,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #cjhb  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,june #d1 #bjai,mrs4 
,beatty 7for herself1 ,ms4 ,velzquez1   
,ms4 ,meng1 ,ms4 ,lee of ,california1   
,mr4 ,raskin1 ,ms4 ,tlaib1 ,mr4 ,clay1  
,mr4 ,green of ,texas1 and ,mr4         
,hastings7 introduced the following     
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,financial ,services  ,a  
,,bill  ,to require #bj notes to include
 a portrait of ,harriet ,tubman1 and for
 other purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this
 ,act may be cited as the ,woman on the 
,twenty ,act of #bjai4  #b4 ,findings   
,congress finds the following3  7#a7 ,in
 #ahge1 ,congress adopted the dollar as 
the monetary unit of the ,united        
,states4  7#b7 ,in #ahgg1 the ,bureau of
 ,engraving and ,printing of the        
,department of the ,treasury began      
printing all ,united ,states paper      
money4  7#c7 ,the ,federal ,reserve ,act
 of #aiac created the ,federal ,reserve 
as the ,nation's central bank and       

provided for a national banking system4 
,the ,board of ,governors of the        
,federal ,reserve ,system issued new    
paper money called ,federal ,reserve    
notes4  7#d7 ,the ,secretary of the     
,treasury has historically selected the 
designs shown on ,federal ,reserve notes
 with the advice of the ,bureau of      
,engraving and ,printing4  7#e7 ,united 
,states ,federal ,reserve notes now in  
production bear the following portraits3
 7,a7 ,president ,george ,washington on 
the #a bill4  7,b7 ,president ,thomas   
,jefferson on the #b bill4  7,c7        
,president ,abraham ,lincoln on the #e  
bill4  7,d7 ,alexander ,hamilton on the 
#aj bill4  7,e7 ,president ,andrew      
,jackson on the #bj bill4  7,f7         
,president ,ulysses ,s4 ,grant on the   
#ej bill4  7,g7 ,benjamin ,franklin on  
the #ajj bill4  7#f7 ,there are also    
several denominations of ,federal       
,reserve notes that are no longer       
produced4 ,these include the #ejj bill  
with the portrait of ,president ,william

 ,mc,kinley1 the #a1jjj bill with a     
portrait of ,president ,grover          
,cleveland1 the #e1jjj bill with a      
portrait of ,president ,james ,madison1 
the #aj1jjj bill with a portrait of     
,salmon ,p4 ,chase1 and the #ajj1jjj    
bill with a portrait of ,president      
,woodrow ,wilson4  7#g7 ,since the first
 general circulation of paper money1 no 
woman has ever held the honor of being  
featured on paper money4  7#h7 ,in ,june
 #bjae1 then-,treasury ,secretary ,jack 
,lew announced that the portrait of a   
woman would be featured on the new #aj  
bill4  7#i7 ,after a lengthy period of  
public engagement between the public and
 the ,department of the ,treasury1 on   
,april #bj1 #bjaf1 then-,treasury       
,secretary ,lew announced that for the  
first time in more than a century1 the  
front of our currency will feature the  
portrait of a woman--,harriet ,tubman on
 the #bj note4 ,additionally1 the       
,secretary announced the reverse of the 
new #aj note would feature an image of  

the historic march for suffrage that    
ended on the steps of the ,united       
,states ,department of ,treasury1       
featuring the leaders of the suffrage   
movement--,lucretia ,mott1 ,sojourner   
,truth1 ,susan ,b4 ,anthony1 ,elizabeth 
,cady ,stanton1 and ,alice ,paul4       
,finally1 the ,secretary also announced 
the reverse of the #e note would feature
 an image of historic figures at the    
,lincoln ,memorial who shaped our       
history and democracy1 including ,marian
 ,anderson1 ,eleanor ,roosevelt1 and    
,martin ,luther ,king1 ,jr4  #c4        
,harriet ,tubman on the #bj note  7a7   
,in general ,section #eaad7;b7 of title 
#ca1 ,united ,states ,code1 is amended  
by adding at the end the following3 ,no 
#bj note of ,united ,states currency may
 be printed after ,december #ca1 #bjbb1 
which does not prominently feature a    
portrait of ,harriet ,tubman on the     
front face of the note44  7b7           
,preliminary design ,the ,secretary of  
the ,treasury shall release to the      

public the preliminary design of the #bj
 note prominently featuring a portrait  
of ,harriet ,tubman no later than       
,december #ca1 #bjbj4