The Woman on the Twenty Act requires the U.S. Treasury Department to place a portrait of Harriet Tubman on the front of the $20 bill. The Secretary of the Treasury must release a preliminary design of the new $20 note to the public by December 31, 2026, and all $20 notes printed after December 31, 2028, must feature Tubman's portrait. This legislation fulfills a 2016 Treasury Department announcement to honor Tubman, an abolitionist and Underground Railroad conductor, making her the first woman to appear on circulating U.S. paper currency in the nation's history. The bill affects the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, which produces U.S. currency, and impacts the general public through the gradual transition of currency in circulation. No specific new federal funding is allocated in this bill, as the costs are absorbed within existing Treasury operations.
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