HOUSE 473116th CongressBecame Public Law No: 116-217.

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.

Last Action: 12/17/2020

Actions

2020-12-17Became Public Law No: 116-217.
2020-12-17Became Public Law No: 116-217.
2020-12-17Signed by President.
2020-12-17Signed by President.
2020-12-11Presented to President.
2020-12-11Presented to President.
2020-12-07Message on Senate action sent to the House.
2020-12-03Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
2020-12-03Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
2020-12-03Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources discharged by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S7222)
2020-12-03Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources discharged by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S7222)
2020-02-27Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
2020-02-26Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
2020-02-26On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H1204-1205)
2020-02-26Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.

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CRS Summary

As of 2020-12-17 (49)

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

No federal funds may be used to pay any expenses for the establishment of the commemorative work.

The Every Word We Utter Monument organization shall be solely responsible for accepting contributions for, and paying for, the expenses of the establishment of such work.

Cosponsors (20)

Jason Crow (D-CO)
Doug Lamborn (R-CO)
Scott Tipton (R-CO)
DIANA DEGETTE (D-CO)
Ed Perlmutter (D-CO)
Ken Buck (R-CO)
PETER KING (R-NY)
Rashida Tlaib (D-MI)
Mark Pocan (D-WI)
Katie Hill (D-CA)
Frederica Wilson (D-FL)
Debra Haaland (D-NM)
EDDIE JOHNSON (D-TX)
ELEANOR NORTON (D-DC)
JANICE SCHAKOWSKY (D-IL)
Alan Lowenthal (D-CA)
SHEILA JACKSON LEE (D-TX)
BARBARA LEE (D-CA)
Ed Case (D-HI)
Robin Kelly (D-IL)

Subjects

District of Columbia
Monuments and memorials
Voting rights
Women's rights

Became law: Pub. L. 116-217

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