To direct the Joint Committee of Congress on the Library to obtain a statue of Shirley Chisholm for placement in the United States Capitol.

I 117TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 2198 To direct the Joint Committee of Congress on the Library to obtain a statue of Shirley Chisholm for placement in the United States Capitol. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES MARCH 26, 2021 Ms. CLARKE of New York (for herself, Mr. BROWN, Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN, Ms. JOHNSON of Texas, Ms. NORTON, Mr. MEEKS, Mr. VEASEY, Mr. PAYNE, Mr. CARSON, Mr. JEFFRIES, Mr. HASTINGS, Mr. BUTTERFIELD, Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia, Mrs. LAWRENCE, Ms. BASS, Mrs. BEATTY, Mr. MCEACHIN, Ms. PRESSLEY, Mr. EVANS, Ms. PLASKETT, Ms. LEE of California, Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi, Mrs. MCBATH, Mrs. DEMINGS, Ms. WILLIAMS of Georgia, Ms. STRICKLAND, and Ms. BUSH) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on House Admin- istration A BILL To direct the Joint Committee of Congress on the Library to obtain a statue of Shirley Chisholm for placement in the United States Capitol. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. PLACEMENT OF STATUE OF SHIRLEY CHIS- 3 HOLM IN UNITED STATES CAPITOL. 4 (a) OBTAINING STATUE.—Not later than 2 years 5 after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Joint Com- 6 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:09 May 21, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2198.IH H2198 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 2198 IH mittee of Congress on the Library shall enter into an 1 agreement to obtain a statue of Shirley Chisholm, under 2 such terms and conditions as the Joint Committee con- 3 siders appropriate consistent with applicable law. The 4 Joint Committee may authorize the Architect of the Cap- 5 itol to enter into the agreement and related contracts re- 6 quired under this subsection on its behalf, under such 7 terms and conditions as the Joint Committee may require. 8 (b) PLACEMENT.—The Joint Committee of Congress 9 on the Library shall place the statue obtained under sub- 10 section (a) in a public permanent location in the United 11 States Capitol. 12 (c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 13 are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be 14 necessary to carry out this Act, and any amounts so ap- 15 propriated shall remain available until expended. 16 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:09 May 21, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H2198.IH H2198 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS