SENATE 728116th CongressRead twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
A bill to direct the Joint Committee on the Library to obtain a statue of Shirley Chisholm for placement in the United States Capitol.
- Last Action
- 3/7/2019
Actions
- 2019-03-07Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
- 2019-03-07Introduced in Senate
CRS Summary
As of 2019-03-07 (00)
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 suitable permanent location in the U.S. Capitol.
Cosponsors (17)
- Charles Schumer (D-NY)
- Edward Markey (D-MA)
- Richard Blumenthal (D-CT)
- Christopher Coons (D-DE)
- Mazie Hirono (D-HI)
- Tina Smith (D-MN)
- Timothy Kaine (D-VA)
- Richard Durbin (D-IL)
- Ron Wyden (D-OR)
- Cory Booker (D-NJ)
- Bernard Sanders (I-VT)
- Elizabeth Warren (D-MA)
- Tammy Duckworth (D-IL)
- Amy Klobuchar (D-MN)
- Sherrod Brown (D-OH)
- Patty Murray (D-WA)
- Debbie Stabenow (D-MI)
Subjects
- Art, artists, authorship
- Congressional tributes
- House of Representatives
- Members of Congress
- New York City
- U.S. Capitol
- U.S. history
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