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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 3 | 3 | | 1 |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION S. 44 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To direct the Joint Committee of Congress on the Library to procure a |
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| 6 | 6 | | statue of Benjamin Franklin for placement in the United States Capitol. |
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| 7 | 7 | | IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES |
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| 8 | 8 | | JANUARY9, 2025 |
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| 9 | 9 | | Mr. C |
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| 10 | 10 | | OONS(for himself, Mr. BOOZMAN, Mr. LANKFORD, and Mr. WARNER) |
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| 11 | 11 | | introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the |
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| 12 | 12 | | Committee on Rules and Administration |
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| 13 | 13 | | A BILL |
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| 14 | 14 | | To direct the Joint Committee of Congress on the Library |
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| 15 | 15 | | to procure a statue of Benjamin Franklin for placement |
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| 16 | 16 | | in the United States Capitol. |
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| 17 | 17 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 18 | 18 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 19 | 19 | | SECTION 1. PROCUREMENT AND PLACEMENT OF STATUE 3 |
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| 20 | 20 | | OF BENJAMIN FRANKLIN IN THE UNITED 4 |
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| 21 | 21 | | STATES CAPITOL. 5 |
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| 22 | 22 | | (a) O |
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| 23 | 23 | | BTAINING OFSTATUE.—Not later than Decem-6 |
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| 24 | 24 | | ber 31, 2025, the Joint Committee of Congress on the Li-7 |
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| 25 | 25 | | brary (referred to in this section as the ‘‘Joint Com-8 |
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| 26 | 26 | | mittee’’) shall enter into an agreement to obtain a statue 9 |
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| 29 | 29 | | •S 44 IS |
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| 30 | 30 | | of Benjamin Franklin, under such terms and conditions 1 |
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| 31 | 31 | | as the Joint Committee considers appropriate consistent 2 |
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| 32 | 32 | | with applicable law. 3 |
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| 33 | 33 | | (b) P |
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| 34 | 34 | | LACEMENT.—Not later than December 31, 4 |
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| 35 | 35 | | 2026, the Joint Committee shall place the statue obtained 5 |
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| 36 | 36 | | under subsection (a) in a suitable permanent location in 6 |
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| 37 | 37 | | the United States Capitol where the statue is accessible 7 |
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| 38 | 38 | | to the public during a guided tour of the Capitol provided 8 |
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| 39 | 39 | | by the Office of the Capitol Visitor Center. 9 |
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