S. 1525 · 119th Congress

Common Cents Act

Introduced on Apr 30, 2025 by Cynthia M. Lummis (R-WY). 3 cosponsors, 2 of them from another party. Latest action (Aug 10, 2026): Held at the desk.

Stage
Passed one chamber
Introduced
Apr 30, 2025
Cosponsors
3
2 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

A bill 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

  • Consumer affairs
  • Currency
  • Monetary policy

Summary

By the Congressional Research Service (Passed Senate, Aug 7, 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.

Cynthia M. LummisR-WYSponsor

Democrats · 2

Republicans · 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 30, 2025Introduced in Senate
  2. Apr 30, 2025 · SenateRead twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
  3. Aug 7, 2026Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs discharged by Unanimous Consent.
  4. Aug 7, 2026 · SenateSenate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs discharged by Unanimous Consent.
  5. Aug 7, 2026 · SenateMeasure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S4551)
  6. Aug 7, 2026Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.
  7. Aug 7, 2026 · SenatePassed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent. (text of amendment in the nature of a substitute: CR S4586-4588)
  8. Aug 10, 2026 · SenateMessage on Senate action sent to the House.
  9. Aug 10, 2026 · HouseReceived in the House.
  10. Aug 10, 2026 · HouseHeld at the desk.

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. FOOD MARKETPLACE INC.4 reports
    $2.3M reported (all issues)
  4. INSPIRE BRANDS INC.4 reports
    $580K reported (all issues)
  5. NATIONAL AUTOMATIC MERCHANDISING ASSOCIATION4 reports
    $150K reported (all issues)
  6. United Steel, Paper & Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy4 reports
    $2.1M reported (all issues)
  7. American Bankers Association3 reports
    $8.4M reported (all issues)Federal contractor: AMERICAN BANKERS ASSOCIATIONAI match · 100%
  8. MCDONALDS CORPORATION3 reports
    $2.1M reported (all issues)
  9. NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CONVENIENCE STORES3 reports
  10. National Automated Merchandising Association3 reports
    $60K reported (all issues)
  11. Pilot Travel Centers LLC3 reports
    $590K reported (all issues)
  12. RACETRAC, INC.3 reports
  13. TARGET CORPORATION3 reports
    $1.6M reported (all issues)
  14. THE HOME DEPOT INC.3 reports
    $2.5M reported (all issues)
  15. LOWE'S COMPANIES, INC.2 reports
    $1.5M reported (all issues)
  16. AMERICAN BEVERAGE LICENSEES1 report
  17. Retail Industry Leaders Association (RILA)1 report
    $50K reported (all issues)

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.