Sen. Joe Donnelly [D-IN]Sen. Harry Reid [D-NV]Sen. Thomas Carper [D-DE]
Sen. Ron Wyden [D-OR]Sen. Martin Heinrich [D-NM]Sen. Mark Warner [D-VA]Sen. Michael Bennet [D-CO]
Sen. Bill Nelson [D-FL]Sen. Jon Tester [D-MT]Sen. Christopher Murphy [D-CT]Sen. Robert Menendez [D-NJ]
Sen. Brian Schatz [D-HI]Sen. Al Franken [D-MN]Sen. Charles Schumer [D-NY]Sen. Jack Reed [D-RI]
Sen. Roy Blunt [R-MO]Sen. Mark Kirk [R-IL]Sen. John Barrasso [R-WY]Sen. John Boozman [R-AR]
Sen. Richard Burr [R-NC]Sen. Thad Cochran [R-MS]Sen. John Cornyn [R-TX]Sen. Mike Crapo [R-ID]
Sen. Lindsey Graham [R-SC]Sen. Dean Heller [R-NV]Sen. Johnny Isakson [R-GA]Sen. Jerry Moran [R-KS]
Sen. John Thune [R-SD]Sen. Thom Tillis [R-NC]Sen. Roger Wicker [R-MS]Sen. Ron Johnson [R-WI]
Sen. Dan Sullivan [R-AK]Sen. Mike Rounds [R-SD]Sen. Bernard Sanders [I-VT]Sen. Sherrod Brown [D-OH]

History

DateChamberAction
2015-10-20SenateRead twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.

Same As/Similar To

HB2722 (Related) 2016-04-29 - Became Public Law No: 114-148. (TXT | PDF)

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