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H.R. 2722: Breast Cancer Awareness Commemorative Coin Act

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H.R. 2722: Breast Cancer Awareness Commemorative Coin Act

114th Congress · introduced 2015-06-10 · Finance and Financial Sector · Latest: Became Public Law No: 114-148.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2015-06-10 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-12] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: 1 recorded vote in our records. Latest: House roll call 442 (2015): On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended, HR2722 (2015-07-15), Passed. See all
  4. Where it stands now: Became Public Law No: 114-148. (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

Breast Cancer Awareness Commemorative Coin Act

Plain summary

(This measure has not been amended since it was passed by the House on July 15, 2015. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Breast Cancer Awareness Commemorative Coin Act (Sec. 3) This bill directs the Department of the Treasury to mint and issue up to 50,000 $5 gold coins (to be made of "pink gold" containing at least 75% gold), 400,000 $1 silver coins, and 750,000 half-dollar clad coins emblematic of the fight against breast cancer. (Sec. 4) The Treasury shall: select the design for the coins based upon the winning design from a juried, compensated design competition following certain specifications; and issue the coins only during the one-year period beginning on January 1, 2018. (Sec. 7) All such coin sales must include the following surcharges: $35 per $5 gold coin, $10 per $1 dollar silver coin, and $5 per half-dollar coin. The Treasury shall pay received surcharges promptly to the Breast Cancer Research Foundation according to a specified distribution formula.

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Official text

Breast Cancer Awareness Commemorative Coin Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Public Law)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-12] · 309 cosponsors

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Pete Sessions (R-TX), Adam Smith (D-WA), Alma S. Adams (D-NC), Ami Bera (D-CA), André Carson (D-IN), Andy Barr (R-KY), Andy Harris (R-MD), Austin Scott (R-GA), Ben Ray Luján (D-NM), Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Betty McCollum (D-MN), Bill Foster (D-IL), Robert E. Latta (R-OH), Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (D-VA), Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ), Brad Sherman (D-CA), Brendan F. Boyle (D-PA), Brian Babin (R-TX), Charles J. "Chuck" Fleischmann (R-TN), Cynthia M. Lummis (R-WY), Daniel Webster (R-FL), Danny K. Davis (D-IL) and 249 more.

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Record fed-us-cong114-hr2722 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong114 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong114