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Version 00 · Introduced in House · Jul 16, 2015
Commemorative Coins Reform Act of 2015
This bill prohibits surcharges generated by the sale of any numismatic item or commemorative coin program from being paid to a non-federal organization, except with respect to sales and production costs.
Surcharges must be used to recover all numismatic operation and program costs allocable to the program under which a numismatic item is produced and sold.
Any excess surcharges must be transferred to the general fund of the Treasury for deficit reduction purposes.
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Rep. Amash, Justin [R-MI-3] · R–MI
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Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
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