Volume 69
Public Law 84–140
To provide that all United States currency shall bear the inscription “In God We Trust”.
Approved July 11, 1955
Statutory text
AN ACT
To provide that all United States currency shall bear the inscription “In God We Trust”.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That at such time as new dies for the printing of currency are adopted in connection with the current program of the Treasury Department to increase the capacity of presses utilized by the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, the dies shall bear, at such place or places thereon as the Secretary of the Treasury may determine to be appropriate, the inscription “In God We Trust”, and thereafter this inscription shall appear on all United States currency and coins.
Approved July 11, 1955.