[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4145 Introduced in House (IH)]







109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4145

To direct the Architect of the Capitol to obtain a statue of Rosa Parks 
   and to place the statue in the United States Capitol in National 
                             Statuary Hall.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 26, 2005

   Mr. Jackson of Illinois (for himself, Mr. Rogers of Alabama, Mr. 
Conyers, Mr. Watt, Mr. Shimkus, Mr. Cardin, Mr. Lincoln Diaz-Balart of 
Florida, Mr. Lantos, Mr. Schwarz of Michigan, Ms. Waters, Mr. Hulshof, 
Ms. Kilpatrick of Michigan, Mr. Porter, Mr. Davis of Illinois, Ms. Lee, 
 Mr. Bishop of Georgia, Mr. Butterfield, Ms. Carson, Mrs. Christensen, 
Mr. Clay, Mr. Cleaver, Mr. Clyburn, Mr. Cummings, Mr. Davis of Alabama, 
 Mr. Fattah, Mr. Ford, Mr. Al Green of Texas, Mr. Hastings of Florida, 
 Ms. Jackson-Lee of Texas, Mr. Jefferson, Ms. Eddie Bernice Johnson of 
Texas, Mrs. Jones of Ohio, Mr. Lewis of Georgia, Ms. McKinney, Mr. Meek 
of Florida, Mr. Meeks of New York, Ms. Millender-McDonald, Ms. Moore of 
Wisconsin, Ms. Norton, Mr. Owens, Mr. Payne, Mr. Rangel, Mr. Rush, Mr. 
 Scott of Georgia, Mr. Scott of Virginia, Mr. Thompson of Mississippi, 
  Mr. Towns, Ms. Corrine Brown of Florida, Ms. Watson, Mr. Wynn, Mr. 
Lynch, Mr. Levin, Mr. Thompson of California, Mrs. Tauscher, Mr. Stark, 
    Mr. Evans, Mr. Israel, Mr. Boyd, Mr. Honda, Mr. McGovern, Mrs. 
 McCarthy, Mr. Nadler, Mr. Kucinich, Mr. Berman, Mrs. Napolitano, Mr. 
Hoyer, Mr. Waxman, Mrs. Lowey, Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Doyle, 
 Mr. Emanuel, Mrs. Davis of California, Mr. Dingell, Mr. Ryan of Ohio, 
 Mr. Kennedy of Rhode Island, Mrs. Maloney, Mr. Ackerman, Ms. Linda T. 
 Sanchez of California, Mr. McNulty, Mr. Visclosky, Mr. Costello, Mr. 
Gutierrez, Mr. Rothman, Mr. Delahunt, Mr. Abercrombie, Ms. McCollum of 
   Minnesota, Ms. DeLauro, Mr. Ross, and Mr. Meehan) introduced the 
     following bill; which was referred to the Committee on House 
                             Administration

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                                 A BILL


 
To direct the Architect of the Capitol to obtain a statue of Rosa Parks 
   and to place the statue in the United States Capitol in National 
                             Statuary Hall.

    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 ROSA PARKS IN NATIONAL STATUARY HALL.

    (a) Obtaining Statue.--The Architect of the Capitol shall enter 
into an agreement to obtain a statue of Rosa Parks, under such terms 
and conditions as the Architect considers appropriate consistent with 
applicable law.
    (b) Placement.--Not later than 2 years after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Architect shall place the statue obtained 
under subsection (a) in the United States Capitol in a suitable 
permanent location in National Statuary Hall.

SEC. 2. 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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