H.R. 4510: To direct the Joint Committee on the Library to accept the donation of a bust depicting Sojourner Truth and to display the bust in a suitable location in the rotunda of the Capitol.

109th Congress · introduced 2005-12-13 · Commemorations · Latest: Became Public Law No: 109-427.

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Where it came from: introduced 2005-12-13 · official record
Who proposed it: Rep. Jackson-Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18] · what a sponsor is
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To direct the Joint Committee on the Library to accept the donation of a bust depicting Sojourner Truth and to display the bust in a suitable location in the rotunda of the Capitol.

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(This measure has not been amended since it was passed by the House on December 19, 2005. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Directs the Joint Committee on the Library to accept the donation of a bust depicting Sojourner Truth and display it in a suitable permanent location in the the Capitol.

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To direct the Joint Committee on the Library to accept the donation of a bust depicting Sojourner Truth and to display the bust in a suitable location in the rotunda of the Capitol.

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Public Law)

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Sponsor: Rep. Jackson-Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18] · 232 cosponsors

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Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (D-GA), Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY), Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), Edward J. Markey (D-MA), Doris O. Matsui (D-CA), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Nydia M. Velázquez (D-NY), Janice D. Schakowsky (D-IL), Betty McCollum (D-MN), Bernard Sanders (I-VT), Gwen Moore (D-WI) and 172 more.

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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-109hr4510.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/109/hr>

Record fed-us-cong109-hr4510 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong109 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong109