National Statuary Hall Collection Policy Act

National Statuary Hall Collection Policy Act

This bill establishes an additional requirement for the replacement of a statue in National Statuary Hall.

Currently, a state's request to replace a statue it has provided for display shall only be considered if (1) the request has been approved by the legislature and the governor of the state, and (2) the statue to be replaced has been displayed in the U.S. Capitol for at least 10 years as of the time the request is made.

The bill adds the requirement that at least two-thirds of the Members of Congress who represent a requesting state approve any request to replace a statue in National Statuary Hall.

[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4234 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4234

To prohibit the removal of a statue provided by a State for display in 
National Statuary Hall unless two-thirds of the members of the State's 
 congressional delegation approve the removal, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 29, 2021

Mr. Norman (for himself, Mr. Duncan, Mr. Budd, Mr. Massie, Mrs. Greene 
 of Georgia, Mr. LaMalfa, Mr. Gaetz, Mr. Hern, Mr. Babin, Mr. Womack, 
Mr. Brooks, and Mr. Crawford) introduced the following bill; which was 
           referred to the Committee on House Administration

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                                 A BILL


 
To prohibit the removal of a statue provided by a State for display in 
National Statuary Hall unless two-thirds of the members of the State's 
 congressional delegation approve the removal, and for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``National Statuary Hall Collection 
Policy Act''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITING REMOVAL OF STATUES PROVIDED BY STATES FOR DISPLAY 
              IN NATIONAL STATUARY HALL WITHOUT APPROVAL OF 
              CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION OF STATE.

    Section 311(a)(2) of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 
2001 (2 U.S.C. 2132(a)(2)) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``and'' at the end of subparagraph (A);
            (2) by striking the period at the end of subparagraph (B) 
        and inserting ``; and''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
                    ``(C) the request has been approved by not fewer 
                than \2/3\ of the Members of the House of 
                Representatives and Senators who represent the 
                State.''.
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