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To permit each of the territories of the United States to provide and furnish statues honoring their citizens for placement in Statuary Hall in the same manner as statues honoring citizens of the States are provided for placement in Statuary Hall.

Source: Congress.gov · 391 words in original text

What This Bill Does

This bill allows the five territories of the United States to provide statues of their citizens to be placed in Statuary Hall, just like states currently do. Statuary Hall is a room in the Capitol building where statues of notable citizens are displayed. The bill changes the rules so territories get the same ability as states to honor their citizens this way.

Who It Affects

The five U.S. territories: American Samoa, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and the United States Virgin Islands.

Key Provisions

• The word "State" is redefined to include the five named territories when it comes to providing statues for Statuary Hall. (Sec. 1(a)) • The word "citizen" is expanded to include nationals of the United States as defined in the Immigration and Nationality Act when discussing statue placement. (Sec. 1(a)) • The same redefinition of "State" applies to rules about replacing statues in Statuary Hall. (Sec. 1(b))

What Changes

If this becomes law, the five territories will have the same power as states to choose citizens to honor with statues in Statuary Hall and will follow the same procedures for adding and replacing those statues.

Important Definitions

None explicitly defined in the bill text beyond the redefinitions of "State" and "citizen."

I 118TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 1026 To permit each of the territories of the United States to provide and furnish statues honoring their citizens for placement in Statuary Hall in the same manner as statues honoring citizens of the States are provided for placement in Statuary Hall. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES FEBRUARY 14, 2023 Ms. PLASKETT (for herself and Mr. SABLAN) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on House Administration A BILL To permit each of the territories of the United States to provide and furnish statues honoring their citizens for placement in Statuary Hall in the same manner as stat- ues honoring citizens of the States are provided for place- ment in Statuary Hall. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. PLACEMENT OF STATUES OF CITIZENS OF TER- 3 RITORIES OF THE UNITED STATES IN STAT- 4 UARY HALL. 5 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1814 of the Revised Stat- 6 utes of the United States (2 U.S.C. 2131) is amended by 7 VerDate Sep 11 2014 07:20 Mar 07, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1026.IH H1026 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 1026 IH adding at the end the following new sentence: ‘‘For pur- 1 poses of this section, the term ‘State’ includes American 2 Samoa, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mar- 3 iana Islands, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and the 4 United States Virgin Islands, and the term ‘citizen’ in- 5 cludes a national of the United States, as defined in sec- 6 tion 101(a)(22) of the Immigration and Nationality Act 7 (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(22)).’’. 8 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT RELATING TO PRO- 9 CEDURES FOR REPLACEMENT OF STATUES.—Section 311 10 of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2001 (2 11 U.S.C. 2132) is amended by adding at the end the fol- 12 lowing new subsection: 13 ‘‘(f) For purposes of this section, the term ‘State’ in- 14 cludes American Samoa, Guam, the Commonwealth of the 15 Northern Mariana Islands, the Commonwealth of Puerto 16 Rico, and the United States Virgin Islands.’’. 17 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 07:20 Mar 07, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H1026.IH H1026 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS

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