A bill to direct the Joint Committee of Congress on the Library to procure a statue of Benjamin Franklin for placement in the United States Capitol.

Bill: 119-s-44
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE]
Introduced: 2025-01-09
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Joint Committee on the Library

Monuments and memorials

U.S. Capitol

U.S. history
Latest action: action_date: 2025-01-09
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.

Summaries:
action_date: 2025-01-09
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p>This bill requires the Joint Committee on the Library to contract for and place a&nbsp;statue of Benjamin Franklin in the Capitol.</p><p>The committee shall place the statue in a permanent public location&nbsp;where it is accessible during a guided tour provided by the Capitol Visitor Center.</p><p>The contract must be executed by December 31, 2025, and the&nbsp;statue must be placed by&nbsp;December 31, 2026.&nbsp;</p>

tv_txt: II 119th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 44 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES January 9, 2025 Mr. Coons (for himself, Mr. Boozman , Mr. Lankford , and Mr. Warner ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration A BILL To direct the Joint Committee of Congress on the Library to procure a statue of Benjamin Franklin for placement in the United States Capitol.

1. Procurement and placement of statue of Benjamin Franklin in the United States Capitol (a) Obtaining of statue Not later than December 31, 2025, the Joint Committee of Congress on the Library (referred to in this section as the Joint Committee ) shall enter into an agreement to obtain a statue of Benjamin Franklin, under such terms and conditions as the Joint Committee considers appropriate consistent with applicable law. (b) Placement Not later than December 31, 2026, the Joint Committee shall place the statue obtained under subsection (a) in a suitable permanent location in the United States Capitol where the statue is accessible to the public during a guided tour of the Capitol provided by the Office of the Capitol Visitor Center.