I 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3315 
To provide that the great hall of the Capitol Visitor Center shall be known 
as Emancipation Hall. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
AUGUST 2, 2007 
Mr. WAMP (for himself, Mr. JACKSON of Illinois, Mr. ADERHOLT, Mr. ALEX-
ANDER, Mr. ANDREWS, Mr. BACA, Mrs. BACHMANN, Mr. BACHUS, Mr. 
BECERRA, Mr. BERMAN, Mr. BARRETT
of South Carolina, Mrs. 
BIGGERT, Mr. BISHOP of Utah, Mr. BISHOP of Georgia, Mr. BISHOP of 
New York, Mr. BOOZMAN, Mr. BOREN, Mr. BOUSTANY, Mr. BONNER, 
Mrs. BONO, Mr. BOYD of Florida, Mr. BRADY of Pennsylvania, Ms. 
CORRINE BROWN of Florida, Ms. GINNY BROWN-WAITE of Florida, Mr. 
BURTON of Indiana, Mr. BUTTERFIELD, Mr. BUYER, Mr. CALVERT, Mr. 
CAMP of Michigan, Mr. CANNON, Mrs. CAPITO, Mr. CARDOZA, Mr. 
CARTER, Ms. CARSON, Ms. CASTOR, Mr. CLEAVER, Mr. CASTLE, Mrs. 
CHRISTENSEN, Mr. CLAY, Ms. CLARKE, Mr. CLYBURN, Mr. COHEN, Mr. 
CONYERS, Mr. COLE of Oklahoma, Mr. COSTELLO, Mr. CONAWAY, Mr. 
CRENSHAW, Mr. CROWLEY, Mr. CUMMINGS, Mr. CULBERSON, Mr. DAVIS 
of Alabama, Mr. DAVIS of Illinois, Mr. DAVID DAVIS of Tennessee, Mr. 
LINCOLN DAVIS of Tennessee, Mrs. DAVIS of California, Mr. TOM DAVIS 
of Virginia, Mr. DELAHUNT, Ms. DELAURO, Mr. MARIO DIAZ-BALART of 
Florida, Mr. DOGGETT, Mr. DOYLE, Mr. DUNCAN, Mr. ELLISON, Mrs. 
EMERSON, Mr. EMANUEL, Mr. ENGEL, Mr. ENGLISH of Pennsylvania, 
Ms. FALLIN, Mr. FALEOMAVAEGA, Mr. FARR, Mr. FATTAH, Mr. FER-
GUSON, Mr. FLAKE, Mr. FORTENBERRY, Mr. FOSSELLA, Mr. FRANK of 
Massachusetts, Mr. FRELINGHUYSEN, Mr. GILCHREST, Mr. GINGREY, 
Mr. GOHMERT, Mr. GONZALEZ, Mr. GOODE, Mr. GORDON of Tennessee, 
Mr. GOODLATTE, Ms. GRANGER, Mr. AL
GREEN
of Texas, Mr. 
GRIJALVA, Mr. GUTIERREZ, Mr. HARE, Mr. HASTINGS of Florida, Mr. 
HELLER of Nevada, Mr. HENSARLING, Mr. HOBSON, Mr. HODES, Mr. 
HULSHOF, Mr. HUNTER, Mr. INSLEE, Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas, Mr. 
JEFFERSON, Mr. JINDAL, Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas, Mr. 
JOHNSON of Georgia, Mrs. JONES of Ohio, Mr. SAM JOHNSON of Texas, 
Mr. JORDAN of Ohio, Mr. KAGEN, Mr. KANJORSKI, Ms. KAPTUR, Mr. 
KELLER of Florida, Mr. KENNEDY, Mr. KILDEE, Ms. KILPATRICK, Mr. 
KINGSTON, Mr. KIRK, Mr. KLINE of Minnesota, Mr. KNOLLENBERG, Mr. 
