Sponsors (3)
The bill clarifies and preserves the neutrality of U.S. currency by banning images of living Presidents, which reduces design disputes but also eliminates a way to honor living individuals and may create modest administrative costs.
Federal agencies that design U.S. currency (Treasury and the Mint) and the public benefit from clearer, statutory rules that bar images of living Presidents on money, reducing ad hoc design disputes and helping preserve the perceived political neutrality of U.S. currency.
Community groups, families, and organizations lose a pathway to honor living individuals on coins or currency, reducing opportunities for commemorative recognition that can spotlight causes or local achievements.
Treasury, the Mint, and their contractors may incur administrative and redesign costs if existing or planned commemorative designs featuring living persons must be changed to comply with the new restriction.
Based on analysis of 2 sections of legislative text.
Prohibits portraits or busts of any living person on U.S. paper currency and of any living President on U.S. coins (including commemoratives).
Prohibits placing portraits or busts of any living person on United States coins or paper currency. The change explicitly bars portraits or busts of living Presidents from appearing on any U.S. coins (including commemorative coins) and separately prohibits portraits or busts of any living person on U.S. paper currency.
Official title: To amend title 31, United States Code, to prohibit representations of a living President on United States coins or currency, and to prohibit representations of any living person on any United States currency.
Introduced October 10, 2025 by Ritchie Torres · Last progress October 10, 2025