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Coin Metal Modification Authorization and Cost Savings Act of 2020
Legislative Progress
Introduced
September 23, 2020
Latest Action
September 23, 2020
Primary Sponsor
Margaret Wood HassanDemocratic(NH)
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Coin Metal Modification Authorization and Cost Savings Act of 2020 This bill authorizes the United States Mint to modify the metallic composition of circulating coins (including by prescribing reasonable manufacturing tolerances with respect to those coins) if a study and analysis conducted by the Mint indicates that the modification will reduce costs incurred by.taxpayers; be seamless, which shall be determined by verifying that the coins will work interchangeably in most coin acceptors using electromagnetic signature technology; and have as minimal an adverse impact as possible on the public and stakeholders. The Mint must notify Congress before making the modification and provide a justification for the modification.
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2020 · fourth_quarter · Minting/Money/Gold Standard
Coin Circulation Disruptions; U.S. Coin Task Force S. 4663/H.R 7995 - Coin Metal Modification Authorization and Cost Savings Act of 2020
Client expense: $220,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
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Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, Federal Reserve System, Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC), SENATE, Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Mint, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), White House Office
2020 · fourth_quarter · Minting/Money/Gold Standard
Tracking issues related to the Secretary of the Treasurys decision to provide meaningful access to US Currency in accordance with the Courts judgment in American Council of the Blind, et al. v. Timothy F. Geithner, Secretary of the Treasury. Discussions surrounding potential updates to redesign of currency for the visually impaired. Tracked and actively opposed legislation that would change the metallic content of coins. Contacted US Mint on coin and currency issues around metallic content of coins. Engaged with congress regarding Coin Metal Modification Authorization and Cost Savings Act of 2020 (S. 4663/HR 7995)
Client expense: $30,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Bureau of Engraving & Printing, Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Federal Reserve System, Food & Drug Administration (FDA), General Services Administration (GSA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Labor, Dept of (DOL), SENATE, Transportation, Dept of (DOT), U.S. Mint
2020 · third_quarter · Minting/Money/Gold Standard
Coin Circulation Disruptions; U.S. Coin Task Force S. 4663/H.R 7995 - Coin Metal Modification Authorization and Cost Savings Act of 2020
Client expense: $230,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, Federal Reserve System, Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC), SENATE, Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Mint, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), White House Office
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| Mike Crapo | Republican | ID |
| Rick Scott | Republican | FL |
| Thomas R. Carper | Democratic | DE |