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House Calendar No. 224 

111TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 5493 

[Report No. 111–561] 

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 

JULY 22, 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 District 

of Columbia 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 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 

11 deem to be worthy of this national commemoration; and 

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

13 Hall in the United States 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 DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.— 

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

21 may request the Joint Committee on the Library of 

22 Congress to approve the replacement of a statue the 

23 District has provided for display in Statuary Hall in 

24 the United States Capitol under section 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 Council of the Dis5 trict of Columbia and the request has been ap6 proved by the Mayor of the District of Colum7 bia; and 

8 (B) the statue to be replaced has been dis9 played in the United States Capitol for at least 

10 10 years as of the time the request is made, ex11 cept that the Joint Committee may waive this 

12 requirement for cause at the request of the Dis13 trict of Columbia. 

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

15 Committee on the Library of Congress approves a request 

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

17 enter into an agreement with the District of Columbia to 

18 carry out the replacement in accordance with the request 

19 and any conditions the Joint Committee may require for 

20 its approval. Such agreement shall provide that— 

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

22 conditions and restrictions as apply to any statue 

23 provided by the District of Columbia under section 

24 1; and 

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

2 related to the replacement, including costs in con3 nection with the design, construction, transportation, 

4 and placement of the new statue, the removal and 

5 transportation of the statue being replaced, and any 

6 unveiling ceremony. 

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

8 in this section shall be interpreted to permit the District 

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

10 the United States Capitol. 

11 (d) OWNERSHIP OF REPLACED STATUES.— 

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

13 approval of the Joint Committee on the Library, 

14 ownership of any statue replaced under this section 

15 shall be transferred to the District of Columbia. 

16 (2) PROHIBITING SUBSEQUENT DISPLAY IN

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

18 States Capitol as part of a transfer of ownership 

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

20 the Capitol for display unless such display is specifi21 cally authorized by Federal law. 

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

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

24 Library and with the advice of the Commission of Fine 

25 Arts as requested, is authorized and directed to provide 

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

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

3 from the District of Columbia under section 1. 

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House Calendar No. 224 

111TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 5493 

[Report No. 111–561] 

A BILL 

To provide for the furnishing of statues by the Disthe United States Capitol. trict of Columbia for display in Statuary Hall in 

JULY 22, 2010 

Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 

printed 

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