105th Congress / Bills / H R 678

Title

To require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in commemoration of the sesquicentennial of the birth of Thomas Alva Edison, to redesign the half dollar circulating coin for 1997 to commemorate Thomas Edison, and for other purposes.

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Categories (What are categories?)

Anniversaries | Associations, institutions, etc. | Coins and coinage | Commemorations | Copper | Economic policy | Energy | Historic sites -- Ohio | History | Housing | Humanities | Intellectual property | Inventions | Inventors | Lighting | Museums -- District of Columbia | Museums -- Florida | Museums -- Michigan | Museums -- New Jersey | Museums -- Smithsonian Institution | Museums -- Texas | Public lands | Silver | Technology

Votes on this bill

Date	Chamber	Result	Vote
9/9/98	House	Passed	Session 2, roll call 417: On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, As Amended Thomas Edison Sesquicentennial Commemorative Coin Act