Abraham Lincoln Commemorative Coin Act

Bill: 109-s-811
Sponsor: Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL]
Introduced: 2005-04-15 in the Senate
Policy area: Commemorations
Subjects: Anniversaries
Coins and coinage
Copper
Finance and Financial Sector
Government Operations and Politics
History
Lincoln Administration
Silver

Summary:
action_date: 2005-04-15
text: 
Abraham Lincoln Commemorative Coin Act - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to mint and issue $1 coins emblematic of the life and legacy of President Abraham Lincoln in commemoration of the bicentennial of his birth.
 
Permits issuance of such coins only during the one-year period beginning on January 1, 2009.
 
Subjects the coin sales to a surcharge of $10 per coin.

action_date: 2006-06-28
text: 

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)

 
Abraham Lincoln Commemorative Coin Act - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to mint and issue $1 silver coins emblematic of the life and legacy of President Abraham Lincoln in commemoration of the bicentennial of his birth.
 
Permits issuance of such coins only during the one-year period beginning on January 1, 2009.
 
States that only one facility of the U.S. Mint may be used to strike any particular quality of the coins.
 
Subjects coin sales to a surcharge of $10 per coin.
 
Requires all surcharges received from the sale of such coins to be promptly paid by the Secretary to the Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission.

action_date: 2006-06-29
text: 

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The expanded summary of the Senate reported version is repeated here.)

 
Abraham Lincoln Commemorative Coin Act - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to mint and issue $1 silver coins emblematic of the life and legacy of President Abraham Lincoln in commemoration of the bicentennial of his birth.
 
Permits issuance of such coins only during the one-year period beginning on January 1, 2009.
 
States that only one facility of the U.S. Mint may be used to strike any particular quality of the coins.
 
Subjects coin sales to a surcharge of $10 per coin.
 
Requires all surcharges received from the sale of such coins to be promptly paid by the Secretary to the Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-06-29
text: Held at the desk.
action_date: 2006-06-29
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2006-06-29
text: Received in the House.
action_date: 2006-06-29
text: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S7178; text as passed Senate: CR S7178)
action_date: 2006-06-29
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S7178; text as passed Senate: CR S7178)
action_date: 2006-06-28
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 500.
action_date: 2006-06-28
text: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Reported by Senator Shelby without amendment. Without written report.
action_date: 2006-06-28
text: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Reported by Senator Shelby without amendment. Without written report.
action_date: 2006-06-14
text: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
action_date: 2005-04-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2005-04-15
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3736)
action_date: 2005-04-15
text: Introduced in Senate