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S. 976: Jamestown 400th Anniversary Commemorative Coin Act of 2003

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S. 976: Jamestown 400th Anniversary Commemorative Coin Act of 2003

108th Congress · introduced 2003-05-01 · Commemorations · Latest: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 633.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2003-05-01 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Sen. Warner, John [R-VA] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 633. 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

Jamestown 400th Anniversary Commemorative Coin Act of 2003

Plain summary

Jamestown 400th Anniversary Commemorative Coin Act of 2003 - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to mint and issue not more than 100,000 $5 gold coins and 500,000 $1 silver coins, which shall be emblematic of the settlement of Jamestown, Virginia (the first permanent English settlement in America). Provides for a $35 per coin surcharge for the $5 dollar coins and $10 per coin for the $1 dollar coins. Directs the Secretary to distribute: (1) 50 percent of the surcharges to the Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation of Virginia to support programs to promote the understanding of the legacies of Jamestown; and (2) 50 percent to sustain the ongoing mission of preserving Jamestown, to enhance national and international educational programs, to improve infrastructure and archeological research activities, and to conduct other programs to support the commemoration of the 400th anniversary of the settlement of Jamestown. States that entities specified for such purposes are the Secretary of the Department of the Interior, the President of the Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities, and the Chairman of the Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation.

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Official text

Jamestown 400th Anniversary Commemorative Coin Act of 2003

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Sen. Warner, John [R-VA] · 72 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: S. 976, Jamestown 400th Anniversary Commemorative Coin Act of 2003 (2004-06-25); CBO cost estimate: S. 976, Jamestown 400th Anniversary Commemorative Coin Act of 2003 (2004-06-25)

Cosponsors on this site

Charles E. Schumer (D-NY), Ron Wyden (D-OR), Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), Richard J. Durbin (D-IL), Susan M. Collins (R-ME), John Cornyn (R-TX), Mike Crapo (R-ID), Chuck Grassley (R-IA) and 12 more.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong108-s976 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong108 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong108