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H.R. 5038: American Heroes Act

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H.R. 5038: American Heroes Act

108th Congress · introduced 2004-09-09 · Congress · Latest: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2004-09-09 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Kirk, Mark Steven [R-IL-10] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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What does this mean?

Official title

American Heroes Act

Plain summary

American Heroes Act - Authorizes each State to provide one statue of an individual representing that State to be displayed in the Capitol Visitor Center. Specifies criteria for such statues. Requires the Clerk of the House of Representatives and the Secretary of the Senate to assign jointly to one of their employees the post of the American Hero Administrator to prepare statue guidelines. Requires: (1) a State to establish an American Hero Commission to select the individual to represent that State; and (2) the Architect of the Capitol to procure and install a statue honoring the passengers of United Airlines flight number 93 who died on September 11, 2001, for their heroic role in protecting Washington, D.C. from attack.

Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House), quoted unchanged (nonpartisan). Read the source.

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What does this mean? (plain words)

Official text

American Heroes Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Kirk, Mark Steven [R-IL-10] · 16 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (D-GA)

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong108-hr5038 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong108 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong108