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SRES 53 111th Congress Senate Congress Racial and ethnic relations Senate U.S. Capitol U.S. history

A resolution authorizing a plaque commemorating the role of enslaved African Americans in the construction of the Capitol.

Introduced: February 24, 2009 See on congress.gov
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Feb 25, 2009
Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (text: CR S2500)
Feb 25, 2009
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent.(text: CR S2500)
Feb 25, 2009
Senate Committee on Rules and Administration discharged by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S2500)
Feb 25, 2009
Senate Committee on Rules and Administration discharged by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S2500)
Feb 24, 2009
Referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2430-2431)
Feb 24, 2009
Introduced in Senate
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Directs the Senate Commission on Art to procure an appropriate plaque acknowledging the role of enslaved African-Americans in the construction of the Capitol.

Requires the plaque, under the direction of the Committee on Rules and Administration, to be placed near the original exterior wall that was constructed between 1793 and 1800 in the East Front corridor on the third floor of the Senate wing of the Capitol.

What's happening now February 25, 2009

Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (text: CR S2500)

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