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111TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 5493 

To provide for the furnishing of statues by the District of Columbia for 

display in Statuary Hall in the United States Capitol. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JUNE 9, 2010 

Ms. NORTON introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on House Administration 

A BILL 

To provide for the furnishing of statues by the District 

of Columbia 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 DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. 

5 (a) IN GENERAL.—The President is authorized to in6 vite the District of Columbia to provide and furnish stat7 ues, in marble or bronze, not exceeding 2 in number, of 

8 deceased persons who have been citizens thereof, and illus9 trious for their historic renown or for distinguished civic 

10 or military services, such as the District of Columbia may 


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1 deem to be worthy of this national commemoration; and 

2 when so furnished, the same shall be placed in Statuary 

3 Hall in the United States 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 DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.— 

10 (1) IN GENERAL.—The District of Columbia 

11 may request the Joint Committee on the Library of 

12 Congress to approve the replacement of a statue the 

13 District has provided for display in Statuary Hall in 

14 the United States Capitol under section 1. 

15 (2) CONDITIONS.—A request shall be consid16 ered under paragraph (1) only if— 

17 (A) the request has been approved by a 

18 resolution adopted by the Council of the Dis19 trict of Columbia and the request has been ap20 proved by the Mayor of the District of Colum21 bia; 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 Dis2 trict of Columbia. 

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 District of Columbia to 

7 carry out the replacement in accordance with the request 

8 and any conditions the Joint Committee may require for 

9 its approval. 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 District of Columbia under section 

13 1; and 

14 (2) the District of Columbia shall pay any costs 

15 related to the replacement, including costs in con16 nection with the design, construction, transportation, 

17 and placement of the new statue, the removal and 

18 transportation of the statue being replaced, and any 

19 unveiling ceremony. 

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

21 in this section shall be interpreted to permit the District 

22 of Columbia to have more than 2 statues on display in 

23 the United States Capitol. 

24 (d) OWNERSHIP OF REPLACED STATUES.— 


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

2 approval of the Joint Committee on the Library, 

3 ownership of any statue replaced under this section 

4 shall be transferred to the District of Columbia. 

5 (2) PROHIBITING SUBSEQUENT DISPLAY IN

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

7 States Capitol as part of a transfer of ownership 

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

9 the Capitol for display unless such display is specifi10 cally authorized by Federal law. 

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

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

13 Library and with the advice of the Commission of Fine 

14 Arts as requested, is authorized and directed to provide 

15 for the reception, location, and relocation of any statues 

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

17 from the District of Columbia under section 1. 

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