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Change Corruption Act

To prohibit a United States currency featuring the likeness of a living or sitting President.

Introduced Dec 9, 2025

Latest action (Dec 9, 2025) Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.

Referred to
Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee
Policy area
Finance and Financial Sector
Issues
Economy & Taxes

Summary

This bill prohibits U.S. currency from featuring the likeness of any living or sitting President of the United States. The prohibition prevents any currently serving President or former President who is still living from being featured on U.S. coins or paper currency. The restriction applies to all forms of U.S. currency and takes effect upon enactment.

AI-generated plain-language summary of the bill text — neutral, and may be imperfect. See the full text below for the exact wording.

Sponsor (1)
5 cosponsors

Actions (2)
  1. Dec 9, 2025 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. · senate
  2. Dec 9, 2025 Introduced in Senate

Similar bills (6)

Bills with similar text or summary — includes reintroductions across Congresses. Ranked by semantic similarity of the bill text (computed locally); a neutral discovery aid, not a claim the bills are duplicates.

  • HR 8174 — To amend title 31, United States Code, to prohibit the issuance of United States currency and securities containing the signature of the sitting President. · Introduced Apr 2, 2026 · Cong. 119 76%
  • HR 5741 — TRUMP Act of 2025 · Introduced Oct 10, 2025 · Cong. 119 73%
  • S 1554 — Make Sense Not Cents Act · Introduced May 1, 2025 · Cong. 119 59%
  • S 1668 — End Crypto Corruption Act of 2025 · Introduced May 8, 2025 · Cong. 119 59%
  • HR 6831 — Stop Padding Presidential Pockets Act · Introduced Dec 17, 2025 · Cong. 119 58%
  • HR 5842 — No Presidential Payouts Act · Introduced Oct 28, 2025 · Cong. 119 58%

Full text

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

December 9, 2025

Mr. Merkley (for himself, Ms. Cortez Masto, Mr. Wyden, Mr. Blumenthal, and Mr. Kim) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs

A BILL

To prohibit a United States currency featuring the likeness of a living or sitting President.

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 “Change Corruption Act”.

SEC. 2. NO UNITED STATES CURRENCY FEATURING THE LIKENESS OF A LIVING OR SITTING PRESIDENT.

No United States currency may feature the likeness of a living or sitting President. <all>

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