----- Original Message ----- From: "Tom Kaufman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, April 18, 2007 11:39 PM Subject: [peeps-talk] Fw: PRESS RELEASE--STARK INTRODUCES LEGISLATION TO ENABLE BLIND AND VISUALLY IMPAIRED AMERICANS TO EASILY RECOGNIZE PAPER CURRENCY
> Subject: FW: PRESS RELEASE--STARK INTRODUCES LEGISLATION TO ENABLE BLIND > AND VISUALLY IMPAIRED AMERICANS TO EASILY RECOGNIZE PAPER CURRENCY > > > Now we're getting somewhere--maybe! > > > NEWS ____________________________________________________________ >> CONGRESSMAN PETE STARK >> 239 CANNON HOB, WASHINGTON, DC 20515 (202) 225-5065 >> www.house.gov/stark >> ________________________________________________________________________ >> ___________________________ >> 13TH DISTRICT, CALIFORNIA >> CHAIRMAN, WAYS AND MEANS HEALTH SUBCOMMITTEE >> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, Wednesday, April 18, 2007 >> CONTACT: Yoni Cohen, (202) 225-3202 >> STARK INTRODUCES LEGISLATION TO ENABLE BLIND AND VISUALLY IMPAIRED >> AMERICANS TO EASILY RECOGNIZE PAPER CURRENCY >> WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Representative Pete Stark (D-CA) today >> introduced the Catherine Skivers Currency for All Act. This >> legislation would make U.S. currency accessible to all blind and >> visually impaired Americans. >> All Americans should be able to recognize the denominations of >> paper currency, said Stark. But current bills are identical in >> size, which prevents millions of blind and visually impaired people >> from fully participating in our economy. The Catherine Skivers >> Currency Act would allow the United States to join the rest of the >> world in making its currency available to all. >> Of the more than 180 countries that issue their own banknotes, only >> the United States prints identical bills for every denomination. In >> November of 2006, a U.S. District Court found that the Treasury >> Department had violated the Rehabilitation Act by issuing paper >> currency that visually impaired individuals could not readily >> distinguish. The court ordered the government to make paper currency >> recognizable to the blind through the use of distinguishing tactile >> marks, a decision the Treasury Department is appealing. >> Rep. Starks legislation i s named after Catherine Skivers, a >> constituent of his who is the immediate past president of the >> California Council of the Blind. It requires the U.S. Treasury to >> trim the corners of all bills in a manner that prevents fraud, with >> lower value bills having more corners trimmed as detailed below. >> The bill calls for the trimming of four corners on the one dollar >> bill, three corners on the two dollar bill, two diagonal corners on >> the five dollar bill, two corners on a long side of the ten dollar >> bill, two corners on a short side of the 20 dollar bill, one corner >> on the 50 dollar bill, and no corners on the 100 dollar bill. >> >> >> >> -- >> Join the Monthly Monetary Support program (MMS) and help improve tomorrow >> today in ACB. >> For details, contact Dr. Ron Milliman, MMS Program Committee Chair, by >> e-mail: >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] or by phone a t 270-782-9325 and get started >> making >> tomorrow look brighter today in ACB! >> >> This message has come to you from the ACB Leadership List: a special >> List for use by the leadership of the American Council of the Blind. >> This communication is privileged and may contain confidential >> information intended only for the person(s) to whom it is addressed. >> Any unauthorized disclosure, copying, other distribution of this >> communication is strictly prohibited and may result in immediate removal >> from the List. 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