United States · Bill · HR
H.R. 5255 (103rd)
Thomas Alva Edison Sesquicentennial Commemorative Coin Act
Introduced
7 October 1994
Last action
—
Status
Referred to the Subcommittee on Consumer Credit and Insurance.
Sponsors
—
Subjects
Discovery layer
Source updated
26 August 2025
Summary
Thomas Alva Edison Sesquicentennial Commemorative Coin Act - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to mint one-dollar silver coins emblematic of the inventions made by Thomas A. Edison in commemoration of the sesquicentennial of his birth. Instructs the Secretary to conduct an open design competition for the design of the obverse and reverse of the coins. Terminates the authority to mint such coins after December 31, 1997. Mandates that certain surcharges received from coin sales be distributed to specified entities.
This text is taken from the official record. PoliticalRepo does not editorialize.
Timeline
No timeline events have been ingested for this record yet.
Votes
No vote records are attached yet.
Versions
No version snapshots stored. Document URLs remain at the source.
Documents
3 official files
Introduced in House (text)
Introduced in House (text)
Introduced in House · EN · 7 October 1994
Introduced in House (PDF)
Introduced in House · EN · 7 October 1994
Introduced in House
summary · EN · 7 October 1994
Sponsors
No sponsors or actors listed by the source.
Related records
No cross-record relationships stored yet.
Sources
PoliticalRepo is an index and interpretation layer, not the authoritative legal source.
- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/house-bill/5255
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/103/hr/5255