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S. 3456: Five-Star Generals Commemorative Coin Act

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S. 3456: Five-Star Generals Commemorative Coin Act

110th Congress · introduced 2008-09-09 · Commemorations · Latest: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2008-09-09 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Sen. Roberts, Pat [R-KS] · 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.
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Official title

Five-Star Generals Commemorative Coin Act

Plain summary

Five-Star Generals Commemorative Coin Act - Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to mint and issue $5 gold coins, $1 silver coins, and half-dollar clad coins in recognition of five United States Army Five-Star Generals: George Marshall, Douglas MacArthur, Dwight Eisenhower, Henry "Hap" Arnold, and Omar Bradley, alumni of the United States Army Command and General Staff College, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. Requires the design of the coins to include portraits of the generals. Restricts the issuance of such coins to calendar 2013. Requires specified surcharges in the sale of such coins, which shall be paid promptly to the Command and General Staff College Foundation to help finance its support of the College.

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Official text

Five-Star Generals Commemorative Coin Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)

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Sponsor: Sen. Roberts, Pat [R-KS] · 2 cosponsors

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong110-s3456 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong110 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong110