Library of Congress Bicentennial Commemorative Coin Act of 1998
Public Law 105-268 · H.R. 3790 · 105th Congress · began in the House
Signed by Bill Clinton (D) on Oct 19, 1998 · Commemorations
Sponsor: Rep. Bill Thomas (R-CA-21)
Cosponsors (299): Rep. Newton Gingrich, Rep. Dick Gephardt,
Passage votes
- HouseVoice vote
- SenateUnanimous consent
Data notes
The final version of the law, as each chamber passed it. A chamber that passed it by voice vote or unanimous consent has no count. “Method not stated” means the record does not say how the chamber voted. Where the record has a member-by-member vote, the “Who voted for it” section shows who voted yea.
Summary
The Congressional Research Service’s plain-language summary of what the law does.
Library of Congress Bicentennial Commemorative Coin Act of 1998 - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to mint and issue five-dollar gold coins and one-dollar silver coins emblematic of the Library of Congress. Authorizes the Secretary to mint and issue $10 bimetallic coins of gold and platinum in lieu of the gold coins.
Requires payment of coin sale surcharges to the Library of Congress Trust Fund Board to support Library activities.
Committees
The committees the bill was sent to, and what each did with it.
Financial Services Committee · House · referred toSubcommittee: Domestic and International Monetary Policy Subcommittee
Data notes
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Timeline
From introduction to signing, newest first: the committees, the floor and the president. 12 actions.
- Oct 19, 1998Became lawBecame law · Became Public Law No: 105-268.
- Became lawBecame law · Signed by President.
- Oct 10, 1998PresidentPresident · Presented to President.
- Oct 6, 1998FloorFloor · Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
- CommitteeCommittee · Discharged from Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee
- Aug 31, 1998CommitteeCommittee · Referred to Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee
- Aug 4, 1998FloorFloor · Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- FloorFloor · On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.
- FloorFloor · Mr. Castle moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
- May 18, 1998CommitteeCommittee · Referred to Domestic and International Monetary Policy Subcommittee of the House Financial Services Committee
- May 5, 1998CommitteeCommittee · Referred to House Financial Services Committee
- IntroducedIntroduced · Introduced in the House
Data notes
Shows the introduction, each committee and subcommittee step the source dates (referral, hearings, markup, report, discharge), and the floor, conference, presidential and became-law steps. Calendar placements, messages between the chambers, amendments and committee report numbers are not shown for laws before the 108th Congress. Two entries the source lists twice are shown once.
Official record
The bill’s full text and every action, including introduction and committee steps, are on Congress.gov. Data through Oct 7, 2026.