District of Columbia and United States Territories Circulating Quarter Dollar Program Act

Bill: 110-hr-392
Sponsor: Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]
Introduced: 2007-01-10 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: American Samoa
Coins and coinage
Commemorations
Copper
District of Columbia
Federal-city relations
Federal-territorial relations
Government Operations and Politics
Guam
Northern Mariana Islands
Puerto Rico
Silver
Urban affairs
Virgin Islands

Summary:
action_date: 2007-01-10
text: 
District of Columbia and United States Territories Circulating Quarter Dollar Program Act - Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to issue during 2009 redesigned quarter dollars commemorating the District of Columbia and the U.S. Territories, including the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the United States Virgin Islands, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.

action_date: 2007-01-23
text: 

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

 
District of Columbia and United States Territories Circulating Quarter Dollar Program Act - (Sec. 2) Requires quarter dollar coins issued during 2009 to have designs on the reverse side which are emblematic of the District of Columbia and the territories.
 
Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to issue during 2009 redesigned quarter dollars commemorating the District of Columbia and the U.S. Territories, including the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the United States Virgin Islands, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.
 
Requires the design on the reverse side of each quarter dollar issued during 2009 to be emblematic of one of the following: The District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the United States Virgin Islands, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.
 
Prohibits inclusion in the design of any quarter dollar any head and shoulders portrait or bust of any person, living or dead, including any portrait of a living person.
 
Sets forth a timing and order of issuance in equal sequential intervals. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-01-24
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2007-01-23
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2007-01-23
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H851-852)
action_date: 2007-01-23
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H851-852)
action_date: 2007-01-23
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 392.
action_date: 2007-01-23
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H851-855)
action_date: 2007-01-23
text: Mr. Gutierrez moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
action_date: 2007-01-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2007-01-10
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E68)
action_date: 2007-01-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-01-10
text: Introduced in House