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Introduced

In Committee

3

Passed One Chamber

4

Passed Both

5

Signed into Law

Sponsor

Joe Wilson

Republican · SC · Representative

Votes with party: 97.9% (574 recorded votes)

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Cosponsors (16)

Members who have signed on to support this bill since introduction. Source: Congress.gov.

Latest Action

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Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.

2025-02-27

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Committee Activity

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House Committee on Financial ServicesReferred To · 2025-02-27

Plain-English Summary

Donald J. Trump $250 Bill Act This bill requires the Department of the Treasury to print paper currency in the denomination of $250 featuring a portrait of President Donald Trump. Under current law, U.S. currency may only feature the portrait of a deceased person. The bill creates an exception for individuals who are or were President of the United States.

Plain-English rewrite of the Congressional Research Service summary published on Congress.gov. Cached and reviewed.

Subjects

Finance and Financial Sector

Full Bill Text

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[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 1761 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1761 To amend the Federal Reserve Act to require the Secretary of the Treasury to print $250 Federal reserve notes featuring a portrait of Donald J. Trump, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES February 27, 2025 Mr. Wilson of South Carolina (for himself, Mrs. Harshbarger, Mr. Norman, and Mr. Issa) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend the Federal Reserve Act to require the Secretary of the Treasury to print $250 Federal reserve notes featuring a portrait of Donald J. Trump, 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 ``Donald J. Trump $250 Bill Act''. SEC. 2. SENSE OF CONGRESS. It is the sense of the Congress that $250 bills with the portrait of Donald J. Trump be printed to commemorate the semiquincentennial of the United States. SEC. 3. PRINTING OF $250 FEDERAL RESERVE NOTES. 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: ``Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this sentence, the Secretary of the Treasury shall print Federal reserve notes in the denomination of $250 and such notes shall feature a portrait of Donald J. Trump.'' SEC. 4. ALLOWING THE PORTRAIT OF LIVING PRESIDENTS ON UNITED STATES CURRENCY AND SECURITIES. Section 5114(b) of title 31, United States Code, is amended by striking ``securities.'' and inserting ``securities, except if the individual is or has been the President of the United States.'' <all>

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