# 119-s-2952: $2.50 for America’s 250th Act

119-s-2952, $2.50 for America’s 250th Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Sen. Lummis, Cynthia M. [R-WY] (R-WY); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-04-22).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-s-2952
- Congress: 119
- Title: $2.50 for America’s 250th Act
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-09-30
- Sponsor: Sen. Lummis, Cynthia M. [R-WY] (R-WY)
- Cosponsors: 7
- Policy area: unknown
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-04-22

## Summary

**Creates two new $2.50 coin programs to mark the United States' semiquincentennial (250th).** This bill would authorize a circulating $2.50 coin and a separate numismatic $2.50 collector series and set rules for their designs, materials, and issuance timing. - Households: Allows a $2.50 circulating coin to be minted only after the Secretary of the Treasury determines minting is technically and economically feasible and not cost prohibitive. - Collectors: Authorizes numismatic $2.50 coins that may be struck in silver, clad, gold, or other alloys as the Secretary decides. The initial design period for the numismatic coins lasts two years and mirrors the 1926 Sesquicentennial $2.50 coin. - Mint operations: Requires coins to include features that make the denomination readily discernible and lets the Secretary prescribe the alloy and specifications. New designs may rotate every five years for the circulating coin and every two years for the numismatic coin. - Timing: Includes a Sense of Congress urging the coins be minted and issued by July 4, 2026, or as soon as technically and economically feasible.

## Cosponsors (7)

- Sen. Capito, Shelley Moore [R-WV] (R-WV), 2025-09-30T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Cramer, Kevin [R-ND] (R-ND), 2025-09-30T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH] (D-NH), 2025-09-30T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Padilla, Alex [D-CA] (D-CA), 2025-09-30T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK] (R-AK), 2025-09-30T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Scott, Tim [R-SC] (R-SC), 2025-12-01T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME] (R-ME), 2026-02-24T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- Collector $2.50 Coin Program: benefit, low. This bill would let the Treasury mint $2.50 numismatic (collector) coins in silver, clad, gold, or other alloys the Secretary chooses. The Secretary would set specifications, varieties, quantities, and inscriptions in the Treasury's discretion. For two years after the first issue, the obverse would…
- New $2.50 Circulating Coin: benefit, low. This bill would let the Treasury mint a new $2.50 circulating coin. The Secretary could only issue it after finding minting technically and economically feasible and not cost prohibitive. Each coin would need features to make its value easy to tell and be made of an alloy the Secretary chooses. For…

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## Sources
- [119-s-2952 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/2952)

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- [119-sres-801: A resolution honoring the life and legacy of the Honorable Lindsey Olin Graham,…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-sres-801)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-2952 (as of 2026-04-22).