A bill to direct the Joint Committee on the Library to obtain a statue of Shirley Chisholm for placement in the United States Capitol.

Bill: 116-s-728
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Harris, Kamala D. [D-CA]
Introduced: 2019-03-07
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Art, artists, authorship

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Latest action: action_date: 2019-03-07
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.

Summaries:
action_date: 2019-03-07
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p>This bill requires the Joint Committee on the Library to enter into an agreement to obtain a statue of Shirley Chisholm, the first African American woman elected to Congress.</p> <p> The committee shall place the statue in a suitable permanent location in the U.S. Capitol.</p>

tv_txt: II 116th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 728 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES March 7, 2019 Ms. Harris (for herself, Mr. Schumer , Mr. Markey , Mr. Blumenthal , Mr. Coons , Ms. Hirono , Ms. Smith , Mr. Kaine , Mr. Durbin , Mr. Wyden , Mr. Booker , Mr. Sanders , Ms. Warren , Ms. Duckworth , Ms. Klobuchar , Mr. Brown , and Mrs. Murray ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration A BILL To direct the Joint Committee on the Library to obtain a statue of Shirley Chisholm for placement in the United States Capitol.

1. Placement of statue of Shirley Chisholm in United States Capitol (a) Obtaining Statue Not later than 5 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Joint Committee on the Library shall enter into an agreement to obtain a statue of Shirley Chisholm, 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.