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.

05/17/08
Steel cent proposal wins in House vote

That’s when the Us House of Representatives unanimously approved the “Coin Modernization and Taxpayer Savings Act of 2008,” HR 5512. ...

Source: Numismatic News
05/16/08
Steel Cent Proposal Wins in House Vote

That's when the Us House of Representatives unanimously approved the "Coin Modernization and Taxpayer Savings Act of 2008," HR 5512. ...

Source: NumisMaster.com, WI
05/08/08
House passes bill to make coin-making cheaper

___ The House bill is HR 5512. ___ US Mint: http://www.usmint.gov House Committee on Financial Services: http://financialservices.house.gov.

Source: The Associated Press
05/08/08
House passes bill to make coin-making cheaper

___ The House bill is HR 5512. ___ US Mint: http://www.usmint.gov House Committee on Financial Services: http://financialservices.house.gov.

Source: The Associated Press
05/06/08
Congress looking at steel pennies and nickels

___ The House bill is HR 5512. ___ US Mint: http://www.usmint.gov House Committee on Financial Services: http://financialservices.house.gov.

Source: The Associated Press
03/24/08
Perhaps it is a Bad Time for Any Legislation

The other, HR 5512, appears to give him the authority over all circulating coins but the cent, but then binds him hand and foot from actually using this new ...

Source: NumisMaster.com, WI
03/18/08
The Steel Penny

by Ron Paul by Ron Paul I oppose HR 5512 because it is unconstitutional to delegate the determination of the metal content of our coinage to the Secretary ...

Source: Lew Rockwell, CA
03/14/08
Producing Steel Cents a Battle

In HR 5512, the head of the Treasury "shall prescribe the weight and the composition of the dollar, half dollar, quarter dollar, dime, 5-cent, ...

Source: Gather.com, MA
03/13/08
Ron Paul's Statement on Coinage

(PressMediaWire) - Mr.Chairman, I oppose HR 5512 because it is unconstitutional to delegate the determination of the metal content of our coinage to the ...

Source: Press Media Wire (Press Release), VA
03/13/08
National Automatic Merchandising Association's Richard Geerdes ...

In his testimony on behalf of NAMA's nearly 1 million members nationwide, Geerdes explained that HR 5512 is important because in its current form it ...

Source: AMonline.com, WI
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