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H.R. 1278: Coin Metal Modification Authorization and Cost Savings Act of 2025

119th Congress · introduced 2025-02-13 · Finance and Financial Sector · Latest: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committees on the Budget, and Rules, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

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Coin Metal Modification Authorization and Cost Savings Act of 2025

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Coin Metal Modification Authorization and Cost Savings Act of 2025 This bill authorizes the United States Mint to modify the metallic composition of circulating coins (including by prescribing reasonable manufacturing tolerances with respect to those coins) if a study and analysis conducted by the Mint indicates that the modification will reduce costs incurred by the taxpayers; be seamless, which means that the coins must have the same weight and diameter as current coins and that the coins work interchangeably in most coin acceptors using electromagnetic signature technology; and have as minimal an adverse impact as possible on the public and stakeholders. The Mint must notify Congress before making the modification and provide a justification for the modification. Congress may disapprove of any proposed modification through a joint resolution.

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Coin Metal Modification Authorization and Cost Savings Act of 2025

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Sponsor: Rep. Amodei, Mark E. [R-NV-2] · 3 cosponsors

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Joint resolution
In Texas, the type of measure the Legislature uses to propose a constitutional amendment (marked HJR or SJR). The governor does not sign or veto it; the voters decide. In Congress a joint resolution can also be used like a bill. In Florida, a joint resolution passed by three-fifths of the members of each chamber puts a constitutional amendment on the ballot.

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Record fed-us-cong119-hr1278 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong119 · updated 2026-11-03 by psicol fed-bills