United States · Bill · S
S. 1838 (104th)
First Flight Commemorative Coin Act
Introduced
5 June 1996
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking.
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Summary
First Flight Commemorative Coin Act - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to mint and issue, between certain dates, up to specified numbers of the following coins emblematic of the first flight of Orville and Wilbur Wright in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, on December 17, 1903: (1) ten-dollar gold coins; (2) one-dollar silver coins; and (3) half-dollar clad coins. Requires the Secretary to select the coin design after consultation with the Board of Directors of the First Flight Foundation and the Commission of Fine Arts, subject to review by the Citizens Commemorative Coin Advisory Committee. Mandates prompt payment of all coin sales surcharges to the First Flight Foundation for the: (1) Wright Brothers Monument; and (2) facilities at the Wright Brothers National Memorial Park.
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Introduced in Senate (text)
Introduced in Senate (text)
Introduced in Senate · EN · 5 June 1996
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Introduced in Senate · EN · 5 June 1996
Introduced in Senate
summary · EN · 5 June 1996
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/104th-congress/senate-bill/1838
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/104/s/1838