115 HR 4856 IH: To direct the Joint Committee on the Library to obtain a statue of Shirley Chisholm for placement in the United States Capitol. U.S. House of Representatives 2018-01-19 text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.

I115th CONGRESS2d SessionH. R. 4856IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVESJanuary 19, 2018Ms. Clarke of New York (for herself, Ms. Adams, Ms. Barragán, Mrs. Beatty, Mr. Beyer, Mr. Bishop of Georgia, Ms. Blunt Rochester, Mr. Brown of Maryland, Mr. Cohen, Mr. Courtney, Mr. Crowley, Mr. Danny K. Davis of Illinois, Mrs. Dingell, Mr. Espaillat, Mr. Evans, Ms. DeGette, Mr. Al Green of Texas, Mr. Hastings, Mr. Higgins of New York, Ms. Jackson Lee, Ms. Jayapal, Mr. Jeffries, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Ms. Kelly of Illinois, Mrs. Lawrence, Mr. Lawson of Florida, Ms. Lee, Mr. Lewis of Georgia, Mrs. Carolyn B. Maloney of New York, Ms. McCollum, Mr. McEachin, Mr. McGovern, Mr. Meeks, Ms. Meng, Mr. Nadler, Mrs. Napolitano, Ms. Norton, Mr. Pallone, Mr. Payne, Mr. Pocan, Mr. Richmond, Mr. Ryan of Ohio, Mr. Rush, Ms. Sánchez, Mr. Serrano, Ms. Sewell of Alabama, Mr. Smith of Washington, Ms. Velázquez, Mrs. Watson Coleman, Ms. Wilson of Florida, Ms. Hanabusa, Ms. Judy Chu of California, Mr. Clay, Mr. Veasey, Ms. Wasserman Schultz, Mr. Crist, and Mr. Carson of Indiana) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on House AdministrationA BILLTo direct the Joint Committee on the Library to obtain a statue of Shirley Chisholm for placement in the United States Capitol.

1.

Placement of statue of Shirley Chisholm in United States Capitol

(a)

Obtaining Statue

Not later than 5 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 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 on the Library shall place the statue obtained under subsection (a) in a suitable 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.