# 119-hr-1401: Currency Optimization, Innovation, and National Savings Act of 2025

119-hr-1401, Currency Optimization, Innovation, and National Savings Act of 2025, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Biggs, Andy [R-AZ-5] (R-AZ); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2025-12-21).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-1401
- Congress: 119
- Title: Currency Optimization, Innovation, and National Savings Act of 2025
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-02-18
- Sponsor: Rep. Biggs, Andy [R-AZ-5] (R-AZ)
- Cosponsors: 5
- Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2025-12-21

## Summary

**This bill would pause U.S. production of the one-cent coin for 10 years while keeping the penny legal tender.** It directs the Treasury Secretary to stop minting new pennies for a decade but allows limited production for coin collectors, and requires that those collector sales cover the coins' production costs.

## Cosponsors (5)

- Rep. Ciscomani, Juan [R-AZ-6] (R-AZ), 2025-02-18T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Moore, Barry [R-AL-1] (R-AL), 2025-02-18T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Weber, Randy K. Sr. [R-TX-14] (R-TX), 2025-02-18T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Boebert, Lauren [R-CO-4] (R-CO), 2025-02-18T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Biggs, Sheri [R-SC-3] (R-SC), 2025-03-11T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- Pennies remain legal tender nationwide: benefit, high. If enacted, one-cent coins would remain legal tender for all debts, taxes, fees, and charges. You could still use pennies, no matter the mint date. This would take effect when the bill is enacted.
- Pause on minting pennies for 10 years: mixed, high. If enacted, the Treasury would stop making new one-cent coins for 10 years starting on enactment. The Mint could still make pennies only for coin collectors, and those would be sold under the usual collector-coin rules. Sales of those collector pennies would have to cover all costs to make them. Ov…

## Related bills

- 119-hr-7651: Chloe Cole Act of 2026
- 119-hr-7: No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion and Abortion Insurance Full Disclosure Act of 2025
- 119-hr-1301: Death Tax Repeal Act
- 119-hr-425: Repealing Big Brother Overreach Act
- 119-hr-4092: Protect RAIL Act
- 119-hr-273: REMAIN in Mexico Act of 2025

## Sources
- [119-hr-1401 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1401)

## Related
- [119-hr-7651: Chloe Cole Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7651)
- [119-hr-7: No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion and Abortion Insurance Full Disclosure Act of…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7)
- [119-hr-1301: Death Tax Repeal Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1301)
- [119-hr-425: Repealing Big Brother Overreach Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-425)
- [119-hr-4092: Protect RAIL Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-4092)
- [119-hr-273: REMAIN in Mexico Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-273)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1401 (as of 2025-12-21).