Harriet Tubman Tribute Act of 2015

Bill: 114-s-1508
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH]
Introduced: 2015-06-04
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Currency

Racial and ethnic relations

U.S. history

Women's rights
Latest action: action_date: 2015-06-04
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.

Summaries:
action_date: 2015-06-04
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p> <b>Harriet Tubman Tribute Act of 2015</b></p> <p> This bill amends the Federal Reserve Act to direct the Department of the Treasury to ensure that the face of all $20 federal reserve notes printed after December 31, 2017, bear the likeness of Harriet Tubman. </p>

tv_txt: II 114th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 1508 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES June 4, 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 redesign $20 Federal reserve notes so as to include a likeness of Harriet Tubman, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Harriet Tubman Tribute Act of 2015 . 2. Likeness of Harriet Tubman required to be included on the face of $20 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: The Secretary of the Treasury shall ensure that the face of all $20 Federal reserve notes printed after December 31, 2017, shall bear the likeness of Harriet Tubman. .