S. 633: American Veterans Disabled for Life Commemorative Coin Act

109th Congress · introduced 2005-03-16 · Commemorations · Latest: Held at the desk.

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Where it came from: introduced 2005-03-16 · official record
Who proposed it: Sen. Johnson, Tim [D-SD] · what a sponsor is
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Official title

American Veterans Disabled for Life Commemorative Coin Act

Plain summary

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The expanded summary of the Senate reported version is repeated here.) American Veterans Disabled for Life Commemorative Coin Act - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to mint and issue not more than 500,000 $1 coins emblematic of the design selected by the Disabled Veterans' LIFE Memorial Foundation for the American Veterans Disabled for Life Memorial, in commemoration of disabled American veterans. Restricts such coin issuance period to the calendar year beginning on January 1, 2010. Requires a $10 dollar surcharge from such coin sales to be paid to the Disabled Veterans' LIFE Memorial Foundation in order to establish an endowment to support the construction of the American Veterans' Disabled for Life Memorial in Washington, D.C. Prescribes financial assurances that require: (1) the Secretary to take such actions as may be necessary to ensure that minting and issuing the coins will not result in any net cost to the United States Government; and (2) full payment for issuance of the coins.

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Official text

American Veterans Disabled for Life Commemorative Coin Act

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

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Sen. Johnson, Tim [D-SD] · 69 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: S. 633, American Veterans Disabled for Life Commemorative Coin Act (2006-05-22); CBO cost estimate: S. 633, American Veterans Disabled for Life Commemorative Coin Act (2006-05-22)

Cosponsors on this site

Ron Wyden (D-OR), Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), Chuck Grassley (R-IA), Richard J. Durbin (D-IL), Patty Murray (D-WA), Charles E. Schumer (D-NY), Mike Crapo (R-ID), John Thune (R-SD) and 9 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 without amendment)
Congress.gov
Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-109s633.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/109/s>

Record fed-us-cong109-s633 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong109 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong109