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2	2	119THCONGRESS
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4	4	STSESSION H. R. 1976
5	5	To require $20 notes to include a portrait of Harriet Tubman, and for
6	6	other purposes.
7	7	IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
8	8	MARCH10, 2025
9	9	Mrs. B
10	10	EATTY(for herself, Ms. ADAMS, Ms. BROWN, Mr. CARSON, Mr. CAR-
11	11	TERof Louisiana, Mr. CASTEN, Mrs. CHERFILUS-MCCORMICK, Ms.
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13	13	LARKEof New York, Mr. CLEAVER, Mr. DAVISof Illinois, Mrs. DIN-
14	14	GELL, Mr. ESPAILLAT, Mr. EVANSof Pennsylvania, Mrs. FOUSHEE, Mr.
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16	16	REENof Texas, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mrs. HAYES, Mr. JACKSONof Illinois,
17	17	Mr. J
18	18	OHNSONof Georgia, Ms. KAMLAGER-DOVE, Ms. KELLYof Illinois,
19	19	Mr. L
20	20	YNCH, Mrs. MCIVER, Mr. MEEKS, Mr. MFUME, Mr. NEGUSE, Ms.
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22	22	ORTON, Ms. OMAR, Ms. SEWELL, Mr. THOMPSONof Mississippi, Ms.
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24	24	LAIB, Mr. TORRESof New York, Ms. UNDERWOOD, Mr. VEASEY, Ms.
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26	26	ELA´ZQUEZ, Mrs. WATSONCOLEMAN, Ms. WILLIAMSof Georgia, and
27	27	Ms. W
28	28	ILSONof Florida) introduced the following bill; which was referred
29	29	to the Committee on Financial Services
30	30	A BILL
31	31	To require $20 notes to include a portrait of Harriet
32	32	Tubman, and for other purposes.
33	33	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
34	34	tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
35	35	SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
36	36	This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Woman on the Twenty 4
37	37	Act of 2025’’. 5
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41	41	SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 1
42	42	Congress finds the following: 2
43	43	(1) In 1875, Congress adopted the dollar as the 3
44	44	monetary unit of the United States. 4
45	45	(2) In 1877, the Bureau of Engraving and 5
46	46	Printing of the Department of the Treasury began 6
47	47	printing all United States paper money. 7
48	48	(3) The Federal Reserve Act of 1913 created 8
49	49	the Federal Reserve as the Nation’s central bank 9
50	50	and provided for a national banking system. The 10
51	51	Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System 11
52	52	issued new paper money called Federal Reserve 12
53	53	notes. 13
54	54	(4) The Secretary of the Treasury has histori-14
55	55	cally selected the designs shown on Federal Reserve 15
56	56	notes with the advice of the Bureau of Engraving 16
57	57	and Printing. 17
58	58	(5) United States Federal Reserve notes now in 18
59	59	production bear the following portraits: 19
60	60	(A) President George Washington on the 20
61	61	$1 bill. 21
62	62	(B) President Thomas Jefferson on the $2 22
63	63	bill. 23
64	64	(C) President Abraham Lincoln on the $5 24
65	65	bill. 25
66	66	(D) Alexander Hamilton on the $10 bill. 26
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70	70	(E) President Andrew Jackson on the $20 1
71	71	bill. 2
72	72	(F) President Ulysses S. Grant on the $50 3
73	73	bill. 4
74	74	(G) Benjamin Franklin on the $100 bill. 5
75	75	(6) There are also several denominations of 6
76	76	Federal Reserve notes that are no longer produced. 7
77	77	These include the $500 bill with the portrait of 8
78	78	President William McKinley, the $1,000 bill with a 9
79	79	portrait of President Grover Cleveland, the $5,000 10
80	80	bill with a portrait of President James Madison, the 11
81	81	$10,000 bill with a portrait of Salmon P. Chase, and 12
82	82	the $100,000 bill with a portrait of President Wood-13
83	83	row Wilson. 14
84	84	(7) Since the first general circulation of paper 15
85	85	money, no woman has ever held the honor of being 16
86	86	featured on paper money. 17
87	87	(8) In June 2015, then-Treasury Secretary 18
88	88	Jack Lew announced that the portrait of a woman 19
89	89	would be featured on the new $10 bill. 20
90	90	(9) After a lengthy period of public engagement 21
91	91	between the public and the Department of the 22
92	92	Treasury, on April 20, 2016, then-Treasury Sec-23
93	93	retary Lew announced that ‘‘for the first time in 24
94	94	more than a century, the front of our currency will 25
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98	98	feature the portrait of a woman—Harriet Tubman 1
99	99	on the $20 note’’. Additionally, the Secretary an-2
100	100	nounced the reverse of the new $10 note would fea-3
101	101	ture an image of the historic march for suffrage that 4
102	102	ended on the steps of the United States Department 5
103	103	of Treasury, featuring the leaders of the suffrage 6
104	104	movement—Lucretia Mott, Sojourner Truth, Susan 7
105	105	B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, and Alice 8
106	106	Paul. Finally, the Secretary also announced the re-9
107	107	verse of the $5 note would feature an image of his-10
108	108	toric figures at the Lincoln Memorial who shaped 11
109	109	our history and democracy, including Marian Ander-12
110	110	son, Eleanor Roosevelt, and Martin Luther King, Jr. 13
111	111	SEC. 3. HARRIET TUBMAN ON THE $20 NOTE. 14
112	112	(a) I
113	113	NGENERAL.—Section 5114(b) of title 31, 15
114	114	United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the 16
115	115	following: ‘‘No $20 note of United States currency may 17
116	116	be printed after December 31, 2028, which does not 18
117	117	prominently feature a portrait of Harriet Tubman on the 19
118	118	front face of the note.’’. 20
119	119	(b) P
120	120	RELIMINARYDESIGN.—The Secretary of the 21
121	121	Treasury shall release to the public the preliminary design 22
122	122	of the $20 note prominently featuring a portrait of Har-23
123	123	riet Tubman no later than December 31, 2026. 24
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