[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1073 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1073

 To direct the Joint Committee of Congress on the Library to obtain a 
 statue of Shirley Chisholm for placement in the United States Capitol.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 17, 2023

Ms. Clarke of New York (for herself, Ms. Malliotakis, Ms. Barragan, Mr. 
 Blumenauer, Ms. Schakowsky, Ms. Velazquez, Ms. Kaptur, Mr. Horsford, 
 Ms. Lee of California, Ms. Sewell, Ms. Wilson of Florida, Mr. Higgins 
 of New York, Ms. Ocasio-Cortez, Ms. Meng, Ms. Crockett, Mr. Carter of 
 Louisiana, Ms. Tlaib, Mrs. McBath, Ms. Brown, Ms. Chu, Ms. Pressley, 
 Mr. David Scott of Georgia, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Mr. Cleaver, Ms. 
 Norton, Mr. Mfume, Ms. Wasserman Schultz, Ms. Moore of Wisconsin, Ms. 
Jackson Lee, Mrs. Trahan, Ms. Kamlager-Dove, Ms. Adams, Ms. Williams of 
  Georgia, and Mr. Thanedar) introduced the following bill; which was 
           referred to the Committee on House Administration

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                                 A BILL


 
 To direct the Joint Committee of Congress on the Library to obtain a 
 statue of Shirley Chisholm 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 SHIRLEY CHISHOLM IN UNITED STATES 
              CAPITOL.

    (a) Obtaining Statue.--Not later than 2 years after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Joint Committee of Congress on the Library 
shall enter into an agreement to obtain a statue of Shirley Chisholm, 
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 of Congress on the Library 
shall place the statue obtained under subsection (a) in a public 
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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