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Robert Aderholt (R-AL)

$2.50 for America’s 250th Act

H.R. 5616 · House bill Finance and Financial Sector

A Republican bill with 24 Democratic cosponsors · See all 61 cosponsors

Last activity — Received in the Senate.

Passed one chamber, waiting for the other to take it up

Passed one chamber, and the other has not yet sent it to a committee or put it on its calendar.

The other chamber will hand it to a committee, place it on its calendar, or leave it where it is. Nothing has been decided, and a bill can sit here indefinitely.

Its path through Congress

  1. Introduced
  2. Passed House voice vote
  3. Awaiting Senate

The House by voice vote (members called out yes or no together): no member's position on it was recorded.

What this bill would do

This bill is known as the "$2.50 for America's 250th Act". It requires the Secretary of the Treasury to mint and issue specific quantities of $2.50 numismatic coins made of gold, silver, and other approved specifications to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. The coins will feature specific historical designs from a 1926 coin and carry inscriptions related to the semiquincentennial. Additionally, the bill directs the Secretary of the Treasury and the Director of the United States Mint to conduct a comprehensive study and report on the feasibility of minting a $2.50 coin for wide circulation.