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I 110th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 2534 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES May 24, 2007 Ms. Norton introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on House Administration A BILL To permit statues honoring citizens of the District of Columbia to be placed in Statuary Hall in the same manner as statues honoring citizens of the States are placed in Statuary Hall, and for other purposes.

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Placement of statues of citizens of District of Columbia in Statuary Hall

(a)

In general

Section 1814 of the Revised Statutes of the United States (2 U.S.C. 2131) is amended by adding at the end the following new sentence: For purposes of this section, the term State shall include the District of Columbia.. (b)

Conforming amendment regarding procedures for replacement of statues

Section 311 of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2001 (2 U.S.C. 2132), is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: (f)For purposes of this section— (1)the term State shall include the District of Columbia; and (2)in the case of the District of Columbia, the Council of the District of Columbia shall be treated as the legislature and the Mayor of the District of Columbia shall be treated as the Governor. .