124 Representatives sponsored one dollar coin legislation in the House as of May. There were 6 sponsors of the Senate version (S 874).

In mid-May, the House passed its Budget Resolution for the six-year period beginning October 1, 1996. The resolution included replacing dollar bills with dollar coins and put direct savings to the government at $305 million and the indirect savings at $1.1 billion over the six-year period.

In a recorded vote taken on May 9th, the Senate Budget Committee rejected an amendment by Senator Rod Grams of Minnesota to include the coin and its savings in the Senate Budget Resolution for the six-year period. The margin was 17 to 7 against the coin.