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114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2147 

To require the Secretary of the Treasury to convene a panel of citizens 

to make a recommendation to the Secretary regarding featuring the 

likeness of a woman on the twenty dollar bill, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

APRIL 30, 2015 

Mrs. BEATTY introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on Financial Services 

A BILL 

To require the Secretary of the Treasury to convene a panel 

of citizens to make a recommendation to the Secretary 

regarding featuring the likeness of a woman on the twenty dollar bill, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Woman on the Twenty 

5 Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

7 Congress finds the following: 


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1 (1) In 1875, Congress adopted the dollar as the 

2 monetary unit of the United States. 

3 (2) In 1877, the Bureau of Engraving and 

4 Printing of the Department of the Treasury began 

5 printing all United States paper money. 

6 (3) The Federal Reserve Act of 1913 created 

7 the Federal Reserve as the Nation’s central bank 

8 and provided for a national banking system. The 

9 Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System 

10 issued new paper money called Federal Reserve 

11 notes. 

12 (4) The Secretary of the Treasury usually se13 lects the designs shown on Federal Reserve notes 

14 with the advice of the Bureau of Engraving and 

15 Printing. 

16 (5) United States Federal Reserve notes now in 

17 production bear the following portraits: 

18 (A) President George Washington on the 

19 $1 bill. 

20 (B) President Thomas Jefferson on the $2 

21 bill. 

22 (C) President Abraham Lincoln on the $5 

23 bill. 

24 (D) Alexander Hamilton on the $10 bill. 


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1 (E) President Andrew Jackson on the $20 

2 bill. 

3 (F) President Ulysses S. Grant on the $50 

4 bill. 

5 (G) Benjamin Franklin on the $100 bill. 

6 (6) There are also several denominations of 

7 Federal Reserve notes that are no longer produced. 

8 These include the $500 bill with the portrait of 

9 President William McKinley, the $1,000 bill with a 

10 portrait of President Grover Cleveland, the $5,000 

11 bill with a portrait of President James Madison, the 

12 $10,000 bill with a portrait of Salmon P. Chase, and 

13 the $100,000 bill with a portrait of President Wood14 row Wilson. 

15 (7) However, since the first general circulation 

16 of paper money, no woman has ever held the honor 

17 of being featured on paper money. 

18 SEC. 3. CITIZENS PANEL RELATING TO THE LIKENESS OF A 

19 WOMAN TO BE INCLUDED ON THE $20 FED20 ERAL RESERVE NOTE. 

21 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Treasury 

22 shall convene a panel of private citizens of the United 

23 States— 


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1 (1) to consider and analyze public input regard2 ing suggestions for the likeness of a woman to ap3 pear on the $20 Federal Reserve note; and 

4 (2) to make recommendations to the Secretary 

5 based on such input. 

6 (b) REPORT.—Not later than 6 months after receiv7 ing the recommendations described in subsection (a), the 

8 Secretary shall submit to Congress a report that includes 

9 such recommendations and a determination as to whether 

10 the likeness of a woman shall appear on the $20 Federal 

11 Reserve note. 

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