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House Calendar No. 230 

111TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 5711 

[Report No. 111–583] 

To provide for the furnishing of statues by the territories of the United 

States for display in Statuary Hall in the United States Capitol. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JULY 13, 2010 

Mr. FALEOMAVAEGA introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on House Administration 

JULY 30, 2010 

Additional sponsors: Ms. BORDALLO, Mr. PIERLUISI, Mr. SABLAN, and Mrs. 

CHRISTENSEN

JULY 30, 2010 

Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed 


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A BILL 

To provide for the furnishing of statues by the territories 

of the United States for display in Statuary Hall in 

the United States Capitol. 


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1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. FURNISHING OF STATUES FOR STATUARY 

4 HALL BY TERRITORIES. 

5 (a) IN GENERAL.—The President is authorized to in6 vite each territory of the United States to provide and fur7 nish a statue in marble or bronze of a deceased person 

8 who has been a citizen thereof, and illustrious for the per9 son’s historic renown or for distinguished civic or military 

10 services, such as the territory may deem to be worthy of 

11 this national commemoration; and when so furnished, the 

12 same shall be placed in Statuary Hall in the United States 

13 Capitol. 

14 (b) LIMITATION.—No statue of any individual may 

15 be placed in Statuary Hall pursuant to this Act until after 

16 the expiration of the 10-year period which begins on the 

17 date of the individual’s death. 

18 SEC. 2. REPLACEMENT OF STATUES. 

19 (a) REQUEST BY TERRITORY.— 

20 (1) IN GENERAL.—A territory of the United 

21 States may request the Joint Committee on the Li22 brary of Congress to approve the replacement of a 

23 statue the territory has provided for display in Stat24 uary Hall in the United States Capitol under section 

25 1. 


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1 (2) CONDITIONS.—A request shall be consid2 ered under paragraph (1) only if— 

3 (A) the request has been approved by a 

4 resolution adopted by the legislature of the ter5 ritory and the request has been approved by the 

6 Governor of the territory; and 

7 (B) the statue to be replaced has been dis8 played in the United States Capitol for at least 

9 10 years as of the time the request is made, ex10 cept that the Joint Committee may waive this 

11 requirement for cause at the request of the ter12 ritory. 

13 (b) AGREEMENT UPON APPROVAL.—If the Joint 

14 Committee on the Library of Congress approves a request 

15 under subsection (a), the Architect of the Capitol shall 

16 enter into an agreement with the territory to carry out 

17 the replacement in accordance with the request and any 

18 conditions the Joint Committee may require for its ap19 proval. Such agreement shall provide that— 

20 (1) the new statue shall be subject to the same 

21 conditions and restrictions as apply to any statue 

22 provided by the territory under section 1; and 

23 (2) the territory shall pay any costs related to 

24 the replacement, including costs in connection with 

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1 ment of the new statue, the removal and transpor2 tation of the statue being replaced, and any unveil3 ing ceremony. 

4 (c) LIMITATION ON NUMBER OF STATUES.—Nothing 

5 in this section shall be interpreted to permit any territory 

6 of the United States to have more than 1 statue on display 

7 in the United States Capitol. 

8 (d) OWNERSHIP OF REPLACED STATUES.— 

9 (1) TRANSFER OF OWNERSHIP.—Subject to the 

10 approval of the Joint Committee on the Library, 

11 ownership of any statue replaced under this section 

12 shall be transferred to the territory involved. 

13 (2) PROHIBITING SUBSEQUENT DISPLAY IN

14 CAPITOL.—If any statue is removed from the United 

15 States Capitol as part of a transfer of ownership 

16 under paragraph (1), then it may not be returned to 

17 the Capitol for display unless such display is specifi18 cally authorized by Federal law. 

19 (e) RELOCATION OF STATUES.—The Architect of the 

20 Capitol, upon the approval of the Joint Committee on the 

21 Library and with the advice of the Commission of Fine 

22 Arts as requested, is authorized and directed to provide 

23 for the reception, location, and relocation of any statue 

24 received on or after the date of the enactment of this Act 

25 from a territory of the United States under section 1. 


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1 SEC. 3. TERRITORY DEFINED. 

2 In this Act, the term ‘‘territory of the United States’’ 

3 means American Samoa, Guam, the Commonwealth of the 

4 Northern Mariana Islands, the Commonwealth of Puerto 

5 Rico, and the United States Virgin Islands. 


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House Calendar No. 230 

111TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 5711 

[Report No. 111–583] 

A BILL 

To provide for the furnishing of statues by the teruary Hall in the United States Capitol. ritories of the United States for display in StatJULY 30, 2010 

Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 

printed 


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