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

Bill: 114-hr-5691
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9]
Introduced: 2016-07-08
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Art, artists, authorship

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Latest action: action_date: 2016-07-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.

Summaries:
action_date: 2016-07-08
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>This bill requires the Joint Committee on the Library to enter into an agreement to obtain a statue of Eli Wiesel.</p> <p>The Joint Committee may authorize the Architect of the Capitol to enter into the agreement as well as related contracts.</p> <p>The Joint Committee shall place the statue in a suitable permanent location in the U.S. Capitol.</p>

tv_txt: I 114th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 5691 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES July 8, 2016 Mr. Cohen (for himself, Mr. Lewis , Mr. Vargas , Mr. Hastings , Mr. Scott of Virginia , Ms. Schakowsky , Ms. Clarke of New York , Mrs. Lowey , Ms. Wasserman Schultz , Ms. Ros-Lehtinen , Mr. Nadler , Mr. Israel , Mr. Deutch , Mr. Yarmuth , and Mr. Thompson of California ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on House Administration A BILL To direct the Joint Committee on the Library to obtain a statue of Elie Wiesel for placement in the United States Capitol.

1. Placement of statue of Elie Wiesel in United States Capitol (a) Obtaining Statue 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 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 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.