MONEY

Articles and editorials

Penny Foolish, E1979 [2NO]

Bills and resolutions

Coins: alter metallic composition of 1-cent coin and require prompt review and report of recommendations for cost-saving changes in metallic content of other circulating coins (see H.R. 3693), H9431 [15DE]

———alter metallic composition of 5-cent coin and require prompt review and report of recommendations for cost-saving changes in metallic content of other circulating coins (see H.R. 3694), H9431 [15DE]

———improve circulation of $1 coins in order to phase out production of $1 bills (see H.R. 2977), H6271 [20SE]

———provide for the economic production of various U.S. coins (see S. 1624), S5945 [23SE]

———treat gold and silver coins used as legal tender in the same manner as U.S. currency (see S. 1287), S4156 [28JN]

Consumers: repeal legal tender laws, prohibit taxation on certain coins and bullion, and repeal superfluous sections related to coinage (see H.R. 1098), H1841 [15MR]

Crime: improve prohibitions on money laundering (see S. 1731), S6665 [18OC]

———prevent use of stored value cards and other electronic fund access means as methods for currency smuggling or money laundering (see S. 1419), S4911 [26JY]

Dept. of Education: establish a pilot program to award grants to State and local educational agencies to develop financial literacy programs in elementary and secondary schools (see H.R. 626), H679 [10FE]

Dept. of the Treasury: improve minting and issuing of coins and reduce the current excess stockpile of $1 coins (see H.R. 2760), H5884 [1AU]

———prevent overproduction of $1 Presidential coins by U.S. Mint and reduce surplus of already produced $1 coins in FRS vaults (see H.R. 2778), H5884 [1AU]

———suspend issuance of $1 coins for 15 years or until excess stockpiles are exhausted (see H.R. 2789), H5885 [1AU]

———suspend the U.S. Mint Presidential $1 Coin Program when coin stockpiles are sufficient to meet the circulation needs for one year (see H.R. 2635), H5488 [25JY]

———terminate the U.S. Mint Presidential $1 Coin Program (see S. 1385), S4675 [19JY] (see H.R. 2593), H5239 [19JY]

Economy: define a value for the dollar to stimulate the economy and provide for a sound U.S. dollar (see H.R. 1638), H2912 [15AP]

———modernize and reform monetary system and restore exclusive and sovereign authority of U.S. Government to create and regulate money to rebuild the economy (see H.R. 2990), H6341 [21SE]

———provide growth through small business tax relief, research and innovation, veterans' business incentives, regulatory relief, support for high-skilled workers, and counterfeiting enforcement (see S. 1866), S7451 [15NO] (see H.R. 3476), H7889 [18NO]

Financial institutions: adjust dollar limits on check hold policies (see H.R. 1660), H2913 [15AP]

Financial literacy: provide grants to promote (see S. 787), S2387 [12AP] (see S. 853), S2507 [14AP] (see S. 865), S2580 [2MY] (see H.R. 1918), H3301 [13MY]

———require financial literacy and economic education counseling for student borrowers (see S. 1260), S4024 [22JN] (see H.R. 2535), H5085 [14JY]

Financial Literacy Month: designate (see S. Res. 121), S2047 [31MR]

Foreign trade: clarify that countervailing duties may be imposed to address subsidies relative to a fundamentally undervalued foreign currency (see S. 328), S682 [14FE] (see H.R. 639), H680 [10FE]

———clarify that countervailing duties may be imposed to address subsidies relative to a fundamentally undervalued foreign currency (H.R. 639), consideration (see H. Res. 310), H4327 [16JN]

FRS: abolish Board of Governors and repeal Federal Reserve Act (see H.R. 1094), H1841 [15MR]

Taxation: impose an excise tax on currency transactions and use funds to establish child care, global health care, and climate change adaptation and mitigation trust funds (see H.R. 755), H1176 (see H.R. 755), H1195 [17FE]

Transportation Security Administration: transfer unclaimed money recovered at airport security checkpoints to United Service Organizations, Inc. (USO) (see H.R. 2179), H4186 [14JN]

Letters

Terminate the Presidential $1 Coin Program: Senator Grassley, S6594 [17OC]

Remarks in House

Coins: provide for the economic production of various U.S. coins, E1979 [2NO]

Consumers: repeal legal tender laws, prohibit taxation on certain coins and bullion, and repeal superfluous sections related to coinage (H.R. 1098), E483 [15MR]

Dept. of the Treasury: improve minting and issuing of coins and reduce the current excess stockpile of $1 coins (H.R. 2760), E1476 [1AU]

Economy: analysis of causes and potential remedies of current economic recession, H1445-H1448 [1MR], H1514 [2MR], H3764 [31MY], H8174-H8178 [6DE]

———depreciation of the U.S. dollar relative to FRS proposal to print more money, H4955 [13JY]

———impact of depreciation of the U.S. dollar, H2995 [3MY]

———modernize and reform monetary system and restore exclusive and sovereign authority of U.S. Government to create and regulate money to rebuild the economy, H5950 [7SE]

———modernize and reform monetary system and restore exclusive and sovereign authority of U.S. Government to create and regulate money to rebuild the economy (H.R. 2990), H7901 [29NO]

Financial Literacy Month: observance, H2670 [14AP]

Foreign trade: clarify that countervailing duties may be imposed to address subsidies relative to a fundamentally undervalued foreign currency, H6837 [12OC]

———clarify that countervailing duties may be imposed to address subsidies relative to a fundamentally undervalued foreign currency (H.R. 639), H2053-H2055 [30MR], H2331 [6AP], H4687 [7JY], H5962 [7SE], H6357 [22SE], H6795 [12OC], H6863, H6865, H6867, H6868 [13OC], H7213 [2NO], H7270, H7284-H7287 [3NO], H7740-H7742 [17NO], H8142 [6DE], E1892 [18OC]

———clarify that fundamental exchange-rate misalignment by any foreign nation is actionable under U.S. countervailing and antidumping duty laws, H115 [7JA]

FRS: abolish Board of Governors and repeal Federal Reserve Act (H.R. 1094), E485 [15MR]

Taxation: impose an excise tax on currency transactions and use funds to establish child care, global health care, and climate change adaptation and mitigation trust funds (H.R. 755), E262 [18FE]

Remarks in Senate

Dept. of the Treasury: terminate the U.S. Mint Presidential $1 Coin Program (S. 1385), S6594, S6612 [17OC]

Economy: analysis of causes and potential remedies of current economic recession, S5711 [19SE], S5795-S5797 [21SE], S6792 [20OC]

———provide growth through small business tax relief, research and innovation, veterans' business incentives, regulatory relief, support for high-skilled workers, and counterfeiting enforcement (S. 1866), S7594-S7596 [16NO]

Financial literacy: require financial literacy and economic education counseling for student borrowers (S. 1260), S4040 [23JN]

Financial Literacy Month: designate (S. Res. 121), S2059 [31MR]

Foreign trade: clarify that countervailing duties may be imposed to address subsidies relative to a fundamentally undervalued foreign currency (H.R. 639), S4048 [23JN]

———clarify that countervailing duties may be imposed to address subsidies relative to a fundamentally undervalued foreign currency (S. 328), S5611 [14SE], S5864 [22SE], S6037-S6039 [3OC]

Texts of

S. 1260, College Literacy in Finance and Economics (College LIFE) Act, S4032 [22JN]

S. Res. 121, Financial Literacy Month, S2053, S2059 [31MR]