[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1720 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1720

 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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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 25, 2009

  Ms. Norton introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                   Committee on House Administration

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                                 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.

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

SECTION 1. 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.''.
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