Title: To direct the Joint Committee on the Library to obtain a statue of Ruth Bader Ginsburg and to place the statue in the United States Capitol in National Statuary Hall.
Policy area: Congress

Summary:
This bill requires the Joint Committee on the Library to obtain and place in National Statuary Hall a statue or bust of Associate Justice of the Supreme Court Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 8402 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 8402

To direct the Joint Committee on the Library to obtain a statue of Ruth 
Bader Ginsburg and to place the statue in the United States Capitol in 
                        National Statuary Hall.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 25, 2020

    Mr. Krishnamoorthi (for himself, Mrs. Lawrence, Ms. Speier, Ms. 
Frankel, Ms. Schakowsky, Ms. Lofgren, Ms. Adams, Mr. Allred, Mrs. Axne, 
  Ms. Barragan, Mr. Beyer, Mr. Blumenauer, Mr. Brown of Maryland, Mr. 
 Butterfield, Mr. Carbajal, Mr. Carson of Indiana, Mr. Cartwright, Mr. 
  Case, Mr. Casten of Illinois, Ms. Castor of Florida, Mr. Castro of 
  Texas, Mr. Cicilline, Ms. Clark of Massachusetts, Ms. Clarke of New 
 York, Mr. Cleaver, Mr. Cooper, Mr. Cox of California, Mr. Crist, Mr. 
 Crow, Ms. Davids of Kansas, Mr. Danny K. Davis of Illinois, Ms. Dean, 
Mr. DeFazio, Ms. DeGette, Ms. DeLauro, Ms. DelBene, Mrs. Demings, Mrs. 
Dingell, Mr. Doggett, Mr. Engel, Ms. Escobar, Ms. Eshoo, Mr. Espaillat, 
 Mr. Evans, Mrs. Fletcher, Ms. Fudge, Ms. Garcia of Texas, Mr. Gomez, 
    Mr. Gonzalez of Texas, Mr. Gottheimer, Mr. Green of Texas, Mr. 
 Grijalva, Mr. Heck, Mr. Higgins of New York, Mr. Himes, Ms. Kendra S. 
   Horn of Oklahoma, Mr. Horsford, Ms. Jackson Lee, Ms. Jayapal, Ms. 
 Johnson of Texas, Ms. Kaptur, Ms. Kelly of Illinois, Mr. Khanna, Mr. 
Kildee, Ms. Kuster of New Hampshire, Mr. Larson of Connecticut, Ms. Lee 
 of California, Mr. Levin of California, Mr. Loebsack, Mrs. Lowey, Mr. 
 Lynch, Mr. Malinowski, Mrs. Carolyn B. Maloney of New York, Mr. Sean 
 Patrick Maloney of New York, Ms. Matsui, Ms. McCollum, Mr. McEachin, 
 Mr. McGovern, Mr. McNerney, Ms. Meng, Ms. Moore, Ms. Mucarsel-Powell, 
    Mrs. Napolitano, Mr. Neguse, Ms. Norton, Ms. Ocasio-Cortez, Mr. 
Pallone, Mr. Pappas, Mr. Payne, Mr. Perlmutter, Ms. Pingree, Mr. Price 
  of North Carolina, Mr. Raskin, Mr. Reed, Miss Rice of New York, Mr. 
  Rose of New York, Ms. Roybal-Allard, Mr. Ruiz, Mr. San Nicolas, Ms. 
  Sanchez, Mr. Sarbanes, Ms. Schrier, Mr. David Scott of Georgia, Ms. 
Shalala, Mr. Sires, Ms. Slotkin, Mr. Stanton, Ms. Stevens, Mr. Suozzi, 
   Ms. Titus, Mr. Tonko, Mrs. Torres of California, Mrs. Trahan, Mr. 
 Veasey, Ms. Velazquez, Mrs. Watson Coleman, Ms. Wexton, Ms. Wild, and 
    Ms. Wilson of Florida) 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 Ruth 
Bader Ginsburg and to place the statue in the United States Capitol in 
                        National Statuary Hall.

    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 RUTH BADER GINSBURG IN NATIONAL 
              STATUARY HALL.

    (a) Obtaining Statue.--Not later than 2 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 Ruth Bader Ginsburg, 
under such terms and conditions as the Joint Committee considers 
appropriate consistent with applicable law.
    (b) Placement.--The Joint Committee shall place the statue or bust 
obtained under subsection (a) in the United States Capitol in a 
suitable permanent location in National Statuary Hall.
    (c) Waiver of Waiting Period.--Section 2(a) of Public Law 109-116 
(2 U.S.C. 2131a(a)) does not apply with respect to the statue or bust 
obtained and placed under subsection (a).

SEC. 2. 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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