I 
112TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6336 
To direct the Joint Committee on the Library to accept a statue depicting 
Frederick Douglass from the District of Columbia and to provide for 
the permanent display of the statue in Emancipation Hall of the Capitol 
Visitor Center. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
AUGUST 2, 2012 
Mr. DANIEL E. LUNGREN of California (for himself and Ms. NORTON) intro-
duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on House 
Administration 
A BILL 
To direct the Joint Committee on the Library to accept 
a statue depicting Frederick Douglass from the District 
of Columbia and to provide for the permanent display 
of the statue in Emancipation Hall of the Capitol Visitor 
Center. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
(1) Frederick Douglass, born Frederick Augus-
tus Washington Bailey in Maryland in 1818, escaped 
from slavery and became a leading writer, orator, 
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and publisher, and one of the Nation’s most influen-
tial advocates for abolitionism, women’s suffrage, 
and the equality of all people. 
(2) The contributions of Frederick Douglass 
over many decades were crucial to the abolition of 
slavery, the passage of the 13th, 14th, and 15th 
Amendments to the Constitution of the United 
States, the support for women’s suffrage, and the 
advancement of African-Americans after the Civil 
War. 
(3) Self-educated, Frederick Douglass wrote 
several influential books, including his best-selling 
first autobiography, ‘‘Narrative of the Life of Fred-
erick Douglass, an American Slave’’, published in 
1845. 
(4) Frederick Douglass worked tirelessly for the 
emancipation of African-American slaves, was a piv-
otal figure in Underground Railroad activities, and 
was an inspiration to enslaved Americans who as-
pired to freedom. 
(5) As a well-known speaker in great demand, 
Frederick Douglass traveled widely, visiting coun-
tries such as England and Ireland, to spread the 
message of emancipation and equal rights. 
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(6) Frederick Douglass was the only African- 
American to attend the Seneca Falls Convention, a 
women’s rights convention held in Seneca Falls, New 
York in 1848. 
(7) During the Civil War, Frederick Douglass 
recruited African-Americans to volunteer as soldiers 
for the Union Army, including 2 of his sons, who 
served nobly in the Fifty-Fourth Massachusetts 
Regiment. 
(8) In 1872, Frederick Douglass moved to 
Washington, DC, after a fire destroyed his home in 
Rochester, New York. 
(9) Frederick Douglass was appointed as a 
United States Marshal in 1877 and was named Re-
corder of Deeds for the District of Columbia in 
1881. 
(10) Frederick Douglass became the first Afri-
can-American to receive a vote for nomination as 
President of the United States at a major party con-
vention for the 1888 Republican National Conven-
tion. 
(11) From 1889 to 1891, Frederick Douglass 
served as minister-resident and consul-general to the 
Republic of Haiti. 
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(12) Frederick Douglass was recognized around 
the world as one of the most important political ac-
tivists in the history of the United States. 
(13) Frederick Douglass died in 1895 in Wash-
ington, DC and is buried in Rochester, New York. 
(14) Frederick Douglass’s achievements and in-
fluence on the history of the United States merit 
recognition in the United States Capitol. 
SEC. 2. ACCEPTANCE OF STATUE OF FREDERICK DOUG-
LASS FOR PLACEMENT IN EMANCIPATION 
HALL. 
(a) ACCEPTANCE.—Not later than 2 years after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Joint Committee 
on the Library shall accept from the District of Columbia 
the donation of a statue depicting Frederick Douglass, 
subject to the terms and conditions that the Joint Com-
mittee considers appropriate. 
(b) PLACEMENT.—The Joint Committee shall place 
the statue accepted under subsection (a) in a suitable per-
manent location in Emancipation Hall of the Capitol Vis-
itor Center. 
Æ 
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