Honoring Harriet Tubman Act

Bill: 116-hr-3602
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-12]
Introduced: 2019-06-28
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Art, artists, authorship

Congressional tributes

Racial and ethnic relations

U.S. Capitol

U.S. history
Latest action: action_date: 2019-06-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.

Summaries:
action_date: 2019-06-28
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Honoring Harriet Tubman Act</b></p> <p>This bill directs the Joint Committee on the Library to enter into an agreement to obtain a statue of Harriet Tubman and to place the statue in a permanent location in National Statuary Hall in the U.S. Capitol.</p>

tv_txt: I 116th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 3602 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES June 28, 2019 Mrs. Carolyn B. Maloney of New York (for herself, Mrs. Beatty , Mr. Tonko , Mr. King of New York , Ms. Velázquez , Mr. Brown of Maryland , Mr. Ruppersberger , Mr. Higgins of New York , Mr. Espaillat , Ms. Meng , and Ms. Clarke of New York ) 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 Harriet Tubman and to place the statue in National Statuary Hall in the United States Capitol.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Honoring Harriet Tubman Act . 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. 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.