H.R. 4962: 50 State Capitols Commemorative Currency Program
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H.R. 4962: 50 State Capitols Commemorative Currency Program
108th Congress · introduced 2004-07-22 · Commemorations · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Domestic and International Monetary Policy, Trade, and Technology.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2004-07-22 · official record
- Who proposed it: Rep. Lampson, Nick [D-TX-9] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
- Where it stands now: Referred to the Subcommittee on Domestic and International Monetary Policy, Trade, and Technology. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title
50 State Capitols Commemorative Currency Program
Plain summary
50 State Capitols Commemorative Currency Program - Amends Federal law governing coinage to declare that during the ten-year period beginning on January 1, 2005, the center panel of the reverse side of the $1 Federal reserve notes shall incorporate designs emblematic of the capitols or statehouses of the 50 States, with five States selected each year in the order in which they ratified the Constitution of the United States or were admitted into the Union. Proscribes representation of any head and shoulders portrait or bust of any person, living or dead, or any portrait of a living person in the design of a State capitol or statehouse on any such $1 Federal reserve note.
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Official text
50 State Capitols Commemorative Currency Program
Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
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Sponsor: Rep. Lampson, Nick [D-TX-9] · 1 cosponsors
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-108hr4962.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/108/hr>
Record fed-us-cong108-hr4962 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong108 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong108