To direct the Joint Committee on the Library to obtain a statue of Ruth Bader Ginsburg and to place the statue in the United States Capitol in National Statuary Hall.

H.R. 8402 · 116th Congress · Sep 25, 2020 · Lineage

A BILL

Section 1 Placement of statue of Ruth Bader Ginsburg 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 or bust of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, under such terms and conditions as the Joint Committee considers appropriate consistent with applicable law.

(b)

Placement— The Joint Committee shall place the statue or bust obtained under subsection (a) in the United States Capitol in a suitable permanent location in National Statuary Hall.

(c)

Waiver of waiting period— Section 2(a) of Public Law 109–116 (2 U.S.C. 2131a(a)) does not apply with respect to the statue or bust obtained and placed under subsection (a).

Sec. 2 Authorization of appropriations

There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out this Act, and any amounts so appropriated shall remain available until expended.

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Sep 25, 2020viewing Introduced in House Mr. Krishnamoorthi (for himself, Mrs. Lawrence, Ms. Speier, Ms. Frankel, Ms. Schakowsky, Ms. Lofgren, Ms. Adams, Mr. Allred, Mrs. Axne, Ms. Barragán, Mr. Beyer, Mr. Blumenauer, Mr. Brown of Maryland, Mr. Butterfield, Mr. Carbajal, Mr. Carson of Indiana, Mr. Cartwright, Mr. Case, Mr. Casten of Illinois, Ms. Castor of Florida, Mr. Castro of Texas, Mr. Cicilline, Ms. Clark of Massachusetts, Ms. Clarke of New York, Mr. Cleaver, Mr. Cooper, Mr. Cox of California, Mr. Crist, Mr. Crow, Ms. Davids of Kansas, Mr. Danny K. Davis of Illinois, Ms. Dean, Mr. DeFazio, Ms. DeGette, Ms. DeLauro, Ms. DelBene, Mrs. Demings, Mrs. Dingell, Mr. Doggett, Mr. Engel, Ms. Escobar, Ms. Eshoo, Mr. Espaillat, Mr. Evans, Mrs. Fletcher, Ms. Fudge, Ms. Garcia of Texas, Mr. Gomez, Mr. Gonzalez of Texas, Mr. Gottheimer, Mr. Green of Texas, Mr. Grijalva, Mr. Heck, Mr. Higgins of New York, Mr. Himes, Ms. Kendra S. Horn of Oklahoma, Mr. Horsford, Ms. Jackson Lee, Ms. Jayapal, Ms. Johnson of Texas, Ms. Kaptur, Ms. Kelly of Illinois, Mr. Khanna, Mr. Kildee, Ms. Kuster of New Hampshire, Mr. Larson of Connecticut, Ms. Lee of California, Mr. Levin of California, Mr. Loebsack, Mrs. Lowey, Mr. Lynch, Mr. Malinowski, Mrs. Carolyn B. Maloney of New York, Mr. Sean Patrick Maloney of New York, Ms. Matsui, Ms. McCollum, Mr. McEachin, Mr. McGovern, Mr. McNerney, Ms. Meng, Ms. Moore, Ms. Mucarsel-Powell, Mrs. Napolitano, Mr. Neguse, Ms. Norton, Ms. Ocasio-Cortez, Mr. Pallone, Mr. Pappas, Mr. Payne, Mr. Perlmutter, Ms. Pingree, Mr. Price of North Carolina, Mr. Raskin, Mr. Reed, Miss Rice of New York, Mr. Rose of New York, Ms. Roybal-Allard, Mr. Ruiz, Mr. San Nicolas, Ms. Sánchez, Mr. Sarbanes, Ms. Schrier, Mr. David Scott of Georgia, Ms. Shalala, Mr. Sires, Ms. Slotkin, Mr. Stanton, Ms. Stevens, Mr. Suozzi, Ms. Titus, Mr. Tonko, Mrs. Torres of California, Mrs. Trahan, Mr. Veasey, Ms. Velázquez, Mrs. Watson Coleman, Ms. Wexton, Ms. Wild, and Ms. Wilson of Florida) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on House Administration

To direct the Joint Committee on the Library to obtain a statue of Ruth Bader Ginsburg and to place the statue in the United States Capitol in National Statuary Hall.

Section 1 Placement of statue of Ruth Bader Ginsburg in National Statuary Hall

Sec. 2 Authorization of appropriations

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