Celebrating the First Woman in Congress Currency Act

Bill: 114-s-1633
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Daines, Steve [R-MT]
Introduced: 2015-06-18
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Currency

House of Representatives

Members of Congress

U.S. history

Women's rights
Latest action: action_date: 2015-06-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.

Summaries:
action_date: 2015-06-18
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><b>Celebrating the First Woman in Congress Currency Act</b></p> <p>This bill amends the Federal Reserve Act to prohibit Federal Reserve Notes from bearing the likeness of any woman other than that of Jeannette Rankin until after the date upon which Federal Reserve Notes bearing her likeness are first printed.</p>

tv_txt: II 114th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 1633 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES June 18, 2015 Mr. Daines introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs A BILL To require that the face of Federal Reserve Notes bear the likeness of Jeannette Rankin before the likeness of any other woman appears on a Federal Reserve Note, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Celebrating the First Woman in Congress Currency Act . 2. Likeness of Jeannette Rankin required to be included on the face of Federal Reserve Notes The eighth 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: Beginning on the date of enactment of this Act, if the Secretary of the Treasury determines that the face of one of the foregoing denominations shall bear the likeness of a woman, the face of any Federal Reserve Note may not bear the likeness of any other woman until after the date on which Federal Reserve Notes bearing the likeness of Jeannette Rankin are first printed. .