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114th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 2610
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
June 2, 2015
Mr. Katko (for himself, Mr. Cummings, Mr. Gibson, Mr. Hurd of Texas, Miss Rice of New York, Mr. Buck, Ms. Graham, Mrs. Brooks of Indiana, and Ms. McSally) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services
A BILL
To require the Secretary of the Treasury to redesign 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 2015.
2.
Likeness of Harriet Tubman required to be included on the face of 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 designate one of the foregoing denominations and shall ensure that the face of all Federal reserve notes of that denomination printed after December 31, 2017, shall bear the likeness of Harriet Tubman..