H.R. 10167 · 119th Congress

Common Cents Act

Introduced on Aug 27, 2026 by Lisa C. McClain (R-MI-9). One cosponsor. Latest action (Sep 28, 2026): Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.

Stage
Passed both chambers
Introduced
Aug 27, 2026
Cosponsors
1
1 from the other party
Policy area
Finance and Financial Sector
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Progress

The furthest stage the measure reached. Simple and concurrent resolutions do not go to the President.

  1. Introduced
  2. Reported by committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. 5Sent to the President
  6. 6Became law

Official title

To direct the Secretary of the Treasury to stop minting the penny, to require cash transactions to be rounded up or down to the nearest 5 cents, and for other purposes.

Subjects

  • Administrative law and regulatory procedures
  • Consumer affairs
  • Currency
  • Department of the Treasury
  • Monetary policy

Summary

By the Congressional Research Service (Introduced in House, Aug 27, 2026). Public domain.

Common Cents Act

This bill ends the production of the penny for general circulation, requires rounding to an amount divisible by five for the payment or transfer of cash, and allows the nickel to be composed of different material.

The Department of the Treasury must stop producing the penny, except to meet collector needs. The penny shall continue to be legal tender.

Any person selling goods or services in a cash transaction, entering into other transfers of cash, or paying cash wages to an employee must round the payment up or down in accordance with the bill.

The bill also allows Treasury to discontinue the minting for circulation of any coin if Treasury follows procedures as outlined by the bill, including providing notice and a briefing to Congress.

The Federal Reserve Board must periodically report on a strategic plan for the acceptance of penny orders and deposits at commercial coin terminals that provide services under agreements with Federal Reserve banks.

Finally, the bill allows for a different material composition of the nickel. In addition to being made from an alloy of copper and nickel, the nickel may also be clad with an inner core of zinc and an outer layer of nickel.

Sponsor and cosponsors

Cosponsors by party as of the day they signed on. Original cosponsors signed on the day of introduction.

Lisa C. McClainR-MI-9Sponsor

Democrats · 1

Roll calls

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No recorded roll call on this measure: it moved by voice vote or unanimous consent, or has not reached the floor.

History

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  1. Aug 27, 2026Introduced in House
  2. Aug 27, 2026Introduced in House
  3. Aug 27, 2026 · HouseReferred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
  4. Sep 14, 2026 · HouseMs. De La Cruz moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
  5. Sep 14, 2026 · HouseConsidered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H5599-5602)
  6. Sep 14, 2026 · HouseDEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 10167.
  7. Sep 14, 2026Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.
  8. Sep 14, 2026 · HouseOn motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H5599-5601)
  9. Sep 14, 2026 · HouseMotion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
  10. Sep 15, 2026 · SenateReceived in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
  11. Sep 28, 2026Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs discharged by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S5120)
  12. Sep 28, 2026 · SenateSenate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs discharged by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S5120)
  13. Sep 28, 2026Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
  14. Sep 28, 2026 · SenatePassed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.

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Sources and method

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  • Bill status: bills and resolutions, sponsors, actions, subjects and CRS summaries (U.S. Government Publishing Office (GovInfo), from Congress.gov (Library of Congress))GovInfo Bill Status bulk data (Congress.gov; summaries by the Congressional Research Service) · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Members of Congress, their terms, committees and identifiers (The @unitedstates project (from the Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress, the House and the Senate))unitedstates/congress-legislators: legislators, committees and current committee membership · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)
  • House roll-call votes (Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives)Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, roll-call vote records · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Senate roll-call votes and DW-NOMINATE scores (Voteview (UCLA Department of Political Science))Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/ · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Free to use with the required citation
  • Lobbying disclosures (LD-1 registrations, LD-2 quarterly reports, LD-203 contribution reports) (Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives)Clerk of the House, Lobbying Disclosure Act filings (organizations only; lobbyists' names are not loaded) · data current to Oct 6, 2026 · loaded Oct 6, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Positions are shown only where a roll call recorded them; voice votes and unanimous consent record none.