Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Celebrating the First Woman in Congress Currency Act”.
Celebrating the First Woman in Congress Currency Act
A BILL
To require that the face of Federal Reserve Notes bear the likeness of Jeannette Rankin before the likeness of any other woman appears on a Federal Reserve Note, and for other purposes.
Sec. 2 Likeness of Jeannette Rankin required to be included on the face of Federal Reserve Notes
The eighth undesignated paragraph of section 16 of the Federal Reserve Act (12 U.S.C. 418) is amended by adding at the end the following new sentence: “Beginning on the date of enactment of this Act, if the Secretary of the Treasury determines that the face of one of the foregoing denominations shall bear the likeness of a woman, the face of any Federal Reserve Note may not bear the likeness of any other woman until after the date on which Federal Reserve Notes bearing the likeness of Jeannette Rankin are first printed.”.