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116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1923 
To amend title 31, United States Code, to require the Secretary of the 
Treasury to mint and issue quarter dollars in commemoration of the 
Nineteenth Amendment, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 27, 2019 
Ms. LEE of California (for herself and Mr. GONZALEZ of Ohio) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services 
A BILL 
To amend title 31, United States Code, to require the Sec-
retary of the Treasury to mint and issue quarter dollars 
in commemoration of the Nineteenth Amendment, 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 ‘‘Women’s History and 
Nineteenth Amendment Centennial Quarter Dollar Coin 
Program Act’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
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(1) The tireless and passionate efforts of the 
suffragists, their supporters, and other stakeholders 
contributed to the movement to grant and protect 
the right of all women to vote. 
(2) On August 26, 1920, after a long campaign 
by suffragists across the country, the United States 
Constitution was amended with the 19th Amend-
ment, granting women the right to vote. 
(3) On June 24, 1924, all Native Americans 
were granted citizenship, and by extension the right 
to vote. 
(4) In 1948, the legal victories of Native Amer-
ican veterans granted protections for the right of all 
Native men and women to vote. 
(5) On June 27, 1952, the Immigration and 
Nationality Act of 1952 was enacted, granting citi-
zenship to all individuals of Asian descent, and by 
extension, the right to vote. 
(6) Enactment of the Voting Rights Act of 
1965 on August 6, 1965, granted Black women pro-
tections to overcome the legal barriers that pre-
vented many from exercising their right to vote even 
though all Blacks had been granted citizenship in 
1868 with ratification of the 14th Amendment. 
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(7) On August 6, 1975, the amendments to the 
reauthorization of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 re-
moved language barriers to mitigate discrimination 
against Hispanic, Asian, and Native American vot-
ers. 
(8) It was not until March 29, 1961, when the 
23rd Amendment passed that women in Washington, 
DC, were allowed to vote in all elections. 
(9) Women’s history and the movement for 
women’s rights that the suffragists began extends 
beyond ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment. 
(10) August 26, 2020, marks the centennial of 
the day that women were granted the right to vote 
in America. 
SEC. 3. ISSUANCE OF COINS COMMEMORATING THE NINE-
TEENTH AMENDMENT. 
(a) AMENDMENT
TO NATIONAL SITES QUARTER 
DOLLAR PROGRAM.—Subsection (t) of section 5112 of 
title 31, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1)(A), by striking ‘‘Notwith-
standing the fourth sentence of subsection (d)(1) 
and subsection (d)(2)’’ and inserting ‘‘Subject to 
paragraph (8), and notwithstanding the fourth sen-
tence of subsection (d)(1) and subsection (d)(2)’’; 
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(2) by striking paragraph (7) and inserting the 
following: 
‘‘(7) PERIOD OF ISSUANCE.—Subject to para-
graph (2), the program established under this sub-
section shall continue in effect until a national site 
in each State has been honored and shall terminate 
not later than March 31, 2021.’’; and 
(3) by striking paragraph (8) and inserting the 
following: 
‘‘(8) DESIGNS STARTING ON JANUARY 1, 2021.— 
‘‘(A) TRANSITION PERIOD.—The design of 
the quarter dollar from January 1, 2021, to 
March 31, 2021, shall be as follows: 
‘‘(i) On January 1, 2021, the design 
shall be the final design of the national 
sites program established by this sub-
section. 
‘‘(ii) On a date selected by the Sec-
retary that is not earlier than January 15, 
2021, and not later than March 31, 2021, 
the design shall be the first design selected 
pursuant to the program described in sub-
section (x). 
‘‘(B) DESIGN AFTER END OF PROGRAM.— 
As of April 1, 2021, the design of the quarter 
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