[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1931 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1931

 To amend the Federal Reserve Act to require the production of Federal 
 reserve notes in a manner which enables an individual who is blind to 
 determine the denomination of each such note, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 18, 2007

  Mr. Stark introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                    Committee on Financial Services

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Federal Reserve Act to require the production of Federal 
 reserve notes in a manner which enables an individual who is blind to 
 determine the denomination of each such note, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Catherine Skivers Currency for All 
Act''.

SEC. 2. DISTINCTIVE FEATURES REQUIRED FOR EACH FEDERAL RESERVE NOTE 
              DENOMINATION.

    (a) In General.--Section 16 of the Federal Reserve Act (12 U.S.C. 
418) is amended in the 8th undesignated paragraph--
            (1) by striking ``In order to furnish suitable notes for 
        circulation'' and inserting the following:
    ``(h) Engraving of Plates; Denomination and Form of Notes.--
            ``(1) In general.--`In order to furnish suitable notes for 
        circulation'''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
            ``(2) Distinctive features for various denominations.--
        Before being put into circulation, each Federal reserve note 
        the denomination of which is $50 or less shall be trimmed in 
        the manner required under this paragraph so as to make the 
        denomination of such note recognizable to an individual who is 
        blind:
                    ``(A) All 4 corners of each $1 Federal reserve 
                note.
                    ``(B) 3 corners of each $2 Federal reserve note.
                    ``(C) Upper left-hand and lower right-hand corners 
                of each $5 Federal reserve note.
                    ``(D) Upper left-hand and upper right-hand corners 
                of each $10 Federal reserve note.
                    ``(E) Upper left-hand and lower left-hand corner of 
                each $20 Federal reserve note.
                    ``(F) 1 corner of each $50 Federal reserve note.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--Paragraph (2) of section 16(h) of the Federal 
Reserve Act (as added by subsection (a) of this section) shall apply to 
each Federal reserve note the denomination of which is $50 or less 
which is put into circulation after the end of the 90-day period 
beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act.
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