[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 601 Introduced in House (IH)]
108th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 601
To direct the Architect of the Capitol to enter into a contract to
revise the statue commemorating women's suffrage located in the rotunda
of the United States Capitol to include a likeness of Sojourner Truth.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
February 5, 2003
Mr. Owens introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on House Administration
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A BILL
To direct the Architect of the Capitol to enter into a contract to
revise the statue commemorating women's suffrage located in the rotunda
of the United States Capitol to include a likeness of Sojourner Truth.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. FINDINGS.
Congress finds as follows:
(1) Sojourner Truth was a towering figure among the
founders of the movement for women's suffrage in the United
States, and no monument that does not include her can
accurately represent this important development in our Nation's
history.
(2) The statue known as the Portrait Monument, originally
presented to Congress in 1920 in honor of the passage of the
Nineteenth Amendment guaranteeing women the right to vote and
presently exhibited in the rotunda of the Capitol, portrays
several early suffragists who were Sojourner Truth's
contemporaries but not Sojourner Truth herself, the only
African American among the group.
SEC. 2. REVISION OF WOMEN'S SUFFRAGE STATUE.
Not later than the final day on which the One Hundred Ninth
Congress is in session, the Architect of the Capitol shall enter into a
contract to revise the statue commemorating women's suffrage located in
the rotunda of the United States Capitol (commonly known as the
``Portrait Monument'') to include a likeness of Sojourner Truth.
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