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117TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 7062 

To direct the Joint Committee on the Library to obtain a statue of Harriet 

Tubman and to place the statue in National Statuary Hall in the United 

States Capitol. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 11, 2022 

Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New York (for herself, Ms. ADAMS, Mr. 

BACON, Ms. BARRAGA ́N, Ms. BASS, Mr. BISHOP of Georgia, Ms. 

BONAMICI, Mr. BOWMAN, Mr. BROWN of Maryland, Ms. BROWN of Ohio, 

Ms. BUSH, Mrs. BUSTOS, Mr. BUTTERFIELD, Mr. CA ́RDENAS, Mr. CARSON, Mr. CARTER of Louisiana, Ms. CASTOR of Florida, Mrs. 

CHERFILUS-MCCORMICK, Mr. CICILLINE, Ms. CLARKE of New York, Mr. 

COHEN, Mr. CONNOLLY, Mr. COOPER, Mr. DANNY K. DAVIS of Illinois, 

Ms. DELBENE, Mrs. DINGELL, Mr. DOGGETT, Mr. DONALDS, Ms. 

ESHOO, Mr. ESPAILLAT, Mr. EVANS, Mr. FITZPATRICK, Ms. LOIS

FRANKEL of Florida, Mr. GALLEGO, Mr. GARBARINO, Mr. GARCI ́A of Illinois, Mr. GOTTHEIMER, Mr. GREEN of Texas, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. HARRIS, Mrs. HAYES, Mr. HIGGINS of New York, Mr. HIMES, Mr. 

HORSFORD, Ms. JACKSON LEE, Ms. JACOBS of California, Ms. JOHNSON

of Texas, Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia, Mr. KAHELE, Ms. KAPTUR, Mr. 

KATKO, Mr. KHANNA, Mr. KILMER, Mrs. KIRKPATRICK, Mr. LARSON of 

Connecticut, Mrs. LAWRENCE, Mr. LAWSON of Florida, Ms. LEE of California, Mr. LIEU, Mr. LYNCH, Ms. MCCOLLUM, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. 

MEIJER, Ms. MENG, Mr. MFUME, Ms. MOORE of Wisconsin, Mrs. MURPHY of Florida, Mr. NADLER, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Ms. NEWMAN, Ms. 

NORTON, Ms. OCASIO-CORTEZ, Mr. OWENS, Mr. PAYNE, Ms. PRESSLEY, 

Mr. QUIGLEY, Mr. RASKIN, Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD, Mr. RUPPERSBERGER, 

Mr. RUSH, Mr. SARBANES, Ms. SCANLON, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. 

SCHNEIDER, Mr. DAVID SCOTT of Georgia, Ms. SEWELL, Ms. SLOTKIN, 

Ms. SPEIER, Ms. STEVENS, Ms. STRICKLAND, Mr. SUOZZI, Mr. 

SWALWELL, Mr. TAKANO, Ms. TENNEY, Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi, 

Ms. TITUS, Ms. TLAIB, Mr. TONKO, Mr. TORRES of New York, Mr. 

TRONE, Mr. VARGAS, Mr. VEASEY, Ms. VELA ́ZQUEZ, Ms. WASSERMAN

SCHULTZ, Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN, Mr. WELCH, Ms. WILD, and Ms. 

WILLIAMS of Georgia) introduced the following bill; which was referred 

to the Committee on House Administration 


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A BILL 

To direct the Joint Committee on the Library to obtain 

a statue of Harriet Tubman and to place the statue 

in National 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. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Honoring Harriet Tub5 man Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. PLACEMENT OF STATUE OF HARRIET TUBMAN IN 

7 NATIONAL STATUARY HALL. 

8 (a) OBTAINING STATUE.—Not later than 2 years 

9 after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Joint Com10 mittee on the Library shall enter into an agreement to 

11 obtain a statue of Harriet Tubman, under such terms and 

12 conditions as the Joint Committee considers appropriate 

13 consistent with applicable law. 

14 (b) PLACEMENT.—The Joint Committee shall place 

15 the statue obtained under subsection (a) in the United 

16 States Capitol in a suitable permanent location in Na17 tional Statuary Hall. 

18 SEC. 3. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

19 (a) AUTHORIZATION.—There are authorized to be ap20 propriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out 

21 this Act. 


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1 (b) CONTINUING AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—Any 

2 amounts appropriated pursuant to the authorization under 

3 this section shall remain available until expended. 

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