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.

I 117TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 1422 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 26, 2021 Ms. PLASKETT (for herself and Mr. SAN NICOLAS) 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 02:17 Mar 27, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1422.IH H1422 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 1422 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 02:17 Mar 27, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H1422.IH H1422 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS