To provide for the furnishing of statues by the District of Columbia and territories and possessions of the United States for display in Statuary Hall in the United States Capitol.
Latest action · Dec 22, 2010 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedJun 9, 2010
- Passed HouseDec 15, 2010
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Authorizes the President to invite the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands to each provide and furnish a statue, in marble or bronze, of a deceased person who has been a citizen of such jurisdiction, and illustrious for his or her historic renown or for distinguished civic or military services, such as it may deem to be worthy of this national commemoration. Requires the statues to be placed in Statuary Hall in the U.S. Capitol.
Prohibits a statue of any individual from being placed in Statuary Hall until 10 years after the individual's death.
Prescribes requirements and administrative procedures for replacement of such statues.
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Committee on House Administration | Referred Jun 9, 2010Markup Jul 14, 2010Reported Jul 23, 2010 |
| Senate | Rules and Administration Committee | Referred Dec 22, 2010 |
Actions 14
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Dec 22, 2010Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
- Dec 16, 2010Received in the Senate.
- Dec 15, 2010Mr. Faleomavaega moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
- Dec 15, 2010Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H8492-8495)
- Dec 15, 2010DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 5493.
In the Congressional Record 2
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Extensions | Debate and remarks E2153 | Steny H. Hoyer D-MD | Dec 16, 2010 |
| House | Debate and remarks H8492–H8495Text printed H8492 | Daniel E. Lungren R-CA, Eleanor Holmes Norton D-DC, Eni F. H. Faleomavaega D-AS, Gregorio Kilili Camacho Sablan D-MP, Madeleine Z. Bordallo D-GU, Robert A. Brady D-PA, Steny H. Hoyer D-MD | Dec 15, 2010 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Committee report
Congressional Budget Office cost estimates 2
- Jul 20, 2010H.R. 5493, A bill to provide for the furnishing of statues by the District of Columbia for display in Statuary Hall in the United States Capitol<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Administration on July 2010</p>
- Jul 20, 2010H.R. 5493, A bill to provide for the furnishing of statues by the District of Columbia for display in Statuary Hall in the United States CapitolCost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Administration on July 2010
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| — | MARKUP OF H.R. 5493, H.R. 5711, H.R. 5681, H.R. 5682, H.R. 5717, AND TWO COMMITTEE RESOLUTIONS50 pages | Committee on House Administration | Jul 14, 2010 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 3646 | A bill to provide for the furnishing of statues by the District of Columbia for display in Statuary Hall in the United States Capitol. | Identical bill | Jul 26, 2010 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To provide for the furnishing of statues by the District of Columbia for display in Statuary Hall in the United States Capitol.
- Official Titles as Amended by House
- To provide for the furnishing of statues by the District of Columbia and territories and possessions of the United States for display in Statuary Hall in the United States Capitol.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Congress.
Text 4
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Dec 22, 2010Referred in Senate
- Dec 15, 2010Engrossed in House
- Jul 22, 2010Reported in House
- Jun 9, 2010Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
