[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3251 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3251

 To permit the territories of the United States to provide and furnish 
            statues for placement in National Statuary Hall.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 11, 2023

Mr. Moylan (for himself, Mrs. Radewagen, Mrs. Gonzalez-Colon, Ms. Mace, 
Ms. Plaskett, Mr. Sablan, Mr. Ciscomani, Mr. Hunt, Mr. Langworthy, Mr. 
    Mills, and Mr. Strong) 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 National Statuary Hall.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    (a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Equality in the 
Halls of Congress Act''.

SEC. 2. 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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