Title: Directing the Fine Arts Board to accept the gift of a portrait of Alice Paul for placement in the House of Representatives wing of the United States Capitol or an office building of the House, and directing the Architect of the Capitol to place the portrait in a suitable permanent location.
Policy area: Congress

Summary:
This resolution directs (1) the Fine Arts Board to accept the gift of a portrait of Alice Paul (a leader in the women's suffrage movement) for placement in the House of Representatives wing of the U.S. Capitol or a House office building, and (2) the Architect of the Capitol to place the portrait in a suitable permanent location.

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 178 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. RES. 178

Directing the Fine Arts Board to accept the gift of a portrait of Alice 
 Paul for placement in the House of Representatives wing of the United 
 States Capitol or an office building of the House, and directing the 
Architect of the Capitol to place the portrait in a suitable permanent 
                               location.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 5, 2019

Mr. Norcross submitted the following resolution; which was referred to 
                 the Committee on House Administration

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                               RESOLUTION


 
Directing the Fine Arts Board to accept the gift of a portrait of Alice 
 Paul for placement in the House of Representatives wing of the United 
 States Capitol or an office building of the House, and directing the 
Architect of the Capitol to place the portrait in a suitable permanent 
                               location.

Whereas Alice Paul was a leader in the women's suffrage movement in the United 
        States, worked for two years with the National American Woman Suffrage 
        Association, cofounded the Congressional Union seeking a Federal 
        constitutional amendment for women's suffrage, and in 1916, formed the 
        National Woman's Party;
Whereas, in 1920, Alice Paul was instrumental in the passage and ratification of 
        the 19th Amendment, which prohibited denying any citizen the right to 
        vote on the basis of sex;
Whereas, in 1923, Alice Paul penned the Equal Rights Amendment, which was 
        introduced in every congressional term between 1923 and 1972;
Whereas Alice Paul continued to advocate on behalf of women until her death on 
        July 9, 1977; and
Whereas Alice Paul was a driving force behind the attainment of women's suffrage 
        and the national movement toward equality for women: Now, therefore, be 
        it
    Resolved, That the House of Representatives--
            (1) directs the Fine Arts Board to accept the gift of a 
        portrait of Alice Paul for placement in the House of 
        Representatives wing of the United States Capitol or an office 
        building of the House; and
            (2) directs the Architect of the Capitol to place the 
        portrait in a suitable permanent location.
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