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S. 2744: Presidential $1 Coin Act of 2004

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S. 2744: Presidential $1 Coin Act of 2004

108th Congress · introduced 2004-07-22 · Finance and Financial Sector · Latest: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2004-07-22 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Sen. Sununu, John E. [R-NH] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: 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.

What does this mean?

Official title

Presidential $1 Coin Act of 2004

Plain summary

Presidential $1 Coin Act of 2004 - Amends Federal monetary law to set forth requirements for the redesign and issuance of circulating $1 coins emblematic of each President of the United States. Prohibits inclusion of a President who has not completed his or her term of service (sitting President). Instructs the Secretary of the Treasury to issue during the same period in which such $1 coins are issued commemorative coins emblematic of the spouse of each deceased former President so honored. Mandates that all Federal agencies and instrumentalities and entities that operate any business on Federal premises (including vending machines) take action to ensure that business operations they conduct that involve coins or currency shall be fully capable of accepting and dispensing $1 coins in connection with such operations. Expresses the sense of Congress about the issuance of such coins.

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Official text

Presidential $1 Coin Act of 2004

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Sen. Sununu, John E. [R-NH] · 30 cosponsors

Cost estimate: No cost estimate published yet.

Cosponsors on this site

Susan M. Collins (R-ME), Richard J. Durbin (D-IL), Maria Cantwell (D-WA), Patty Murray (D-WA), Charles E. Schumer (D-NY), Chuck Grassley (R-IA)

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong108-s2744 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong108 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong108