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S 1525 Passed a chamber

Directs the Treasury to stop minting one-cent coins for circulation, allows businesses to round cash totals to the nearest 5 cents, and changes the specifications for a new 5-cent coin.

Official title: Common Cents Act

Next stop House: awaiting action
Timeline each lane is a chamber; dates pull from congress.gov actions
House
Received 10-AUG-2026
Senate
Introduced 30-APR-2025
Referred 30-APR-2025
Passed 07-AUG-2026
Key points
  • Requires the Treasury Secretary to stop producing one-cent coins for general circulation, while allowing sales of penny numismatic items and keeping existing pennies legal tender.
  • Allows sellers and financial institutions to round cash transactions up or down to the nearest 5 cents when exact change is not available, and lets employers round cash wages up to the nearest 5 cents.
  • Exempts rounding done under this law from violating federal, state, or tribal rules, while leaving minimum wage, overtime, and paid leave requirements in place.
  • Requires the Federal Reserve Board to report within 90 days on a plan for penny deposits and orders at coin terminals, and requires periodic progress reports afterward.
  • Requires 60 days' notice and a plan before the Treasury discontinues any other circulating coin.
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Official CRS summary

Current. The Congressional Research Service's summary covers the bill's latest wording (Passed Senate, 07-AUG-2026).

CRS is the Library of Congress's nonpartisan research office. Read it on congress.gov
Committee referrals (1) Policy area

Finance and Financial Sector

Sponsor Cynthia M. Lummis (R-WY) Cosponsors · 3
■ 2 D■ 1 R
1 Republican