To permit the territories of the United States to provide and furnish statues for placement in the national statuary hall.

Bill: 116-hr-5820
Sponsor: full_name: Del. San Nicolas, Michael F. Q. [D-GU-At Large]
Introduced: 2020-02-07
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: American Samoa

Arts, Culture, Religion

Congressional tributes

Guam

Museums, exhibitions, cultural centers

Northern Mariana Islands

Puerto Rico

U.S. Capitol

U.S. history

Virgin Islands
Latest action: action_date: 2020-02-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.

Summaries:
action_date: 2020-02-07
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>This bill authorizes the President to invite each U.S. territory to provide and furnish no more than two statues for placement in National Statuary Hall.</p>

tv_txt: I 116th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 5820 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES February 7, 2020 Mr. San Nicolas (for himself and Mr. Sablan ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on House Administration A BILL To permit the territories of the United States to provide and furnish statues for placement in the national statuary hall.

1. Placement of statues from territories in national statuary hall (a) Placement of statues Section 1814 of the Revised Statutes of the United States ( 2 U.S.C. 2131 ) is amended by adding at the end the following new sentence: For purposes of this section, the term State includes American Samoa, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and the United States Virgin Islands. . (b) Conforming amendment relating to replacement of statues Section 311 of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2001 ( 2 U.S.C. 2132 ) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: (f) For purposes of this section, the term State includes American Samoa, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and the United States Virgin Islands. .