Equality in the Halls of Congress Act

Bill: 118-hr-3251
Sponsor: full_name: Del. Moylan, James C. [R-GU-At Large]
Introduced: 2023-05-11
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: American Samoa

Cultural exchanges and relations

Guam

Northern Mariana Islands

Puerto Rico

U.S. Capitol

U.S. territories and protectorates

Virgin Islands
Latest action: action_date: 2023-09-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Oversight.

Summaries:
action_date: 2023-05-11
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Equality in the Halls of Congress Act</b></p> <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 118th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 3251 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES May 11, 2023 Mr. Moylan (for himself, Mrs. Radewagen , Mrs. González-Colón , Ms. Mace , Ms. Plaskett , Mr. Sablan , Mr. Ciscomani , Mr. Hunt , Mr. Langworthy , Mr. Mills , and Mr. Strong ) 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 National Statuary Hall.

1. Short title (a) Short title This Act may be cited as the Equality in the Halls of Congress Act . 2. 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. .