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

I 116TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 1596 To direct the Joint Committee on the Library to obtain a statue of Shirley Chisholm for placement in the United States Capitol. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES MARCH 7, 2019 Ms. CLARKE of New York (for herself, Mr. BROWN of Maryland, Mrs. WAT- SON COLEMAN, Ms. JOHNSON of Texas, Ms. NORTON, Mr. LEWIS, Mr. MEEKS, Mr. VEASEY, Mr. PAYNE, Mr. CARSON of Indiana, Mr. JEFFRIES, Mr. RICHMOND, Mr. HASTINGS, Mr. BUTTERFIELD, Mr. CLY- BURN, Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia, Mrs. LAWRENCE, Ms. BASS, Mrs. BEATTY, Mr. MCEACHIN, Ms. PRESSLEY, Mr. EVANS, Ms. PLASKETT, Ms. LEE of California, Ms. WILSON of Florida, Mr. THOMPSON of Mis- sissippi, Ms. FUDGE, Mrs. MCBATH, and Mrs. DEMINGS) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on House Administra- tion A BILL To direct the Joint Committee 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 Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. PLACEMENT OF STATUE OF SHIRLEY CHIS- 3 HOLM IN UNITED STATES CAPITOL. 4 (a) OBTAINING STATUE.—Not later than 5 years 5 after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Joint Com- 6 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:32 Mar 21, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1596.IH H1596 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 1596 IH mittee on the Library shall enter into an agreement to 1 obtain a statue of Shirley Chisholm, under such terms and 2 conditions as the Joint Committee considers appropriate 3 consistent with applicable law. The Joint Committee may 4 authorize the Architect of the Capitol to enter into the 5 agreement and related contracts required under this sub- 6 section on its behalf, under such terms and conditions as 7 the Joint Committee may require. 8 (b) PLACEMENT.—The Joint Committee on the Li- 9 brary shall place the statue obtained under subsection (a) 10 in a suitable permanent location in the United States Cap- 11 itol. 12 (c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 13 are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be 14 necessary to carry out this Act, and any amounts so ap- 15 propriated shall remain available until expended. 16 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:32 Mar 21, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H1596.IH H1596 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS