Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Minnesota Senate Bill SF119 Compare Versions

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1	1	1.1 A memorial resolution
2	2	1.2 requesting the Joint Committee on the Library of Congress of the United States Congress
3	3	1.3 to approve replacement of the statue of Henry Mower Rice now on display in National
4	4	1.4 Statuary Hall in the Capitol of the United States.
5	5	1.5 WHEREAS, an act of Congress of July 2, 1864, established National Statuary Hall in the
6	6	1.6United States Capitol; and
7	7	1.7 WHEREAS, the act provides that each state has the right to donate "statues, in marble or
8	8	1.8bronze, not exceeding two in number for each State, of deceased persons who have been citizens
9	9	1.9thereof, and illustrious for their historic renown or for distinguished civic or military services...";
10	10	1.10and
11	11	1.11 WHEREAS, the state of Minnesota appreciates the opportunity provided by that act; and
12	12	1.12 WHEREAS, Minnesota currently has contributed for display a statue of Maria Sanford and
13	13	1.13a statue of Henry Mower Rice; and
14	14	1.14 WHEREAS, the act of Congress creating Statuary Hall in the United States Capitol was
15	15	1.15amended in 2000 by Section 311 of H.R. 5657, established as law by Public Law 106-554, and
16	16	1.16provides that "Any State may request the Joint Committee on the Library of Congress to approve
17	17	1.17the replacement of a statue the State has provided for display"; and
18	18	1.18 WHEREAS, the statue of Henry Mower Rice, having been first placed on display in 1916,
19	19	1.19has met the minimum requirement of that act for display for at least ten years; and
20	20	1.20 WHEREAS, by this resolution, the state has selected the Honorable Hubert H. Humphrey,
21	21	1.21former Vice President of the United States, to be newly commemorated; and
22	22	1.22 WHEREAS, Hubert H. Humphrey served as Mayor of Minneapolis from 1945 to 1948; and
23	23	1.23 WHEREAS, Hubert H. Humphrey led forces at the 1948 Democratic National Convention
24	24	1.24in Philadelphia in support of the successful minority platform plank on civil rights and equal
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27	27	SENATE
28	28	STATE OF MINNESOTA
29	29	S.F. No. 119NINETY-FOURTH SESSION
30	30	(SENATE AUTHORS: CWODZINSKI)
31	31	OFFICIAL STATUSD-PGDATE
32	32	Introduction and first reading01/16/2025
33	33	Referred to State and Local Government 2.1opportunity, challenging the delegates to "get out of the shadow of states' rights and walk forthrightly
34	34	2.2into the bright sunshine of human rights"; and
35	35	2.3 WHEREAS, Hubert H. Humphrey spent a total of 23 years of service in the Senate, serving
36	36	2.4from 1949 to 1964 and from 1970 to 1978, compiling a record of accomplishments virtually
37	37	2.5unmatched in the 20th century, including the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Nuclear Test-Ban Treaty,
38	38	2.6Medicare, human rights, workforce development, labor rights, health care, arms control and
39	39	2.7disarmament, the Peace Corps, small business assistance, education reform, wilderness preservation,
40	40	2.8immigration reform, and agriculture; and
41	41	2.9 WHEREAS, Hubert H. Humphrey served as Assistant Senate Majority Leader and Deputy
42	42	2.10President Pro Tempore; and
43	43	2.11 WHEREAS, Hubert H. Humphrey served as floor leader during the Senate's consideration
44	44	2.12of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which was essential to the eventual passage of the act in the aftermath
45	45	2.13of breaking the filibuster against this historic legislation; and
46	46	2.14 WHEREAS, Hubert H. Humphrey, although dedicated to the Democratic Party, always
47	47	2.15sought bipartisan support for his legislative goals and routinely shared credit with other Senators
48	48	2.16for his legislative victories; and
49	49	2.17 WHEREAS, Hubert H. Humphrey, as Vice President of the United States, loyally served
50	50	2.18President Lyndon Baines Johnson and successfully carried out a number of domestic and overseas
51	51	2.19assignments; and
52	52	2.20 WHEREAS, Hubert H. Humphrey served as the Democratic Party's nominee for President
53	53	2.21of the United States in 1968; and
54	54	2.22 WHEREAS, Hubert H. Humphrey was reelected by the people of Minnesota, in 1970 and
55	55	2.231976, to two additional terms in the Senate, thereby continuing his extraordinary record of legislative
56	56	2.24achievement with passage of such bills as the Humphrey-Hawkins Full Employment Act; and
57	57	2.25 WHEREAS, Hubert H. Humphrey, after his time in government, went on to be a Professor
58	58	2.26at Macalester College and the University of Minnesota; and
59	59	2.27 WHEREAS, the state of Minnesota would recast the statue of Hubert H. Humphrey that
60	60	2.28currently stands on the mall of the Minnesota State Capitol, sculpted by artists Jeff and Anna Koh
61	61	2.29Varilla; and
62	62	2.30 WHEREAS, the state of Minnesota understands its responsibilities for expenditures associated
63	63	2.31with removing and transporting the replaced statue and erecting the new statue in its place; and
64	64	2.32 WHEREAS, the statue of Henry Mower Rice would be transferred to the Minnesota State
65	65	2.33Historical Society; NOW, THEREFORE,
66	66	2.34 BE IT RESOLVED by the House of Representatives and the Senate of the State of Minnesota
67	67	2.35that they request that the application to replace the statue of Henry Mower Rice with a statue of
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69	69	25-00524 as introduced01/06/25 REVISOR JFK/KR 3.1Hubert H. Humphrey, consistent with the requirements of Public Law 106-554, be approved by the
70	70	3.2Joint Committee on the Library of Congress;
71	71	3.3 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the revisor of statutes is directed to prepare an enrolled
72	72	3.4copy of this resolution, to be authenticated by the signature of the secretary of state and that of the
73	73	3.5governor, and that the secretary of state transmit the enrolled copy to the Architect of the Capitol,
74	74	3.6for forwarding to the Joint Committee on the Library of Congress.
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