To direct the Joint Committee on the Library to procure a statue of Benjamin Franklin for placement in the Capitol.

This bill requires the Joint Committee on the Library to contract for and place a statue of Benjamin Franklin in the Capitol.

The committee shall place the statue in a permanent public location where it is accessible during a guided tour provided by the Capitol Visitor Center.

The contract must be executed by December 31, 2025, and the statue must be placed by December 31, 2026. 

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 250 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 250

  To direct the Joint Committee on the Library to procure a statue of 
            Benjamin Franklin for placement in the Capitol.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 9, 2025

Ms. Houlahan (for herself, Mr. Fitzpatrick, Mrs. McClain, Mr. Moulton, 
   Mr. Meuser, Mrs. Watson Coleman, Mr. Joyce of Pennsylvania, Mrs. 
 Kiggans of Virginia, Mr. Cleaver, Ms. Malliotakis, Mrs. Dingell, Mr. 
Khanna, Mr. Evans of Pennsylvania, Ms. Dean of Pennsylvania, Ms. Titus, 
Mr. Lawler, Mr. Thompson of Pennsylvania, Ms. Lee of Florida, and Mrs. 
    Bice) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                   Committee on House Administration

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                                 A BILL


 
  To direct the Joint Committee on the Library to procure a statue of 
            Benjamin Franklin for placement in the Capitol.

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

SECTION 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 on the Library 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 Capitol Visitor Center.
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