Title: To direct the Joint Committee on the Library to obtain a statue or bust of Elie Wiesel for placement in the United States Capitol.
Policy area: Congress

Summary:
This bill requires the Joint Committee on the Library to enter into an agreement to obtain a statue or bust of Eli Wiesel.
The Joint Committee may authorize the Architect of the Capitol to enter into the agreement and related contracts.
The Joint Committee shall place the statue or bust in a suitable permanent location in the U.S. Capitol.

[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2230 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2230

To direct the Joint Committee on the Library to obtain a statue or bust 
       of Elie Wiesel for placement in the United States Capitol.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 28, 2017

  Mr. Cohen (for himself, Ms. Ros-Lehtinen, Mr. Lewis of Georgia, Mr. 
Weber of Texas, Mr. Meehan, Mr. Deutch, Ms. Brownley of California, Mr. 
Scott of Virginia, Ms. Granger, Mr. Cicilline, Mr. Yarmuth, Mr. Foster, 
 Mr. Engel, Ms. Wasserman Schultz, Mr. Faso, Mrs. Comstock, Mr. Rush, 
  Mrs. Davis of California, Ms. Clarke of New York, Mr. McGovern, Ms. 
  Michelle Lujan Grisham of New Mexico, Mr. Hastings, Mrs. Lowey, Mr. 
Lowenthal, Mr. King of New York, Mr. Coffman, Mr. Cook, Mr. Zeldin, Mr. 
Cardenas, Mr. Diaz-Balart, Mr. Swalwell of California, Ms. Schakowsky, 
  Mr. Kustoff of Tennessee, Mr. Donovan, Mr. Lance, Mr. Hultgren, Mr. 
Franks of Arizona, Mrs. Wagner, Mr. Lamborn, Mr. Roskam, Mr. Katko, Mr. 
Costello of Pennsylvania, Mr. DesJarlais, Mr. Thompson of Pennsylvania, 
 Mr. Raskin, Mr. MacArthur, Miss Rice of New York, Mr. Schweikert, Mr. 
     Hill, Mr. Farenthold, Mr. Rothfus, Mr. Reichert, Mr. Royce of 
 California, and Mr. Fitzpatrick) 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 or bust 
       of Elie Wiesel for placement in the United States Capitol.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. PLACEMENT OF STATUE OR BUST OF ELIE WIESEL IN UNITED STATES 
              CAPITOL.

    (a) Obtaining Statue or Bust.--Not later than 4 years after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Joint Committee on the Library 
shall enter into an agreement to obtain a statue or bust of Elie 
Wiesel, under such terms and conditions as the Joint Committee 
considers appropriate consistent with applicable law. The Joint 
Committee may authorize the Architect of the Capitol to enter into the 
agreement and related contracts required under this subsection on its 
behalf, under such terms and conditions as the Joint Committee may 
require.
    (b) Placement.--The Joint Committee on the Library shall place the 
statue or bust obtained under subsection (a) in a suitable permanent 
location in the United States Capitol.
    (c) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be 
appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out this Act, and 
any amounts so appropriated shall remain available until expended.
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