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H.R. 2993: District of Columbia and United States Territories Circulating Quarter Dollar Program Act

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H.R. 2993: District of Columbia and United States Territories Circulating Quarter Dollar Program Act

108th Congress · introduced 2003-09-03 · Finance and Financial Sector · Latest: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2003-09-03 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. King, Peter T. [R-NY-3] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: 1 recorded vote in our records. Latest: House roll call 86 (2004): On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, HR2993 (2004-03-25), Passed. See all
  4. Where it stands now: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

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Official title

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

Plain summary

(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 - Amends Federal law to provide for the issuance of redesigned quarter dollars in 2009 honoring 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 such design from bearing the head and shoulders portrait or bust of any person, living or dead, or any portrait of a living person. Provides for: (1) flexibility of inscription placement; (2) design selection by the Secretary of the Treasury after consultation with the chief executive of the District of Columbia or the Territory, and the Commission of Fine Arts, and review by the Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee; (3) treatment as numismatic items; (4) participation by District or territorial officials, artists from the District of Columbia or Territory, engravers of the United States Mint, and members of the general public; and (5) issuance as silver coins.

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Official text

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

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Passed House without amendment)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. King, Peter T. [R-NY-3] · 6 cosponsors

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Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC)

Recorded votes

Sources

Record fed-us-cong108-hr2993 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong108 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong108