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S. 2957: Apollo 11 50th Anniversary Commemorative Coin Act

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S. 2957: Apollo 11 50th Anniversary Commemorative Coin Act

114th Congress · introduced 2016-05-19 · Finance and Financial Sector · Latest: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2016-05-19 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Sen. Nelson, Bill [D-FL] · 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

Apollo 11 50th Anniversary Commemorative Coin Act

Plain summary

Apollo 11 50th Anniversary Commemorative Coin Act This bill directs the Department of the Treasury to mint and issue gold, silver, half-dollar clad, and proof silver coins in recognition and celebration of the 50th anniversary of the first manned landing on the moon. Treasury may issue coins minted under this bill for only a one-year period, beginning January 1, 2019. All sales of these coins shall include a surcharge of $35 per gold coin, $10 per silver coin, $5 per half-dollar clad coin, and $50 per proof silver coin. All of the surcharges received from the sale of such coins shall be paid as follows: one-half to the Smithsonian Institution's National Air and Space Museum's "Destination Moon" exhibit; one-quarter to the Astronauts Memorial Foundation; and one-quarter to the Astronaut Scholarship Foundation, to aid its missions by providing college scholarships for the very best and brightest students pursuing degrees in science, technology, engineering, or mathematics.

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Official text

Apollo 11 50th Anniversary Commemorative Coin Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Sen. Nelson, Bill [D-FL] · 70 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Gary C. Peters (D-MI), Michael F. Bennet (D-CO), Deb Fischer (R-NE), Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Roger F. Wicker (R-MS), John Boozman (R-AR), Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), John Cornyn (R-TX), Mike Rounds (R-SD), Brian Schatz (D-HI), Tom Cotton (R-AR), Edward J. Markey (D-MA), Angus S. King, Jr. (I-ME), Maria Cantwell (D-WA), Kirsten E. Gillibrand (D-NY), Tim Kaine (D-VA), Richard J. Durbin (D-IL), Ron Wyden (D-OR), Susan M. Collins (R-ME), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI), Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Martin Heinrich (D-NM), Christopher A. Coons (D-DE), Cory A. Booker (D-NJ), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Christopher Murphy (D-CT), Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), James E. Risch (R-ID), Jack Reed (D-RI), Charles E. Schumer (D-NY), Steve Daines (R-MT), Patty Murray (D-WA), John Hoeven (R-ND), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Thom Tillis (R-NC) and 10 more.

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Record fed-us-cong114-s2957 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong114 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong114