To direct the Joint Committee of Congress on the Library to obtain a statue of Shirley Chisholm for placement in the United States Capitol.
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Feb 17, 2023
Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
Feb 17, 2023
Introduced in House
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Plain-English summary
This bill requires the Joint Committee on the Library to enter into an agreement to obtain a statue of Shirley Chisholm, the first African American woman elected to Congress.
The committee shall place the statue in a permanent public location in the U.S. Capitol.
What's happening now
Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
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Cosponsors
53
D
Hayes, Jahana
D
Plaskett, Stacey E.
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Fitzpatrick, Brian K.
D
Landsman, Greg
D
Green, Al
D
Magaziner, Seth
D
Quigley, Mike
R
Lawler, Michael
Allred, Colin
D
Goldman, Daniel S.
D
Ryan, Patrick
D
Torres, Ritchie
D
Davids, Sharice
D
Fletcher, Lizzie
D
Balint, Becca
D
Beyer, Donald S.
Bowman, Jamaal
D
Espaillat, Adriano
D
Tonko, Paul
D
Gallego, Ruben
D
McGovern, James P.
D
Meeks, Gregory W.
D
Nadler, Jerrold
D
Ross, Deborah K.
D
Adams, Alma S.
D
Barragán, Nanette Diaz
D
Brown, Shontel M.
D
Carter, Troy A.
D
Chu, Judy
D
Cleaver, Emanuel
D
Crockett, Jasmine
Higgins, Brian
D
Horsford, Steven
D
Johnson, Henry C. "Hank"
D
Kamlager-Dove, Sydney
D
Kaptur, Marcy
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Malliotakis, Nicole
D
McBath, Lucy
D
Meng, Grace
D
Mfume, Kweisi
D
Moore, Gwen
D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
D
Ocasio-Cortez, Alexandria
D
Pressley, Ayanna
D
Schakowsky, Janice D.
D
Sewell, Terri A.
D
Thanedar, Shri
D
Tlaib, Rashida
D
Trahan, Lori
D
Velázquez, Nydia M.
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1073: To direct the Joint Committee of Congress on the Library to obtain a statue of Shirley Chisholm for placement in the United States Capitol.. 118th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-1073/
"H.R. 1073: To direct the Joint Committee of Congress on the Library to obtain a statue of Shirley Chisholm for placement in the United States Capitol.." 118th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-1073/.
H.R. 1073, 118th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-1073/.
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