KUCINICH, Mr. KUHL of New York, Mr. LAHOOD, Mr. LAMBORN, Mr. 
LARSEN of Washington, Mr. LATHAM, Ms. LEE, Mr. LEWIS of Georgia, 
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Mr. LEWIS of California, Mr. LEWIS of Kentucky, Mr. LEVIN, Mr. 
LOBIONDO, Mr. LOEBSACK, Mrs. LOWEY, Mr. DANIEL E. LUNGREN of 
California, Mrs. MCCARTHY of New York, Mr. MCCARTHY of California, 
Mr. MCCAUL of Texas, Ms. MCCOLLUM of Minnesota, Mr. MCCOTTER, 
Mr. MCCRERY, Mr. MCDERMOTT, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. MCHENRY, Mr. 
MCKEON, Mrs. MCMORRIS RODGERS, Mr. MACK, Mr. MANZULLO, Mr. 
MARKEY, Ms. MATSUI, Mr. MEEK of Florida, Mr. MEEKS of New York, 
Mr. GARY G. MILLER of California, Mr. MILLER of Florida, Mr. MOL-
LOHAN, Ms. MOORE
of Wisconsin, Mr. MORAN
of Kansas, Mrs. 
MUSGRAVE, Mrs. MYRICK, Ms. NORTON, Mr. OLVER, Mr. ORTIZ, Mr. 
PALLONE, Mr. PAYNE, Mr. PEARCE, Mr. PENCE, Mr. PERLMUTTER, Mr. 
PETERSON of Pennsylvania, Mr. PICKERING, Mr. PITTS, Mr. PRICE of 
Georgia, Mr. PUTNAM, Mr. RADANOVICH, Mr. RAHALL, Mr. RAMSTAD, 
Mr. RANGEL, Mr. REGULA, Mr. REHBERG, Mr. RENZI, Mr. REYES, Mr. 
RODRIGUEZ, Mr. ROGERS of Kentucky, Mr. ROGERS of Michigan, Mr. 
ROGERS of Alabama, Mr. ROSKAM, Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD, Mr. ROYCE, 
Mr. RUSH, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. SCOTT of Georgia, Mr. SCOTT of Vir-
ginia, Mr. SERRANO, Mr. SESSIONS, Mr. SHAYS, Mr. SHIMKUS, Mr. 
SIMPSON, Ms. SLAUGHTER, Mr. SMITH of Nebraska, Mr. SMITH of New 
Jersey, Mr. SNYDER, Ms. SOLIS, Mr. SOUDER, Mr. SPRATT, Mr. STARK, 
Mr. SULLIVAN, Ms. SUTTON, Mrs. TAUSCHER, Mr. TERRY, Mr. THOMP-
SON of Mississippi, Mr. TIERNEY, Mr. TIAHRT, Mr. TOWNS, Mr. TURN-
ER, Mr. UDALL of New Mexico, Mr. UPTON, Mr. VAN HOLLEN, Ms. 
WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, Mr. WALSH of New York, Mr. WALZ of Min-
nesota, Ms. WATERS, Ms. WATSON, Mr. WATT, Mr. WEINER, Mr. 
WELCH of Vermont, Mr. WELDON of Florida, Mr. WHITFIELD, Mr. 
WICKER, Mr. WOLF, Mr. WU, Mr. WYNN, Mr. YOUNG of Florida, and 
Mr. YOUNG of Alaska) introduced the following bill; which was referred 
to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 
A BILL 
To provide that the great hall of the Capitol Visitor Center 
shall be known as Emancipation Hall. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. DESIGNATION OF GREAT HALL OF THE CAP-
ITOL VISITOR CENTER AS EMANCIPATION 
HALL. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The great hall of the Capitol Vis-
itor Center shall be known and designated as ‘‘Emanci-
pation Hall’’, and any reference to the great hall in any 
law, rule, or regulation shall be deemed to be a reference 
to Emancipation Hall. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall apply on 
and after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
Æ 
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