To direct the Librarian of Congress to obtain a stained glass panel depicting the seal of the District of Columbia and install the panel among the stained glass panels depicting the seals of States which overlook the Main Reading Room of the Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson Building.

Bill: 115-hr-1217
Sponsor: full_name: Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]
Introduced: 2017-02-24
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Art, artists, authorship

Congressional agencies

District of Columbia

Government buildings, facilities, and property

Library of Congress

National symbols
Latest action: action_date: 2017-02-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.

Summaries:
action_date: 2017-02-24
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>This bill requires the Librarian of Congress, concurrently with the planned renovation and replacement of existing glass panels, to obtain a stained glass panel depicting the seal of the District of Columbia and install it among the panels depicting the seals of states which overlook the Main Reading Room of the Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson Building. </p>

tv_txt: I 115th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1217 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES February 24, 2017 Ms. Norton introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on House Administration , and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure , for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned A BILL To direct the Librarian of Congress to obtain a stained glass panel depicting the seal of the District of Columbia and install the panel among the stained glass panels depicting the seals of States which overlook the Main Reading Room of the Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson Building.

1. Including stained glass panel depicting seal of District of Columbia in Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson Building The Librarian of Congress shall obtain a stained glass panel depicting the seal of the District of Columbia and install the panel among the panels depicting the seals of States which overlook the Main Reading Room of the Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson Building, concurrently with the renovation and replacement of the existing glass panels.