Selena Commemorative Coin Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 2834 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 2834 To require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint commemorative coins in recognition of Selena Quintanilla. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES April 10, 2025 Ms. De La Cruz introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint commemorative coins in recognition of Selena Quintanilla. 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 ``Selena Commemorative Coin Act''. SEC. 2. FINDINGS. Congress finds the following: (1) Selena Quintanilla, born on April 16, 1971, was a South Texas music artist who greatly contributed to the rise of Tejano music and culture across the United States. (2) She was an extremely talented young artist who started singing at the age of eight. Her parents took joy in her talent and had her start performing with her family. The band they formed was known as Selena y Los Dinos. Selena was just thirteen years old when she was introduced on the Johnny Canales Show. (3) Selena first won the Tejano Music Awards' ``Female Vocalist of the Year'' in 1986 at the age of fifteen. From 1987 to 1996, she won as ``Female Entertainer of the Year'' every year, along with other awards such as ``Song of the Year''. (4) Selena's musical accomplishments are recognized by the Guinness World Record where she holds the most wins of Female Entertainer of the Year at the Tejano Music Awards. (5) Selena's album Selena Live! won a Grammy Award in 1994, making her the first Tejano artist to win a Grammy. Also in 1994, Texas Monthly named her one of the twenty most influent