S 711 United States Senate · 118th Congress

Working Dog Commemorative Coin Act

This bill authorizes the U.S. Mint to produce commemorative coins honoring working dogs, including $5 gold, $1 silver, and half-dollar coins, to be sold starting January 1, 2025. A surcharge of $35 per gold coin, $10 per silver coin, and $5 per half-dollar coin will be added to the sale price, with all surcharge funds directed to America’s VetDogs to support its service dog programs for veterans and people with disabilities. The coins are legal tender but will only be issued for one year (2025), with production limited to specified quantities (50,000 gold, 500,000 silver, 750,000 half-dollars). The bill does not create new government programs but uses commemorative coin sales to fund existing service dog initiatives.
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Introduced Mar 8, 2023 Last action Mar 8, 2023
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Mar 8, 2023
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
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Mar 8, 2023
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1 primary · 70 co-sponsors

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Photo of Ted Budd
Ted Budd
RRepublican
NC
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Photo of Alex Padilla
Alex Padilla
DDemocratic
CA
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Photo of Amy Klobuchar
Amy Klobuchar
DDemocratic
MN
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Photo of Angus S. King, Jr.
Angus S. King, Jr.
IIndependent
ME
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Photo of Ben Ray Luján
Ben Ray Luján
DDemocratic
NM
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Photo of Benjamin L. Cardin
Benjamin L. Cardin
DDemocratic
MD
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Bill Cassidy
RRepublican
LA
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Photo of Catherine Cortez Masto
Catherine Cortez Masto
DDemocratic
NV
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Photo of Charles E. Schumer
Charles E. Schumer
DDemocratic
NY
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Christopher A. Coons
DDemocratic
DE
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Christopher Murphy
DDemocratic
CT
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