3.0.0 3290 2017-12-15T00:34:09Z 2017-12-15T00:34:09Z Senate S S 2008-07-21 110 ssbk00 Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2008-07-21T19:29:53Z America's Beautiful National Parks Quarter Dollar Coin Act of 2008 110 6184 HR 2008-12-23 Became Public Law No: 110-456. Related bill CRS America's Beautiful National Parks Quarter Dollar Coin Act of 2008 110 3214 S 2008-06-26 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Related bill CRS 2008-07-21 ssbk00 Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. IntroReferral 2008-07-21 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress B001261 Sen. Barrasso, John [R-WY] John Barrasso R WY N J000177 Sen. Johnson, Tim [D-SD] TIM JOHNSON D SD 2008-07-21 True E000285 Sen. Enzi, Michael B. [R-WY] MICHAEL ENZI R WY B. 2008-07-21 True I000055 Sen. Isakson, Johnny [R-GA] Johnny Isakson R GA 2008-09-26 False H.R.6184 https://www.congress.gov/bill/110th-congress/house-bill/6184 Finance and Financial Sector Coins and coinage Commemorations District of Columbia Federal-state relations Government Operations and Politics Historic sites History National parks Public Lands and Natural Resources Silver Territories (U.S.) Wyoming Finance and Financial Sector 00 2008-07-21 Introduced in Senate 2008-11-12T17:27:55Z America's Beautiful National Parks Quarter Dollar Coin Act of 2008 - Requires quarter dollars, issued beginning in 2010, to have designs on the reverse emblematic of one national site in each state, the District of Columbia, and specified U.S. territories.

Instructs the Secretary of the Treasury to select in each state a national park or other national site to be honored with a coin. Requires Yellowstone National Park, since it was established on March 1, 1872, as the nation's first national park, to be depicted on the first quarter dollar issued and to be designated to the state of Wyoming. Requires: (1) 5 coin designs in each of the first 10 years of either the original period of issuance or the second period of issuance; and (2) 6 coin designs in the 11th year of either the original period of issuance or the second period of issuance.

Instructs the Secretary to strike and make available for sale silver bullion coins that are exact duplicates of such quarter dollars.

Authorizes the Director of the National Park Service to purchase for resale or distribution numismatic items issued under this Act.

Requires the Secretary to take such actions as are necessary to ensure that minting and issuing coins under this Act will not result in any net cost to the federal government.

]]> America's Beautiful National Parks Quarter Dollar Coin Act of 2008 Short Titles as Introduced America's Beautiful National Parks Quarter Dollar Coin Act of 2008 Display Title America's Beautiful National Parks Quarter Dollar Coin Act of 2008 Official Title as Introduced A bill to provide for a program for circulating quarter dollar coins that are emblematic of a national park or other national site in each State, the District of Columbia, and certain territories and insular areas of the United States, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate 2008-07-21T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110s3290is/xml/BILLS-110s3290is.xml 2008-07-21 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.