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107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1021
To require the Secretary of the Treasury to redesign Federal reserve notes
of all denominations so as to incorporate the preamble to the Constitution
of the United States, a list describing the Articles of the Constitution,
and a list describing the Articles of Amendment, on the reverse side
of such currency.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MARCH 14, 2001
Mr. CANTOR (for himself, Mr. SISISKY, Mr. WOLF, Mr. TOM DAVIS of Vir-
ginia, Mr. MORAN of Virginia, Mr. SCOTT, Mr. SCHROCK, Mr. GOODE,
Mr. GOODLATTE, Mr. BOUCHER, Mr. CRENSHAW, Mrs. JO ANN DAVIS
of Virginia, Mrs. MYRICK, Mr. PLATTS, Mr. TOWNS, and Mr. TANCREDO)
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Fi-
nancial Services
A BILL
To require the Secretary of the Treasury to redesign Federal
reserve notes of all denominations so as to incorporate
the preamble to the Constitution of the United States,
a list describing the Articles of the Constitution, and
a list describing the Articles of Amendment, on the re-
verse side of such currency.
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 ‘‘Liberty Bill Act’’.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds as follows:
(1) Many Americans are unaware of the provi-
sions of the Constitution of the United States, one
of the most remarkable and important documents in
world history.
(2) An abbreviated version of this important
document, consisting of the preamble, a list of the
Articles, and a list of the Articles of Amendment,
could easily be placed on the reverse side of all Fed-
eral reserve notes.
(3) The placement of an abbreviated version of
the Constitution on all Federal reserve notes would
serve to remind people of the historical importance
of the Constitution and its impact on their lives
today.
(4) Americans would be reminded by the pre-
amble of the blessings of liberty; by the Articles, of
the framework of the Government; and by the Arti-
cles of Amendment, of the historical changes to the
document that forms the very core of the American
experience.
SEC. 3. REDESIGN OF REVERSE SIDE OF FEDERAL RE-
SERVE NOTES.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 5114 of title 31, United
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new subsection:
‘‘(d) LIBERTY BILLS.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In addition to the require-
ments of subsection (b) (relating to the inclusion of
the inscription ‘In God We Trust’ on all United
States currency) and the 8th undesignated para-
graph of section 16 of the Federal Reserve Act, the
design of the reverse side of all Federal reserve
notes shall incorporate the preamble to the Constitu-
tion of the United States, a list describing the Arti-
cles of the Constitution, and a list describing the Ar-
ticles of Amendment.
‘‘(2) DESIGN.—Subject to paragraph (3), the
preamble to the Constitution of the United States
and the list describing the Articles of the Constitu-
tion shall appear on the reverse side of all Federal
reserve notes in the following format (shown as it
would appear on the $1 Federal reserve note):
‘‘(3) AUTHORITY OF SECRETARY.—The require-
ments of this subsection shall not be construed as—
‘‘(A) prohibiting the inclusion of any other
inscriptions or material on the reverse side of
Federal reserve notes which the Secretary may
determine to be necessary or appropriate; or
‘‘(B) limiting any other authority of the
Secretary with regard to the design of Federal
reserve notes, including the adoption of any de-
sign features to deter the counterfeiting of
United States currency.’’.
(b) DATE OF APPLICATION.—The amendment made
by subsection (a) shall apply to all Federal reserve notes
which are first placed into circulation after December 31,
2001.
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