[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5691 Introduced in House (IH)]

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114th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5691

To direct the Joint Committee on the Library to obtain a statue of Elie 
           Wiesel for placement in the United States Capitol.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              July 8, 2016

Mr. Cohen (for himself, Mr. Lewis, Mr. Vargas, Mr. Hastings, Mr. Scott 
 of Virginia, Ms. Schakowsky, Ms. Clarke of New York, Mrs. Lowey, Ms. 
   Wasserman Schultz, Ms. Ros-Lehtinen, Mr. Nadler, Mr. Israel, Mr. 
  Deutch, Mr. Yarmuth, and Mr. Thompson of California) 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 obtain a statue of Elie 
           Wiesel for placement in the United States Capitol.

    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 ELIE WIESEL IN UNITED STATES CAPITOL.

    (a) Obtaining Statue.--Not later than 4 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 Elie Wiesel, 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.
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