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Breast Cancer Awareness Commemorative Coin Act

Public Law 114-148 · H.R. 2722 · 114th Congress · began in the House

Signed by Barack Obama (D) on Apr 29, 2016 · Commemorations

Sponsor: Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-NY-12)

Cosponsors (283): Rep. Pete Sessions,

Passage votesYeaNay

  • HouseRecorded vote: 421 yea, 9 nay421–9
  • SenateUnanimous consent
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Summary

The Congressional Research Service’s plain-language summary of what the law does.

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.

Who voted for it

Every House member of the 114th Congress on the ideology compass. Highlighted: the 421 who voted yea on final passage. Faded: everyone else, including those who voted nay, did not vote, or had not yet taken office.

421 yea9 nay3 present or did not vote

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Democrats who voted yea(186)

Republicans who voted yea(235)

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The House’s recorded vote on the final version of the law (roll call 440 in Voteview), matched to the vote the record cites and checked against its totals. Positions are each member’s DW-NOMINATE score for that Congress, as on the Ideology page; left to right is more liberal to more conservative. Paired and announced yea votes count as yea. Lists follow the compass, most liberal first. A name links to a profile only for members of the current Congress. A law passed by voice vote or unanimous consent has no member list, and neither does a vote Voteview has not yet recorded.

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Committees

The committees the bill was sent to, and what each did with it.

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Related bills

1 bill the Library of Congress relates to this one.

  • S. 2185Related bill

    Breast Cancer Awareness Commemorative Coin Act

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Timeline

From introduction to signing, newest first: the committees, the floor and the president. 18 actions.

  1. Apr 29, 2016Became lawBecame law · Became Public Law No: 114-148.
  2. Became lawBecame law · Signed by President.
  3. Apr 20, 2016FloorFloor · Presented to President.
  4. FloorFloor · Message on Senate action sent to the House.
  5. Apr 19, 2016FloorFloor · Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
  6. CommitteeCommittee · Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs discharged by Unanimous Consent.
  7. Jul 16, 2015CommitteeCommittee · Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
  8. Jul 15, 2015FloorFloor · Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
  9. FloorFloor · On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 421 - 9, 1 Present (Roll no. 442).House roll call 442
  10. FloorFloor · Considered as unfinished business.
  11. FloorFloor · UNANIMOUS CONSENT - Mr. Luetkemeyer asked unanimous consent that the text of H.R. 2722, as proposed to be passed under suspension of the rules, be modified by the amendment at the desk. Agreed to without objection.
  12. Jul 14, 2015FloorFloor · At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.
  13. FloorFloor · DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 2722.
  14. FloorFloor · Considered under suspension of the rules.
  15. FloorFloor · Mr. Luetkemeyer moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
  16. Jun 10, 2015CommitteeCommittee · Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, 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.
  17. CommitteeCommittee · Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E867)
  18. IntroducedIntroduced · Introduced in House
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Amendments

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Official record

The bill’s full text is on Congress.gov. Data through Oct 7, 2026.