H.R. 2789: Prevention of Wasteful and Unneeded Coins Act of 2011
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H.R. 2789: Prevention of Wasteful and Unneeded Coins Act of 2011
112th Congress · introduced 2011-08-01 · Finance and Financial Sector · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Domestic Monetary Policy and Technology.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2011-08-01 · official record
- Who proposed it: Rep. Yoder, Kevin [R-KS-3] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
- Where it stands now: Referred to the Subcommittee on Domestic Monetary Policy and Technology. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title
Prevention of Wasteful and Unneeded Coins Act of 2011
Plain summary
Prevention of Wasteful and Unneeded Coins Act of 2011 - Amends federal law governing coins and currency to prohibit, for a 15-year period, the issuance of $1 dollar coins honoring each of the Presidents of the United States. Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to resume issuance of such coins if the demand for $1 coins exceeds the number of them held in reserve. Prohibits the Secretary from issuing any $1 coins if it would result in an excess stockpile of $1 coins not in circulation. Repeals the requirement that the number of $1 coins minted and issued in a year with the Sacagawea design on the obverse be at least 20% of the total of such coins. Repeals the requirement that, during an introductory period, all institutions that want to are able to obtain unmixed supplies of each newly-issued design of $1 coins minted under the President $1 and the First Spouse bullion coin programs.
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Official text
Prevention of Wasteful and Unneeded Coins Act of 2011
Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
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Officials and money
Sponsor: Rep. Yoder, Kevin [R-KS-3] · 7 cosponsors
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Tom Cole (R-OK)
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-112hr2789.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/112/hr>
Record fed-us-cong112-hr2789 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong112 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong112