H.R. 3074 · 119th Congress

Common Cents Act

Introduced on Apr 29, 2025 by Lisa C. McClain (R-MI-9). One cosponsor. Latest action (Jul 15, 2026): Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.

Stage
Passed one chamber
Introduced
Apr 29, 2025
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. 4Passed 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 five cents, and for other purposes.

Subjects

  • Consumer affairs
  • Currency
  • Monetary policy

Summary

By the Congressional Research Service (Introduced in House, Apr 29, 2025). Public domain.

Common Cents Act

This bill generally ends the production of the penny and requires rounding to the nearest amount divisible by five for the payment or transfer of cash.

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 takes effect one year after the date of enactment.

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

Recorded votes on the measure. Most measures move by voice vote or unanimous consent, which record no individual positions.

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

History

Every action as published, oldest first. Roll calls link to how each member voted.

  1. Apr 29, 2025Introduced in House
  2. Apr 29, 2025Introduced in House
  3. Apr 29, 2025 · HouseReferred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
  4. Jul 22, 2025 · HouseCommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
  5. Jul 23, 2025 · HouseCommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
  6. Jul 23, 2025 · HouseOrdered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 35 - 13.
  7. Sep 4, 2025Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Financial Services. H. Rept. 119-235.
  8. Sep 4, 2025 · HouseReported (Amended) by the Committee on Financial Services. H. Rept. 119-235.
  9. Sep 4, 2025 · HousePlaced on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 192.
  10. Jul 14, 2026 · HouseMr. Hill (AR) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
  11. Jul 14, 2026 · HouseConsidered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H4432-4438)
  12. Jul 14, 2026 · HouseDEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 3074.
  13. Jul 14, 2026Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.
  14. Jul 14, 2026 · HouseOn motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H4433-4434)
  15. Jul 14, 2026 · HouseMotion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
  16. Jul 14, 2026 · HouseThe title of the measure was amended. Agreed to without objection.
  17. Jul 15, 2026 · SenateReceived in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.

Committees

Committees and subcommittees the measure was referred to.

Agencies in its committees' jurisdiction

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Who lobbied on it

Organizations whose lobbying reports (LD-2) name this measure. Spending is what they reported for those quarters on all issues, not on this measure alone.

  1. 7-ELEVEN, INC.8 reports
    $600K reported (all issues)
  2. NATIONAL RESTAURANT ASSOCIATION5 reports
    $3.3M reported (all issues)Federal contractor: NATIONAL RESTAURANT ASSOCIATION EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION$2M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 93%
  3. United Steel, Paper & Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy5 reports
    $2.1M reported (all issues)
  4. WALMART INC.5 reports
    $8.6M reported (all issues)
  5. American Bankers Association4 reports
    $10.5M reported (all issues)Federal contractor: AMERICAN BANKERS ASSOCIATIONAI match · 100%
  6. FOOD MARKETPLACE INC.4 reports
    $2.3M reported (all issues)
  7. INSPIRE BRANDS INC.4 reports
    $580K reported (all issues)
  8. LOWE'S COMPANIES, INC.4 reports
    $2.8M reported (all issues)
  9. NATIONAL AUTOMATIC MERCHANDISING ASSOCIATION4 reports
    $150K reported (all issues)
  10. CREDIT UNION NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, INC.3 reports
    $3.5M reported (all issues)
  11. ELECTRONIC TRANSACTIONS ASSOCIATION3 reports
    $1.7M reported (all issues)
  12. KEYCORP3 reports
    $890K reported (all issues)
  13. MCDONALDS CORPORATION3 reports
    $2.1M reported (all issues)
  14. NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CONVENIENCE STORES3 reports
  15. National Automated Merchandising Association3 reports
    $60K reported (all issues)
  16. Pilot Travel Centers LLC3 reports
    $590K reported (all issues)
  17. RACETRAC, INC.3 reports
  18. TARGET CORPORATION3 reports
    $1.6M reported (all issues)
  19. THE HOME DEPOT INC.3 reports
    $2.5M reported (all issues)
  20. The Sherwin-Williams Company2 reports
    $220K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: THE SHERWIN-WILLIAMS COMPANY$4.9M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  21. AMERICAN BEVERAGE LICENSEES1 report
  22. AMERICAN HOTEL AND LODGING ASSOCIATION1 report
    $840K reported (all issues)
  23. Gordon Food Service, Inc.1 report
    Federal contractor: GORDON FOOD SERVICE, INC$347.2K in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  24. National Armored Car Association1 report
  25. Retail Industry Leaders Association (RILA)1 report
    $50K reported (all issues)
  26. WAKEFERN FOOD CORP.1 report

Reports filed in 2025, 2026.

Sources and method

Every figure on this page traces to these records.

  • 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 9, 2026 · loaded Oct 9, 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 9, 2026 · loaded Oct 9, 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.
  • Money and votes are shown side by side; neither explains the other.