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H.R. 2791 111th Congress House

To permit each of the territories of the United States to provide and furnish a statue honoring a citizen of the territory to be placed in Statuary Hall in the same manner as statues honoring…

Official title: To permit each of the territories of the United States to provide and furnish a statue honoring a citizen of the territory to be placed in Statuary Hall in the… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To permit each of the territories of the United States to provide and furnish a statue honoring a citizen of the territory to be placed in Statuary Hall in the same manner as statues honoring citizens of the States are placed in Statuary Hall.

Introduced: June 10, 2009 See on congress.gov
Congress American SamoaArt, artists, authorshipGuamMonuments and memorials
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Northern Mariana IslandsPuerto RicoU.S. CapitolU.S. territories and protectoratesVirgin Islands
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Jun 10, 2009
Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
Jun 10, 2009
Introduced in House
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 Latest action June 10, 2009

Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Permits statues honoring deceased citizens of U.S. territories (American Samoa, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands) to be placed in Statuary Hall of the U.S. Capitol. Limits such statues to one per jurisdiction.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 2791: To permit each of the territories of the United States to provide and furnish a statue honoring a citizen of the territory to be placed in Statuary Hall in the same manner as statues honoring citizens of the States are placed in Statuary Hall.. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-2791/
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"H.R. 2791: To permit each of the territories of the United States to provide and furnish a statue honoring a citizen of the territory to be placed in Statuary Hall in the same manner as statues honoring citizens of the States are placed in Statuary Hall.." 111th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-2791/.
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H.R. 2791, 111th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-2791/.
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[H.R. 2791: To permit each of the territories of the United States to provide and furnish a statue honoring a citizen of the territory to be placed in Statuary Hall in the same manner as statues honoring citizens of the States are placed in Statuary Hall.](https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-2791/)
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