H.R.5512 - Coin Modernization and Taxpayer Savings Act of 2008

To authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to prescribe the weights and the compositions of circulating coins, and for other purposes. view all titles (4)

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  • Short: Coin Modernization and Taxpayer Savings Act of 2008 as introduced.
  • Official: To authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to prescribe the weights and the compositions of circulating coins, and for other purposes. as introduced.
  • Official: To reduce the costs of producing 1-cent and 5-cent coins, provide authority to the Secretary of the Treasury to perform research and development on new metallic content for circulating coins, and to require biennial reports to Congress on circulating coin production costs and possible alternative metallic content. as amended by house.
  • Short: Coin Modernization and Taxpayer Savings Act of 2008 as passed house.

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03/10/08
Statement on Coinage, by US Rep. Ron Paul

I oppose HR 5512 because it is unconstitutional to delegate the determination of the metal content of our coinage to the Secretary of the Treasury. Under Article I Section 8 of the Constitution, the Congress is given the power to coin ...

Source: from Reason to Freedom - Think for Yourself!
03/10/08
US Mint Director Ed Moy to Testify Tuesday about Metallic ...

HR 5512, named the ‘Coin Modernization and Taxpayer Savings Act of 2008‘, seeks to change the composition of metals in coins in order to maintain or bring back their profitability - the penny and nickel, for example, ...

Source: Coin News
02/29/08
bill action: passed house: hr 5512: coin modernization and ...

passed house by voice vote. [this event matched these trackers: active legislation ]

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02/27/08
HR 5512, To authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to prescribe ...

HR 5512 would authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to prescribe the weights and the compositions of circulating coins.... Vote on This Bill: For | Against.

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