[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5820 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5820

 To permit the territories of the United States to provide and furnish 
          statues for placement in the national statuary hall.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            February 7, 2020

 Mr. San Nicolas (for himself and Mr. Sablan) introduced the following 
   bill; which was referred to the Committee on House Administration

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                                 A BILL


 
 To permit the territories of the United States to provide and furnish 
          statues for placement in the 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 STATUES FROM TERRITORIES IN NATIONAL STATUARY 
              HALL.

    (a) Placement of Statues.--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' includes American Samoa, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern 
Mariana Islands, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and the United States 
Virgin Islands.''.
    (b) Conforming Amendment Relating to 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, the term `State' includes 
American Samoa, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, 
the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and the United States Virgin 
Islands.''.
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