S. 1379: American Veterans Disabled for Life Commemorative Coin Act

108th Congress · introduced 2003-07-09 · Commemorations · Latest: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.

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Where it came from: introduced 2003-07-09 · official record
Who proposed it: Sen. Johnson, Tim [D-SD] · what a sponsor is
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Where it stands now: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title

American Veterans Disabled for Life Commemorative Coin Act

Plain summary

American Veterans Disabled for Life Commemorative Coin Act - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to mint and issue not more than 500,000 one dollar silver coins in commemoration of disabled American veterans, which shall be emblematic of the design selected by the Disabled Veterans' LIFE Memorial Foundation for the American Veterans Disabled for Life Memorial. Requires: (1) all sales of the coins to include a ten dollar per coin surcharge; and (2) the surcharges received to be paid to the Foundation to establish an endowment to support the construction of an American Veterans' Disabled for Life Memorial in Washington, D.C.

Congressional Research Service summary (Passed Senate amended), quoted unchanged (nonpartisan). Read the source.

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Official text

American Veterans Disabled for Life Commemorative Coin Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Passed Senate amended)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Sen. Johnson, Tim [D-SD] · 75 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: S. 1379, American Veterans Disabled for Life Commemorative Coin Act (2004-10-13); CBO cost estimate: S. 1379, American Veterans Disabled for Life Commemorative Coin Act (2004-10-13)

Cosponsors on this site

Susan M. Collins (R-ME), Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), Charles E. Schumer (D-NY), Patty Murray (D-WA), Maria Cantwell (D-WA), Richard J. Durbin (D-IL), Jack Reed (D-RI) and 15 more.

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Words on this page, explained (1)

Endowment: A fund that is invested so its earnings pay for a purpose over time, while the main amount is kept.

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Sources

Congressional Research Service summary (Passed Senate amended)
Congress.gov
Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-108s1379.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/108/s>

Record fed-us-cong108-s1379 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong108 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong108