H.R. 5616 · 119th Congress

$2.50 for America’s 250th Act

Introduced on Sep 30, 2025 by Robert B. Aderholt (R-AL-4). 61 cosponsors, 24 of them from another party. Latest action (Feb 12, 2026): Received in the Senate.

Stage
Passed one chamber
Introduced
Sep 30, 2025
Cosponsors
61
24 from the other party
Policy area
Finance and Financial Sector
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Progress

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  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 amend title 31, United States Code, to require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint and issue $2.50 numismatic coins and $2.50 circulating coins, and for other purposes.

Subjects

  • Currency
  • U.S. history

Summary

By the Congressional Research Service (Introduced in House, Sep 30, 2025). Public domain.

$2.50 for America’s 250th Act

This bill requires the minting of $2.50 coins to commemorate the 250th anniversary, or the semiquincentennial, of the signing of the Declaration of Independence.

Specifically, the Department of the Treasury must mint and issue a $2.50 circulating coin upon determining that such minting is technically feasible, economically feasible, and not cost prohibitive. The design of such a coin during the first five years of its issuance must be as described by the bill, however, subsequent designs may be selected by Treasury to celebrate the founding of the United States.

Treasury may also mint and issue $2.50 numismatic coins (i.e., collectible coins) in silver, clad, and other alloys, including gold.

Sponsor and cosponsors

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

Robert B. AderholtR-AL-4Sponsor

Democrats · 24

Republicans · 37

Roll calls

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History

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  1. Sep 30, 2025Introduced in House
  2. Sep 30, 2025Introduced in House
  3. Sep 30, 2025 · HouseReferred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
  4. Feb 9, 2026 · HouseMr. Hill (AR) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
  5. Feb 9, 2026 · HouseConsidered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H2048-2050)
  6. Feb 9, 2026 · HouseDEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 5616.
  7. Feb 9, 2026Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H2048)
  8. Feb 9, 2026 · HouseOn motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H2048)
  9. Feb 9, 2026 · HouseMotion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
  10. Feb 9, 2026 · HouseThe title of the measure was amended. Agreed to without objection.
  11. Feb 12, 2026 · HouseUNANIMOUS CONSENT REQUEST - Mr. Grothman asked unanimous consent that the Clerk be directed to make the changes in the engrossment of H.R. 5616 that have been placed at the desk. Agreed to without objection.
  12. Feb 12, 2026 · SenateReceived in the Senate.

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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 8, 2026 · loaded Oct 8, 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 7, 2026 · loaded Oct 7, 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.