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H.R. 1177: 5-Star Generals Commemorative Coin Act

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H.R. 1177: 5-Star Generals Commemorative Coin Act

111th Congress · introduced 2009-02-25 · Finance and Financial Sector · Latest: Became Public Law No: 111-262.

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Follow this bill, step by step

  1. Where it came from: introduced 2009-02-25 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Moore, Dennis [D-KS-3] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Became Public Law No: 111-262. (final step reached)
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

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Official title

5-Star Generals Commemorative Coin Act

Plain summary

(This measure has not been amended since it was passed by the House on May 20, 2010. The summary of that version is repeated here.) 5-Star Generals Commemorative Coin Act - (Sec. 3) 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. (Sec. 4) Requires the design of the coins to include portraits of the generals. (Sec. 5) Restricts the issuance of such coins to calendar year 2013. (Sec. 7) 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

5-Star Generals Commemorative Coin Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Public Law)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Moore, Dennis [D-KS-3] · 300 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: H.R. 1177, 5-Star Generals Commemorative Coin Act (2010-05-18); CBO cost estimate: H.R. 1177, 5-Star Generals Commemorative Coin Act (2010-05-18)

Cosponsors on this site

Jerry Moran (R-KS), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Joe Wilson (R-SC), Tom Cole (R-OK), James P. McGovern (D-MA), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Ken Calvert (R-CA), John Boozman (R-AR), Bill Cassidy (R-LA), Sam Graves (R-MO), Harold Rogers (R-KY), Robert E. Latta (R-OH) and 240 more.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong111-hr1177 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong111 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong111