To direct the Joint Committee of Congress on the Library to obtain a statue of Shirley Chisholm for placement in the United States Capitol.

This bill requires the Joint Committee on the Library to enter into an agreement to obtain a statue of Shirley Chisholm, the first African American woman elected to Congress.

The committee shall place the statue in a permanent public location in the U.S. Capitol.

[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2198 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2198

 To direct the Joint Committee of Congress on the Library to obtain a 
 statue of Shirley Chisholm for placement in the United States Capitol.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 26, 2021

 Ms. Clarke of New York (for herself, Mr. Brown, Mrs. Watson Coleman, 
Ms. Johnson of Texas, Ms. Norton, Mr. Meeks, Mr. Veasey, Mr. Payne, Mr. 
  Carson, Mr. Jeffries, Mr. Hastings, Mr. Butterfield, Mr. Johnson of 
   Georgia, Mrs. Lawrence, Ms. Bass, Mrs. Beatty, Mr. McEachin, Ms. 
Pressley, Mr. Evans, Ms. Plaskett, Ms. Lee of California, Mr. Thompson 
of Mississippi, Mrs. McBath, Mrs. Demings, Ms. Williams of Georgia, Ms. 
  Strickland, and Ms. Bush) introduced the following bill; which was 
           referred to the Committee on House Administration

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                                 A BILL


 
 To direct the Joint Committee of Congress on the Library to obtain a 
 statue of Shirley Chisholm for placement in the United States Capitol.

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

SECTION 1. PLACEMENT OF STATUE OF SHIRLEY CHISHOLM IN UNITED STATES 
              CAPITOL.

    (a) Obtaining Statue.--Not later than 2 years after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Joint Committee of Congress on the Library 
shall enter into an agreement to obtain a statue of Shirley Chisholm, 
under such terms and conditions as the Joint Committee considers 
appropriate consistent with applicable law. The Joint Committee may 
authorize the Architect of the Capitol to enter into the agreement and 
related contracts required under this subsection on its behalf, under 
such terms and conditions as the Joint Committee may require.
    (b) Placement.--The Joint Committee of Congress on the Library 
shall place the statue obtained under subsection (a) in a public 
permanent location in the United States Capitol.
    (c) 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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