Women on the Twenty Act

Bill: 114-s-925
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH]
Introduced: 2015-04-14
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Currency

U.S. history

Women's rights
Latest action: action_date: 2015-04-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.

Summaries:
action_date: 2015-04-14
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><b>Women on the Twenty Act</b></p> <p>This bill amends the Federal Reserve Act to direct the Secretary of the Treasury to convene a panel of private citizens to advise and make recommendations regarding the likeness of a woman to appear on the face of $20 federal reserve notes.</p> <p> Requires the Secretary and the panel to consider and weigh input from the American people.</p>

tv_txt: II 114th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 925 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES April 14, 2015 Mrs. Shaheen introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs A BILL To require the Secretary of the Treasury to convene a panel of citizens to make a recommendation to the Secretary regarding the likeness of a woman on the twenty dollar bill, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Women on the Twenty Act . 2. Citizens panel relating to the likeness of a woman to be included on the face of the $20 Federal Reserve note The 8th undesignated paragraph of section 16 of the Federal Reserve Act ( 12 U.S.C. 418 ) is amended by adding at the end the following new sentence: The Secretary of the Treasury shall convene a panel of private citizens of the United States to advise and make recommendations to the Secretary regarding the likeness of a woman to appear on the face of $20 Federal reserve notes. In carrying out the requirements of the preceding sentence, each of the Secretary and the panel shall consider and weigh input provided by the American people. .