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107TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. CON. RES. 169

Directing the Architect of the Capitol to enter into a contract for the design

and construction of a monument to commemorate the contributions of

minority women to women’s suffrage and to the participation of women

in public life, and for other purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

JUNE 20, 2001

Mr. DAVIS of Illinois (for himself, Ms. MILLENDER-MCDONALD, Mrs.

MALONEY of New York, Ms. NORTON, Mr. GONZALEZ, Mr. MCNULTY,

Ms. KAPTUR, Mr. FILNER, Mr. HINCHEY, Mr. CAPUANO, Ms. MCKINNEY, Mr. TOWNS, Mr. WYNN, Mr. ENGEL, Mr. JACKSON of Illinois, Mr.

HASTINGS of Florida, Mr. NADLER, Mr. PAYNE, Mr. BISHOP, Mr.

THOMPSON of Mississippi, Ms. CARSON of Indiana, Mr. MCINTYRE, Mrs.

MINK of Hawaii, Mr. CLYBURN, Mrs. CLAYTON, Mr. LEWIS of Georgia,

Mr. SHIMKUS, Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas, Mr. LANTOS, Mr. LAMPSON,

Ms. BROWN of Florida, Mr. HONDA, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Mr. SERRANO,

Mr. RODRIGUEZ, Mr. CLEMENT, Mr. PASCRELL, Mr. STARK, Ms. WATERS, Mrs. MEEK of Florida, Ms. SANCHEZ, Mr. REYES, Mr. ROSS, Mr.

PASTOR, Mr. HALL of Ohio, Mr. FATTAH, Mr. FALEOMAVAEGA, Mr.

BARRETT of Wisconsin, Mr. HINOJOSA, Mr. CLAY, Ms. SLAUGHTER, Mr.

MEEKS of New York, Mr. BLAGOJEVICH, Mr. KILDEE, Mrs. LOWEY, Mr.

MCGOVERN, Mr. CUMMINGS, Mr. OWENS, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Ms. BALDWIN, Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD, Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas, Ms.

MCCARTHY of Missouri, Mr. GREEN of Texas, Mr. FRANK, Mr. WATT

of North Carolina, Mr. SNYDER, Mr. SCOTT, Mr. BONIOR, Mrs. THURMAN, Mr. BACA, Ms. PELOSI, Mr. GUTTIERREZ, Ms. SOLIS, Mr. FROST,

Mr. HILLIARD, Mrs. MORELLA, Mrs. ROUKEMA, Ms. KILPATRICK, Ms.

WOOLSEY, Mr. UNDERWOOD, Ms. LEE, Mr. PALLONE, Mr. LANGEVIN,

Mr. ABERCROMBIE, and Mr. TRAFICANT) submitted the following concurrent resolution; which was referred to the Committee on House Administration
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CONCURRENT RESOLUTION

Directing the Architect of the Capitol to enter into a contract

for the design and construction of a monument to commemorate the contributions of minority women to women’s suffrage and to the participation of women in public

life, and for other purposes.

1 Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate

2 concurring),

3 SECTION 1. CONSTRUCTION OF MONUMENT COMMEMO4 RATING CONTRIBUTIONS OF MINORITY

5 WOMEN TO WOMEN’S SUFFRAGE.

6 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after the

7 date of the adoption of this concurrent resolution, the Ar8 chitect of the Capitol shall enter into a contract for the

9 design and construction of a monument to commemorate

10 the contributions of minority women to women’s suffrage

11 and to the participation of women in public life in the

12 United States.

13 (b) WOMEN DEPICTED ON MONUMENT.—The monu14 ment constructed pursuant to the contract entered into

15 under subsection (a) shall include depictions of an appro16 priate representative of each of the following, as deter17 mined by the recommendations provided by the advisory

18 committee under section 2:

19 (1) African American women.

20 (2) Hispanic American women.
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1 (3) Asian Pacific American women.

2 (4) Jewish American women.

3 (5) Native American women.

4 (c) DEADLINE FOR COMPLETION.—The contract en5 tered into under subsection (a) shall include a requirement

6 that the monument designed and constructed under the

7 contract be completed and delivered to the Architect of

8 the Capitol not later than 18 months after the date on

9 which the Architect enters into the contract.

10 (d) PLACEMENT IN ROTUNDA OF THE CAPITOL.—

11 Upon delivery of the monument constructed pursuant to

12 the contract entered into under subsection (a), the Archi13 tect of the Capitol shall arrange for the monument to be

14 placed in permanent display in the rotunda of the Capitol.

15 SEC. 2. USE OF ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR MAKING REC16 OMMENDATIONS ON WOMEN TO BE DE17 PICTED ON MONUMENT.

18 (a) IN GENERAL.—The individuals to be depicted on

19 the monument designed and constructed under this con20 current resolution shall be those individuals recommended

21 by an advisory committee consisting of—

22 (1) 1 member appointed by the Speaker of the

23 House of Representatives;

24 (2) 1 member appointed by the minority leader

25 of the House of Representatives; and
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1 (3) 1 member appointed by the President Pro

2 Tempore of the Senate.

3 (b) DEADLINE FOR APPOINTMENT.—Members of the

4 advisory committee shall be appointed not later than 30

5 days after the adoption of this concurrent resolution.

6 (c) NO COMPENSATION FOR SERVICE.—Members of

7 the advisory committee shall serve without pay.

8 (d) SOLICITATION OF NOMINEES FROM PUBLIC.—

9 The members of the advisory committee shall solicit from

10 the general public nominees for depiction on the monu11 ment designed and constructed under this concurrent res12 olution.

13 (e) DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION OF RECOMMENDA14 TIONS.—Not later than 90 days after the date of the adop15 tion of this concurrent resolution, the advisory committee

16 shall submit to the Architect of the Capitol the names of

17 the individuals to be depicted on the monument designed

18 and constructed under this concurrent resolution.

19 SEC. 3. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

20 There are authorized to be appropriated such sums

21 as may be necessary to carry out this concurrent resolu22 tion (including sums necessary for the advisory committee

23 to carry out its duties under section 2), to remain available

24 until expended.

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