111TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 5493 

AN ACT 

To provide for the furnishing of statues by the District 

of Columbia and territories and possessions 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, 
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1 SECTION 1. FURNISHING OF STATUES FOR STATUARY 

2 HALL BY DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA AND TERRI3 TORIES AND POSSESSIONS. 

4 (a) IN GENERAL.—The President is authorized to in5 vite each jurisdiction described in section 3 to provide and 

6 furnish a statue, in marble or bronze, of a deceased person 

7 who has been a citizen of the jurisdiction, and illustrious 

8 for his or her historic renown or for distinguished civic 

9 or military services, such as the jurisdiction may deem to 

10 be worthy of this national commemoration; and when so 

11 furnished, the same shall be placed in Statuary Hall in 

12 the United States Capitol. 

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

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

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

16 date of the individual’s death. 

17 SEC. 2. REPLACEMENT OF STATUES. 

18 (a) REQUEST BY JURISDICTION.— 

19 (1) IN GENERAL.—A jurisdiction described in 

20 section 3 may request the Joint Committee on the 

21 Library of Congress to approve the replacement of 

22 a statue the jurisdiction has provided for display in 

23 Statuary Hall in the United States Capitol under 

24 section 1. 

25 (2) CONDITIONS.—A request shall be consid26 ered under paragraph (1) only if— 
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1 (A) the request has been approved by a 

2 resolution adopted by the legislature of the ju3 risdiction (or its equivalent) and the request 

4 has been approved by the chief executive of the 

5 jurisdiction; and 

6 (B) the statue to be replaced has been dis7 played in the United States Capitol for at least 

8 10 years as of the time the request is made, ex9 cept that the Joint Committee may waive this 

10 requirement for cause at the request of the ju11 risdiction. 

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

13 Committee on the Library of Congress approves a request 

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

15 enter into an agreement with the jurisdiction involved to 

16 carry out the replacement in accordance with the request 

17 and any conditions the Joint Committee may require for 

18 its approval. Such agreement shall provide that— 

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

20 conditions and restrictions as apply to any statue 

21 provided by the jurisdiction under section 1; and 

22 (2) the jurisdiction shall pay any costs related 

23 to the replacement, including costs in connection 

24 with the design, construction, transportation, and 

25 placement of the new statue, the removal and trans-
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1 portation of the statue being replaced, and any un2 veiling ceremony. 

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

4 in this section shall be interpreted to permit any jurisdic5 tion described in section 3 to have more than 1 statue 

6 on display in the United States Capitol. 

7 (d) OWNERSHIP OF REPLACED STATUES.— 

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

9 approval of the Joint Committee on the Library, 

10 ownership of any statue replaced under this section 

11 shall be transferred to the jurisdiction involved. 

12 (2) PROHIBITING SUBSEQUENT DISPLAY IN

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

14 States Capitol as part of a transfer of ownership 

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

16 the Capitol for display unless such display is specifi17 cally authorized by Federal law. 

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

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

20 Library and with the advice of the Commission of Fine 

21 Arts as requested, is authorized and directed to provide 

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

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

24 from a jurisdiction under section 1. 
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1 SEC. 3. JURISDICTIONS DESCRIBED. 

2 The jurisdictions described in this section are as fol3 lows: 

4 (1) The District of Columbia. 

5 (2) The Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. 

6 (3) Guam. 

7 (4) American Samoa. 

8 (5) The United States Virgin Islands. 

9 (6) The Commonwealth of the Northern Mar10 iana Islands. 

Passed the House of Representatives December 15, 

2010. 

Attest: 

Clerk. 
111TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 5493 

AN ACT 

To provide for the furnishing of statues by the Disin the United States Capitol. of the United States for display in Statuary Hall trict of Columbia and territories and possessions