Title: Honoring Harriet Tubman Act
Policy area: Congress

Summary:
Honoring Harriet Tubman Act
This bill requires the Joint Committee on the Library to obtain a statue of Harriet Tubman and place the statue in a suitable permanent location in National Statuary Hall.

[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7062 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 7062

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


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 11, 2022

Mrs. Carolyn B. Maloney of New York (for herself, Ms. Adams, Mr. Bacon, 
   Ms. Barragan, Ms. Bass, Mr. Bishop of Georgia, Ms. Bonamici, Mr. 
   Bowman, Mr. Brown of Maryland, Ms. Brown of Ohio, Ms. Bush, Mrs. 
   Bustos, Mr. Butterfield, Mr. Cardenas, Mr. Carson, Mr. Carter of 
    Louisiana, Ms. Castor of Florida, Mrs. Cherfilus-McCormick, Mr. 
Cicilline, Ms. Clarke of New York, Mr. Cohen, Mr. Connolly, Mr. Cooper, 
Mr. Danny K. Davis of Illinois, Ms. DelBene, Mrs. Dingell, Mr. Doggett, 
Mr. Donalds, Ms. Eshoo, Mr. Espaillat, Mr. Evans, Mr. Fitzpatrick, Ms. 
  Lois Frankel of Florida, Mr. Gallego, Mr. Garbarino, Mr. Garcia of 
Illinois, Mr. Gottheimer, Mr. Green of Texas, Mr. Grijalva, Mr. Harris, 
   Mrs. Hayes, Mr. Higgins of New York, Mr. Himes, Mr. Horsford, Ms. 
   Jackson Lee, Ms. Jacobs of California, Ms. Johnson of Texas, Mr. 
Johnson of Georgia, Mr. Kahele, Ms. Kaptur, Mr. Katko, Mr. Khanna, Mr. 
Kilmer, Mrs. Kirkpatrick, Mr. Larson of Connecticut, Mrs. Lawrence, Mr. 
  Lawson of Florida, Ms. Lee of California, Mr. Lieu, Mr. Lynch, Ms. 
 McCollum, Mr. McGovern, Mr. Meijer, Ms. Meng, Mr. Mfume, Ms. Moore of 
  Wisconsin, Mrs. Murphy of Florida, Mr. Nadler, Mrs. Napolitano, Ms. 
   Newman, Ms. Norton, Ms. Ocasio-Cortez, Mr. Owens, Mr. Payne, Ms. 
       Pressley, Mr. Quigley, Mr. Raskin, Ms. Roybal-Allard, Mr. 
Ruppersberger, Mr. Rush, Mr. Sarbanes, Ms. Scanlon, Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. 
  Schneider, Mr. David Scott of Georgia, Ms. Sewell, Ms. Slotkin, Ms. 
  Speier, Ms. Stevens, Ms. Strickland, Mr. Suozzi, Mr. Swalwell, Mr. 
Takano, Ms. Tenney, Mr. Thompson of Mississippi, Ms. Titus, Ms. Tlaib, 
 Mr. Tonko, Mr. Torres of New York, Mr. Trone, Mr. Vargas, Mr. Veasey, 
 Ms. Velazquez, Ms. Wasserman Schultz, Mrs. Watson Coleman, Mr. Welch, 
 Ms. Wild, and Ms. Williams of Georgia) 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 
Harriet Tubman and to place the statue in National Statuary Hall 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. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Honoring Harriet Tubman Act''.

SEC. 2. PLACEMENT OF STATUE OF HARRIET TUBMAN 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 of Harriet Tubman, under such 
terms and conditions as the Joint Committee considers appropriate 
consistent with applicable law.
    (b) Placement.--The Joint Committee shall place the statue obtained 
under subsection (a) in the United States Capitol in a suitable 
permanent location in National Statuary Hall.

SEC. 3. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    (a) Authorization.--There are authorized to be appropriated such 
sums as may be necessary to carry out this Act.
    (b) Continuing Availability of Funds.--Any amounts appropriated 
pursuant to the authorization under this section shall remain available 
until expended.
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