S 728 · 116th Congress 2019–2021, ended

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

Introduced Mar 7, 2019 Originated Senate Sponsor Kamala D. Harris D-CA

Fact sheet

Latest action · Mar 7, 2019 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.

IntroducedMar 7, 2019
Passed SenateNot reached
Passed HouseNot 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 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

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 7, 2019 to Mar 11, 2019, with 16 there on the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
D-MN	Amy Klobuchar	Original	Mar 7, 2019
I-VT	Bernard Sanders	Original	Mar 7, 2019
D-NY	Charles E. Schumer	Original	Mar 7, 2019
D-DE	Christopher A. Coons	Original	Mar 7, 2019
D-NJ	Cory A. Booker	Original	Mar 7, 2019
D-MA	Edward J. Markey	Original	Mar 7, 2019
D-MA	Elizabeth Warren	Original	Mar 7, 2019
D-HI	Mazie K. Hirono	Original	Mar 7, 2019
D-WA	Patty Murray	Original	Mar 7, 2019
D-CT	Richard Blumenthal	Original	Mar 7, 2019
D-IL	Richard J. Durbin	Original	Mar 7, 2019
D-OR	Ron Wyden	Original	Mar 7, 2019
D-OH	Sherrod Brown	Original	Mar 7, 2019
D-IL	Tammy Duckworth	Original	Mar 7, 2019
D-VA	Tim Kaine	Original	Mar 7, 2019

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Actions 2

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Mar 7, 2019Introduced in Senate
Mar 7, 2019Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.

Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
HR 1596	To direct the Joint Committee on the Library to obtain a statue of Shirley Chisholm for placement in the United States Capitol.	Identical bill	Mar 7, 2019

Subjects

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Mar 7, 2019Introduced in Senate

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