Title: To direct the Joint Committee on the Library to obtain a statue of Shirley Chisholm 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 of Shirley Chisholm.
The committee may authorize the Architect of the Capitol to enter into the agreement as well as related contracts.
The committee shall place the statue in a suitable permanent location in the U.S. Capitol.

[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4856 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4856

  To direct the Joint Committee on the Library to obtain a statue of 
      Shirley Chisholm for placement in the United States Capitol.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 19, 2018

  Ms. Clarke of New York (for herself, Ms. Adams, Ms. Barragan, Mrs. 
  Beatty, Mr. Beyer, Mr. Bishop of Georgia, Ms. Blunt Rochester, Mr. 
 Brown of Maryland, Mr. Cohen, Mr. Courtney, Mr. Crowley, Mr. Danny K. 
Davis of Illinois, Mrs. Dingell, Mr. Espaillat, Mr. Evans, Ms. DeGette, 
   Mr. Al Green of Texas, Mr. Hastings, Mr. Higgins of New York, Ms. 
  Jackson Lee, Ms. Jayapal, Mr. Jeffries, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Ms. 
 Kelly of Illinois, Mrs. Lawrence, Mr. Lawson of Florida, Ms. Lee, Mr. 
 Lewis of Georgia, Mrs. Carolyn B. Maloney of New York, Ms. McCollum, 
   Mr. McEachin, Mr. McGovern, Mr. Meeks, Ms. Meng, Mr. Nadler, Mrs. 
    Napolitano, Ms. Norton, Mr. Pallone, Mr. Payne, Mr. Pocan, Mr. 
  Richmond, Mr. Ryan of Ohio, Mr. Rush, Ms. Sanchez, Mr. Serrano, Ms. 
Sewell of Alabama, Mr. Smith of Washington, Ms. Velazquez, Mrs. Watson 
     Coleman, Ms. Wilson of Florida, Ms. Hanabusa, Ms. Judy Chu of 
California, Mr. Clay, Mr. Veasey, Ms. Wasserman Schultz, Mr. Crist, and 
    Mr. Carson of Indiana) 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 
      Shirley Chisholm 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 OF SHIRLEY CHISHOLM IN UNITED STATES 
              CAPITOL.

    (a) Obtaining Statue.--Not later than 5 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 of Shirley Chisholm, 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 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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