S 44
119th Congress
Senate
Congress
Joint Committee on the Library
Monuments and memorials
U.S. Capitol
U.S. history
A bill to direct the Joint Committee of Congress on the Library to procure a statue of Benjamin Franklin for placement in the United States Capitol.
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To President
Became law
Jan 9, 2025
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
Jan 9, 2025
Introduced in Senate
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Plain-English summary
This bill requires the Joint Committee on the Library to contract for and place a statue of Benjamin Franklin in the Capitol.
The committee shall place the statue in a permanent public location where it is accessible during a guided tour provided by the Capitol Visitor Center.
The contract must be executed by December 31, 2025, and the statue must be placed by December 31, 2026.
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 44: A bill to direct the Joint Committee of Congress on the Library to procure a statue of Benjamin Franklin for placement in the United States Capitol.. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-44/
"S. 44: A bill to direct the Joint Committee of Congress on the Library to procure a statue of Benjamin Franklin for placement in the United States Capitol.." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-44/.
S. 44, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-44/.
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