To direct the Joint Committee on the Library to obtain a statue of Elie Wiesel for placement in the United States Capitol.
Latest action · Jul 8, 2016 Referred to the House Committee on House 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.
- IntroducedJul 8, 2016
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
This bill requires the Joint Committee on the Library to enter into an agreement to obtain a statue of Eli Wiesel.
The Joint Committee may authorize the Architect of the Capitol to enter into the agreement as well as related contracts.
The Joint Committee shall place the statue in a suitable permanent location in the U.S. Capitol.
Cosponsors 37
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jul 8, 2016 to Nov 14, 2016; 14 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-FL | Alcee L. Hastings | Original | Jul 8, 2016 |
| D-FL | Debbie Wasserman Schultz | Original | Jul 8, 2016 |
| R-FL | Ileana Ros-Lehtinen | Original | Jul 8, 2016 |
| D-IL | Janice D. Schakowsky | Original | Jul 8, 2016 |
| D-NY | Jerrold Nadler | Original | Jul 8, 2016 |
| D-KY | John A. Yarmuth | Original | Jul 8, 2016 |
| D-GA | John Lewis | Original | Jul 8, 2016 |
| D-CA | Juan Vargas | Original | Jul 8, 2016 |
| D-CA | Mike Thompson | Original | Jul 8, 2016 |
| D-NY | Nita M. Lowey | Original | Jul 8, 2016 |
| D-VA | Robert C. "Bobby" Scott | Original | Jul 8, 2016 |
| D-NY | Steve Israel | Original | Jul 8, 2016 |
| D-FL | Theodore E. Deutch | Original | Jul 8, 2016 |
| D-NY | Yvette D. Clarke | Original | Jul 8, 2016 |
| D-CA | Tony Cárdenas | Jul 11, 2016 | |
| D-CA | Eric Swalwell | Jul 12, 2016 | |
| D-CA | Julia Brownley | Jul 13, 2016 | |
| R-TX | Kay Granger | Jul 13, 2016 | |
| R-PA | Patrick Meehan | Jul 13, 2016 | |
| R-NY | Peter T. King | Jul 13, 2016 | |
| R-NY | Lee M. Zeldin | Jul 14, 2016 | |
| R-TX | Randy K. Weber, Sr. | Jul 14, 2016 | |
| R-NJ | Thomas MacArthur | Jul 14, 2016 | |
| D-CA | Alan S. Lowenthal | Jul 25, 2016 | |
| R-VA | Barbara Comstock | Sep 6, 2016 | |
| D-IL | Bill Foster | Sep 6, 2016 | |
| D-NY | Carolyn B. Maloney | Sep 6, 2016 | |
| D-NM | Michelle Lujan Grisham | Sep 6, 2016 | |
| R-CO | Mike Coffman | Sep 6, 2016 | |
| D-MA | James P. McGovern | Sep 7, 2016 | |
| D-FL | Lois Frankel | Sep 12, 2016 | |
| D-IL | Luis V. Gutierrez | Sep 21, 2016 | |
| D-RI | David N. Cicilline | Sep 26, 2016 | |
| D-IL | Bobby L. Rush | Nov 14, 2016 | |
| D-NY | Eliot L. Engel | Nov 14, 2016 | |
| D-NY | Kathleen M. Rice | Nov 14, 2016 | |
| D-CA | Susan A. Davis | Nov 14, 2016 |
Committees 1
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 Jul 8, 2016 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jul 8, 2016Introduced in House
- Jul 8, 2016Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1069)
- Jul 8, 2016Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
In the Congressional Record 1
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 E1069 | Steve Cohen D-TN | Jul 8, 2016 |
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.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 162, no. 110, July 8, 2016, page H4574.
Titles 1
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To direct the Joint Committee on the Library to obtain a statue of Elie Wiesel for placement in the United States Capitol.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Congress.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jul 8, 2016Introduced 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.
