[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7652 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 7652

To prohibit the removal of a statue provided by a State for display in 
National Statuary Hall unless two-thirds of the members of the State's 
 congressional delegation approve the removal, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 16, 2020

  Mr. Norman (for himself, Mr. Duncan, Mr. Budd, Mr. LaMalfa, and Mr. 
    Gaetz) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                   Committee on House Administration

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                                 A BILL


 
To prohibit the removal of a statue provided by a State for display in 
National Statuary Hall unless two-thirds of the members of the State's 
 congressional delegation approve the removal, 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. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``National Statuary Hall Collection 
Policy Act''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITING REMOVAL OF STATUES PROVIDED BY STATES FOR DISPLAY 
              IN NATIONAL STATUARY HALL WITHOUT APPROVAL OF 
              CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION OF STATE.

    Section 311(a)(2) of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 
2001 (2 U.S.C. 2132(a)(2)) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``and'' at the end of subparagraph (A);
            (2) by striking the period at the end of subparagraph (B) 
        and inserting ``; and''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
                    ``(C) the request has been approved by not fewer 
                than \2/3\ of the Members of the House of 
                Representatives and Senators who represent the 
                State.''.
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