HR 6942 IHCommentsClose CommentsPermalink

To amend section 5112 of title 31, United States Code, to provide for the return of the half-dime as the new 5-cent circulating coin, and for other purposes.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

September 18, 2008CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

Mr. LUCAS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Financial ServicesCommentsClose CommentsPermalink

To amend section 5112 of title 31, United States Code, to provide for the return of the half-dime as the new 5-cent circulating coin, and for other purposes.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ‘5-Cent Restoration Act of 2008’.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

SEC. 2. RETURN OF THE HALF-DIME.

(a) In General- Paragraph (5) of section 5112(a) of title 31, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(5) a clad half-dime that is based on the size and shape of the half-dime or 5-cent coin produced in the 1870s.’.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(b) Effective Date- The amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply to coins issued after December 31, 2009.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink