HUMBLE Presidents Act
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1Short title
This section would state that the Act may be cited as the Halting Unilateral Money and Building Labeling by Egotistical Presidents Act or the HUMBLE Presidents Act.
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1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Halting Unilateral Money and Building Labeling by Egotistical Presidents Act or the HUMBLE Presidents Act .
2Prohibitions relating to the use of names, images, likenesses, and signatures of sitting Presidents
This section would define a covered asset to mean Federal property, including a Federal building, and any other Federal asset. It would prohibit using the name, image, likeness, or signature of a sitting President to designate or name a covered asset. It would separately prohibit using the name, image, likeness, or signature of a sitting President to decorate the exterior of a covered asset. It would prohibit using Federal funds to carry out either of those two prohibited activities. It would also amend title 31 of the United States Code to add a new provision stating that the name, image, likeness, or signature of the sitting President may not appear on any United States coin. Finally, it would insert a new sentence into the law governing currency and security design stating that the name or signature of the sitting President, or any image or likeness of the sitting President not already addressed by the sentence that follows it in that law, may not appear on United States currency or securities.
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2. Prohibitions relating to the use of names, images, likenesses, and signatures of sitting Presidents (a) Covered asset defined In this section, the term covered asset means— (1) Federal property, including a Federal building; and (2) any other Federal asset. (b) Designation The name, image, likeness, or signature of a sitting President may not be used to designate or name a covered asset. (c) Decoration The name, image, likeness, or signature of a sitting President may not be used to decorate the exterior of a covered asset. (d) Use of funds No Federal funds may be used to carry out an activity prohibited under subsection (b) or (c). (e) Prohibition with respect to the name, image, likeness, or signature of the President on United States coins and currency Subchapter II of chapter 51 of title 31, United States Code, is amended— (1) in section 5112, by adding at the end the following: (bb) Prohibition on certain representations The name, image, likeness, or signature of the sitting President may not appear on any United States coin. ; and (2) in section 5114(b), by inserting after the first sentence the following: The name or signature of the sitting President, or any image or likeness of the sitting President that is not covered under the following sentence, may not appear on United States currency or securities. .
Where it is
In the Senate.