CONGRESS FOR VOTERS

Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY)

25th Anniversary of 9/11 Commemorative Coin Act

S. 1289 · Senate bill Finance and Financial Sector

A Democratic bill with 31 Republican cosponsors · See all 70 cosponsors

Last activity — Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.

In committee

Introduced and handed to a committee in the chamber it started in.

The committee holds it, and most bills are never heard from again. A hearing or a committee vote would be news; silence is the usual outcome, and it kills the bill without anyone voting against it.

Its path through Congress

  1. Introduced
  2. In Committee

What this bill would do

This bill requires the Secretary of the Treasury to create and sell special commemorative coins for the 25th anniversary of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. It directs the production of specific numbers of $5 gold coins and $1 silver coins during the year 2027. The coins will feature designs honoring the victims, first responders, and survivors of the attacks. Sales of these coins will include an extra fee, known as a surcharge, to help support the National September 11 Memorial and Museum at the World Trade Center. The law also ensures that the production of these coins will not cost the Federal Government any net money.

Yes· 3 of 6

  • Scored +3

    Would veterans be better off under this, taking everything together?

    The museum funded by the coins is committed to supporting military personnel affected by the attacks.

  • Scored +2

    Would students be better off under this?

    The bill supports educational programming through the National September 11 Memorial and Museum.

  • Scored +2

    Does this make the government pay for what it commits to?

    The bill ensures that minting the coins results in no net cost to the Federal Government.

The opposite

No question was scored the opposite.