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A bill to direct the Architect of the Capitol to obtain a statue of Rosa Parks and to place the statue in the United States Capitol in National Statuary Hall.

Introduced: November 3, 2005 See on congress.gov
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Nov 3, 2005
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration. (text of measure as introduced: CR S12358)
Nov 3, 2005
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S12357-12358)
Nov 3, 2005
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Directs the Architect of the Capitol to enter into an agreement to obtain a statue of Rosa Parks and to place the statue in the Capitol in a suitable permanent location in National Statuary Hall.

What's happening now November 3, 2005

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration. (text of measure as introduced: CR S12358)

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 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 2
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Durbin, Richard J.
Illinois · Nov 14, 2005
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Schumer, Charles E.
New York · Nov 8, 2005
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1959: A bill to direct the Architect of the Capitol to obtain a statue of Rosa Parks and to place the statue in the United States Capitol in National Statuary Hall.. 109th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/109-S-1959/
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"S. 1959: A bill to direct the Architect of the Capitol to obtain a statue of Rosa Parks and to place the statue in the United States Capitol in National Statuary Hall.." 109th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/109-S-1959/.
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S. 1959, 109th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/109-S-1959/.
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