Bill Details
Status
Latest action
2025-01-09 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
Introduced Date
2025-01-09
Policy Area
Congress
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Cosponsors
5
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This bill would require Congress to obtain a statue of Benjamin Franklin and place it in the U.S. Capitol. The statue would be added in a permanent spot where visitors can see it during guided tours, helping honor Franklin’s role in American history.
- The Joint Committee on the Library would have to secure the statue by December 31, 2025.
- The statue would need to be placed in a permanent location in the Capitol by December 31, 2026.
- The location must be one that the public can access during guided Capitol tours.
Official Summaries
This bill requires the Joint Committee on the Library to contract for and place a statue of Benjamin Franklin in the Capitol.
The committee shall place the statue in a permanent public location where it is accessible during a guided tour provided by the Capitol Visitor Center.
The contract must be executed by December 31, 2025, and the statue must be placed by December 31, 2026.
Current Full Text
[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 44 Introduced in Senate (IS)]
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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 44
To direct the Joint Committee of Congress on the Library to procure a
statue of Benjamin Franklin for placement in the United States Capitol.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
January 9, 2025
Mr. Coons (for himself, Mr. Boozman, Mr. Lankford, and Mr. Warner)
introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the
Committee on Rules and Administration
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A BILL
To direct the Joint Committee of Congress on the Library to procure a
statue of Benjamin Franklin for placement in the United States Capitol.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. PROCUREMENT AND PLACEMENT OF STATUE OF BENJAMIN FRANKLIN IN
THE UNITED STATES CAPITOL.
(a) Obtaining of Statue.--Not later than December 31, 2025, the
Joint Committee of Congress on the Library (referred to in this section
as the ``Joint Committee'') shall enter into an agreement to obtain a
statue of Benjamin Franklin, under such terms and conditions as the
Joint Committee considers appropriate consistent with applicable law.
(b) Placement.--Not later than December 31, 2026, the Joint
Committee shall place the statue obtained under subsection (a) in a
suitable permanent location in the United States Capitol where the
statue is accessible to the public during a guided tour of the Capitol
provided by the Office of the Capitol Visitor Center.
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