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To direct the Joint Committee on the Library to accept the donation of a bust depicting Sojourner Truth and to display the bust in a suitable location in the rotunda of the Capitol.

Introduced: December 16, 2005 See on congress.gov

Everywhere this bill has been 18 steps

Introduced

In committee

Reported out

Passed House

Passed Senate

To President

Became law

Dec 20, 2006

Became Public Law No: 109-427.

Dec 20, 2006

Signed by President.

Dec 11, 2006

Presented to President.

Dec 6, 2006

Message on Senate action sent to the House.

Dec 6, 2006

Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.

Dec 6, 2006

Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.

Dec 6, 2006

Senate Committee on Rules and Administration discharged by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S11243)

Dec 6, 2006

Senate Committee on Rules and Administration discharged by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S11243)

Jan 27, 2006

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.

Dec 19, 2005

Received in the Senate.

Dec 19, 2005

Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

Dec 19, 2005

On passage Passed without objection.

Dec 19, 2005

Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed without objection.

Dec 19, 2005

Considered by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR H12283-12285; text of measure as introduced: CR H12284)

Dec 19, 2005

Mr. Pombo asked unanimous consent to discharge from committee and consider.

Dec 19, 2005

Committee on House Administration discharged.

Dec 13, 2005

Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.

Dec 13, 2005

Introduced in House

Amendments to this bill 1

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1 agreed to

Amendment	Sponsor	Purpose	Status	Latest action
HAMDT 677	—	Amendment in the nature of a substitute is technical in nature.	Agreed to	Dec 19, 2005

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(This measure has not been amended since it was passed by the House on December 19, 2005. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Directs the Joint Committee on the Library to accept the donation of a bust depicting Sojourner Truth and display it in a suitable permanent location in the the Capitol.

What's happening now December 20, 2006

Became Public Law No: 109-427.

Related & companion bills 1

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Committees of jurisdiction 2

Committee on House Administration
House of Representatives
Rules and Administration Committee
Senate

Cosponsors 41

Diaz-Balart, Mario

Florida · Dec 18, 2005

Lucas, Frank D.

Oklahoma · Dec 18, 2005

Sherman, Brad

California · Dec 18, 2005

Turner, Michael R.

Ohio · Dec 18, 2005

DeLauro, Rosa L.

Connecticut · Dec 17, 2005

Larson, John B.

Connecticut · Dec 17, 2005

Nadler, Jerrold

New York · Dec 17, 2005

Neal, Richard E.

Massachusetts · Dec 17, 2005

Thompson, Mike

California · Dec 17, 2005

Cuellar, Henry

Texas · Dec 16, 2005

DeGette, Diana

Colorado · Dec 16, 2005

Doggett, Lloyd

Texas · Dec 16, 2005

Hoyer, Steny H.

Maryland · Dec 16, 2005

McGovern, James P.

Massachusetts · Dec 16, 2005

Pelosi, Nancy

California · Dec 16, 2005

Schiff, Adam B.

California · Dec 16, 2005

Scott, Robert C. "Bobby"

Virginia · Dec 16, 2005

Van Hollen, Chris

Maryland · Dec 16, 2005

Waters, Maxine

California · Dec 16, 2005

Baldwin, Tammy

Wisconsin · Dec 15, 2005

Cleaver, Emanuel

Missouri · Dec 15, 2005

Clyburn, James E.

South Carolina · Dec 15, 2005

Costa, Jim

California · Dec 15, 2005

Davis, Danny K.

Illinois · Dec 15, 2005

Green, Al

Texas · Dec 15, 2005

Lofgren, Zoe

California · Dec 15, 2005

Lynch, Stephen F.

Massachusetts · Dec 15, 2005

McCollum, Betty

Minnesota · Dec 15, 2005

Moore, Gwen

Wisconsin · Dec 15, 2005

Sánchez, Linda T.

California · Dec 15, 2005

Sanders, Bernard

Vermont · Dec 15, 2005

Schakowsky, Janice D.

Illinois · Dec 15, 2005

Thompson, Bennie G.

Mississippi · Dec 15, 2005

Velázquez, Nydia M.

New York · Dec 15, 2005

Wasserman Schultz, Debbie

Florida · Dec 15, 2005

Bishop, Sanford D.

Georgia · Dec 13, 2005

Kaptur, Marcy

Ohio · Dec 13, 2005

Markey, Edward J.

Massachusetts · Dec 13, 2005

Matsui, Doris O.

California · Dec 13, 2005

Meeks, Gregory W.

New York · Dec 13, 2005

Pallone, Frank

New Jersey · Dec 13, 2005

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4510: To direct the Joint Committee on the Library to accept the donation of a bust depicting Sojourner Truth and to display the bust in a suitable location in the rotunda of the Capitol.. 109th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-4510/

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"H.R. 4510: To direct the Joint Committee on the Library to accept the donation of a bust depicting Sojourner Truth and to display the bust in a suitable location in the rotunda of the Capitol.." 109th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-4510/.

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