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S.1228

SPONSOR: Sen Chafee (introduced 09/26/97)

TITLE(S):
STATUS: Floor Actions
11/19/97 Measure presented to President
11/18/97 Measure enrolled in Senate
11/18/97 Measure enrolled in House
11/13/97 Measure passed House (CR H10803)
11/13/97 Measure considered in House (CR H10800-10803)
11/13/97 Measure called up under motion to suspend rules and pass in House (CR H10800)
11/09/97 Measure passed Senate (CR S12432)
11/09/97 Measure considered in Senate (CR S12430-12434)
11/09/97 Measure called up by unanimous consent in Senate (CR S12430)
10/31/97 Reported to Senate from Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, amended, S. Rept. 105-130 (CR S11544)
STATUS: Detailed Legislative History

Senate Actions

Sep 26, 97:
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking.
Oct 23, 97:
Committee on Banking. Ordered to be reported with an amendment favorably.
Oct 31, 97:
Committee on Banking. Reported to Senate by Senator D'Amato with an amendment. With written report No. 105-130. Additional views filed.
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 244.
Nov 9, 97:
Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent.
Amendment SP 1631 proposed by Senator Sessions for Senator D'Amato.
Amendment SP 1631 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
Amendment SP 1632 proposed by Senator Sessions for Senator Coats.
Amendment SP 1632 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
The committee substitute as amended agreed to by Unanimous Consent.
Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.
Message on Senate action sent to the House.

House Actions

Nov 13, 97:
Called up by House under suspension of the rules.
Passed House by voice vote.

Executive Actions

Nov 13, 97:
Cleared for White House.
Nov 19, 97:
Presented to President.
STATUS: Congressional Record Page References


09/26/97 Introductory remarks on Measure (CR S10060-10061)
09/26/97 Full text of Measure as introduced printed (CR S10061)
11/09/97 Full text of D'Amato, etc. amendment 1631 printed (CR S12398)
11/09/97 Full text of Coats amendment 1632 printed (CR S12398)
11/09/97 Full text of Measure as reported in Senate printed (CR S12430-12431)
11/09/97 Full text of Measure as passed Senate printed (CR S12432-12434)
11/12/97 Introductory remarks on Measure (CR S12512)
11/13/97 Full text of Measure as passed House printed (CR H10800-10801)
COMMITTEE(S):
AMENDMENT(S):

S.AMDT.1631 - S.AMDT.1632

27 COSPONSORS:

SUMMARY:

(REVISED AS OF 10/31/97 -- Reported to Senate, amended)

50 States Commemorative Coin Program Act - Amends Federal law to mandate redesign of quarter dollar coins issued during the ten-year period beginning 1999, with the reverse side emblematic of five of the 50 States each year during such period, selected in the order of their ratification of the U.S. Constitution or their admission to the Union.

United States $1 Coin Act of 1997 - Amends Federal law to mandate that the dollar coin shall: (1) be golden in color, have a distinctive edge, with tactile and visual features making it readily discernible; (2) be minted and fabricated in the United States; and (3) have similar metallic anticounterfeiting properties as U.S. clad coinage in circulation on the date of enactment of this Act.

Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to place into circulation $1 coins that comply with such mandate upon depletion of the Government's supply of $1 coins bearing the likeness of Susan B. Anthony.

Authorizes the Secretary to continue to mint and issue $1 Susan B. Anthony coins if they are depleted before production has begun of the new $1 coins mandated by this Act.

Directs the Secretary to: (1) adopt a marketing program promoting the use of $1 coins by commercial enterprises, mass transit authorities, and Federal, State, and local government agencies; and (2) conduct a marketing study and report its progress results to the Congress.

Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to mint and issue for a limited period ten-dollar gold coins, one-dollar silver coins, and half-dollar clad coins emblematic of the first flight of Orville and Wilbur Wright in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina on December 17, 1903.

Instructs the Secretary to ensure: (1) establishment of a coin marketing plan; and (2) availability of adequate funds to cover the costs of implementing such plan.

Mandates prompt payment of all surcharges received from coin sales to the First Flight Foundation: (1) to maintain the Wright Brothers Monument on the Outer Banks of North Carolina; and (2) to expand and maintain the visitor center and other facilities at the Wright Brothers National Memorial Park.

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