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111TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 5711 

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 

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. 

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 


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1 this national commemoration; and when so furnished, the 

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

3 Capitol. 

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

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

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

7 date of the individual’s death. 

8 SEC. 2. REPLACEMENT OF STATUES. 

9 (a) REQUEST BY TERRITORY.— 

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

11 States may request the Joint Committee on the Li12 brary of Congress to approve the replacement of a 

13 statue the territory has provided for display in Stat14 uary Hall in the United States Capitol under section 

15 1. 

16 (2) CONDITIONS.—A request shall be consid17 ered under paragraph (1) only if— 

18 (A) the request has been approved by a 

19 resolution adopted by the legislature of the ter20 ritory and the request has been approved by the 

21 Governor of the territory; and 

22 (B) the statue to be replaced has been dis23 played in the United States Capitol for at least 

24 10 years as of the time the request is made, ex25 cept that the Joint Committee may waive this 


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1 requirement for cause at the request of the ter2 ritory. 

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

4 Committee on the Library of Congress approves a request 

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

6 enter into an agreement with the territory to carry out 

7 the replacement in accordance with the request and any 

8 conditions the Joint Committee may require for its ap9 proval. Such agreement shall provide that— 

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

11 conditions and restrictions as apply to any statue 

12 provided by the territory under section 1; and 

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

14 the replacement, including costs in connection with 

15 the design, construction, transportation, and place16 ment of the new statue, the removal and transpor17 tation of the statue being replaced, and any unveil18 ing ceremony. 

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

20 in this section shall be interpreted to permit any territory 

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

22 in the United States Capitol. 

23 (d) OWNERSHIP OF REPLACED STATUES.— 

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

25 approval of the Joint Committee on the Library, 


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1 ownership of any statue replaced under this section 

2 shall be transferred to the territory involved. 

3 (2) PROHIBITING SUBSEQUENT DISPLAY IN

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

5 States Capitol as part of a transfer of ownership 

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

7 the Capitol for display unless such display is specifi8 cally authorized by Federal law. 

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

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

11 Library and with the advice of the Commission of Fine 

12 Arts as requested, is authorized and directed to provide 

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

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

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

16 SEC. 3. TERRITORY DEFINED. 

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

18 means American Samoa, Guam, the Commonwealth of the 

19 Northern Mariana Islands, the Commonwealth of Puerto 

20 Rico, and the United States Virgin Islands. 

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