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118th Congress Finance and Financial Sector

S. 668: Sultana Steamboat Disaster Commemorative Coin Act of 2023

Introduced

  1. Introduced (completed)Mar 7, 2023
  2. Passed Senate (not reached)
  3. Passed House (not reached)
  4. To the President (not reached)
  5. Became law (not reached)

Summary

Introduced in Senate, Mar 7, 2023

This bill directs the Department of the Treasury to mint and issue not more than 100,000 $5 gold coins, 500,000 $1 silver coins, and 750,000 half-dollar clad coins emblematic of the Sultana steamboat explosion that occured on April 27, 1865, on the Mississippi River.

All surcharges received by Treasury from the sale of such coins must be paid to the Sultana Historical Preservation Society for the purpose of establishing, operating, and maintaining a museum.

Written by the Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress.

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Amendments

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Cosponsors

20

Bipartisan support.

Who scored on this bill

6 points earned
  1. 1John Boozman R-AR SponsorIntroduced, drew cross-party cosponsors2 events+6
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History

  1. Mar 7, 2023Introduced in the Senate by John Boozman.
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  1. Mar 7, 2023Introduced in Senate
  2. Mar 7, 2023Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.