[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 4272 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 4272

 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 SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 7, 2024

 Mr. Warnock (for himself, Ms. Butler, Ms. Klobuchar, Ms. Warren, Ms. 
Hirono, Mr. Sanders, Mr. Durbin, Ms. Smith, Mrs. Murray, Ms. Stabenow, 
   Mr. Casey, Mr. Padilla, Mr. Van Hollen, Ms. Cortez Masto, and Ms. 
   Collins) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
         referred to the Committee on Rules and 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. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Shirley Chisholm Statue Act''.

SEC. 2. PLACEMENT OF STATUE OF SHIRLEY CHISHOLM IN UNITED STATES 
              CAPITOL.

    (a) Obtaining Statue.--Not later than 2 years after the date of 
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 permanent 
public 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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