A bill to permit the Scipio A. Jones Post Office in Little Rock, Arkansas, to accept and display a portrait of Scipio A. Jones, and for other purposes.

Bill: 116-s-3187
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Boozman, John [R-AR]
Introduced: 2020-01-14
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Arkansas

Art, artists, authorship

Government buildings, facilities, and property

Postal service

State and local government operations

U.S. history
Latest action: action_date: 2020-01-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

Summaries:
action_date: 2020-01-14
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p>This bill permits the postmaster of the Scipio A. Jones Post Office in Little Rock, Arkansas, to accept and display in the lobby of such post office a portrait, painted by artist Wade Hampton, of Scipio A. Jones.</p>

tv_txt: II 116th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 3187 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES January 14, 2020 Mr. Boozman (for himself and Mr. Cotton ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs A BILL To permit the Scipio A. Jones Post Office in Little Rock, Arkansas, to accept and display a portrait of Scipio A. Jones, and for other purposes.

1. Scipio A. Jones Post Office portrait (a) In general The postmaster of the Scipio A. Jones Post Office, located at 1700 Main Street in Little Rock, Arkansas, may accept and display, in the lobby of such Post Office, a painting, by artist Wade Hampton, of a portrait of Scipio A. Jones. (b) Costs; gifts The United States Postal Service shall not be responsible for any costs of carrying out subsection (a), including the costs of displaying the painting. The postmaster referred to in such subsection is authorized to accept on behalf of the Government the painting and any services necessary to display the painting.