[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 925 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 925

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.


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                   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

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                                 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.

    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 ``Women on the Twenty Act''.

SEC. 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.''.
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