To direct the Joint Committee on the Library to obtain a statue of Rosa Parks and to place the statue in the United States Capitol in National Statuary Hall, and for other purposes.

(This measure has not been amended since it was passed by the House on November 18, 2005. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Directs the Architect of the Capitol to enter into an agreement to obtain a statue of Rosa Parks and to place the statue in the Capitol in a suitable permanent location in National Statuary Hall.

Prohibits a statue of any individual from being placed in National Statuary Hall until after the expiration of the 10-year period which begins on the date of the individual's death.

Exempts a statue: (1) obtained and placed in National Statuary Hall under this Act; or (2) provided and furnished by a state under the Revised Statutes of the United States or its replacement provided under the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2001.

Authorizes appropriations.

[109th Congress Public Law 116]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]


[DOCID: f:publ116.109]

[[Page 119 STAT. 2524]]

Public Law 109-116
109th Congress

                                 An Act


 
To direct the Joint Committee on the Library to obtain a statue of Rosa 
 Parks and to place the statue in the United States Capitol in National 
  Statuary Hall, and for other purposes. <<NOTE: Dec. 1, 2005 -  [H.R. 
                                4145]>> 

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. <<NOTE: 2 USC 2131a note.>> PLACEMENT OF STATUE OF ROSA PARKS 
            IN NATIONAL STATUARY HALL.

    (a) <<NOTE: Deadline.>> 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 Rosa Parks, 
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.

SEC. 2. <<NOTE: 2 USC 2131a.>> ELIGIBILITY FOR PLACEMENT OF STATUES IN 
            NATIONAL STATUARY HALL.

    (a) Eligibility.--No statue of any individual may be placed in 
National Statuary Hall until after the expiration of the 10-year period 
which begins on the date of the individual's death.
    (b) Exceptions.--Subsection (a) does not apply with respect to--
            (1) the statue obtained and placed in National Statuary Hall 
        under this Act; or
            (2) any statue provided and furnished by a State under 
        section 1814 of the Revised Statutes of the United States (2 
        U.S.C. 2131) or any replacement statue provided by a State under 
        section 311 of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2001 
        (2 U.S.C. 2132).

[[Page 119 STAT. 2525]]

SEC. 3. 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.

    Approved December 1, 2005.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY--H.R. 4145:
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CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 151 (2005):
            Nov. 17, considered and passed House.
            Nov. 18, considered and passed Senate.
WEEKLY COMPILATION OF PRESIDENTIAL DOCUMENTS, Vol. 41 (2005):
            Dec. 1, Presidential remarks.

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