H.R. 6336: To direct the Joint Committee on the Library to accept a statue depicting Frederick Douglass from the District of Columbia and to provide for the permanent display of the statue in Emancipation Hall of the United States Capitol.
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H.R. 6336: To direct the Joint Committee on the Library to accept a statue depicting Frederick Douglass from the District of Columbia and to provide for the permanent display of the statue in Emancipation Hall of the United States Capitol.
112th Congress · introduced 2012-08-02 · Congress · Latest: Became Public Law No: 112-174.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2012-08-02 · official record
- Who proposed it: Rep. Lungren, Daniel E. [R-CA-3] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
- Where it stands now: Became Public Law No: 112-174. (final step reached)
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Official title
To direct the Joint Committee on the Library to accept a statue depicting Frederick Douglass from the District of Columbia and to provide for the permanent display of the statue in Emancipation Hall of the United States Capitol.
Plain summary
(This measure has not been amended since it was passed by the House on September 10, 2012. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Requires the Joint Committee on the Library to accept from the District of Columbia the donation of a statue depicting Frederick Douglass, subject to the terms and conditions that the Joint Committee considers appropriate. Requires the Joint Committee to place the statue in a suitable permanent location in Emancipation Hall of the U.S. Capitol.
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To direct the Joint Committee on the Library to accept a statue depicting Frederick Douglass from the District of Columbia and to provide for the permanent display of the statue in Emancipation Hall of the United States Capitol.
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Sponsor: Rep. Lungren, Daniel E. [R-CA-3] · 1 cosponsors
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Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC)
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Public Law)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-112hr6336.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/112/hr>
Record fed-us-cong112-hr6336 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong112 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong112