Bill Details
HR.1761 - 119th Congress
Status
Latest action
2025-02-27 - Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
Introduced Date
2025-02-27
Policy Area
Finance and Financial Sector
Committees
View committees (1)
Cosponsors
View cosponsors (16)
- Rep. Harshbarger, Diana [R-Tennessee-1]
- Rep. Norman, Ralph [R-South Carolina-5]
- Rep. Issa, Darrell [R-California-48]
- Rep. Kelly, Trent [R-Mississippi-1]
- Rep. Stefanik, Elise M. [R-New York-21]
- Rep. Carter, Earl L. "Buddy" [R-Georgia-1]
- Rep. Babin, Brian [R-Texas-36]
- Rep. Rutherford, John H. [R-Florida-5]
- Rep. Steube, W. Gregory [R-Florida-17]
- Rep. Ogles, Andrew [R-Tennessee-5]
- Rep. Rouzer, David [R-North Carolina-7]
- Rep. Kelly, Mike [R-Pennsylvania-16]
- Rep. McGuire, John J. [R-Virginia-5]
- Rep. Barr, Andy [R-Kentucky-6]
- Rep. Rose, John W. [R-Tennessee-6]
- Rep. Meuser, Daniel [R-Pennsylvania-9]
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AI Summary This summary was generated by AI from the bill text. AI can get information wrong.
This bill would direct the Treasury Department to create a new $250 paper bill with a portrait of Donald J. Trump. It says the bill is meant to mark the 250th anniversary of the United States. The bill would also change the law so that a living or former president could appear on U.S. currency and certain government securities, which current law generally does not allow.
- It tells the Treasury Secretary to print $250 Federal Reserve notes within one year after the law takes effect.
- The notes would feature a portrait of Donald J. Trump.
- Congress states that these bills should be printed to help celebrate the nation’s semiquincentennial, or 250th anniversary.
- The bill would also revise federal law to make an exception allowing presidents, including living ones, to appear on U.S. money and securities.
Official Summaries
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.
Current Full Text
[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1761 Introduced in House (IH)]
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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.
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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
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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.''
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