COMMON CENTS ACT

On 2026-08-07, Senator Bernie Moreno (R-OH) delivered a floor speech titled "COMMON CENTS ACT" in the Senate.

COMMON CENTS ACT

Congressional Record, Volume 172 Issue 130 (Friday, August 7, 2026) [Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 130 (Friday, August 7, 2026)] [Senate] [Page S4551] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [ www.gpo.gov ] COMMON CENTS ACT Mr. MORENO. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs be discharged from further consideration of S. 1525 and the Senate proceed to its immediate consideration. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the bill by title. The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows: A bill (S. 1525) 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. There being no objection, the committee was discharged and the Senate proceeded to consider the bill. Mr. MORENO. I ask unanimous consent that the Lummis substitute amendment, which is at the desk, be considered and agreed to; that the bill, as amended, be considered read a third time and passed; and that the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The amendment (No. 6766) in the nature of a substitute was agreed to. (The amendment is printed in today's Record under ``Text of Amendments.'') The bill (S. 1525), as amended, was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, was read the third time, and passed. ____________________

Referenced legislation: S1525, S1525