Honoring Harriet Tubman Act

Bill: 117-hr-7062
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-12]
Introduced: 2022-03-11
Policy area: Congress
Latest action: action_date: 2022-03-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.

Summaries:
action_date: 2022-03-11
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Honoring Harriet Tubman Act</b></p> <p>This bill requires the Joint Committee on the Library to obtain a statue of Harriet Tubman and place the statue in a suitable permanent location in National Statuary Hall.</p>

tv_txt: I 117th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 7062 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 11, 2022 Mrs. Carolyn B. Maloney of New York (for herself, Ms. Adams , Mr. Bacon , Ms. Barragán , Ms. Bass , Mr. Bishop of Georgia , Ms. Bonamici , Mr. Bowman , Mr. Brown of Maryland , Ms. Brown of Ohio , Ms. Bush , Mrs. Bustos , Mr. Butterfield , Mr. Cárdenas , Mr. Carson , Mr. Carter of Louisiana , Ms. Castor of Florida , Mrs. Cherfilus-McCormick , Mr. Cicilline , Ms. Clarke of New York , Mr. Cohen , Mr. Connolly , Mr. Cooper , Mr. Danny K. Davis of Illinois , Ms. DelBene , Mrs. Dingell , Mr. Doggett , Mr. Donalds , Ms. Eshoo , Mr. Espaillat , Mr. Evans , Mr. Fitzpatrick , Ms. Lois Frankel of Florida , Mr. Gallego , Mr. Garbarino , Mr. García of Illinois , Mr. Gottheimer , Mr. Green of Texas , Mr. Grijalva , Mr. Harris , Mrs. Hayes , Mr. Higgins of New York , Mr. Himes , Mr. Horsford , Ms. Jackson Lee , Ms. Jacobs of California , Ms. Johnson of Texas , Mr. Johnson of Georgia , Mr. Kahele , Ms. Kaptur , Mr. Katko , Mr. Khanna , Mr. Kilmer , Mrs. Kirkpatrick , Mr. Larson of Connecticut , Mrs. Lawrence , Mr. Lawson of Florida , Ms. Lee of California , Mr. Lieu , Mr. Lynch , Ms. McCollum , Mr. McGovern , Mr. Meijer , Ms. Meng , Mr. Mfume , Ms. Moore of Wisconsin , Mrs. Murphy of Florida , Mr. Nadler , Mrs. Napolitano , Ms. Newman , Ms. Norton , Ms. Ocasio-Cortez , Mr. Owens , Mr. Payne , Ms. Pressley , Mr. Quigley , Mr. Raskin , Ms. Roybal-Allard , Mr. Ruppersberger , Mr. Rush , Mr. Sarbanes , Ms. Scanlon , Ms. Schakowsky , Mr. Schneider , Mr. David Scott of Georgia , Ms. Sewell , Ms. Slotkin , Ms. Speier , Ms. Stevens , Ms. Strickland , Mr. Suozzi , Mr. Swalwell , Mr. Takano , Ms. Tenney , Mr. Thompson of Mississippi , Ms. Titus , Ms. Tlaib , Mr. Tonko , Mr. Torres of New York , Mr. Trone , Mr. Vargas , Mr. Veasey , Ms. Velázquez , Ms. Wasserman Schultz , Mrs. Watson Coleman , Mr. Welch , Ms. Wild , and Ms. Williams of Georgia ) 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.