WASHINGTON, Jan. 5 (TNSrep) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following In Focus white paper on the quarter and half dollar coins (No. IF11394) on Jan. 4, 2023, by Congress specialist Jacob R. Straus. Here are excerpts: * * * Quarter and Half Dollar Coins: History and Current Status The Secretary of the Treasury, through the U.S. Mint, is statutorily authorized to issue specific denominations of circulating coins (31 U.S.C. Sec.5112). Currently, the United States has six circ more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 5 (TNSrep) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following In Focus white paper on the redesigning circulating quarters, half dollars and dollar coins (No. IF11773) on Jan. 4, 2023, by Congress specialist Jacob R. Straus. Here are excerpts: * * * Redesigning Circulating Quarters, Half Dollars, and Dollar Coins: Current and Future Designs In January 2021, the Circulating Collectible Coin Redesign Act of 2020 (P.L. 116-330) was enacted. The legislation authorizes th more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 5 -- Sen. Edward J. Markey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release on Jan. 4, 2023: Senators Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), and Representative Bill Keating (MA-09) today celebrated critical investments in coastal communities in Massachusetts and across the country in the Fiscal Year 2023 omnibus spending package, including passage of their legislation, the Cape Cod National Seashore Advisory Commission Reauthorization Act. This legislation r more PR