CONGRESS FOR VOTERS

Susan Collins (R-ME)

National Fallen Firefighters Memorial Coin Act

S. 4051 · Senate bill Finance and Financial Sector

A Republican bill with 6 Democratic cosponsors · See all 12 cosponsors

Last activity — Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S1011)

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 is known as the National Fallen Firefighters Memorial Coin Act. It requires the Secretary of the Treasury to mint and issue new commemorative coins. These coins will honor the National Fallen Firefighters Memorial and the history of firefighters in the United States. The Treasury will make $5 gold coins, $1 silver coins, and half-dollar clad coins. The coins will only be issued during the one-year period beginning on January 1, 2029. The bill also sets up surcharges on the coin sales to be paid to the National Fallen Firefighters Foundation.

Yes

  • Scored +5

    Would union members be better off under this?

    The bill benefits firefighters and their families by providing surcharge funds to the National Fallen Firefighters Foundation.

  • Scored +2

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

    The bill requires financial assurances that minting and issuing the commemorative coins will result in no net cost to the United States Government.

The opposite

No question was scored the opposite.