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HI HCR214

Concurrent Resolution

Status

Passed

4/22/2019

Primary Sponsor

Chris Lee

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Origin

House of Representatives

2019 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Urges the United States Treasury to expedite the process of designing new $5, $10, and $20 banknotes to fulfill the 2016 commitment to introduce Harriet Tubman and other female and civil rights leaders by 2020.

  • References the centennial anniversary of Women's Suffrage in 2020 as the target date for unveiling the redesigned currency to the American public and the world.

  • Directs the Bureau of Engraving and Printing and the Federal Reserve to continue working on currency designs with an aim to introduce new notes into public use within the next decade.

  • Calls for transmission of the resolution to the President, Treasury Secretary, Director of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, Chair of the Federal Reserve, and members of Hawaii's congressional delegation.

Legislative Description

Urging The United States Department Of The Treasury To Maintain The Original Timeline To Introduce Harriet Tubman And Other Female And Civil Rights Leaders Onto United States Currency By 2020 To Celebrate One Hundred Years Of Women's Suffrage.

United States Department of Treasury redesign of U.S. currency to include Harriett Tubman and other women's and civil rights lea

Last Action

Resolution adopted in final form.

4/22/2019

Committee Referrals

Public Safety, Intergovernmental and Military Affairs4/3/2019
Judiciary3/14/2019

Full Bill Text

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