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HR 3714 115th Congress House

Harriet Tubman Tribute Act of 2017

Official title: 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.

Introduced: September 13, 2017 See on congress.gov
Finance and Financial Sector CurrencyRacial and ethnic relationsU.S. historyWomen's rights
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Sep 8, 2017
Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
Sep 8, 2017
Introduced in House
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 Latest action September 8, 2017

Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Harriet Tubman Tribute Act of 2017

This bill amends the Federal Reserve Act to require the Department of the Treasury to ensure that each $20 federal reserve note printed after December 31, 2019, bears the likeness of Harriet Tubman.

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Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 6
All 6 Democratic 5
D
Khanna, Ro
California · Mar 7, 2018
 D
Watson Coleman, Bonnie
New Jersey · Feb 14, 2018
Delaney, John
· Oct 19, 2017
 D
Evans, Dwight
Pennsylvania · Sep 13, 2017
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Sep 13, 2017
 D
Raskin, Jamie
Maryland · Sep 13, 2017
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3714: Harriet Tubman Tribute Act of 2017. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-3714/
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"H.R. 3714: Harriet Tubman Tribute Act of 2017." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-3714/.
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H.R. 3714, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-3714/.
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