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112TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 3106 

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

territories of the United States for display in the United States Capitol. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

OCTOBER 5, 2011 

Mr. DANIEL E. LUNGREN of California (for himself, Mr. HARPER, Ms. NORTON, Mr. PIERLUISI, Ms. BORDALLO, Mr. FALEOMAVAEGA, Mrs. 

CHRISTENSEN, Mr. SABLAN, and Mr. PLATTS) 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 and territories of the United States for 

display 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 UNITED STATES 

4 CAPITOL BY DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA AND 

5 TERRITORIES. 

6 (a) IN GENERAL.—The President is authorized to in7 vite each jurisdiction described in section 4 to provide and 

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

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


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1 for his or her historic renown or for distinguished civic 

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

3 be worthy of this national commemoration; and when so 

4 furnished, the same shall be placed in the United States 

5 Capitol. 

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

7 be placed in the United States Capitol pursuant to this 

8 Act until after the expiration of the 10-year period which 

9 begins on the date of the individual’s death. 

10 SEC. 2. REPLACEMENT OF STATUES. 

11 (a) REQUEST BY JURISDICTION.— 

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

13 section 4 may request the Joint Committee on the 

14 Library to approve the replacement of a statue the 

15 jurisdiction has provided for display in the United 

16 States Capitol under section 1. 

17 (2) CONDITIONS.—A request shall be consid18 ered under paragraph (1) only if— 

19 (A) the request has been approved by a 

20 resolution adopted by the legislature of the ju21 risdiction (or its equivalent) and the request 

22 has been approved by the chief executive of the 

23 jurisdiction; and 

24 (B) the statue to be replaced has been dis25 played in the United States Capitol for at least 


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1 10 years as of the time the request is made, ex2 cept that the Joint Committee may waive this 

3 requirement for cause at the request of the ju4 risdiction. 

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

6 Committee on the Library approves a request under sub7 section (a), the Architect of the Capitol shall enter into 

8 an agreement with the jurisdiction involved to carry out 

9 the replacement in accordance with the request and any 

10 conditions the Joint Committee may require for its ap11 proval. Such agreement shall provide that— 

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

13 conditions and restrictions as apply to any statue 

14 provided by the jurisdiction under section 1; and 

15 (2) the jurisdiction shall pay any costs related 

16 to the replacement, including costs in connection 

17 with the design, construction, transportation, and 

18 placement of the new statue, the removal and trans19 portation of the statue being replaced, and any un20 veiling ceremony. 

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

22 in this section shall be interpreted to permit any jurisdic23 tion described in section 4 to have more than 1 statue 

24 on display in the United States Capitol. 

25 (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 jurisdiction involved. 

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), it may not be returned to the 

9 Capitol for display unless such display is specifically 

10 authorized by Federal law. 

11 SEC. 3. PLACEMENT OF STATUES. 

12 The Architect of the Capitol, upon the approval of 

13 the Joint Committee on the Library and with the advice 

14 of the Commission of Fine Arts as requested, is authorized 

15 and directed to provide for the reception, location, and re16 location of any statues received on or after the date of 

17 the enactment of this Act from a jurisdiction in accord18 ance with this Act. 

19 SEC. 4. JURISDICTIONS DESCRIBED. 

20 The jurisdictions described in this section are as fol21 lows: 

22 (1) The District of Columbia. 

23 (2) The Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. 

24 (3) Guam. 

25 (4) American Samoa. 


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1 (5) The United States Virgin Islands. 

2 (6) The Commonwealth of the Northern Mar3 iana Islands. 

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