Erie Canal Bicentennial Commemorative Coin Act

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] [Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 1546 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1546 To require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in recognition of the bicentennial of the Erie Canal. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES February 24, 2025 Ms. Tenney introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in recognition of the bicentennial of the Erie Canal. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Erie Canal Bicentennial Commemorative Coin Act''. SEC. 2. FINDINGS. The Congress finds the following: (1) Built between 1817 and 1825, the original Erie Canal traversed 363 miles from Albany to Buffalo. (2) The Erie Canal was the longest artificial waterway and the greatest public works project in North America. (3) The Erie Canal was one of t…