PRINTER'S NO. 1117
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE RESOLUTION
No.
87
Session of
2021
INTRODUCED BY PARKER, BULLOCK, BURGOS, DELLOSO, FRANKEL, GUENST,
HERRIN, HOWARD, INNAMORATO, KENYATTA, KINKEAD, KINSEY,
MADDEN, N. NELSON, SAMUELSON, SCHLOSSBERG, SHUSTERMAN,
STURLA, WEBSTER AND WHEATLEY, APRIL 1, 2021
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT, APRIL 1, 2021
A RESOLUTION
Urging President Joseph R. Biden, the Congress of the United
States and United States Secretary of the Treasury Janet L.
Yellen to honor the pledge made to place Harriet Tubman's
image on the $20 bill.
WHEREAS, In 2015, the United States Treasury Department
announced a plan to place a woman on a currency note during the
implementation of security and anti-counterfeiting measures
along with the redesign process of the $20, $10 and $5 bills;
and
WHEREAS, More than 1 million citizens expressed their opinion
and made hundreds of suggestions to then United States Secretary
of the Treasury Jacob J. Lew; and
WHEREAS, On April 20, 2016, Secretary Lew announced that the
women's suffrage movement would be honored on the back of the
redesigned $10 bill through depictions of Lucretia Mott,
Sojourner Truth, Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton and
Alice Paul for their contributions in shaping the history of
this country; and
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