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116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2423 
To require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in commemoration 
of ratification of the 19th Amendment to the Constitution of the United 
States, giving women in the United States the right to vote. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 30, 2019 
Ms. STEFANIK (for herself and Mrs. LAWRENCE) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services 
A BILL 
To require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins 
in commemoration of ratification of the 19th Amendment 
to the Constitution of the United States, giving women 
in the United States the right to vote. 
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 Suffrage 
Centennial Commemorative Coin Act’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS; PURPOSE. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 
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(1) Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott 
organized the first Women’s Rights Convention in 
Seneca Falls, New York. 68 women and 32 men 
signed the Declaration of Sentiments at the Conven-
tion in July 1848. 
(2) The Declaration of Sentiments was modeled 
after the Declaration of Independence and declared 
that ‘‘all men and women are created equal’’, linking 
women’s rights directly to the founding ideals of the 
United States. 
(3) Suffrage activists, including Elizabeth Cady 
Stanton, Susan B. Anthony, Harriet Tubman, So-
journer Truth, Ida B. Wells, Jovita Idar, Inez 
Millholland, Mary Church Terrell, Anne Dallas Dud-
ley, Carrie Chapman Cat, Alice Paul, Lucy Burns, 
and many others, conducted over 900 local, State, 
and Federal campaigns over a 72-year time span to 
win women the right to vote. 
(4) On November 6, 1917, New York granted 
women the right to vote, which was an act that cre-
ated momentum for the national movement that cul-
minated in the ratification of the 19th Amendment 
to the Constitution of the United States 3 years 
later. 
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(5) The 19th Amendment to the Constitution of 
the United States (‘‘The Susan B. Anthony Amend-
ment’’) guarantees all United States women the 
right to vote and was passed by the 66th Congress 
of the United States on June 4, 1919. 
(6) On August 9, 1920, right before the ratifi-
cation period was set to expire, Governor Albert H. 
Roberts called a special session of the Tennessee 
General Assembly to consider the amendment. Pro- 
suffrage and anti-suffrage activists from around the 
country descended on Nashville, Tennessee, intent 
on influencing the legislature. 
(7) After the amendment was defeated in a 48– 
48 tie vote, Tennessee State Representative Harry 
T. Burn from McMinn County cast the deciding fa-
vorable vote after receiving a note from his mother, 
Phoebe Ensminger Burn, imploring him to vote yes 
for ratification. 
(8) On August 18, 1920, Tennessee became the 
36th and final State needed to pass the 19th 
Amendment, ensuring its ratification pursuant to 
Article V of the Constitution of the United States. 
(9) The 19th Amendment was ratified on Au-
gust 26, 1920, when Secretary of State Bainbridge 
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Colby issued a proclamation announcing it has be-
come part of the Constitution of the United States. 
(10) The ratification of the 19th Amendment 
marked the single largest extension of voting rights 
in United States history, enfranchising 27,000,000 
American women in the United States. 
(b) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this Act is— 
(1) to honor and commemorate the work of 
women suffrage activists in the late 19th and early 
20th centuries; 
(2) to increase public awareness and apprecia-
tion for the history of the women’s suffrage move-
ment; and 
(3) to encourage all women in the United 
States to exercise their hard-won franchise and to 
become involved in civic life if they so choose. 
SEC. 3. COIN SPECIFICATIONS. 
(a) $1 SILVER COINS.—The Secretary of the Treas-
ury (hereafter in this Act referred to as the ‘‘Secretary’’) 
shall mint and issue not more than 400,000 $1 coins, 
which shall— 
(1) weigh 26.73 grams; 
(2) have a diameter of 1.500 inches; and 
(3) contain at least 90 percent silver. 
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(b) LEGAL TENDER.—The coins minted under this 
Act shall be legal tender, as provided in section 5103 of 
title 31, United States Code. 
(c) NUMISMATIC ITEMS.—For purposes of sections 
5134 and 5136 of title 31, United States Code, all coins 
minted under this Act shall be considered to be numis-
matic items. 
SEC. 4. DESIGN OF COIN. 
(a) DESIGN REQUIREMENTS.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The design of the coins 
minted under this Act shall be emblematic of the 
women who played a vital role in rallying support for 
the 19th Amendment to the Constitution of the 
United States. 
(2) DESIGNATIONS
AND
INSCRIPTIONS.—On 
each coin minted under this Act, there shall be— 
(A) a designation of the value of the coin; 
(B) an inscription of the year ‘‘2020’’; and 
(C) inscriptions of the words ‘‘Liberty’’, 
‘‘In God We Trust’’, ‘‘United States of Amer-
ica’’, and ‘‘E Pluribus Unum.’’ 
(b) SELECTION.—The design for the coins minted 
under this Act shall— 
(1) contain motifs that honor Susan B. An-
thony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Carrie Chapman 
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Catt, Harriet Tubman, Mary Church Terrell, Alice 
Paul, Lide Meriwether, Ida B. Wells, and other suf-
frage activists of the late 19th century and early 
20th centuries; 
(2) be selected by the Secretary, after consulta-
tion with the Smithsonian Institution’s American 
Women’s History Initiative, and the Commission of 
Fine Arts; and 
(3) be reviewed by the Citizens Coinage Advi-
sory Committee. 
SEC. 5. ISSUANCE OF COINS. 
(a) QUALITY OF COINS.—Coins minted under this 
Act shall be issued in uncirculated and proof qualities. 
(b) MINT FACILITIES.—Only 1 facility of the United 
States Mint may be used to strike any particular quality 
of the coins minted under this Act. 
(c) PERIOD
FOR ISSUANCE.—The Secretary may 
issue coins under this Act only during the period begin-
ning on January 1, 2020, and ending on December 31, 
2020. 
SEC. 6. SALE OF COINS. 
(a) SALE PRICE.—The coins issued under this Act 
shall be sold by the Secretary at a price equal to the sum 
of— 
(1) the face value of the coins; 
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