,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #agai  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,april #bd1 #bjac    
,mr4 ,stivers 7for himself1 ,mr4 ,ryan  
of ,ohio1 and ,mr4 ,tiberi7 introduced  
the following bill2 which was referred  
to the ,committee on ,financial         
,services  ,a ,,bill  ,to amend title   
#ca1 ,united ,states ,code1 to save the 
,american taxpayers money by immediately
 altering the metallic composition of   
the one-cent1 five-cent1 dime1 and      
quarter dollar coins1 and for other     
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,cents and          
,sensibility ,act4  #b4 ,composition of 
circulating coins  7a7 ,steel coins     
required ,section #eaab of title #ca1   
,united ,states ,code1 is amended by    
adding at the end the following new     
subsection3  7w7 ,composition of        
circulating coins  7#a7 ,in general     
,notwithstanding any other provision of 
law1 the one-cent1 five-cent1 dime1 and 
quarter dollar coins shall--  7,a7 be   

produced primarily of steel2 and  7,b7  
meet such other specifications as the   
,secretary may determine to be          
appropriate4  7#b7 ,treatment ,the      
one-cent1 five-cent1 dime1 and quarter  
dollar coins shall be treated in such a 
manner that the appearance of the coins1
 both when new and after they have been 
in circulation1 is similar to the       
one-cent1 five-cent1 dime1 and quarter  
dollar coins1 respectively1 produced    
before the date of the enactment of this
 subsection4  7#c7 ,buy ,american steel 
requirement  7,a7 ,in general           
,notwithstanding any other provision of 
law1 the ,secretary shall1 in minting   
one-cent1 five-cent1 dime1 and quarter  
dollar coins1 only use steel produced in
 the ,united ,states4  7,b7 ,exception  
,subparagraph 7,a7 shall not apply if   
the ,secretary finds1 and publishes in  
the ,federal ,register the basis of such
 finding1 that--  7i7 applying          
subparagraph 7,a7 would be inconsistent 
with the public interest2 or  7ii7 an   

adequate supply of an appropriate grade 
of steel is not produced in the ,united 
,states in sufficient and reasonably    
available quantities4  4  7b7           
,conversion to new coin specifications  
,in setting specifications under section
 #eaab7w7 of title #ca1 ,united ,states 
,code1 as added by subsection 7a71 the  
,secretary of the ,treasury shall not   
set specifications that would--  7#a7   
require more than #a change to          
coin-accepting and coin-handling        
equipment to accommodate all coins      
produced pursuant to such subsection2   
7#b7 facilitate or allow the use of a   
coin with a lesser value produced by    
another country1 or the use of any token
 or other easily or regularly produced  
metal device of minimal value1 in the   
place of a circulating coin produced by 
the ,secretary2 or  7#c7 require        
non-trivial changes to coin-accepting or
 coin handling equipment to easily      
accommodate continued co-circulation of 
both coins produced with the new        

specifications under such subsection and
 coins produced on or before the date   
that is the end of the #ij-;day period  
beginning on the date of the enactment  
of this ,act4  7c7 ,effective date  7#a7
 ,in general ,the amendment made by     
subsection 7a7 shall apply to all       
one-cent1 five-cent1 dime1 and quarter  
dollar coins issued after the end of the
 #ij-;day period beginning on the date  
of the enactment of this ,act4  7#b7    
,exception ,the ,secretary of the       
,treasury may produce numismatic        
versions of the one-cent1 five-cent1    
dime1 and quarter dollar coins either in
 the composition specified in section   
#eaab7w7 of title #ca1 ,united ,states  
,code1 as added by subsection 7a71 or in
 forms and materials similar to those   
the ,secretary produced before the date 
of the enactment of this ,act4  #c4     
,technical and conforming amendments    
,section #eaab of title #ca1 ,united    
,states ,code1 is amended--  7#a7 in    
subsection 7b71 by striking the first1  

second1 third1 fourth1 sixth1 seventh1  
eighth1 and tenth sentences2 and  7#b7  
by amending subsection 7c7 to read as   
follows3  7c7 ,weight of the one-,cent  
coin ,the ,secretary may prescribe the  
weight of the one-cent coin that the    
,secretary determines is necessary to   
ensure an adequate supply of one-cent   
coins to meet the needs of the ,united  
,states4  4