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A bill to direct the Joint Committee on the Library to enter into an agreement with the Harriet Tubman Statue Commission of the State of Maryland for the acceptance of a statue of Harriet Tubman for display in a prominent location in the United States Capitol.

Introduced: February 15, 2017 Introduced by: Van Hollen, Chris Democratic · Maryland See on congress.gov
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

This bill directs the Joint Committee on the Library to enter into an agreement with the Harriet Tubman Statue Commission of the State of Maryland under which the commission shall provide, and the joint committee shall accept, a statue of Harriet Tubman.

After receiving the statue, the joint committee shall place it in a prominent permanent location in the U.S. Capitol.

What's happening now February 15, 2017

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

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