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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 twen-
ty dollar bill, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Woman on the Twenty 
Act’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
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(1) In 1875, Congress adopted the dollar as the 
monetary unit of the United States. 
(2) In 1877, the Bureau of Engraving and 
Printing of the Department of the Treasury began 
printing all United States paper money. 
(3) The Federal Reserve Act of 1913 created 
the Federal Reserve as the Nation’s central bank 
and provided for a national banking system. The 
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System 
issued new paper money called Federal Reserve 
notes. 
(4) The Secretary of the Treasury usually se-
lects the designs shown on Federal Reserve notes 
with the advice of the Bureau of Engraving and 
Printing. 
(5) United States Federal Reserve notes now in 
production bear the following portraits: 
(A) President George Washington on the 
$1 bill. 
(B) President Thomas Jefferson on the $2 
bill. 
(C) President Abraham Lincoln on the $5 
bill. 
(D) Alexander Hamilton on the $10 bill. 
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(E) President Andrew Jackson on the $20 
bill. 
(F) President Ulysses S. Grant on the $50 
bill. 
(G) Benjamin Franklin on the $100 bill. 
(6) There are also several denominations of 
Federal Reserve notes that are no longer produced. 
These include the $500 bill with the portrait of 
President William McKinley, the $1,000 bill with a 
portrait of President Grover Cleveland, the $5,000 
bill with a portrait of President James Madison, the 
$10,000 bill with a portrait of Salmon P. Chase, and 
the $100,000 bill with a portrait of President Wood-
row Wilson. 
(7) However, since the first general circulation 
of paper money, no woman has ever held the honor 
of being featured on paper money. 
SEC. 3. CITIZENS PANEL RELATING TO THE LIKENESS OF A 
WOMAN TO BE INCLUDED ON THE $20 FED-
ERAL RESERVE NOTE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Treasury 
shall convene a panel of private citizens of the United 
States— 
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(1) to consider and analyze public input regard-
ing suggestions for the likeness of a woman to ap-
pear on the $20 Federal Reserve note; and 
(2) to make recommendations to the Secretary 
based on such input. 
(b) REPORT.—Not later than 6 months after receiv-
ing the recommendations described in subsection (a), the 
Secretary shall submit to Congress a report that includes 
such recommendations and a determination as to whether 
the likeness of a woman shall appear on the $20 Federal 
Reserve note. 
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