Harriet Tubman Tribute Act of 2019

H.R. 1083 · 116th Congress · Feb 7, 2019 · Lineage

A BILL

To require the Secretary of the Treasury to redesign $20 Federal reserve notes so as to include a likeness of Harriet Tubman, and for other purposes.

1. Short title

This Act may be cited as the “Harriet Tubman Tribute Act of 2019”.

2. Likeness of Harriet Tubman required to be included on the face of $20 Federal reserve notes

The 8th 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: “The Secretary of the Treasury shall ensure that the face of all $20 Federal reserve notes printed after December 31, 2020, shall bear the likeness of Harriet Tubman.”.

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Feb 7, 2019viewing Introduced in House Mr. Katko (for himself, Mr. Cummings, Ms. Speier, Ms. Norton, Mr. Higgins of New York, Ms. Stefanik, Mrs. Watson Coleman, Mr. Raskin, Mr. Grijalva, Ms. Kuster of New Hampshire, and Mr. Hurd of Texas) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services

Harriet Tubman Tribute Act of 2019

1. Short title

2. Likeness of Harriet Tubman required to be included on the face of $20 Federal reserve notes

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