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S 1705 116th Congress Senate Public Lands and Natural Resources District of Columbia Monuments and memorials Voting rights Women's rights

A bill to authorize the Every Word We Utter Monument to establish a commemorative work in the District of Columbia and its environs, and for other purposes.

Introduced: June 4, 2019 Introduced by: Bennet, Michael F. Democratic · Colorado See on congress.gov
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Became law
Jun 19, 2019
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 116-308.
Jun 4, 2019
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Jun 4, 2019
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

This bill authorizes the establishment on federal land in the District of Columbia of the Every Word We Utter Monument in commemoration of the passage of the 19th Amendment to the Constitution, which gave women the right to vote.

What's happening now June 19, 2019

Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 116-308.

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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1705: A bill to authorize the Every Word We Utter Monument to establish a commemorative work in the District of Columbia and its environs, and for other purposes.. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-1705/
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"S. 1705: A bill to authorize the Every Word We Utter Monument to establish a commemorative work in the District of Columbia and its environs, and for other purposes.." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-1705/.
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S. 1705, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-1705/.
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[S. 1705: A bill to authorize the Every Word We Utter Monument to establish a commemorative work in the District of Columbia and its environs, and for other purposes.](https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-1705/)
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